research model: Russ Flatt

Russ Flatt is a NZ photographer and best known for his staged images of events that happened in his childhood life. Russ Flatts images don't exactly compare to the genre of photography that I have chosen although many of his images are of people in their natural environments just that his are staged images. I think that the lighting in his photographs would be a similarity and the difference would be you can see that he has carefully thought out everything for his photoshoots.


here I can see pattern from the framed photos on the wall, I love the colours that he uses in his images and how he places his models perfectly in the frame, I think he would be on the right side slightly with the camera turned towards his models. This image makes me feel like the boy in the purple is getting a growing and the others behind him are thinking about why he's getting in trouble maybe he did something to them and they're a little happy about him being confronted by the man.


I love the lighting in this image Russ Flatts use of lighting is amazing here it looks like he has used ambient lighting maybe he's also used external lighting. I like the warm colours he has used. This image makes me feel like Im back in my dads era when he was growing up the old clothes they used to wear and also the car in the background makes this image look like its from another time.


Another reason I have used Russ Flatt as a research model is because the way his lighting in his images. The light looks like its coming from the back of the subject, also the colour of the grass is same tone as his shirt. I see alot of greenery pattern from the trees. This image makes me feel like this boy is hiding away maybe because he shouldn't be eating those mushrooms.


Love the different colours in this image, the models have been positioned in the centre of the frame it would have been shot from a straight on vantage point this image makes me feel happy that these boys have scored trophies and medals for their handwork.