THE IMPORTANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHING PEOPLE - BY MICHAEL O'BRIEN

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The Importance of Photographing People

Paul Strand Quote

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The artist's world is limitless.It can be found anywhere far from where he lives

or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.

Quote from Paul Strand

Beginnings

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Henry Fox Talbot1800 – 1877

Key Inventor of Photography

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Henry Fox Talbot1800 – 1877


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The birth of photographyView from the Window at Le Gras Joseph Nicéphore Niépce 1822


NADARGaspard-Félix Tournachon 1820–1910portrait photographer extraordinaire

Franz Liszt

NADARGaspard-Félix Tournachon

portrait photographer extraordinaire

The Photographer’s Mother



Gustave Dore



Charles Baudelaire

NADARGaspard-Félix Tournachon 1820–1910portrait photographer extraordinaire

Sarah Bernhardt

Julia Margaret Cameron1815 - 1879

Ellen Terry 1864Carbon print

Julia Margaret Cameron1815 - 1879

Tennyson

Eugene Atget

Eugene Atget

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Irving Penn 1917–2009The Small Trades

The Coal Man

Irving Penn 1917–2009The Small Trades

Chimney Sweep

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Young Boy, Ecuador 1989Originally shot with Kodak TriX film

Scanned on Imacon Uploaded into Lightroom as high res TIFF

Then over to Silver Efex for finishing touches

Workflow Three using Lightroom®4, Silver Efex and Photoshop

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“Photographers deal in things which are

continually vanishing and when they have

vanished there is no contrivance on earth

which can make them come back again.”

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Documentthe Past

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Berenice Abbott

Placa de la Revolucion, Habana, Cuba

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Children of the Revolution, Habana, Cuba


Eugene Atget

Celebrate diversity

Maestro Esteban ValdezSan Miguel d’ Allende, Mexico

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Adegboyega Najeem Hammed


Michael O’Brien Photography

www. comManuel Alvarez Bravo

Create Legacy

Michelle

Michelle

Michelle

Connect peopleBuild community


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Communicate feelingsand create empathy

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Brothers, Yucatan, Mexico

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Mayan Girl


Convey a Sense of

Mystery

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Inishmore, Aran IslandsRepublic of Ireland


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Los Golondrinas

Ecuador

Eugene Atget

Explore and reveal identity


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1. Be prepared.

2. Be comfortable.

3. Be respectful.

4. Talk to/connect with the subject.

5. Get closer to the subject if possible.

6. Photograph people at work or engaged in their daily tasks.

7. Make the picture as if it matters.

8. Study the masters.

Michael O’Brien’s Tips for improving your photographs of people

To create a narrative or tell a story….

and now abrief slideshow

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