This document analyzes the photography work of Dmitry Zaytsev. It examines 6 of his images in terms of composition, techniques used, strengths and weaknesses. The images depict people in nature settings in Russia. They utilize various angles, lighting, depth of field, and a fisheye lens. The photographer is assessed to employ rule of thirds and keep consistent shutter speed and aperture. While the images capture interesting focal points, some backgrounds are criticized as boring. Overall the photographer is praised for their creative angles and lens use.

1. Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Research of other photographers
work (P1, M1, D1)
Photographer: Zaytsev Dmitry
Image 1

2. Image 2

3. Image 3

4. Image 4

6. Image 5

8. Image 6
Theme or focus of images
This is a photographer I found on deviant art, I chose to study his pictures because I
think a few of them have interesting angles. In image 1is a picture of a male standing
in the woods. It’s a medium shot from a fish lens. The photo was taken some were in
Russia, as they were going for a hike. In this photo all the colours go together really
well and it looks like a very cold setting.
Image 2 is an extreme close up of a woman’s face. The main focus is on her eyes and
he paint on her face. I think he would have carefully made sure the lighting was right
so you couldn’t see the camera in the eyes reflection.
Image 3 is of two women lay on a rock on a hill above a small town. The picture was
taken in Russia. It’s a full body shot. There is good depth of field after the drop of on
the hill. The light is also shinning on the girl on the right while the other one is in the
shade.
Image 4 is of a couple who are getting married. The image was taken at a long shot
and through a fish lens. The angle it was shot from is low and they are position directly
in the middle of the photo.
Image 5 is a photo of a woman holding a small branch in front of her face. It’s a full
body shot from a high up angle looking down. In the background there is a single

9. tree and some rocks.
Image 6 is taken from a slightly sideways angle at close up. The colour comparison
between black and white is very strong, the only other two colours that are in the shot
is skin tone and brown hair.
Composition
In Image 1 the photographer chose to include a large amount of scenery as well as
the man. The photographer chose to stand right in front of his friend, although if he
had zoomed out you would of seen more of the scenery but then the attention from
the person in the photo would be lessened.
Image 2 seems to have been taken from close up and slightly zoomed, if the
photographer would of zoomed out I think it would be a less interesting shot as the
background might distract you from the eyes which seem to be the main vocal point
of this photo.
Image 3 was taken with the camera looking down on everything in the shot. The main
focus is the two girls lay on the rock but there is also a small town captured at the top
of the image, I feel like this image would be better if the camera was at different
angle capturing more of the background and less of the ground in front of the
camera.
Image 4 is taken from a low angle shot from far away. I think this effective as it
captures the church and a full body shot of both the groom and bride. Everything in
this shot depicts a wedding. Although I think the shot would of worked better more
close up, focusing more on the couple rather them and the background.
Image 5 is an interesting shot because of the angle, for example it looks like it was
taken while stood in front of her but then the bottom of the image looks like it was
taken while looking down. Whether this was done intentionally I’m not sure but in this
shot if the camera was to be placed further back I would think more of the boulders
and foliage behind her would of made for a better shot.
Image 6 is just focused on the person in the shot with a blank background. Its taken
from the side of her face I think this is to make the black patch on the bandage the
focal point of the photo, although all the dark colours in the shot make a very good
contrast, I think this image is shot at the best distance because it emphases all the key
parts of the face.
Techniques used
This photographer in my opinion defiantly used rule of thirds on all his photos, this is
shown because in the close ups the eyes always seem to be on intersecting lines
which makes them a main focus of the image and there always seems to be

10. balanced weight in the image. The shutter speed and aperture stay the same for
most of the images iv analysed from this photographer, I think this because the
lighting and colours in the images are fairly similar and all the photos are of a people
laying or standing still. Only one image was cropped as far I could tell and this was
image 2, this was done to help focus on the eyes.
Strengths & Weaknesses
I think strength of this photographer is finding certain points in an image that are
interesting and making them a good focal point. Strength is that he uses lens
effectively in my opinion, like the fish eye lens in image one, it captures the person
very well as well as the background around him. A weakness is that in some of the
images there is certain parts that are boring in the shot. I like some of the shots used
by this photographer and I think they look interesting I would probably experiment
with different lens more from looking at his work I can see some of the effects you get
from it.