Henry Mullins – Historic

Henry Mullins first started working 230 Regent Street in London in the 1840s, but then moved to the island of Jersey in 1848. Here he worked in a studio called the “Royal Saloon” at 7 Royal Square. He was in fact the first professional photographer to come to Jersey and found his business in portraiture in the very beginnings of photography his portraits would go for “a fee of five guineas”.

His specialty was “cartes de visite” as the archive contains 9600 photographs which are generally broken down into 16 sets of photographs taken in a single sitting.

Arnold Newman – Contemporary

Arnold Abner Newman, born in March 3rd, 1918 is professional American photographer which was known for his “Environmental Portraits” which he has photographed many artists and politicians. He focused on the idea that an image “must still excite and intrest the viewer”. Here he found his passion through the “empathy he felt for artists and their work.

His work is very particular as he worked close to the environmental theme by “carefully framed and lit setting, and its contents, to symbolise the individual’s life and work”. Newman took his last portrait in 2005 of James “Jimmy” Burrows at the NBC studios; he later dies in June 2006.

Image Analysis

STILL TO COMPLETE

Photoshoot Plan

LOCATION: I will be taking photos in Zita’s environment, so places such as her home, the drama and music studios, our school. I will be using artificial light either from school lighting or with flash.

MODEL: I will be using my friend zita for all the shots.

FRAMING: I will be doing full body shots and then upper body shots, here I will experiment with different angles such as low angles to look powerful and normal eye level shots.

LIGHTING: I will generally be taking photos inside so by using artificial lighting such as the school room lights or with a flash; however when taking photos outside I will be taking photos with natural daylight lighting.