studio

Whilst photographing I focused on experimenting with high key and low key photography, by rearranging the light and composition, I have varied the focus of the features and interest point of the image. 

as I use photography as a reference fort my drawings and painting, being able to alter the light source creates a great image to work from.

the sharpness and contrast of light and dark makes the image a stronger and adds more detail.
i like the way the lighting differentiates between the different images, some appearing to have a natural light quality to them, the others show an obvious display of artificial light.

photographers

Irving Penn 

with a clever use of light and dark Irving Penn can manipulate an image to show its interest, distorting the shades and dimensions of an image to and making it his own.

He uses fairly simplistic composition and keeping the images de-cluttered it adds more interest to the subject matter.

David Bailey

similar to Irving Penn by focusing on the subject rather then its surroundings he manages to make it appear more interesting. also the adjustment in the lighting add to the interest.

Albert Watson

like the other photographers Albert Watson uses the different positioned light sources to add focus and interest to the subject matter