Cyrus Khamuk

Macro and Nature Photography

Dan Ng 13319

Level 2 ANN3B

Photography

Cyrus is most known for his Macro Photograpy

A Macro photo with Mixed Lighting: mixing light of different temperature. All

done without photoshop tricks or editing.

His style is very unique as he plays a lot on lighting

to create different effects in the background, which

rather brings out the extremely clear visuals of the

subject, making it very outstanding. His images

are also very rich in terms of colour Which is what I

really love about his photos.

His style: It didn’t really change over the course of his career. But instead it gets better and better. The more he explores on lighting and exquisite reptiles and insects the nicer and more unique the photos get. The photos has their own taste and feel. Its like something you haven’t seen before.

His subject matter did change. From Landscape

Photography, he moved on to Macro Photography

He introduces his own methods and ways on how to create a similar effect to the photos he has done. Without needing the aid of editing softwares.

http://megashot.net/communities/Water%20Drops/content/639

You can check out how he does it at this site.

Cyrus makes a living through commercial works,prints

and assignments.

His works can be easily distinguished by noticing the lighting and colours of it.

Its vibrant colours sets it apart from all the other photos and its extremely clear

visuals.

When I see his work, I feel so inspired to go out there and explore. To be able to learn the art of patience, for these creatures to appear. To have full understanding of the composition and to captivate the feeling and mood of that very moment.

Understanding the rule of thirds and applying it in the compositions. I’m very impressed by the fact that he can get all this extremely close up shots of this exquisite insects/reptiles and it is so clear and detailed. The whole picture itself and the amount of details in it gives birth to a whole new WOW effect. It just blows me away.

This image has a very clear usage of the complementary colours

yellow and purple. The image is very well composed and the wings, act

as some sort of directional line to direct the focus to the insect’s head.

Another clear usage of complementary colours. Notice that the

background and foreground is blurred off, so that the main focus would be

on the midground which the subject, a frog.

This photo is my favorite. It is very pleasing to the eye, it gives off a very sensuous and calming feel. The harmonious colours give it the pleasing feel. The wide variety of colours in contrast with the still subject gives it a dynamic yet static mood, which I find very unique.

Directional lines to direct the viewer’s eye to the subject. The picture is

able to captivate the viewers attention directly into the subject’s eye as

all the elements are directing the attention there. The not so important

parts are blurred off and not focused on.

He may not be a very famous photography. But I still want to use him as he is really an inspiration to me and it is something that I would really want to try out. As his unique photos struck me when I first saw them, I was like ‘this guy is simply too amazing’. Hence, I used this guy over a famous photographer as he really inspires me to look out for greater detail in everything I see. There is a deeper meaning in his photos rather than just the explicit visuals. I saw a thought, something that he wants to convey. That we should view things not just viewing them without a thought, but with greater attention and deeper thought. The most ordinary things in our daily life that we may pass by, may have extraordinary detail and meaning. Even like the eyes of a mosquito, if we view it with our naked eyes we wouldn’t even beable to see a thing. But, if we were to view it through a different perspective (e.g, for this instance-the camera) we would be able to see something completely different. Thus, in life, always keep an eye out for things that go by in our daily life, and not let them slip by without a thought. This photographer has taught me to see things in a different light, to view things with a different perspective.

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