Paul Sanders

Paul Sanders has four qualities that make his work unique.

1. He is a landscape photographer, and he uses a lot of leading lines in his work. He is good at
timing his shots in relation to the sunlight (Golden Hour).
2. His shots are very minimalist. There is a lot of white space around the subject of the
photograph.

3. He seems to prefer shooting in monochrome and uses mostly black and white, but when he
does use colour it is still only one or two colours rather than the full spectrum.
4. He likes to look out for different textures but seems to favour making things look smooth
like the water in the shot of Tower Bridge in London.

If I were to use these qualities in my own work, I would definitely use monochrome as I like the black
and white for some of my shots because it offers a moody feel. We normally view things in colour
and not in black in white, so I want people to look at things differently. I would probably also
incorporate the technique of leading lines (some images to show this). I will try to use these in a park
setting especially because there is water there, and Paul Sanders seems to shoot often around
water. I can incorporate the water from the river in the park.

Link to images: https://www.lightandland.co.uk/photography-tour-tutors/view/paul-sanders

Mark McColl
Mark McColl has four qualities that make his work unique.

1. He has a unique perspective of urban landscapes and architecture. He tries to incorporate a

sci-fi feel in his work by naming his
photographs as though they were
taken on different planets.

Moonbase Alpha https://markmccoll.co.uk/gallery_649088.html

2. He uses monochrome when taking his urban shots. I think he does this to get a different
perspective on modern cities. We are used to seeing things in colour and they look very
different in black and white.

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https://markmccoll.co.uk/photo_14799006.html

Mark McColl also takes colourful landscape pictures. He uses slow shutter speed to make
the water look like it is misty. He uses mist a lot and it gives his photos a dream like quality.

4. In a lot of his photography, he uses the weather to his advantage. He enjoys capturing
storms, rainbows, sunshine. This means that he has to take the opportunity and be prepared
for anything.

If I were to use Mark McColl’s inspirations in my own photography, I might use the same shutter
speed technique to get the water to look dreamy and misty. I would like to try and make
preparations to get some shots of the weather, but this will depend on what the weather is like
when I am taking my photographs. For urban shots, I would like to try and make them seem like
another world, like McColl does here. This will mean that I will have to frame my shots carefully.