Sam Kaplan | Photographer

Sam Kaplan is a still life, commercial, Editorial, Advertising, Product, New York photographer. http://samkaplan.com/RECENT/thumbs/

The photographer has taken this photograph from above (birds eye view). This is so Kaplan can get all of the subject into the frame but also capture the word that the photographer created. I idea of getting different kinds of beer and shaping them the spell out the word beer is interesting because it adds meaning and depth to the image. The photograph has been arranged and portarys powerful ideas around the chosen subject area. There is use of repetition which adds patten and colour to the photo. The photographer has used a studio to help create this photograph, the studio lights enable the photographer to create a crisp image, that makes each glass of beer bold and balanced. You can tell that the studio lights have been placed with intension to create no shadows but capture the dramatics colours of the beer.

This photograph has an arranged layout, which captures the dramatic colours of the spoons. The way all of the spoons are facing the same way creates different lines and pattens in the photograph, this enhances the features of the subject. The photographer has taken this photograph from above (birds eye view). This enables the photographer to fit all of the spoons in one frame and creates a 3 dimensional perspective of the image. I think that the photographer has used this angle because it is distinctive and adds emphasize on the objects. The photographer has also used a studio to take his photograph in. The shadows on the spoons look like they are intentional and placed, meaning that Kaplan used studio lighting to achieve this. All of the colours compliment eachother but they also capture a creative contrast between the pastels and brights.

Like the photographs above this image has also been taken from an above angle (birds eye view). This photograph contains a lot of repetition which captures a linear patten. I like the colour range in this photograph, it captures different types of eggs from old to freshly hatched eggs. The egg that has been cracked open breaks up the photograph and draws your attention away from the darkness of the eggs in the corner. Again I think that the photographer has used the studio to enable him to take this photograph, the shadows coming from the right side of the eggs look like they are supposed to be there, and that studio lights have been used to capture this photograph.