Bruce Weber

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Bruce Weber is another fashion/editorial photographer who does a lot of outside work. He uses natural light to his advantage, whether it be sunny or cloudy. His work is a bit more subtle than Peggy Sirota’s in the use of sunlight and that works really well. He doesn’t have the sun straight frontal like Sirota, but lets it be an accent in the portrait. For example in this first one here, you see the sunlight coming through in the top part of the photo, but it’s not an overpowering presence. It just highlights. I like Weber’s use of colour int his photograph as well. He uses bright colours, but they aren’t overpowering. Very natural, just like the light and the girls in the photo. It all goes very well together. This photograph has the kind of clarity which I like.

This photo has a much softer look than the one above. This I think is becasue of the lighting. There is no sun in this image and cloudy skies give a softer light. But even their expressions soften the image. I like that all the colours in this image match. Everything from the sand to their hair seems to blend well together. The only thing making a slight contrast is the man’s scarf. It brightens up as it is the strongest colour in the image.

The two following images are both black and white. The second one has a slight colour cast to it, though. Weber has the same kind of feel to his images even when they are b&w. The first one her is quite bright and happy like the first image above and the second one, though still happy, has a much softer feel, like the second image above. I think this has to do with the crispness of the images. The first one is clearer and crisper than the second one.

The rest of his images that I have chosen all have the same feel as well. I really like his work.

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