Karsh

The photo I chose was the picture of Edmund HIllary. It's a beautiful portrait that shows his facial features. I think he looks very wise in it partly because of the lines and wrinkles on his face.

This photo stands out to me because of the contrast and lighting that is used in it. There isn't a whole lot of contrast in the picture. I think the photo in this link is a bit lighter then the actual print that was at The Wag, but there still wasn't a great deal of contrast in it. The dark parts of the photo are not completely jet black and the white are as white as they could be. Which means that he probably didn't use much magenta filter in this photo. Another thing I noticed about this picture was that there could have been some dodging and burning done to the background. The background is very light compared to the subject. It looks like that he burnt the top of the background and a little below. At the very top it looks like he left a little bit more light hit the paper then closer to the subject. It creates a very nice shadow around the subject. Considering the background goes dark to light I wouldn't think that the paper was flashed because if it was flashed before there still would have had to been some dodging and burning to get the gradual shadow. This could also have been done to have a vignette style to the photo, where the edges and corners are darkened to draw the eye towards the subject and keep it in the frame. There was definitely no softening filter put on this photo considering it is sharp and crisp.

http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/site_resources/library/Visit_Us/Whats_On/Exhibitions/2009_Exhibitions/Hillarys_Axe/Hillary_Photo_Gallery/Karsh_Portrait_395.jpg