fantastic animal portraits.

Fantastic shots. If only..........
 
my god - they are amazing.

I'd love to be able to do that... this is the type of stuff that inspires many!
 
Thanks for sharing. There was an article in either last months Digital SLR magazine or Digital Camera magazine about the guy. Said it was quite uncomfortable being in the studio with some of these large animals and he was told not to make eye contact with a few. Quite a project to undertake!
 
Simon photo said:
Again, man ****ing with things he really shouldn't!
And putting these animals in a studio! He should have been torn limb from limb in my opinion
****ing disgusting
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Lol!.... pointless getting irate.... it's done, and , they are now what they are....I only added the link in answer to your question...I could be wrong...

Anyway...the other images are really very impressive...
 
Solo man said:
Lol!.... pointless getting irate.... it's done, and , they are now what they are....I only added the link in answer to your question...I could be wrong...

Anyway...the other images are really very impressive...
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They are impressive, lit by someone who knows light and captured extremely well
Subject matter? Well domesticated animals fair enough that's the norm and his work with dogs and horses is great but he can **** off with these.
Dangerous animals (ie wild beasts) in a studio environment?
Again he deserves to be mauled, after all, who could blame a dangerous animal for being vicious? Its just doing its thing.
 
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Simon photo said:
They are impressive, lit by someone who knows light and captured extremely well
Subject matter? Well domesticated animals fair enough that's the norm and his work with dogs and horses is great but he can **** off with these.
Dangerous animals (ie wild beasts) in a studio environment?
Again he deserves being mauled
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He's only the photographer..... no different than anyone else who takes photos according to how the client wants them done?.... I don't see the problem....
What I do see, is how he managed to capture a naturalness about them, albeit that they were in a studio of some sort...
 
Solo man said:
He's only the photographer..... no different than anyone else who takes photos according to how the client wants them done?.... I don't see the problem....
What I do see, is how he managed to capture a naturalness about them, albeit that they were in a studio of some sort...
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Hmmm in dubious.
For a client?

As photographers we should not agree to this kind of thing,
Look at zoos, their dying out. Sanctuaries? Well they serve their purpose but are limited and sometimes a bit cloak and dagger,
Wilderness? Yes! Studio? **** no
 
Simon photo said:
Again, man ****ing with things he really shouldn't!
And putting these animals in a studio! He should have been torn limb from limb in my opinion
****ing disgusting
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wow....mutilation or death penalty for photographing animals in a studio... don't dare imagine what punishment you think someone should have who actually commits a crime.
 
Simon photo said:
Hmmm in dubious.
For a client?

As photographers we should not agree to this kind of thing,
Look at zoos, their dying out. Sanctuaries? Well they serve their purpose but are limited and sometimes a bit cloak and dagger,
Wilderness? Yes! Studio? **** no
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Now you're just being pedantic....if it wasn't him, it would have been someone else photographing them.
It still doesn't detract from the fact that they are good images.... who's to say they're not all rehabilitated?.....
I enjoyed looking at the images...
 
Steve said:
wow....mutilation or death penalty for photographing animals in a studio... don't dare imagine what punishment you think someone should have who actually commits a crime.
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No no no
I never said punishment
I said deserves to be mauled!
By whatever animal capable of doing so, because in a wolf or tigers eyes it would be nothing more than fair game.
And said photographer or involved staff would be just doing their thing.
Sadly if this scenario came to light the animal would be destroyed so its a no win on all sides.
I would only say some of these animals are only showing human like quality due to their environment/situation their FORCED into. The light, backdrop we see is usual reserved for humans and still life so were accustomed to see humans in this situation. Pop an ape or monkey, duck or dog in there, frame it right and bingo.
Take away the lights and studio, you've just got a photo of an ape being an ape.
Sorry, nice light disgusting use of animals for subject matter
 
Presumably you know exactly how the animals felt, distress levels etc,. ?
You know exactly how they were treated, their backgrounds etc,. ?

These animals are probably treated more failry and with more respect than 1,000,000s of dogs and cats around the world.
 
ernesto said:
Presumably you know exactly how the animals felt, distress levels etc,. ?
You know exactly how they were treated, their backgrounds etc,. ?

These animals are probably treated more failry and with more respect than 1,000,000s of dogs and cats around the world.
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That's a fair comment and unfortunately a sad and true fact
However, i still think animals that are not domestic should never be put in these situations.
Why the **** am i the only one saying this!? Does no one give a **** anymore?
 
Simon photo said:
That's a fair comment and unfortunately a sad and true fact
However, i still think animals that are not domestic should never be put in these situations.
Why the **** am i the only one saying this!? Does no one give a **** anymore?
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It's not about whether you give a damn, and I don't....although, I can see where you're coming from....if I thought the animals were in distress, or being unfairly treated then I'd also question 'why'...
But, I don't see that... so, I've commented on the images just as they've been presented...
 
