What kind of camera does platon use

But I think you can get a true moment. In Putin, you see that steely committed sense of power. With Qaddafi, you get a sense of complete defiance. This guy is going to go out fighting. That defiance permeates the picture. DPP: Did you have any difficulties with any of the world leaders? Platon: The worst was with Nicolas Sarkozy who point-blank refused to sit for me.

He was very aggressive. Je deteste la photo! They have really big problems on their shoulders. Platon: I love that picture. There are no tricks.

When I photographed Ahmadinejad, he ended up performing in front of about people. There were all his admirers backstage, and I was entrenched with his entourage in this relatively small space.

For a second, he lost his composure and got embarrassed, and it created the most sinister leer. People have criticized me for showing warmth in his eyes. The reality is, a lot of world leaders with terrible human rights records have a dangerous capacity to show warmth, to inspire people, to motivate people, to be very charming. Newman lit him from underneath to make him appear ghoulish.

Platon: Personally, I disagree with that method. But I do believe that all you should do is be honest and be human, and their record is to be judged. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

DPP: Did you use a particular camera technique? You have to be the master of your photographic tools, not a slave to them.

Photographers can get blinded by the science and forget that the whole point of taking a picture is to tell a story. The greatest photos in history are often not the most technically proficient, but the ones that have something that moves us into action.

DPP: Is it very quiet between you and the subject? Platon: It varies because they vary. Other times, you can hear a pin drop. No talking. No phones. No distractions. For 60 minutes, Donald Michael Chambers sat with each of his 30 subjects in complete silence. Once the hour began, Donald gave no direction and simply decided when to click the shutter button. South African photographer Gavin Goodman had a vision to create a series influenced by traditional African headwear done with a modern and simplistic touch.

Commissioning a local origami artist as a unique way to bring this vision to life, they transformed delicate paper into beautiful African-inspired sculptural objects.

Inspired by the greatest film directors and DOPs, Serbian photographer Luka Trajkovic creates images that appear to be taken right out of a film. Read more Buy Now. Heath Holden Disappearing Doha Discovering his new home of Doha, Qatar through the lens of street photography, Heath Holden explored the older and more traditional neighborhoods of the historical city. Read more. Thank you. Great discussion. I just want to offer an observation.

The catchlights in the Platon photo are higher on the eye and a bit above the pupil, where as Benner's catchlights are a tad lower, closer to the pupil. So I almost feel that Platon's lightsource was closer and higher as Carlton said and maybe the camera was underneath the light source?

Also, Platon's catchlights appear a bit rectangular, so maybe a softbox and not an umbrella? Just wondering. As far as I know, he uses a mm Zeiss lens. However, he shoots medium format film, so the equivalent focal length on a full frame sensor would be 75mm. Max, does compression take it's part when shooting mm equivalent for FF camera?

Wouldn't like, shoot a mm lens a bit further away give similar to equal results, and then calculate the right apperture to give the same to close depth of field, this because sensor size takes it's tool on apperture values aswell. Just my head working here. Hi Paulo, yes, the compression does change. A 75mm lens together with a full frame sensor will result in stronger distortion than with a mm lens on a medium format sensor.

This is why you can get a perfectly fine image with a medium format camera while being very close to your subject. The Netflix show - episode 7 of "Abstract" is great. His ability to maintain his composure with his subjects is impressive. Home Topics Fstoppers Originals. In an interview with milkbooks he describes the origin of his style: "I am dyslexic. Posted In:. Continuing the Legacy of the U.

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The Fundamentals of Fashion Photography. Log in or register to post comments. Scott Weaver - October 18, That doesn't look like Platon's lighting Doug Levy - October 18, If you watch the netflix series on him, you can see he uses a 60" shoot through on a boom overhead as his main source for these.

Carlton Canary - October 18, You are controlling your falloff with photoshop whereas Platon controls it in camera with deliberate lighting.

Maximilian Benner Carlton Canary - October 18, [Edited] I looked at your work and it seems like you know what you are talking about.