Artist Research - Paul Reiffer

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 Paul Reiffer

Paul Reiffer is a photographer, his style is 'getting it right in-camera' as he was annoyed that photographs were edited so much in 2015 onwards, he focused on getting photos with minimal editing, although Paul has photographed many things, I'm focusing on his sunset photography. 

When Paul photographs the sky, he ensures there is a nice focus of the image, meaning, he does not just take photos of the sky, he ensures there is a subject to focus on, the photos also look to be longer exposure photos, this is noticeable because the subjects (e.g, the temple, mountain and sea arch) are in focus and are lit up. At sunset, it is darker than it seems. The water in the two photos with the mountain and sea arch in it is shown as a white region of the image, the texture shown is smoother, implying the photographer had the camera on a tripod and went for long exposure.



    This image is a shorter exposure to get the sky but still get the temple in a decent light level as-to see it. This photo is showing Putrajaya Mosque, Kuala Lumpur.


This photo shows the sky, a taller mountain and a waterfall, the exposure is obviously a bit longer as              the water has this misty effect which is reached when exposing for longer times as this captures water at many different locations, which causes it to smooth out. This photo is showing Kirkjufell Kirkjufellsfoss Waterfall which is in Iceland.


In this photo, its obvious that the photographer is using a tripod to get a longer exposure, the exposure shows the waves coming into the beach, it shows the foam as a white, smoother area, the sky also has some rare and beautiful colours in it, with hues of orange, red, blues, pinks and purples. This photo is showing durdle door.

I will recreate the methods in these photos by doing a few things.
  • Longer exposures for creating smooth water colours
  • Usage of a tripod to prevent shakiness in exposures, if i were to attempt creating photos like this, parts of the image may blur due to longer exposures. 
  • Take photos a little later in the sunset so i can do a longer exposure without causing a too bright exposure.
  • Lower shutter speed, higher f/stop (smaller aperture) and lock iso to 100 to prevent dots.

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