David Bailey

When researching photographers I came across a great portrait photographer David Bailey. David Royston Bailey, born 2 January 1938 is an English photographer, regarded as one of the nation's best in 1959. Bailey became a photographic assistant at the John French studio, and in May 1960, he was a photographer for John Cole's Studio Five before being contracted as a fashion photographer for British Vogue magazine later that year. 
For my exam, I want to do some portrait photography showing the changes in a person once having coffee in the morning. With Bailey's photographs, I love the bold black and white contrasting style she seems to always have. I want in my photographs to have a smiler style, letting the models say all there is to say in the photograph, with no need to colour.  




Cara and Pharell wear cotton shirt

Cara Delevingne by David Bailey
 for Vogue Australia October 2013







 David Bailey's box of
pin-ups; Susan Murray


My response to David Bailey's box of pin-ups; Susan Murray. I had ensure the stutter speed and aperture were set accordingly my ISO was on the lowest, the lights were on the minimum level so when talking the photograph they didn't wipe him out with it being overexposed. For this shoot, I had to make sure I was higher than my model, so the camera was looking down on him, I did this by kneeling on a table, as my tripod was broken at the time. I had to make sure the lighting was right, bringing the lights right up close to his face shading the left-hand side of his face, while the right is illuminated. I made sure I kept my model central of my shot and directed him to look as if her were looking beyond the camera to something else. After doing the photoshoot, I then did a bit of editing in Photoshop, changing the original photograph to black and white, turning up the contrast and sharpening the photo as a whole. This is photograph is the result of that.

These are some more of the photographs I took while on the photoshoot. I really enjoy Bailey's style of photography. It's a very striking and distinct style of portrait photography, showing the power a single photograph has when the subject is looking empowered and sure of themselves.