Photographer analysis

1. TOM JENKINS

2. Ever since Tom Jenkins was a child, he has had a passion for
sports, he claims that he would have been in front of the lens
rather than behind it as a child he was obsessed with sport, but
he states ‘my ability didn't match my enthusiasm.’ Learning and
loving photography at school made Tom realise he could
approach a career associated with sport from a different angle.
He studied a Documentary Photography course run at Newport,
South Wales. He left in 1989 and started to freelance for the
agency Allsport and papers The Independent and Sunday
Telegraph, over time he managed to get more regular work for
The Guardian and has been there ever since.
His book of sports photography 'In the Moment' was published in
June 2012, which he claims is one of his career highlights along
with doing photography at six football World Cups and four
summer Olympic Games.
He now lives in London with his wife and two children and has
been going all over the world covering sports events for 25
years

4. The mai n f ocus of t he phot o i s t he pl ayer i n t he mi ddl e.
I t i s ver y cl ear t o see t hat he i s t he mai n subj ect of
t hi s phot ogr aph as t he r ul e of t hi r ds t echni que has
cl ear l y been appl i ed. Thi s r ul e st at es t hat t he f i r st
pl ace ever yone l ooks when seei ng an i mage i s di r ect l y i s
t he mi ddl e t her ef or e a l ot of t he t i me t he mai n f ocus of
a phot o i s i n t he mi ddl e.
Fr om t hi s phot ogr aph i t appear s t o be f ocusi ng on t he
number of t he back on t he mai n subj ect s ki t , ‘ 10’ . The
number ‘ 10’ i s r ef er ence t o t he pl ayer of whi ch i s i n
t hi s phot ogr aph, f ans of r ugby who suppor t Engl and wi l l
i mmedi at el y r ecogni se t he pl ayer f r om t hei r ki t number
whi ch makes t he phot o much mor e under st andabl e t o r ugby
f ans, f or exampl e, I i mmedi at el y knew t hat t hi s phot o i s
of Jonny Wi l ki nson.
The phot ogr aph has a ver y shal l ow f ocus as i t want s you
t o f ocus on t he pl ayer , t hi s i s made cl ear by t he f act
t hat t he f ans seem much mor e bl ur r y t han t he mai n
subj ect . However , despi t e t he phot o bei ng a shal l ow
f ocus, t he sur r oundi ng of Wi l ki nson makes t he phot ogr aph
as speci al as i t i s.
I n t he backgr ound, you can see sl i ght l y, ‘ Rugby Wor l d Cup

6. The mai n f ocus of t hi s phot ogr aph i s t he goal keeper and
t he 2 pl ayer s shown i n t he backgr ound. Fr om bei ng a
Manchest er Uni t ed f an, I know t hi s phot o i s f r om
Manchest er Uni t ed FC VS Li ver pool FC i n 2009.
Addi t i onal l y, I know t he pl ayer s of whi ch ar e seen i n t he
phot ogr aph i s t he keeper , Pepe Rei na, t he goal scor er ,
Cr i st i ano Ronal do and t eammat e of hi s, Wayne Rooney.
Thi s act i on shot of Rei na di vi ng t o save t he Ronal do
penal t y at t empt i s t i med t o per f ect i on as t he bal l has
l ef t Ronal do’ s boot and f r om t hi s phot o we can see hi s
det er mi ned expr essi on, and we can al so see Rei na
t r avel l i ng t owar ds t he bal l . Fr om t hi s pi ct ur e i t i s
al most i mpossi bl e t o see i f t he bal l i s i n or not whi ch
makes i t ext r emel y eye cat chi ng and a ver y ski l f ul l y t ook
phot ogr aph.
Thi s phot ogr aph has a shal l ow f ocus as t he phot ogr apher
want s you t o f ocus on t he 3 mai n subj ect s, t he goal
keeper and t he 2 opposi ng at t acker s, t hi s i s made cl ear
as t he audi ence i s bl ur r ed as ar e some ot her pl ayer s of
whi ch can bar el y be seen.
I f you use t he r ul e of t hi r ds on t hi s phot ogr aph and
separ at e t hi s phot o i nt o 9 equal squar es, t he ver y

8. The mai n subj ect i n t hi s i mage i s Oscar Pi st or i us, a
Sout h Af r i can spr i nt r unner . I mmedi at el y, i t i s
cl ear t o see t hat t hi s phot o i s f r om a l ow angl e,
t hi s i s t o make Oscar l ook bi gger and st r onger . Thi s
coul d be met aphor i cal of hi s car eer and di sabi l i t y,
st at i ng t hat al t hough hi s l egs wer e amput at ed bel ow
t he knee when he was 11 mont hs ol d, he i s no weaker
t han any ot her r unner i n t he wor l d, and coul d be a
st at ement of whi ch i s r epr esent i ng t he whol e of t he
Par al ympi c Games, st at i ng t hat t hat ar e j ust as
t al ent ed as The Ol ympi c Games. The nat ur al hi gh key
l i ght i ng of whi ch i s seen i n t hi s phot o i s not onl y
r el at ed t o happi ness, but al so si mpl y r ef er r i ng t o
t he Summer , as t hat i s when t he Par al ympi cs ar e
hel d. The r ul e of t hi r ds appl i es t o t hi s phot ogr aph
as i f you l ook di r ect l y i n t he mi ddl e of t he phot o,
i t i s cl ear t o see t hat t hi s i s a r unner wi t h a
r obot i c l eg, whi ch r el at es t o t he Par al ympi cs
i mmedi at el y. The shal l ow f ocus di r ect s t he audi ence