Narcissism | Woman and the Mirror | Fashion Photography

Narcissism describes the trait of excessive self-love based on self-image or ego, as well as lack of empathy for others.	On Narcissism: Here is a pretty lady in the mirror Who she is? Enchanting moments of woman mirroring herself to look for own reflection is a prototypical Nascissistic behaviour which can be found  in the fashion photography and art. That should be an unsurprising fact the fashion lovers and shopaholics all fall in love with their own images.
Narcissism (Above Right)Helmut Newton’s work (Above Left)Editorial: Diane Kruger’s individuallure - Magazine: Vogue Italia Mar 09 Photographer: Mark Selige Right:Photographed by Steven Miesel

Featured Fashion Photographer: Peter Lindbergh

Peter Lindbergh-

Fashion Photographer

Poet de Glamourous-

The Essay on Creativity for Fashion Photographer.

Creativity is the basis of self-expression. Why are some people supposedly more creative than others, and why can’t others open themselves up enough to be able to express who they are?

Creation is the birth of something, and something cannot come from nothing. When someone creates something: a painting, a poem, a photograph, the creativity comes from an idea, from a feeling, from emotion, or from a combination of ideas, feelings and emotions that are somehow “reborn” from all our experiences and perspectives.

Creativity is the desire to express ourselves. To formulate these expressions, we have to draw from our “reservoir” of experience, dreams, desires, and experimentation and mix together what was, what is, and what could be  I don’t think you can learn it, it is rather something that evolves. Your perception of everything in your life fills up this reservoir.

**Photographer ,or Fashion Photographers shoot fashion models ,fashion campaigns which are all commercial works, the campaigns every season seem to be getting repetitive, losing the real spirits .  Creativity sometimes is to be with beauty and aesthetics, beauty without unique characteristics are merely a pretty face which cannot express itself. Same as photographer,one without desire to express himself and his perspective toward the style within fashion are merely repeating,copying works already have been done for hundred times .*

Some people are drawn to create and express themselves, others are drawn to reflect, to analyze. But in the end, they all could be creative if they had the desire to explore the way in which they are integrated in the world of their experiences. Because creativity is really a rebirth, a true tone we feel for ourselves and for our world. Then our work becomes a real part of who we are. Maybe all this is a question of how deep we are willing to go

by Peter Lindbergh
with Lily, New York, June 1996

” To express yourself as you are, without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, is the most important thing.”-Shunryu Suzuki

***words by me.

Digital Photography and Technology U CAN’T MISS

Digital Hard and Software U MUST KNOW

In commercial fashion photography, everything have to be impeccable to get published .
Everything goes digital.

Digital photography is a no-doubt in professional fashion editorials.
To ensure the quality ,accuracy and resolution of the photos.

Photography is an expensive investment, esp. Digital photography .In return, they may give you avant-garde results.

DSLR(Digital Single Lens Reflex) Camera is the basic gear of the professional photography.

For best pictures, I prefer to purchase the Best Camera rather than purchasing one for cheaper price

Getting a good lense is more important than a camera body

LENSES

,Here are some recommendations:

SIGMA 17-70mm f2.8-4.5 DC Mazcro HSM
SIGMA 50-150mm f/2.8
Tamron SP AF90mm F/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro

For Digital Camera Body, the best dSLRs recommended by my friend Jonny.

CANON EOS-1Ds Mark III

I : The marked price is $7999.99 but usually you can get this at around $6999 at Amazon ,Ebay or other marketplaces.
CANON EOS 1D Mark III:  Range from $3999-$4499

Nikon D3 :  Range from $4500-$4999 *You can now read the user reviews by here

Nikon D80, Canon 400D are also fine for fashion photography.

Apart from the camera body, it is compatible with a wide range of accessories and studio equipments. They are essential for both in-studio and outdoor shooting.

You may take a look here:

• Tripod
• Angle Finder
• Magnifier
• Battery Griper
• Memory Stick
• Digital Flash

Technical Training of Digital photography is important to a professional fashion photographer, you may seek an photography school for decent education and qualifications as your educational background will be a definite benefit among this competitive field

Software- Digital Editing and Printing
Light and Color result of photos are unexpected and hard to control . In commercial photography, Digital Editing with certain photo editing softwares does facilitate the adjustment of different values of :

• contrast
• brightness
• saturation
• hue
• cropping
• sizing
• ….

For retouching the photographs for some  assignment of commercial advertising , you can smooth the skins, brighten the teeth, lose the belly fat or whatever visual effects that will better the result.
The most common Digital Editing Software is Adobe Softwares- Photoshop,Photoshop Lightroom and Illustrator.

Though your Digital Camera is important, what you should focus on is the lighting and techniques  .
Hope you guys all enjoy Digital Fashion Photography and have fun with the Image Editing!

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