Art Wolfe

I love the work of Art Wolfe and researched him for my Level 1 work.  I remember thinking there were lots more of his images I could look at, so here are some more:

He uses the animals to fill the frame and their colours blend in with the background.  I think the scene shows togetherness in an uncertain wilderness.  The composition works well with the patterns of the snow leopards to the texture and shapes of the rocks and I like the way the curve at the bottom of the top large rock matches that of the left cats back curve, these two curved lines could meet they are so aligned.  Snow acts as an infill colour to compliment it.  The lighting is great in all the parts of the image that matter; The cats would not want to be resting with the sun light in their faces.

Again I love the use of colour here with the background complimenting the hues of the branches.  The the cats mouth looking green, match his gorgeous eyes, and seems to reflect the mossey parts of the tree.
Simple but very effective composition, again shows the cats need for secureness.

All white with just the black eyes show again how simplicity in composition looks tremendous.  The snow could almost be cotton wool, or a snugly duvet as it encompasses the little creature. The snow itself would be sufficient to light the scene is day time I think.

The patterns of the cats coat correspond with the leaves. The top and bottom lines of the cats body show the rule of thirds.  This dappled light is what I would like to achieve in tree/wood scenes.  Here we have colour, pattern and shapes to convey a safe haven of the leopards natural habitat.

I like this image for its amusing qualities and the way Wolfe uses the animal to draw the eye into the distant background. The light is good the way it is in the foreground and then background with a contrasting middle ground highlighting use of the rule of thirds. Perspective shows the large vertical length of the bear leading back towards the horizontal wide mountains.

Using the rule of thirds again here Wolfe depicts more togetherness of the animals; family life for penguins is very close.  A loveable scene set off with great background sky patterns. Perspective is shown in the parent penguins height to the young one, and their heads bowing, showing that Wolfe again uses the animals posture to lead viewers eyes down to focus on it.

It is interesting to note that in the photographs where the animals have a busy coloured coat, there is a busy coloured background and where animals have a plain or one colour coat, there is a plainer coloured background.