Amalia Elena Veralli - Nature Photographer Research

Amalia was born in Ne York and developed and ran a successful pottery business in Warren, VT.  When she retired, she pursued her passion for photography.  Originally working in black and white, Amalia began her exploration in photography while on a trip to Europe in the late 1960's.  During the last few years, she moved to colour film and digital photography.

Amlia specialises in macro photography.  Her floral prints have been compared to the paintings of Georgia O'Keefe.  She is developing a growing fine art photography market with corporates and private collectors.  She also provides framed fine art photography to enhance the interior design of her corporate and private clients' interiors.

Below is a example of her work:-

Reportage Photography

Reportage photography is all about capturing images and pictures of people without their knowledge.  This is something that you would find at weddings, carnivals, street photography, firework displays and other events.  The photographer will move round, quite freely, taking images of people, food and other things present and worthwhile.

Capturing natural images of people without their knowledge can prove quite difficult.  If the person knows that he/she is being photographed, they may try and pose, change their facial expression or even walk away fro the camera and then the whole natural image is lost.

Sometimes reportage photography can help gather some very memorable and precious moments, and it is these moments and pictures that are worth a laugh or a tear in the future.  A reportage photographer could also bring out the real person in the image as when the image is taken naturally, then the person is caught unawares.  They could be sharing a moment of laughter, something funny from the past, or even a joke.

Reportage photography can also record an event, i.e. maybe a wedding, and this would be wonderful to look at not only after the event but in years to come.  The bride as she's building up for her big day, sharing a moment with her mother or bridesmaids or even the bride and her fathers expression as they walk down the aisle.  These are images that are worth capturing.  Too much can be forgotten and natural images taken by a photographer can bring it all back to mind.

This is why I have chosen Disney as my theme.  It is going to be one of those once in a lifetime moments, and I want to capture lots of images for not only my course work but for my family, especially my 5 year old daughter and my mum and dad.

Nature Photography

Nature photography refers to a wide range of photography taken outdoors to display the natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, birds and insects.

Wildlife photography is all about capturing interesting animals in action, such as eating, fighting or in flight.  Normally in wildlife photography, wide apertures are used to achieve a faster shutter speed, freeze the subjects motion and blur the backgrounds, while a landscape photographers prefers smaller apertures.  Wildlife photographers would normally be shot with a long telephoto lens from a great distance and a tripod is usually necessary, as the longer the lens, the harder it is to hold.  To photograph insects, a macro lens is required, as this lens gets close up and personal with the subject that you are trying to capture.  You get to see detailed images of wings, legs, eyes and markings.  Images also good for the macro lens are leaves, tree bark and stones.  Tiny plants or mushrooms also make for interesting images.  Macro photography is something that I love, so there will more than likely be quite a few macro images amongst my work.

Art Wolfe - Nature Photographer Research

Art Wolfe is a professional photographer that I really admire.  Art was born on 13th September 1951 in Seattle, Washington.  He was the son of commercial artists. He graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelors degree in fine arts and art education.

Within 4 years of graduation, he had undertaken assignments for National Geographic magazine and produced his 1st photo book documenting Northwest Indian Baskets.  He has since gone on to produce more than 65 books and instructional videos of photographic techniques.

Over the course of his 30 year career, At has worked on every continent and in 100's of locations.

Below is an example of Art Wolfes work:-