Task 1: KTA 3

-Chris Saunders (Portrait, Music)
-Mark Harvey, ID8 Photography (Corporate Events, Editorial)
-Duncan Philpott

1.  Chris Saunders has been a professional photographer for 13 years, over which documented the portraits of world leading actors, authors, film directors, musicians, comedians and has had the resulting work published in numerous publications globally. His list of clientele include corporates The Guardian, The observer, Sony, EMI, Universal Records, Random House Publishing and Harper Collins. He quotes "I became interested in photography twenty or so years ago after borrowing a friend's SLR to photograph this really cool cat I had at the time".
Tecniques:

• Lighting Position - Accentuate features, shadows the eyes
• Composition - Light Features (Combined with ground moisture causes shining/reflection), People Group (Used in band photography, using height to denote importance)
• Angle - Create Illusion (Satelite Dish Photo), To convey emotion
• Background - Converging Lines (Draws the eyes to the subject), Interesting Patterns, Colours
• Focus

2. Mark Harvey, owner and manager of ID8 Photography, is a sheffield based photographer with over 20 years experience in editorial, corporate, documentary and portrait photography. The broad range of assignments presented to Mark and his company by a range of clients notably including Sheffield Council, Manchester University, National UTC's and Sheffield Health Services, has provided them with a range of experience and skill giving the ability for ID8 to produce high quality images in any given situation.

Mark Harvey gave us some valuable advice:

1. Always prepare and have a vivid idea of what you want to capture
2. Always remember the three key principles: Aperture, Time, Focus
3. The best photos are not necessarily taken with the best equipment; opportunities for snaps can be at any time so be ready with any kind of camera

3. Duncan Philpott, one half of the sheffield based duo called Steel City Media. What began as providing minor pieces of companies for local companies developed into full-time career working for a range of editorial and commercial clients as well as following the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Series across the globe.
Involved Clients:

• Dirt Magazine | MBR Magazine | Privateer Magazine | Vital MTB | MTBR (Germany) | [R]evolution MTB (Australia) | Wideopen Magazine
• Monster Energy | Santa Cruz Bikes | Skins Compression Wear | Cotic LTD | FiveTen | Mondraker 

Using various shutter speeds and by following the subject during motion; Duncan had produced images such as this where everything but the subject is blurred in motion, denoting speed.

To achieve light streaks from traffic; Bulb photography and long exposure is utilised creating this amazing imagery.

Questions based on each photographer

1. How long has Chris Saunders been professionally taking photos?

2. Name 4 of his clients.

3. What are his 2 main areas of photography he works within?

4. What was his first instance of interest of photography?

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