Photographer-Inspiration

1. Cyrus Khamuk
Macro and Nature Photography
Dan Ng 13319
Level 2 ANN3B
Photography

2.  Cyrus is most known for his Macro Photograpy
A Macro photo with Mixed Lighting: mixing light of different temperature. All
done without photoshop tricks or editing.

3. His style is very unique as he plays a lot on lighting
to create different effects in the background, which
rather brings out the extremely clear visuals of the
subject, making it very outstanding. His images
are also very rich in terms of colour Which is what I
really love about his photos.

4.  His style: It didn’t really change over the course of his career. But instead it
gets better and better. The more he explores on lighting and exquisite reptiles
and insects the nicer and more unique the photos get. The photos has their
own taste and feel. Its like something you haven’t seen before.

5.  His subject matter did change. From Landscape
Photography, he moved on to Macro Photography

6.  He introduces his own methods and ways on how to
create a similar effect to the photos he has done.
Without needing the aid of editing softwares.
You can check out how he does it at this site.
http://megashot.net/communities/Water%20Drops/content/639

7.  Cyrus makes a living through commercial works,prints
and assignments.

8. His works can be easily distinguished by noticing the lighting and colours of it.
Its vibrant colours sets it apart from all the other photos and its extremely clear
visuals.

9.  When I see his work, I feel so inspired to go out there and explore. To
be able to learn the art of patience, for these creatures to appear. To
have full understanding of the composition and to captivate the feeling
and mood of that very moment.

10. Understanding the rule of thirds and applying it in the compositions. I’m very
impressed by the fact that he can get all this extremely close up shots of this
exquisite insects/reptiles and it is so clear and detailed. The whole picture itself and
the amount of details in it gives birth to a whole new WOW effect. It just blows me
away.

11. This image has a very clear usage of the complementary colours
yellow and purple. The image is very well composed and the wings, act
as some sort of directional line to direct the focus to the insect’s head.

12. Another clear usage of complementary colours. Notice that the
background and foreground is blurred off, so that the main focus would be
on the midground which the subject, a frog.

13. This photo is my favorite. It is very pleasing to the eye, it
gives off a very sensuous and calming feel. The harmonious
colours give it the pleasing feel. The wide variety of colours in
contrast with the still subject gives it a dynamic yet static
mood, which I find very unique.

14. Directional lines to direct the viewer’s eye to the subject. The picture is
able to captivate the viewers attention directly into the subject’s eye as
all the elements are directing the attention there. The not so important
parts are blurred off and not focused on.

15. CONCLUSION
He may not be a very famous photography. But I still want to use
him as he is really an inspiration to me and it is something that I
would really want to try out. As his unique photos struck me when I
first saw them, I was like ‘this guy is simply too amazing’. Hence, I
used this guy over a famous photographer as he really inspires me to
look out for greater detail in everything I see. There is a deeper
meaning in his photos rather than just the explicit visuals. I saw a
thought, something that he wants to convey. That we should view
things not just viewing them without a thought, but with greater
attention and deeper thought. The most ordinary things in our daily
life that we may pass by, may have extraordinary detail and meaning.
Even like the eyes of a mosquito, if we view it with our naked eyes we
wouldn’t even beable to see a thing. But, if we were to view it through
a different perspective (e.g, for this instance-the camera) we would
be able to see something completely different. Thus, in life, always
keep an eye out for things that go by in our daily life, and not let them
slip by without a thought. This photographer has taught me to see
things in a different light, to view things with a different perspective.