Thursday, September 25, 2008

IS3 - A look at Dave Hill

So I chose a technique used by one of my favorite photographers, Dave Hill.  This technique has also been used by a Canadian photographer Jill Greenberg.  I chose these three photos, partly due to the fact that they were some of the most readily available.  Both Dave and Jill have flash websites, and saving images is challenging.  All three of these images show these artist's intense understanding of their lighting equipments and setups.

I find their style of photography very interesting  as the subject looks painted, even unrealistic.  The secret has been closely guarded by both photographers, though both swear that their technique lies in lighting as opposed to post-processing.  Which holds the potential to be true, as in an interview Dave references that he uses upward of 8 lights at any given shoot.  However for those of us with a much more limited budget there is hope in post-processing!

I found several tutorials for getting the "Dave Hill Look" here's links to a couple of them:

I also came upon an interview with Dave Hill where he talks about his approach to photography:

And finally an ongoing chat about Dave Hill on the strobist group at flickr.com:

Links to photographers sites:

-Mitch

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