Who's your photography role model?

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which photographers photo's did you look at and aspire to be as good as or who's images do you like now?
 
None. Can't say i really know of any famous photographers.
There are plenty of shots i have seen that make me go wow, but i just don't have time to start following what anyone else is doing, otherwise i'll never get anything done myself.
 
It is tricky. There are many peoples work I see and respect but none i would call a role model.
 
Not a role model as such, but I always like photographers that have carved a niche for themselves like Anne Geddes.
 
I don't do role models, but I do have great respect for Joe McNally - not just for the images he captures but for also for where his photography has taken him. What an interesting life his camera skills have given him!
 
Some one I aspire to take photos like is Nick Brant and Heather Angel - both great photographers! :)
 
There are a few that I really respect and aspire to be able to produce work that is as consistently good as they do

When it comes to landscape photography I think that this guy is simply epic Gary Randall http://www.flickr.com/photos/rowdey/

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I've always figured that if I could be as good as Bert Hardy was with a Box Brownie, I'd be very happy.
 
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Richard Avedon, I could look at his shots all day and always see something new, he has been a favourite of mine for as long as i can remember.
 
For me it will alwys be the master Henri Cartier-Bresson, others include Ansel Adams, James Natchwey, Joe McNally, Bill Brandt, Diane Arbus, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Capa and Garry Winogrand, these are just of the top of my head I am sure i could think of more, I think we can learn from all the great photographers and I have quite a few books from most, my love of photography goes beyond just taking photos.
 
zak5ive said:
For me it will alwys be the master Henri Cartier-Bresson...

...my love of photography goes beyond just taking photos.
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I can't understand anyone who takes photos not wanting to look at photographs by 'the greats'. :thinking:
 
The late Victor Blackman of daily express fame was my reason for becoming a press photographer.
 
Sebastiao Salgado and W Eugene Smith always have something in their images that makes you come back again and again and again. If by role model you mean 'admire and wish I could emulate' then I think those two are my personal role models.
 
David Bailey, well he isn't but when ever im out with the family and im snapping my mum always says 'come on david' etc :lol:
 
Don't have one, I look at the photograph not who took it. (sorry I know it may not be what one is supposed to say on a photography forum)

Nearly everyone knows a certain photo by Nick Ut but not many know who he is. It is that photograph that is so important, not who took it.
 
If I could catch the moment and produce crisp clear pics like Alexandros Babi I'd be very happy.
 
zak5ive said:
For me it will alwys be the master Henri Cartier-Bresson, others include Ansel Adams, James Natchwey, Joe McNally, Bill Brandt, Diane Arbus, Annie Leibovitz, Robert Capa and Garry Winogrand, these are just of the top of my head I am sure i could think of more, I think we can learn from all the great photographers and I have quite a few books from most, my love of photography goes beyond just taking photos.
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I'll go with Natchwey and Capa, great documentary shots. Cartier-Bresson I struggle with some of his work.
Phillip Plisson is someone whose work I admire, and I don't shoot landscapes. Any number of great car photographers, usually seen on here

Inspiring - Jeroslav and his milky or water model shots.
Jealous of - Jason Cole
 
I'm not sure I'd call him my 'role model', but it was after seeing Daniel Sroka's photographs that I really got into abstract/nature photography and I actually decided to learn how to use a DSLR. I really love his photos...
 
BikerGran said:
I'm just starting out and I don't know anything about famous photographers, but the person who has inspired me to have a go is Kris Dutson who I met through a completely different interest (motorcycles).

He wasn't famous then but he's getting there, he keeps getting published and has just won the South West region of the National Countryside Photography Competition

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I dont think it was just meant to be about famous togs, just whoever inspires you to be better, at least that was my thoughts on it.
 
