This document summarizes information about three photographers - George Garnier, Miro Arva, and Annie Leibovitz - and how their work could influence the document author's own photography project for a fashion magazine cover. George Garnier is a London-based photographer who has shot portraits of politicians and works as creative director for a Bulgarian fashion magazine. Miro Arva is also based in London and focuses on fashion and beauty photography. He won a competition to shoot Naomi Campbell. Annie Leibovitz is an American portrait photographer known for her work with celebrities and unique conceptual photos mixing fashion with themes like Disney. The author notes technical aspects she likes from each photographer, such as shutter speeds

1. Emily Davis portrait fashion
photography

2. Photographer: George Garnier
George is 30 years old and from
London he’s in a film and stage crew
and is a photographer. He has his own
photography studio in Bermondsey,
London. He has shot official portraits
of Prime Ministers Blair and Cameron.
George is the creative director of a
magazine in Bulgaria called MODA.
The magazine specializes in fashion
and portraiture and he not only is
involved with this magazine but also
contributes to European publications.
He has been published in ID, Tatler,
Amica and has a particularly keen
interest in the current trends of
menswear designers. He is also a
regular contributor to online
magazines like Attire and Style.

4. I like this photo because it’s a portrait picture but shows fashion so is just
like what I want on my magazine cover. Its used to make people want to
buy the magazine and show them what kind of style this magazine is for.
This picture was one George actually used for his magazine MODA and I
think its good and works because its not to busy for a front cover but its
interesting and fun. The shutter speed of this image would have had to
be fast because it looks like she's jumping in it so for it to be a clear
picture the lens would have had to capture the image fast.
This is another portrait picture by George Garnier but this
one is just simply of the model and just a mid shot. He takes a
lot of photos for models who have profiles for work. I think
this is a good picture because its taken in black and white to
give it a more dramatic effect but its still simple and you can
see what's in the image. I like this style of picture because on
a magazine cover big it would look good and striking.
However I want to take a picture showing some fashion to.
The shutter speed in this photo wouldn’t had to of been
really fast or really slow because the model is stood still so it
would have been captured in a normal speed.

5. Influence
I think George Garnier can influence my work
because he is very creative with his shots and
likes to make them interesting but not too
busy. The backgrounds in most of his photos
are buildings or landscapes. Then he takes
more simple pictures with no background just
focusing on the model. I think I can mix both
of his styles together by having a close up
model picture wearing a fashion statement
that we can just see in the shot. In some of his
shots he has the models moving and I would
like to try and see if I could do this in some of
mine using different shutter speeds like he
does.

6. Miro Arva
He is a London based fashion & beauty
photographer. Miro Arva was born in a
small country right in the heart of
Europe. Since an early age, he was
always fascinated by fashion stories in
magazines. After studying tourism and
business, he decided to pursue a
completely different career. Miro has
been taking photographs
professionally since 2007. He then
finally decided to London it being one
of the worlds' fashion capitals. He
entered Naomi Campbell's Fashion
Photographer Search” in summer 2010
which was to win the opportunity to
shoot a glamour magazine photo
shoot, Miro won and got the amazing
opportunity to shoot one of the
fashion icons and supermodels Naomi
Campbell for Glamour UK magazine.

8. I like this photo because it’s a portrait photo but also includes fashion
which is what I want to do with my cover shot. I like the angle of the shot
because the model isn’t central in the shot. I think people looking at this
would be interested because its like he’s looking at something and also be
looking at what he’s wearing. I like the black and white effect of this photo
also I think it makes pictures look more classic and I think this would be a
good look on my magazine and might attract people because of the
dramatic look it gives. The model is not moving so the shutter speed
would just be normal for this picture, however I think when I take my
picture I would want to practice with different shutter speeds and have
my model moving to see what effect it gives. Also I think I would like a bit
of colour in my photos, like this but pick out certain colours by editing the
photo, I think this will give a good effect.
I like this colours in this photo and would like to shoot something
like this in black and white and then pick out the bright colour
like in this picture her skirt and earrings. I think this would give a
different look to my magazine cover and I could pick out as many
colours as I wanted to. This photo is central and the model is
looking straight at the camera which I think is keeping the photo
simple but I like that so that when I edit the picture it won’t look
to busy if I have lots happening in the actual shot to. The shutter
speed for this photo would just be normal because she is just
stood still posing. I like the plain background I think I would want
to do the same because I want the focus to be more on the
model and the outfit to show what my magazine is about.

