16 year old Joey Lawrence
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UKBob

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295 months

Wednesday 8th November 2006
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website said:
Joey has been doing still photography work for less than 2 years, and his first pictures were done with a 1 megapixel point and shoot. Although he has upgraded equipment since then, some images from that first camera are still shown in these galleries. He shows the eye behind the camera is more important than the equipment itself.
clicky

This man clearly has the creative eye and oodles of talent, top stuff!

andybuk99

312 posts

259 months

Wednesday 8th November 2006
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some nice shots but i detest the dragan style, especially when they are so over the top.

UKBob

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16,277 posts

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Wednesday 8th November 2006
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andybuk99 said:
some nice shots but i detest the dragan style, especially when they are so over the top.
Its not quite my style either, its rather underworldish but I do like his work.

Edited by UKBob on Wednesday 8th November 11:55

le gravy noire

1,857 posts

278 months

Wednesday 8th November 2006
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UKBob said:
website said:
He shows the eye behind the camera is more important than the equipment itself.


I'd love to see how they look without being fed through his pc...

poah

2,142 posts

258 months

Wednesday 8th November 2006
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agree with matt

Don

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314 months

Wednesday 8th November 2006
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le gravy noire said:
UKBob said:
website said:
He shows the eye behind the camera is more important than the equipment itself.


I'd love to see how they look without being fed through his pc...


Highly stylised/processed aren't they? I'd like to do as well, mind!

le gravy noire

1,857 posts

278 months

Wednesday 8th November 2006
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I bought a photography book the other day called "figure and ground" by richard renaldi. A stunning set of street portraits shot using an 8x10 camera. The photos are amazing, and there is something so pure and crisp about the results of exposing huge bits of film with basic, yet optically superb equipment, and evidence (if you ever needed it) that post processing can be as much of a distraction and cover up as it can be a good thing. Joey Lawrence's shots just give me a headache.

Incidentally other good photography books I've bought this week:

David LaChapelle's heaven to hell
Ansel Adam's the negative
Lee Frost's guides to panoramic and low light photography

Matt

Andy M

3,755 posts

289 months

Wednesday 8th November 2006
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To echo comments already made; too much PP for my liking.

Undoubtedly a talented lad though

le gravy noire said:
good photography books I've bought this week:

David LaChapelle's heaven to hell
Ansel Adam's the negative
Lee Frost's guides to panoramic and low light photography



I purchased this yesterday but am yet to have a look

Edited by Andy M on Wednesday 8th November 14:53

Mr Whippy

32,453 posts

271 months

Wednesday 8th November 2006
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le gravy noire said:
UKBob said:
website said:
He shows the eye behind the camera is more important than the equipment itself.


I'd love to see how they look without being fed through his pc...


Yeah, bit too much "touching"...

Still very creative there is no doubt, but I'd question the photography side.

Just digital art rarther than "photography"...

Dave

UKBob

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Wednesday 8th November 2006
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Pah, ya bunch of heathen purists! hehe

neilr

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293 months

Wednesday 8th November 2006
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"Ansel Adam's the negative"

If you hven't already bought/read them, his books 'the camera' and 'the print' in the same series are excellent as well, although 'the print' maybe becoming a little redundant in this digitally driven age i 'spose.

EmmaP

11,758 posts

269 months

Wednesday 8th November 2006
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I love his artistic shots. The level of styling and attention to detail is staggering. I think his candid and band photography is weak though. He clearly is an incredibly talented young man with amazing creative potential. I'd be very interested to see where he is and how his work develops in a few years time. I think he'd make a good director too.