Nick Brandt (Africa)

 My first reaction was that the lion in the photo that was in black and white was how on earth did Nick Brandt get that shot of the lion.  Did he photo shop it? Then as I kept reading, it felt like my mouth had dropped when he explained in the article that the photo was real and that he spent eighteen days waiting for that lion to do something interesting rather than just sleeping. Also how did he have the patience to wait 18 days for the lion to do something. Another thing that i thought was interesting was that he never used a zoom lens he moved in closer to the wild animals.

   

I loved this photo the most because I am a big fan of elephants.  As a child my mom would make up stories with a little girl name Grace, since that's my middle name, and a baby elephant named Effie who would always be going on a adventure.  When I look at the photo of the elephants, but mainly the baby one peeking from behind the mother elephant, it reminds me of when I was little and my mom told me the story.

The  type of rule of photography is lines plus and simplicity. It's lines because the elephants are lined up in a row and they have lines on them like their trunks, legs, ears,body. Next there is simplicity in the background because there is nothing that's busy in the background.

The type of camera he uses is a Pentax 6711 and he only uses two fixed lenses.  He doesn't use a telephoto lens because he wants to get close up to capture their personality and soul.

  The reason for taking these photos is to capture the wildlife in their natural setting before it's destroyed by man kind.

   Nick hopes that the people who see his photos will be moved and inspired to help the wildlife from becoming endangered by donating money to charities that can make a difference with the environment and animals.

Nick describes Africa's beauty when he says, "There is also something deeply, emotionally stirring and affecting about the plains of Africa—those vast, green rolling plains punctuated by graphically perfect acacia trees under the huge skies".