Photographer 5

Niko Vas

The reason I have chosen Niko Vas as one of my photographers to explore further into his work to gain inspiration from is because of his diverse close up photographers. All his work is very abstract and different which I love. I feel that Niko Vas is a very creative photographer who I can gain a lot of inspiration from. I have explored into a lot of photographers because of the vibrant colours and textures. However the main reason I am looking more into Niko's work is because of his creative ideas and framing of all his work.

 This photograph is a close up photograph which is the name of my project brief. The reason I really like this photograph is because this photograph was taken in the night. This allows the photograph to show the message of how fast time goes as the close up photograph is a photograph of a vintage watch. Furthermore I really like how the the watch is captured on a wooden material this allows the hard and rough texture to stand out and be seen much clearer because its close up. I also like how the watch has been positioned to the right hand side of the photograph as it makes it more unique as its not in the centre of the photograph. In addition the duetone affect shown on this photograph allows the photograph to look very mysterious.

 This photograph is a close up photograph of playing cards. I especially like the organisation of the playing cards as the centre of the photograph is the playing card showing a heart. This makes this photograph look very aesthetically pleasing because it creates an inspirational photograph. I also like how the colours look very vintage as the off white gives this affect. As well as the bright red  which matches the con nations of a heart being love, romance and lust. In addition this photograph shows the technique closeup and this is very affective because it allows the detail in the playing cards to stand out more as well as the quality of the photograph to be seen as even more affective. The idea of using playing cards to photograph is something I really feel looks amazing therefore I will be using this photograph has a main influence for my own work. However changing the photographs slightly to show my own creativity coming through.

This photograph looks very surreal and different to other close up photographs I have explored and been influenced by. This photograph is a photograph of a flower however the editing part of this photograph looks very intense and unique as the photographer has managed to make the flower look fake. Furthermore by also having a blue background to match the flower makes the photograph look even more non realistic. In addition I like how the flower has been taken to the right hand side of the photograph this makes the photograph show the petals of the flower stretch out to cover all the space. This photograph I feel is very pretty and shows the technique close up very well because of the surreal affect and different tones and shades of the same colour.

This photograph is a close up of a rose and the colours and tones of this photograph stand out to me. This is because the red rose contains a very rich and vibrant colour which have conn nations of love and romance. Also the tones of this rose range from very dark to very light this makes this photograph look three dimensional which I really like. Furthermore I also really like how the rose is the only thing in the photograph this allows it to be the only main focus. In addition because the rose is in the centre of the photograph the centre makes the audience's eyes drawn to the darkness of the rose. This could show a hidden message that not all roses are positive. Overall I really like this close up photograph and feel that I could photograph roses in the studio to allow the lighting and tones to stand out.

The influence that I gain from Niko Vas's photography is the ideas and colours that he has used this is because he has mainly used colours that have a connantion to them. For example the colours red has connations of love. This then brings messages to his photography which I would like to bring to mine to allow the audience to see more than a picture. The close up photography he has took has also allowed me to expand on my own ideas for example the playing cards has given me an idea to shoot them however using the technique selective colours to hilight the hearts.

Overall Niko Vas's photography has given me a lot of inspiration and the best part of his work I like is that his photography isn't focused on one idea however a lot of ideas that influence each other. This is something that I am going to do with my own work as I feel that including different influences and ideas will best show the creativity of my work. Lastly I feel that Niko's work has been very interesting to look at and the ideas he has used has helped me hugely with my own photography.