Task 1 [Part 3] - Researching Famous Photographer (Heather Angel)

Famous Photography - Macro Photography
Photographic Category:
Heather Angel takes photographs of nature and wildlife photography in a macro style of photography. Angels' photos have appeared in magazines and books worldwide and is widely known. Her photographs are also available online. Her photography has been featured in exhibition in London, India, China, Malaysia, and Egypt. (www.heatherangel.co.uk/)

Purpose:
The purpose of the photographs Heather Angel has taken was to document wildlife for a book she was writing up and an exhibition at the time called 'Wild Kew'. Angle has taken a series of photography from China to display the wild and wilder parts of China. These photos have been displayed in different countries and the photos have been used to write up Angels' 3 books regarding China.

Image Analysis:
The images featured here are mainly nature based photography. These photographs have been taken with a macro lense which helps in creating the very extreme zoom on the subject being photographed such as the bee in the first photo. These images were taken most likely to reflect the beauty of nature in its very roots, sometimes quite literally; The photo is taken with a very strong magnification, so that even the smallest detail of the subject can be noticed. The rule of third used in this photo is mainly focusing on the bees gathering pollen from the plant but considering that this photo is a macro photo, it is clearly the main point of the photograph since it is the closest thing we are naturally drawn towards, apart from the rather outstanding colour of the flower in the photo. A deep depth of field is shown in the photo because everything seems to be in focus, which means a large aperture was used (<f5.6) and possibly an average ISO (400-800) to prevent the photo from being overexposed. The main subject of the photograph (most likely the bees) is being framed by the bright flower colour around the centre of the flower.

Meaning:
The meanings that Heather Angel wanted to denote in the photographs she has taken seems to quite linked to the fact why she took in the style of macro. She wants to show that one can see beauty in nature by itself but one must look closer to find the inner beauty. Having closely looked at the subjects allows the person looking at the photographs to understand that there are more things to be seen on one thing rather than just a small list of things.

 ANGEL. H (2015) Macro Photography available at: http://www.heatherangel.co.uk/#/Portfolio/Macro/31/thumbs [Accessed at 18/3/2015]