Best of Richardson

This is a collection of, in my mind, the best photos I took when trying to imitate Terry Richardson. I took 2 photos from each series.

Richardson 3

This is the third draft of my attempts to imitate the style of Terry Richardson. I tried to get all of these models to express their characters as best they could.

Richardson 2

This is my second batch of photos where I try to mimic the work of Terry Richardson. All of my models try to have fun and express character in front of a white background.

Richardson

A subject poses with his drivers license.

An example of people expressing their characters in a scenario.

This subject decided to put her eyelashes up.

Looking confused at the camera.

He always makes this face.

Posing for the camera.

The purpose of this assignment was to mimic Terry Richardson and have my subjects express themselves however they so choose.

Portraits

A model looks blankly into the camera.

This model looks like shes deep into a story.

I love the motion in this photo. It makes the emotion more genuine.

This model looks a little discombobulated.

This photo expresses genuine boredom.

A very funny photographer took this photo.

I loved the idea of this motion photography because I think it produces the realest emotion.

This assignment was to mimic Richard Avedon and try to capture genuine emotion.

Macroworlds 2

This photo depicts a soldier about to smash an animal

In this photo, a mountain climber rappels down a steep face of a mountain

This is a poisonous frog in its natural habitat

This is a giraffe in a field

This is a mugshot of a storm trooper.

In this picture, knights storm the gates to the home of the devil

This assignment was to re think our approach to the macro world idea and come up with new scenes.

Microworlds

This is a photo of a Sea God with creatures and women from his home world. 

This is supposed to be an astronaut taking his last steps on Earth before he boards a space shuttle.

A brave knight takes on a dragon with the help only of his horse.

This photo depicts neighborhood violence.

This represents the life of a poacher on the job.

This depicts ancient Egyptian life with a surreal background. The artist of the background is called Spacepainter and I used his work in the picture of the Sea God.

This project was to create a microworld type of idea where we use small figures with different backgrounds to try and tell stories or symbolic images.

Rule of Thirds

This subject represents the rule of thirds by being in one third of the photo with a blank background.

The soup is the focus while the monsters make an interesting background.

The high definition of the dark mesh contrasts well with the white stain.

The blue stain is a strong focus compared to the white background and the light ring adds to the focus of the picture.

This subject is focused on the left side of the picture and the cross of the cement adds texture to the smoothness of the ground.

The street art shines against the black background and creates a cool effect.

This project was to focus on the rule of thirds principle in which the focus of the photo is in one third of the image, rather than the middle.

Repetition and Depth

This is the support beam of a shelf structure.

This is the border of a doorway that creates and interesting pattern with the curve of the entrance.

These are stacked cup lids in a coffee house that make an interesting photo with the light in the background.

Three people on a bench in the exact same position, right down to the smartphone.

A fence that separates the street from the front door of an apartment building.

A shoe with an interesting stitching pattern that curves out of view. The material of the shoe gives the image a soft texture that warms up the rest of the image, even through the black and white.

                                   This assignment was to capture repetition and depth.