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Photographer: Timothy White Source:[| Timothy White Online Photo Gallery]

After viewing and taking notes on a variety of master photographers, I came to the conclusion that Timothy White was my favorite. His photographs were all interesting to look at and were very well done.

__**Lighting:**__ In these images, all the subjects are very well lit. Timothy White really only used artificial lighting, especially bounce light and studio fill lighting. It is evident that it is not dramatic lighting because there are no extreme shadows. Actually, there are very few shadows, which can be achieved through the studio fill technique. When using this technique, two lights are used: one to actually light the subject, the other to fill in the shadows that the first light produced.

__**Compositional Techniques:**__ Timothy White utilizes a variety of compositional techniques. It is a bit difficult to see the compositional techniques in the banner, but in the original photos, White incorporated the rule of thirds, level horizon, and leading lines. In the first image of Scarlett Johansson, she is placed in the bottom middle and right thirds of the image. The texture of her curled hair provides leading lines because the viewer's eye follows each strand down towards her arm and from her arm up to her face. This cycle continues on and on, keeping the eye moving.

In the second image of Conan O'Brien, a level horizon can be seen. Conan is located in the upper left third of the image, demonstrating the rule of thirds. Also, the lines of the subway car, draw the eye towards Conan's face.

In the final image of Kelly Osbourne, a horizon line can't be seen, although the viewer knows that it is level because the molding on the wall is a straight line. Speaking about the wall molding, it acts as leading lines because the viewer's eye is able to be guided towards Kelly Osbourne's waist. Her body is also a leading line because from her waist, the eye travels up to her face. Lastly, the rule of thirds can be seen because Kelly is in the middle and right third of the image.

__**How do these artists make their portraits become true works of art, not just snapshots?**__ The first reason as to how and why Timothy White makes his photo true works of art is because his subjects are mainly celebrities. Not every piece of true art has a celebrity as the subject, although this qualifies it because it is not often that someone can simply snap a photo of a celebrity and have it turn out well.

Secondly, each celebrity is posing in a certain way, so the photograph is fixed. Timothy White was able to take the time to plan out his photo, figure out the pose and the compositional techniques that he wanted to have. If it were a snapshot, the photo might not have had the same amount of time and thought being put into it.

__**How might their artwork influence your own?**__ The work created by master artists, such as Timothy White influence my own work to be well-thought out and planned. Instead of just taking pictures of anything and everything, I should take the time to throughly think about what is going to be captured in my image and to make sure every detail that is supposed to be in the photo is in the photo, just like the professionals.

For my concept, I am thinking about taking images and using color to represent different emotions and different people's mental health.