Craig & Randi Hazan

The final photographer I looked at was a group including Craig Hazan and Randi Hazan who set up a blog (http://numberoftheday.co.uk/about) which had a list of themes in which numbers were in. For example, they had Advertising, Album Covers, Prices and Words, and all these themes had pictures of numbers that fitted with that theme. I really loved this idea so I hope to respond to it.

 

I like this image because it shows that numbers have been round forever. The photo shows a woman and writing of 'Muggsy Spaniers Ragtime Band' which shows that is old-fashioned as the band was from the 1930s, so seeing that gives me an appreciative mood of how this photographer captured a photo that holds a lot of memories for people who may have forgotton it.

I love the neutral combination of colours because they match together really well as they create a soft tone.

However, I don't feel your eye leads straight towards the number due to the distractions of the writing and woman, so I would improve it by not having as many distractions.

http://numberoftheday.co.uk/tagged/16#16688235303

This second image is of a calendar for 2013 and I really like the patterns of it with all the different colours. The dark brown really compliments the orange, and the turqouise creates a nice border. Howvever, I'm not that happy with the composition because I don't feel it needed to be at an angle; it should have been straight due to the angle making it look unprofessional. I also don't think it shows much skill as they only placed a book down and took a photo at an angle. I would improve it by straightening the book and filling the whole photograph with the book, maybe at an angle so it's looking up at the book so it's more interesting.

http://numberoftheday.co.uk/tagged/animal#41390783696

I chose not to respond to this photographer as I didn't think it represented numbers well enough as it wasn't my own work; it was taking photos of things that were already set up. I decided to chose a different photographer, Chris Jordan.