12.1.10

The Photo Niche

The niche I wanted for the the last semester was to be about the creative arts. In this I suppose I was looking to have a broad subject base on which to blog in hopes of me actually being inspired to post more. However, whenever I attempt (trust me, there are a few drafts floating around) to start a post it comes back to something within the realm of photography. For now, I figured, this will be the focus of my blog. Now on to the real stuff...



Josef Hoflehner did not ring this through photoshop. I somehow wish he did because then I would not be feeling the insatiable urge to fly to St. Maarten. The island is so small that planes must fly directly over the beach in order to land. Impressive. This happens several times a day and enough to get some sincerely inspiring images. Hoflehner also has a variety of other photographs from around the world with a similar point of view. All of his shots seem to provoke a simple, quiet theme and all are shot in black and white.



Brandon Pavan is from New Jersey and I am fairly certain he is a fashion photographer. Besides that I know not much else than what his pictures show. His style also seems to be rather simplistic and straightforward. They all seem, well, real which is an element that I find to sometimes be lost in the days of photoshop and high-priced shoots. Something that makes his images slightly different is the use of personal images from people like his grandmother. Through these images he offers a glance into his own world and gives a real representation of his life.





Sources: thisisduty & hardfeelings