Amazing images, but my second thought was they all look a little depressed. Like they were forced to pose for the photos. Just a feeling I get from them, and as with any image, it's what you personally take from viewing them.

The chicken thing is cruel, but as said, hardly the photographers fault, he's just shooting it as is. Not like he plucked it for effect :D
 
Simon photo said:
That's a fair comment and unfortunately a sad and true fact
However, i still think animals that are not domestic should never be put in these situations.
Why the **** am i the only one saying this!? Does no one give a **** anymore?
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Well I certainly give a **** about animals (been vegetarian for 30 years as I can live without eating them and I own 16 animals myself!)

However, I am more interested in large impacts and a few images taken of animals where we don't know the state of animals or how they are handled doesn't worry me much whereas having N million chickens in batteries just because people want cheap eggs does bother me. Just a question of scale.
 
personally i would have liked to see the results of the chimp using the camera whilst taking a shot of the tiger and chicken in the same frame. The panda should have been in charge of the lighting, although he would only light the scene for a B&W shoot.

The peacok would have been late to the shoot as he would have been too busy getting ready and the Bat has stolen the little monkeys Iphone!

The owl is displeased with the whole groups behaviour!!
 
wow there is some unreal detail in them pics!!! the ones that stand out for me were the gorilla hand, the tiger swooshing all the water from his head lol and that mutant chicken things lmao!!!! would love to see the exif on couple of them pics, out standing! :D
 
Simon photo said:
But why present these type animals this way!
Surely its better to represent them in their natural environment instead of some cheap trick?
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i would guess its down to the tog's discretion maybe?? every tog has their own way of shooting mate, if we all shot in the same way, it would be rather boring id say,,,,,thats just me 2p worth
 
ernesto said:
Well I certainly give a **** about animals (been vegetarian for 30 years as I can live without eating them and I own 16 animals myself!)

However, I am more interested in large impacts and a few images taken of animals where we don't know the state of animals or how they are handled doesn't worry me much whereas having N million chickens in batteries just because people want cheap eggs does bother me. Just a question of scale.
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Ahhh right so scale makes things ok
Fair enough, ill remember that next time i see an animal being rescued. Perhaps I'll shout "hey don't waste your time its only one!"
Or, "yeah that pig is being kept in some awful conditions and being forced to live like that for food but ho hum its only one, HUH! If you had hundreds then id call the police"
 
Beats seeing the same zoo shot that everyone has even a compact camera.

He isn't showing the environment they live in, we know that, there's no need to reflect it in the photo, his project is 'Being Human' and I think he has captured that in a truly amazing way.
 
daventryh said:
Beats seeing the same zoo shot that everyone has even a compact camera.

He isn't showing the environment they live in, we know that, there's no need to reflect it in the photo, his project is 'Being Human' and I think he has captured that in a truly amazing way.
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Their ****ING ANIMALS! What has being human got to do with it other than a cheap thrill quirk that will be forgotten next week? They have no free will. Leave them to be animals
 
Simon, this thread was to talk about the images in the link provided and you have taken it way off topic. If you wish to continue please open a new thread in Out of Focus.
 
I apologise if my opinion disgusts you but when I first looked at these photography I was amazed. I look for photographers that capture something different.

Are you trying to tell me any of these animals look like they don't want to be there? They certainly don't look malnourished!

If there was any hint of abuse then maybe I would see your point but these photos are truly inspiring.

I would rather see animals like this than behind bars in the zoo!
 
Simon photo said:
Their ****ING ANIMALS! What has being human got to do with it other than a cheap thrill quirk that will be forgotten next week? They have no free will. Leave them to be animals
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Simon I really do appreciate how you strongly you feel about this but looking through this thread your language is awful, get your point across yes but don't spoil a nice thread with your dirty mouth!
 
Simon photo said:
Their ****ING ANIMALS! What has being human got to do with it other than a cheap thrill quirk that will be forgotten next week? They have no free will. Leave them to be animals
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I think you've become fixated on an issue that may, or may not be present....
Whilst shooting animals in their natural environment is preferable, one must take into account that habitats are being destroyed at an alarming rate...for all we know, these might well be captive bred animals...this might be all they know...
Who are we to judge on things we know nothing about?...
The most we can hope for, is that the photographer in question used his own set of morals, when choosing to take on this shoot...
 
Personally I'm not into anthropomorphism but the photos are all well executed. Another photographer named Brad Wilson did something similar to this (Hollywood "trained" animals in the studio), here's an article in the telegraph and a short video if anyone wants to see what happens in the studio.
 
Tim Flach is extraordinary, he is one of my 'photography heroes'.
I can't help but be a little disturbed at the bald cockerel - looks too similar to the sunday roast but it's alive and running :|
 
Great photos ....
 
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