Research- Joseph Squillante

I have been browsing the internet for sometime now looking for different photographers that I feel inspire me and some that I feel that are unusual types of photography. Now I am going to concentrate on photographers that relate to my theme which I think are really good.

The first photographer thats work I feel is brilliant is called Joseph Squillante. Joseph Squillante is a River photographer. He owns his own company that proffesionally take photographs of a certain River. The River is called Hudson River. The Hudson River is a 315 mile River that runs North to South through eastern New York, so there is plenty of opportunity to take many different photographs. Through this research I will be choosing the photographs that I think look great for the type of photography he does and why I like them.

Highlands Nook

I thought that I would start off with my favourite picture first because its one that I can relate to in my photoshoot. As I was looking through Joseph's Hudson River photos I came across this fantastic shot. The picture is of part of the Hudson River whilst looking through the trees and shrubury to create an amazin picture within a picture effect. The reason I chose this picture is because it relates to one of my picutres I have taken for the main task. I had also taken a shot very similar to this so I had to make this one of my favourites. He has also made the photo black and white to make the photo have a sort of winterey look but not too strong which I feel was the right decision.



Lake Colden and Avalanche Pass

The second photograph I have chosen is also one of my favourites. This photogrpah shows that even simplicty can even have great rewards. This photograph is a straight shot of the River with the landscape surrounding it. Theres nothing jumping out naking this picture different but just the picutre in itself is amazing thats for sure. Joseph has been taking pictures of the Hudson River for many years now and most of his pictures like this are stunning. Again he has also made this picture black and white to add an additional winter effect due to the time of year it was taken (December). He has also managed to get a nice reflection of the River with landscape and clouds being the main reflections. Like I said simple but fantstic.

Lake Tear of the Clouds

The third and final photograph I have chosen is another photograph that looks absolutely fantastic. Again this photograph is of the river with the surrounding landscape. What I like about this picture though is that he managed to take the shot when it was misty. As you can see towards the back of the photograph near the tops of the trees there is a lot of mist which makes this picture unique to the others. I don't think I would have chosen this photograph if it wasnt for that because it makes the picture stand out more. This photograph was taken in 1983, again it looks to be in the winter period of the year which also makes the black and white desaturation look suitable.