I really like Bill Henson's work. His portraits are beautifully photographed and a real inspiration. His images are successful and for someone that started a visual arts diploma and did not finish it makes it quite clear you do not need fancy qualifications to be a successful photographer. His images are expertly executed composition wise, it's hard to tell, but it is visible in some of the images a shallow depth of field and in others a larger one. The lighting on the two portrait images shown below are quite soft, the light on the first portrait (to the left) seems more direct than the other one, there is a lot more shadow and it kind of looks like an example of Chiaroscuro, there is a lot of shadow behind her and on the image. The second is a soft image with less shadow and more direct, soft light. The light is trained primarily on her face, with shadows around her eyes, I suspect that the light was off to the side, slightly raised to accomplish this effect.
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Bill Henson
Untitled 1985/86
16 November 2013 - 14 December 2013
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