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Documentary Movies About & For Photographers

 

Here is a list of documentaries i have recently watched and I have found them very inspiring as a photographer.

I will be adding more movies in the list, so if you have any suggestions, please feel free to let me know in the comment box!

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War Photographer

IMDB rating: 7.8

This Documentary is about one of the grates war photographer /photojournalist James Nachtwey.  The Documentary was nominatted for best Documentary Feature in 2001 for Academy awards

 

 

 

 

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens

IMDB rating: 7.6

I am sure, all of us are familiar with the work of Annie Leibovitz. This documantary fatures the life and work of the iconic photographer  Annie Leibovitz, she is one of the america’s most celebrated portrait photogrpaher. It was directed by her sister: Barbara Leibovitz. This film traces her life and work from childhood to her lates work with Vogue.

 

 

The Bang Bang Club

IMDB Rating: 6.6

This film is based on a true story of four combat photographers covering the in the early 90s. Some of the scene are maybe hard to watch due to the amount of violance, but the commitment of their works gives so much to learn. By risking their life, they uses their camera to tell the true stories of the final days of apartheid in South Africa.

 

 

 

The Presidents Photographer

This documtary follows the president Obama’s  photgoraher Pete Souza. He takes about 20,000 photos every month documenting the presidency for history. Every photo he takes are saved into national archive and from that, the White House releases about 75 each month online.  The documentary is produced by National Geographic  Television. It can be viewed on PBS website

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BBC’s ”The Apprentice” Charity press event

 

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On tuesday 24th May, Amika London hosted the charity press event of BBC’s hit show ‘The Apprentice’. More than 20 candidates of previous and current series reunited to raise money for charity following their Grand Prix Karting day.

 

I was invited by Richard Austin Rees (Brand and PR director of Amika London) to cover the event for Ok Magazine. Below are some of the photos from the event

 

Liz Locke (series 6)

Laura Moore (series 6)

Laura Moore & Raef Bjayou

Raef Bjayou & Debra Barr

howard ebison ,Liz locke ,Kevin shaw & Zoe Plummer

Liz Locke & Laura Moore

Richard Austin Rees & Adam Danyal

Liz Locke, Ben Clarke, Laura Moore & Raef Bjayou

Ben Clarke

Ben Clarke

Raef Bjayou, Kevin Shaw, Ben Clarke & Dan harris

 

Ben Clarke, Megan (hostess), Chris Bates & Tim Ankers

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Review Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L

Few weeks earlier I have added a Canon 17-40mm f/4 L USM lens to my kit. As I have been shooting a lot of event and wedding in the recent a good quality wide angel lens was a must for me.

This lens is really inexpensive for the quality of image it provides. The build quality of this lens is very solid and the zoom and focus ring is very smooth comparing to other wide angle lens. The auto focusing is very accurate, quick and quite. The picture quality is very impressive. If you are a event and wedding photographer, I would definitely recommend this lens.

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LOLA from ”The only way is Essex”

Few weeks earlier i have done a shoot with the new girlband LOLA from the ”The Only way is Essex” for their new single cover of ”claustrophobic”.. I have been called only 2 hrs earlier of the shoot time from CAST YOU, glad i was free and had enough time to prepare my gear as it was a really great opportunity for me. They were very lovely to work with(Lauren Lindsey, 20, Linzi Peel, 28, Jessica Wright, 25, and Amba-Hollie Wood, 19), was also a bit surprised to see couple of paparazzi waiting outside to thake their photo..The clothes were provided by Lipsy. Check out their single and get a copy from itunes..

Here is the shot that have been used for their single cover.

Feel free to leave a comment with your thought…
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