10.8.2009: The Ever Inspirational Irving Penn

Irving Penn passed away at the age of 92 this week. His work is among the greatest of the fashion photography world. And I felt the need to take a few moments to remember his talent.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/arts/design/08penn.html?_r=1&ref=arts

I have pulled together a collection of some of my favorite works. I most admire his ability to constantly come up with new ideas and yet remain consistent in his vision. In all of his imagery one can see the graphic vision and balanced composition, but more startling would be the connection between the photographer and his subjects, something you can't quite put your finger on except to see his subject allow him into their lives and so he opens them up for us to see.

 

 

 

 

Inspiration 10.6.2009: Drew Gardner

Today while doing my normal Photoshop Insider blog reading, I came across the british photographer Drew Gardner. He will be the guest blogger on tomorrows Photoshop Insider, but today they posted his website.

To see his post for tomorrow go here: http://www.scottkelby.com/

To be inspired, see his website: http://www.drew.it/

What I admire most about Drew's work is the obvious creativity. The man is an artist, and a story teller. What adds to this is his obvious mastery of light, even on tough location lighting scenarios.

I saw the he offers a dvd on on location light, and is doing a workshop in California this October.

See his blog for more info:

http://www.thedarkart.com/

For the Love of Light Blog!

I am starting this blog for no other reason then that occasionally we all need to be inspired. And as photographer there are times in our lives where the inspiration lulls and we are left looking for something more. For me inspiration can come from other photographers, great photoshop techniques, history, art or simply life as it happens around me. I would like to start documenting those moments of inspiration so I always have something to come back to in the slow seasons.