1. David Yarrow Photography
Why I have picked this photographerI have picked this David as one of my
individual photographers to look at in detail, as I am impressed with his animal
photography. He does voluntary work for the African conservation charity tusk,
therefore he gets the chance to see the wildlife up close and this gives him time to
carefully capture his images.I was drawn to his word specifically as I found that his work
was different from normal wild life photographers, it seemed like he took more pride in
his work and more effort was put in to produce the images, this reflects off the images as
they are very stunning and look like they were hard to capture. Therefore I would like to
explore David’s work further as I want to see more of his images and see how he
manages to get so close to the wildlife.
This image from Yarrow’s portfolio relates to
my topic of close up as even though it’s not as
detailed as some of his work its still showing
the scenery and the elephant close up. I like
how he has captured it from behind as he has
managed to catch the sunlight coming through
the trees, which are emphasising the elephant.
I also like how the image looks very natural and
not posed, this is most likely because Yarrow
could only get to a certain distance with the
elephant being wild. This is the sort of thing I
would like to try out but maybe with horses instead.
Here is another image from Yarrows
work, which caught my eye; I like this
one especially as I like how the tiger
isn’t look at the camera. Its clever
how he managed to get this close and
picture the tiger whilst in the water as
this must have been difficult. I
especially like how in this image the
background is all black, therefore its
white hard to tell that the tiger is in
the water, however, I still think it
looks attractive as this shows the tiger
in more detail.
This image of a tiger especially caught my eye due
to the angle it has been taken at. Due to Yarrow
taking this image at a close angle, it is making the
tiger seem bigger and more powerful within the
picture. This is evident as you can see how small
the tree looks in the background. Furthermore, I
like how the picture has been taken with the tiger
facing the camera; this draws the viewer’s attention
more to the image. Also the fact that the image is in
black and white makes it look better too, as I like
the how background has a mixed shade of colours.

2. I found this images from Yarrow’s portfolio the most
inspiring, as this is something I have previously tried to
do myself but with a person rather than an animal. The
reflection caught my eye as it’s mirroring the monkey,
which I found very unique and different. I like how the
monkey is placed to one side of the photo as this shows
the background in detail, in specific the water. Which I
find interesting to look at as you can see the ripples in
the water showing close-up. I also like hoe the
background fades and to blur, I’ve found this is a
common technique used by many photographers.
How this photographer has influenced me
David’s work has influenced me in a variety of ways as I’ve learnt how to place main
subjects in photos from looking at his work. For example normally I would always
photograph my main subject in the middle, however I have seen from his work that’s its
quite effective to do it in various ways which still enable to picture to seem attractive. I
now want to try out this within my own work, I have also learnt that images can be more
powerful when in black and white as they emphasise the darker and lighter parts of the
image in more detail. Most likely my favourite image from David’s portfolio is the one
with the tiger in the water, I like this because I know how hard it would have been to
capture and it shows Davis’s commitment to his work. I like the angle its been taken on
and I like how the background is black as it looks like its been taken in a studio but we
known it hasn’t. His animal work has influenced me as I am now going to plan a shoot
around horses to try and interpret some of his style into my own work.
Summary
Overall, I have enjoyed looking at David’s work in detail, he has lots of portfolios, which
contain images which are similar however they still stand out and are different form one
another. Firstly, I thought David’s work was pretty average, however after looking
further into it I’ve found that it is very inspiring, also from reading his biography it
explains the huge amounts of effort he puts into capturing these images. Also I like the
fact that its of wildlife, as it shows how hard it would have been to capture, and it shows
how careful David would have had to been when taking these as animals are
unpredictable. After looking at his work I have now gained some of my own ideas in
which I can interpret David’s style into my own work.