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Artist Photo 2: Michael Magill

Michael Magill won the Artists of Carnegie Hall Award in 1997. He not only takes pictures of trees in the winter, he also has many photos of the city, but never the busy city. In many of his photographs there is one single person and their shadow standing next to a big lighted building. Some of his photos are just of buildings themselves with no people. It is always nighttime in the photographs of the buildings and there are bright lights coming from them, which makes very high contrast with the night sky. The majority of his photos taken in North America were taken in downtown New York City, however he does have a collection of photos taken in Europe. This is the second photo I took to demonstrate the style of Magill. I wanted to take a picture of a lighted building at nighttime, but since there are not too many big bulidings near by, this is a photo of a gas station. However, it is still a building and the bright lights have great value contrast with the dark sky. The lights and the building in the back really draw your eye throughout the whole photo. I think it is a great example of Magill's style of photography because it captures all of the values that his photographs capture of a similar setting.

Artist Photo 1: Michael Magill

Michael Magill was a photographer that took very simple, black and white photographs. He used high value contrast and simple subjects and backgrounds. He also uses repetition in some of his photographs with a line of trees or even small houses. Many of his photographs were taken in the winter, particularly of snowy trees and buildings. This is my first photograph that I took in the style of Michael Magill. I took it on the manual priority setting using my digital camera. I really like how the leaves in the front have so much contrast with the wheel barrel in the back. Also the leaves are in focus, showing a lot of detail while the barrel is out of focus. This photo is a good example of Michael Magill's style of photography because it is a very simple, black and white photo with a lot of contrast. With the leaves being so light, they kind of remind me of snow on the leaves, which is what a lot of Magill's photos were of. This picture still uses the rule of thirds and has good composition. Also the leaves are repeated and point your eye throughout the whole photo.