Lawrence Ripsher

My weekly post where I comment on and link to an image I found it hard to forget about… This week it’s "Ben" by Andy Farrington. Andy is a British photographer whose work I found on Pbase within a few months of joining in 2005 and although we’ve never been able to meet in person, we’ve been friends online since. From that first day until now, following Andy’s photography has been both a pleasure and education in studio and candid portrait photography. Without question, he is one of the best portrait photographers on Pbase and anyone who has not spent time on his site will wonder how they ever missed it after doing so. While like most photographers, Andy employs a variety of different equipment, it’s the work from his Canon 5D and 85mm F/1.2 combination that I find to be so compelling. Super shallow DOF portraits which leave just the eyes in focus, excellent studio flash or natural lighting, fantastic post production work that is woven so seamlessly into the image, it’s impossible to tell where the capture stops and the processing starts – these are all features of Andy’s work. So this week, when he posted "Ben", I felt compelled to jot a few lines about the shot. Although knowing nothing about the subject or the situation, it’s an image that epitomises his creativity with portrait work and shows you don’t need anything but the photographer and the model to put together a memorable image. "Ben" is so cleverly done yet appears so natural, it borders on the almost graphic or cartoon, yet never feels overworked in the slightest. It’s a great shot and one I’m delighted to include in this weekly post.

"Ben", by Andy Farrington

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