Here's a dropbox link to my book layout. The bio needs to change. I got a little silly with it. Some parts aren't bad so I'm leaving it until I can come back to it. Any thoughts on a title, would be great!

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Louis Dallara

Louis Dallara

Louis Dallara is a Fine art photographer from New Jersey. He shoots a wide variety of styles and subjects. Louis says that he fits the style of how he is photographing to the subject, in order to better bring out it's energy and emotion. I found his website originally looking for plant photography, which was, in itself, well put together. To my delight though, he has a large body of works to shift through and learn from. 

Dallara uses post process editing in his photos. I mean who doesn't these days, but I still find it's an important aspect to note none the less. In my opinion, best to be honest about it. The above triptych is absolutely one of my favorites from his horticulture section. Personally, I have a weakness for triptychs. Triptychs have always resonated with me and this one especially does. The slow pull out from the dandelion, combined with the fade and blur of the colors blending, tying it off with an almost documentary style shot all flows very nicely.

If you had to choose a main "school" of photography for Louis, it would be landscape. As that is most likely the largest portion of his work. I highly suggest taking a peek at his website. Because of his variety of subjects, there is no doubt something that will catch your attention.

http://www.louisdallaraphotography.com/blog/

Mike Moats

Macro photographer

Mike Moats is a professional Macro photographer, who focuses on post production editing. He teaches workshops around the country and has won awards locally and internationally. His strength lies in his post processing, not to say his composition and other skills are not phenomenal. For my current project I could learn a lot from his work. He has a book titled, "Tiny Landscapes," which released in 2008. He has been shooting since 2001. Since then he has made huge strides in his career to become such a well known macro photographer.

http://www.tinylandscapes.com/

                   

Surrealism Photographer Logan Zillmer

I've been exceedingly interested in surrealism as the semester wraps up. I've just recently stumbled upon Logan Zillmer's 365 project on Flickr. Many of the photos are inspiring and well done. You can see his development over the year, which is one of the things I really love about 365 projects. I've never had the commitment to do it myself unfortunately. Back to Logan, not all of the pictures are photoshop centric and the ones that are, on average, done tastefully. Link to his 365 album on Flickr.

Mick Rock: Rock's Photographer

I write this portion of the post, having only looked at the work posted on Mick Rock's website and obtaining no other knowledge than that. For the most part, I'm rather unimpressed by the photos. Though a handful did stand out to me, I'll show those later. Mr. Rock's overall work, in my opinion, relies more on who's in the photo than on the photo itself. Then again, I'm just starting out again. Let's see what the internet has to say.

Syd Barrett on car - Mick Rock

So, after some fine researching it seems I was sort of correct. While Mr. Rock did have talent to his craft, he is mostly famous for shooting album covers and images of rock bands in the seventies. He is accredited many iconic shots from the time. In a time when celebrities couldn't post photos to Facebook and Instagram, I can understand his fame. This was the only glimpse into the lives of these rock stars. Without the internet having been so popularized, the spread of images like Mick Rock's have much more meaning. Even under this new perspective, I'm not about to consider myself a fan of Mick Rock's work. While I respect the role he played in his time, the artistic value is less than the historic value. He still continues his work today, photographing popular artists.

Snoop Dogg - Mick Rock

Queen II Album Cover - Mick Rock

Next day addition: After thinking this over more, I want to revisit Mick Rock later in the semester, once I have some more technical knowledge.

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