Some of My Favorite Photographers

I’m going to do something a little different today and go through some of the photographers that have influenced both how I take and edit photos.

The best way to learn Photoshop editing, at least for me, was to find something about a photo I liked the look of…then try to reproduce that effect in Photoshop, to varying degrees of success.

So, without further ado, here are my top 3 favorite photographers:

1. Nirrimi Joy Hakanson

_{Picture commissioned for Myer’s Miss Shop Lookbook.}

Nirrimi is an Australian photographer and probably my favourite photographer because she always manages to make all of her photos look nostalgic. She used to be a bit of a wanderer, traveling through many countries, taking pictures mostly for fashion magazines, but since then she has had a child and settled down a bit. None of this has dampened the wanderlust that shows through in her photography, really it’s just added a touch of warmth and home to her photos. She keeps a blog where she documents her new lifestyle as a young mother, and if you wander far enough back you’ll find some of her older photography. Nirimmi is also where I learned a lot of what I know about Photoshop Curves. She maintains an online shop for her Curves here, but there are two (Cult and Great Grandma) curves up there for free right now.

2. Eric Ogden

_{Photograph of Sufjan Stevens.}

Eric Ogden has taken pictures for many different magazines and won various awards (there’s a list on this page). He’s an American photographer, and he’s fantastic at getting dynamic portrait shots. He’s taken pictures for many celebrities including Steven Spielberg, Philip Glass, Fergie, Kevin Bacon, and Kings of Leon (though this is only a very small portion of the number of people he’s photographed). His photographs tend to feel both staged yet incredibly real at the same time, perhaps because of the sharp contrast and colors too vibrant to seem real. Actually, the best way to describe it would be like a frame out of a movie. It’s made to look realistic, yet flawless.

3. Julia Trotti

_{Picture for Black Milk Clothing.}

Julia is mostly a fashion photographer though she also dabbles in music photography as well. She’s been featured in the Digital Photography and Design Magazine multiple times. Her portfolio can be found here. She’s also shot for many companies like Black Milk and Oh Deer Boutique. Many of you may recognize her name since I use many of the free curves she makes in editing my photos. There is a collection of her free Photoshop Curves here, as always. Her photos come off as very whimsical, yet realistic, which makes it seem like her photos live in almost a world of their own.

And that’s it for now.

Since I’m feeling nostalgic I’ll leave you with a good, old song,

“Cape Canaveral” by Conor Oberst for this week.

Let me know if you have any suggestions for next time.