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The Story Behind the People
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In this FotoTV interview, photographer Martin Vrabko sits down to share poignant stories and to discuss the methods behind his working with people for portraits.
Ninety percent of Vrabko’s work is shooting people. He likes to change up shooting in studio and on location. He rarely shoots in the same studio for more than a few years because he feels that the studio becomes monotonous and predictable. Vrabko focuses on the human side of photography as opposed to the commercial way a lot of photographers shoot people - “like one, two, smile”. There is a visible psychological side to his photography, which Vrabko likes to associate with the feeling and flow of water. He also uses music during his shootings to change the moods of his subjects.
Vrabko uses large format cameras because often there are effects that he cannot recreate in post-production software. He can make things blurry in post-production but he cannot make things sharp. Concentrating on the human being in the photo is something Vrabko likes to pride himself on. It is a way for him to get close to the people he is shooting as well as make a connection to the viewer.
Preston vs. Brown II
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In part two with Preston and Brown, they talk about Photoshop's recent development.
From tools in Photoshop 3 up to CS4, Preston and Brown embrace more of Adobe's software line-up.
Subjects of discussion are the extensive features of Photoshop and how they should be applied in practice depending on the user and his goal. They also regard the capability of Bridge to support one's workflow in the entire Creative Suite.
Third party plugins for Photoshop are another big subject that they expect to develop in the future, as well as camera raw and video support.
The Nightmares of Stefan Gesell
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Talk about your bad dreams? Stefan Gesell is a photo artist whose pictures seem to come from the subconcious.
On his night table you'll find a pad and pencil so if he should awake he can quickly record his visions. These vision will be realized later on the studio set and in Photoshop as a means of working through his visions.
These disturbing nighmarish works are reminiscent of the work of H.R. Giger as might be seen in on of his sets for the Alien quadrilogy. As a balance to this somewhat dark aspect of his work is his work in Glamour and Fashion photography.
We met up recently with Stefan Gesell and here he shares with us a look into his soul as well as his fascinating work.
Umberto Stefanelli
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In this FotoTV interview Fine Art photographer Umberto Stefanelli discusses his career and also shares some techniques from a project of his. an homage of the late Pope John Paul II and youth around the world.
Stefanelli began his career as a photographer in London and New York. In New York he tried doing fashion photography for a while but the market in New York was so tough that he could not sustain himself as an artist so he went looking for a job. The job he ended up finding was at an art gallery as a curator’s assistant. It was at this point in Stefanelli’s life when he realized his passion for fine art photography. At the gallery his first exhibition was a retrospective of some of the great photographers, including Ansel Adams and soon after Stefanelli called himself a fine art photographer.
Stefanelli describes fine art photography as emotions and passion, “either you have it or you don't”. He further says it does not matter what medium the photo was created, film or digital, but the photo has to have a quality of likeability.
Stefanelli goes on to talk about his project, an homage to the late Pope John Paul II, "not to religion" as he points out, but an a homage to the Pope and all the youths that he touched when he traveled around the world. Stefanelli also shares stories about his move to Japan, which was difficult at first.
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