Professional Photographers

Michael Kenna

http://artperson.org/usa/michaelkenna/

http://colt-rane.com/michael-kenna/

     I find both of these photos by Michael Kenna interesting.  I can connect with the first one in the sense that not everything is in the same speed of change.  Different things are far away, hence the blur, and other things are just in reach, hence the clarity at the bottom.  In the second one, the sky seems to be going fast and all over the place, whereas the ground is stable and unmoving, clear to the eye.  When I first saw the second photo, it reminded me of my life - where everything seems to be fast and out of reach, but some of the things that can help me get to that far out place are right in reach. 

Jim Brandenburg

picture one: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/how-to/icons-of-photography/539374/photo-insight-with-jim-brandenburg-young-fox

picture two: http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photographers/photographer-jim-brandenurg/

     I find Jim Brandenburg's technique and style of photography interesting.  Firstly, I can relate to the first picture by feeling stuck and having too much motion, excitement and life surrounding me.  The fox stands alone in a feel of living things, but yet, it looks scared and somewhat dead in it's eyes.  In the second photo, I can relate to the wolf by being only half seen.  Everyone I know only sees one side of me because I don't let my guard down; it's those select few that decide to look beyond the one side and see me for who I really am.