Ansel Adams? I don't really idolize him though, i just wish i was anywhere near as good :p
 
Tioc said:
I dont think it was just meant to be about famous togs, just whoever inspires you to be better, at least that was my thoughts on it.
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Sob ...I'd just like to (wipes tear) thanks all of you on here for inspiring me to be better. If it wasn't for you all....
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With regard to Landscaping, which is where I think my specialism lies, I've kind of migrated into photography from art but it was Ansell Adams that first caught my eye, predominantly because of my love of landscape. Somewhere around then I also discovered Heaton-Cooper's paintings, which kind of turned the volume up and sent me off in the direction of watercolour landscape but then I was given a copy of Colin Prior's Highland Wilderness and that was what really opened my eyes to what could be done. He's since been surpassed but his work is a brilliant demo of how important it is to make the opportunity. Being up on a snow clad mountain at first light takes planning and commitment, two very important qualities for successful landscape photography. I like Joe Cornish's work and while I wouldn't go so far as to say he inspires me I did take on board his eschewing of the wideangle as the default focal length. Charlie Waite doesn't really do it for me in the way that Ben Knapinski does and of the current crop I think Paul Sutton and Adam Burton are doing a fine job.
 
Not sure roles models as such but certainly people I respect for what they do, lots of people on here that produce countless examples of stunning work.

Suppose as far as motorsports go I would have to list the likes of Andrew Wheeler, Martin Heath and Patrick Gosling all masters of what they do.
 
I don't know who/she is but the person who shoots the Ffestiniog Railway website/brichure shots, THE best railway photos I've seen, ad I don't know how they manage it! (i'm dmaned well trying though!)
 
Lots of photographers inspire me but my two favourites in no particular order are Rosie Hardy & Natalie Dybisz :)
 
Byker28i said:
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Sob ...I'd just like to (wipes tear) thanks all of you on here for inspiring me to be better. If it wasn't for you all....
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you forgot parents , agent , dog, yadda yadda yadda.....:thumbs:
 
My dad.

One day when he went to work I done him a favour. Went to his camera draw with a nice soft cloth to clean his kit. He was going to be so happy.

On one of his Rolli's I just couldnt get rid of a bit of dust from the lens. Its was on the inside. So i done what any 11 year old boy would do. Found some tools and took it apart.

When he got home he looked at the mess on the bedroom floor, picked it all up and brought it to the table in the spare room. He then went and got a chair, lamp and a book an how cameras work.

"sit down son. you are not going out and no pocket money until its back together and working"

Thats was 2 months of school, dinner, camera until 8.30pm. Weekends it was 10am until 6pm, bath and bed.

It never did work but boy did it teach me lots of things :)

He got a new one for Xmas via my pocket money and my mums compassion.

I still have it, in a draw in my bedroom. One day .....
 
Again mine are not role models, more people who have helped me get to where I needed to be. In no particular order:

Zack Arias - Awesome teacher, great photographer.
Joe McNally - Okay teacher, bit cheesy. Great photographer.
Joey Lawrence - Cocky little $#!#, love his portraits though. Great photographer.
David duChemin - Awesome teacher, bit deep for some though. Great photographer.
David Hobby - Great teacher, good photographer. I'm not 'wow'ed by DH's photography overall but he's the man when it comes to teaching flash work with speedlights.
 
swanseamale47 said:
The late Victor Blackman of daily express fame was my reason for becoming a press photographer.
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I just saw this post now, and it brings back a few memories. I used to read his weekly articles in AP in the library when I was a teenager - quite a long time ago! The ones that seem to stick in my memory, for no particular reason, are a discussion about the Nikon F with the "new" Photomic head, covering a street demo in London with a Leica and a fast 35mm wide angle, and something about the glories of a Rollei TLR.
 
Tokkelossi said:
My dad.

One day when he went to work I done him a favour. Went to his camera draw with a nice soft cloth to clean his kit. He was going to be so happy.

On one of his Rolli's I just couldnt get rid of a bit of dust from the lens. Its was on the inside. So i done what any 11 year old boy would do. Found some tools and took it apart.

When he got home he looked at the mess on the bedroom floor, picked it all up and brought it to the table in the spare room. He then went and got a chair, lamp and a book an how cameras work.

"sit down son. you are not going out and no pocket money until its back together and working"

Thats was 2 months of school, dinner, camera until 8.30pm. Weekends it was 10am until 6pm, bath and bed.

It never did work but boy did it teach me lots of things :)

He got a new one for Xmas via my pocket money and my mums compassion.

I still have it, in a draw in my bedroom. One day .....
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Your father is a fare more calm person than I'd ever manage to be in that situation!
 
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