Study of Digital Artist Two

Introduction

I have chosen to study the photographer Paul Reiffer
I have chosen them because I really like how they focus on natural surroundings and the sky.

Analysing 1 of their pieces of work:

The subject matter of the work to the right depicts landscape photography but the natural colours of the surroundings are vibrant.
Any other information about the work that is important? The photograph has been taken at natural landscapes.
Reiffer has paid particular attention to Compositional Rules in this work, as they have intentionally used the rule of thirds to take the photograph.
Reiffer has also used the Formal Elements of focus as there is a clear landscape in the photograph and the idea of colour and tone as the sunset uses vibrant colours.
The effect of these visual devices is to clearly draw the viewers eyes to the landscape.

Mood:

I think the work feels calm the artist has created this mood by... keeping the image subtle and minimalistic.
The colours used in the work are pinks and purples ,all the colours are subtle .
There are no people in the photograph but natural landscapes are the main subject.

Technical analysis:

I think that this work was probably taken using no lighting as it is a natural setting
The artist has used natural lighting but is lit from the sky of the photograph.
Do you think the work has been edited in Photoshop/Premier Pro? If so, how have they edited it and why?
I think they used photoshop to manipulate the colours in the photograph to appear more vibrant.

In this work the camera has been focused on the ice piece won the photograph to the left but also drawing the viewers attention the sky.
The artist has used a big aperture to create a Long Depth of Field. I can tell this because in the image we are looking out far accross the landscape
it has a calming effect especially with the subtle tones and the clouds.
I can tell that [Reiffer's] has also used a fast Shutter Speed because they wanted to reduce motion blur and to ensure the image is clear.
It would have been best for them to use a low ISO like [roughly 400/800] to take this work because these images are majority taken at sunset.

Intent:

From looking at it, I think the work is about…
Research Reiffer’s work, I have found that they made this work because the images capture landscapes frame by interesting scenery with the combination of appealing colours.
I think their work is about portraying the sky and urban landscapes

Relate to your own work:

I will have to find locations far out from the city with minimal buildings in sight..

Hiva Nikokar Dashtmian