Research
Rankin
Rankin is one of the best if not the best portraiture photographer in the world. he has taken photographs of many iconic celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jay-Z, Daniel Craig and many more. Rankin started his career in publishing and founding the magazine Dazed & Confused with Jefferson Hack in 1992. This gave him an opportunity to expand and start his photography career.
I really like Rankin's work on portraiture, he uses various different techniques to prevent the picture looking lifeless. He has implemented hand guessers and facial expressions to entice the viewer. He has used some sort of editing system to complete the majority of his work but he has not gone over the top with the amount of changes to the original photograph.
Other Photographs
These photographs are straight from the internet and I chose these photos because I thought they were good. I like the simplicity of them. For example, the photo of the older gentlemen on the far right seems to be generic and it does not have any stand out effects at first glance. But when you look closer you can see a lived in face, with each wrinkle bringing a story.
My Work
Original Photographs
In all these pictures I have taken I have thought about how I am going to manipulate them in photoshop. The top right picture is a physical effect in attempt to create an interesting photo, I then just coloured the peace of paper to add something new and different to it.
Photoshopped photographs
This is my final set of images after they have been edited.