Photographer Research Project

Michael Woloszynowicz

Michael was not always an award winning photographer, his background is in computer science. He also has an MBA in corporate finance. He got interested in photography through his father, who let Michael take his camera downtown. This started michael's interest in architectural photography. The reason he likes to take pictures of buildings and people because he loves the creativity involved. Michael uses a Nikon D800 along with Nikkor zoom lenses. When editing, he uses a Macbook Pro with Adobe Lightroom 4, Photoshop CS6, and Nik Color Efex Pro 4. Michael describes his style as being very far away from photojournalistic. In addition, he says, "...I strive to present my subjects as the best version of themselves through a mix of camera technique, multiple exposure blending, lighting and post processing. Furthermore  he likes to produce images with a good deal of contrast and depth.

Below are some of his images:

To me, Michael's work is amazing, this is because you really notice the time and effort  that he puts into every one of his images. Also, the colour in all of his photos is second to none. Personally, I cannot see any weaknesses in Michael's work, every image is very well thought out.

My Work:

Urban Camouflage

"Leaves"

In this photo, "Leaves" I taped leaves to Evan that mach the leaves he is lying in, therefore making it quite difficult to spot him. I like this photograph because it truly was a camouflage. It resembled somewhat of a ghillie suit. My inspiration for this image was in fact, a snipers' ghillie suit.

" Faces"

In this photo, "Faces" the camouflage was only, printed pictures of the image in the background. My goal was to cover up Evan's face with the other faces, as if he is unknown to us, (like most of the other grads). So, the camo works in two ways, physically and psychologically. My inspiration for this photo was one of Aaron Larney"s  urban camouflage photographs, where he stands in front of a bulletin board with newspaper on him.

Black & White

In this photograph, "Black & White" the camouflage was simple,  a light grey shirt and dark grey pants. Though simple, the camo was effective because of the ideal background. One of the reasons this background was ideal, was because it was the effect height for me to stand in front of. My inspiration for this photo was one of Aaron Larney's Urban Camouflage photographs called "graffiti."

Aaron Larney

     Aaron Larney recently from Central Saint Martins, in North London where he was born and raised. He graduated with first class honours in "BA Graphic Design." Aaron has done many different styles of artwork, of course, including "Urban Camouflage." With a simple look at Aaron's website you can see the true diversity in his work.

This photo is a logo for a restaurant that Aaron made. I like the lighting that he used in this photo, it helps the vegetables pop. I, also like how the words are burnt into the vegetables instead of being edited in.

In this photograph, Larney created the 3D effect by moving his camera at a 45 degree angle from the lcd text, he does this at a set distance. I chose this photo because it shows some interesting things you can do with a camera and without photoshop.

I like this picture because of how it resembles Jan von Holleben's "Dreams of Flying." I like how you cannot recognize this object as a DVD case. In addition, i like the scale of this photo when his hand is next to the object.

One of Larney's Urban Camouflage Photographs, titled "Graffiti" 

Aaron Larney is works hard to make sure that he gets the photo that he wants, this is apparent in "The Fat Lady Sings" Restaurant logo that he made. Furthermore, Aaron Larney has a very interesting style, unlike many others, his photos always have an interesting twist, which will inspire me to do the same with my "Urban Camouflage" Photos.