Image Bank - Hairstyles (Lighting III)

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by Clayton Bozard

Clayton is from Orangeburg, South Carolina and this is where he found his passion for photography. His photographic career began as a hobby but over time he honed his skills and has become a professional with his skills in using lighting and surroundings to create his photographs. He focuses on capturing “true emotion, personality, and intensity” in each of his subjects.

I like the usage of the sun as a backlight. And the backlight on the hair helps bring out the detail and texture of the hair, to the point where you can see individual strands. There’s not really a specific “hairstyle” being advertised here, but the since her hair is in her face, it automatically draws the audience’s focus to her hair. So the hair is definitely the main focus of this photo.






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By Mark Lobo

Mark Lobo is currently working on a project called ‘BNE’. It is a series inspired by the people of Brisbane. It started out as capturing the people from suburbs in Brisbane to tell their stories. But as it carried out, Mark realized that all the subjects knew the previous subjects in one way or another so he decided to let his subjects select the people for his next shoot, inspired by the idea of “six degrees of separation.” Mark believes in the phrase “a picture tells a thousand words” and makes it his challenge for his work to tell the stories of people’s lives in his photos.

This was taken as part of a photo shoot for a hairstylist. The lighting here gives the appearence of pale and washed out and this helps to compliment the hairstyle because it shows the texture of the hair (the unruly teased waves and the contrasting pin straight bangs). Also, with the color compostistion being pale and beige, the photo blends together and flows with the exception of the long, dark eyelashes.






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By Albert Watson

Albert Watson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is blind in one eye but he has overcome the odds with creativity and hard work. He has work published in magazines such as Vogue, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone. He also works with some of the leading brand names such as Revlon, Levi’s, and Chanel. He not only works in fashion photography, but he also writes about photography.

I love the colors in this, especially the colors in the hair. Its blue and green and with the contrasting red background, the hairstyle really stands out as original and creative and the actual photo reflects that.