9. Influence
I think Miro Arva can influence my
work because he takes photos of
people who have the kind of style I
like. I like the way he takes pictures and
seems to always show what the main
focus is. Even if there’s something in
the background the focus is still the
model and their clothes. I like the mid
shot’s he’s uses also because it attracts
people to the magazine because it
doesn’t look to busy and shows the
focus of the magazine. He doesn’t use
lots of different shutter speeds but he
does use lots of angles and I like this
because it makes the shot more
interesting even though its just a mid
shot of a model. I like how most of his
pictures are just of one model I think it
helps concentrate on the clothes
rather than the position and poses of
both models, I like the simple look he
uses but how he makes it fun and
striking.

10. Annie Leibovitz
Annie is an American portrait photographer born
in Connecticut but studied painting at the San
Francisco art institute while taking night classes in
photography. In 1970 she began working for the
Rolling Stone magazine so this was the beginning
of her photography career, she was chief
photographer. When she left 10 years later she had
already shot 142 covers. In 1983 she joined the
staff at Vanity Fair magazine, this was where she
started getting into fashion photography, soon
after this she also began working for Vogue
fashion magazine. Since then she has created
influential magazine campaigns for the Gap and
Got milk? Adverts. Exhibitions of her images have
appeared at museums and galleries all over the
world, including the National Portrait Gallery and
the international centre of photography. Her work
involves a lot of Disney, fantasy themes and
celebrities. To me her work seems very different
and original, very strange.

12. I like this picture because I love the Disney theme mixed with
the celebrities. It includes a different kind of fashion to what I
want in my project but I like the colour used, the originality of
the idea and the bringing back of fairy tales back and making
them modern with celebrities. I like the angle of the shot like
the models are looking up at the camera I want to use some
angles like this to see what effect it would give on the front of a
magazine. I like how bright the costumes are and I would like to
use bright colours like these when dressing my model because
if I want to make it black and white I will have these bright
colours I can pick out when editing. The shutter speed on this
shot is a slow one because of the blurred background like the
cups they are sitting in are spinning. However the focus is on
the models so we see them clearly . I like the use of focus and
shutter speed here because it gives the photo more depth and
interest.
I love this picture because of how it made me
look at it because its so simple but interesting. I
love hoe the dress
trails behind her reach right to the ground.
This is more of her fashion photography and I
would like to do something like this just maybe
closer up for my magazine cover. The model isn’t
looking down loads the camera is almost eye
level.

13. Influence
I think Annie Lebovits will influence my work because I like her imagination
with her photos and how she uses different angles to create a different look
like someone is small or looking up at someone, or moving. Her more fashion
shoots are very glamorous and usually of females actresses. I would like to
add Glamour to my shots to make my magazine look more interesting and
classy. A few of her portrait shots are black and white and she uses the
contrast and shadows to make the portrait look mysterious and smooth. I
think the pictures she takes would could defiantly be on the front cover of a
fashion magazine like what I’m doing so I love her portrait and fashion shots. I
think working with a lot of celebrities and people on two types of magazines
made her able to do all kinds of shot and set the models up how she wants
them. I think when she takes the pictures she tries to take a picture showing
what the person is like, she was known to show a persons personality in her
pictures by giving them a prop or having them in a certain pose or location.
Because my magazine is made up I can use this and create my own models
and their stories and try and show this through my work.