Steve BloomWriter and photography artist. Specialises evocative images of the living world.Born in South Africa 1953. Moved to England in 1977. Co-founded one of London’s Leading photographic special effects companies.

Began shooting wildlife in the early 90s.

Steve Bloom

He is most known for his wild life photographyAnd Human photography which reflects cultures,Nature of society and their lives.

Particularly about African Tribes, People as he himselfIs from South Africa. His takes on their culture values And lives are unique and in detail.

Wildlife photos of his became well known as well, Because of the angle, contrast of color between the animalAnd the color they associated with.

In General, he’s well know for Environment and NaturePhotography.

Style of photography-Contrast, whether by use of color contrast or nature contrast

-Society. Particularly he’s interested much more in showing how southAfricans live

-Captures Conflicts, confrontations, Tensions, unity

His wildlife photos have a style that tells the story or relation between the two animals, whether be it, predator or prey, mates, alpha male rivalries or even unity blended with sheer difference of cool vs warm colors.

After all, contrast is always attractive.

Contribution to World of wild life photography

Despite the techniques, the usage of high tech hardware which is widelyAvailable to the photo enthusiasts, I think the biggest contribution to the Photography field is “Inspiration”.

His wildlife and nature photography cast an influence on young upcomingPhotographers to learn from him and pave their own way.

His age and experience in the wild life photos and with the photos that he’s Making, I believe it’s the biggest impact upon the photo industry.

Plus, he publishes books on photography which is proving the fact that he is Contributing to the world of wild life photography in terms of knowledge andExperience.

SO how does he make a living as of now?

-He publishes books on photography and he also writes.

His books - Trading places- Living Africa- spirit of the wild- Elephant!- untamed- primates- Selected

Other revenues would include stock photos which he owns copyright on,Talk shows and lectures, Exhibitions and medias such as the interviews on himOr documentaries.

Techniques-High Contrast in color-High define shadows to show the shapes a.k.a having strong silhouettes compositon.-Contrast in colors, dull (low saturated colors pitted against high saturated bright colors)-Very rare close up shots. Mostly medium shots.-Rather interested in relation by action than emotion by expressions through eyes-Expressions through face and particularly Eyes requires super close up, which he doesn’t do as much as the ones I just mentioned.-Back to the point, he also stress in high speed object shooting which is action oriented.

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TechniquesHow is different or unique from other wildlife photographersIn my opinion, there are a couple of things I think he’s different.

-Color composition-Theme (physical action oriented)-Usually in fast action-Confrontation, tension, unity.-Brightness and contrast

As for my opinion of him as my idol, there are a group of reasons some of which Facts are related to the line of photography while some of which are more related To my mindset.

First of all, I like how he captures animals in motion. It’s one of the hardest thing toAchieve in photography and he does it like the best and beautifully.

Secondly, the bright vs dark contrast color variation inside his photo giving a very Sharp and clear look which I prefer in photography. His photos isn’t soft and mellowIn terms of light

Thirdly, As I am an animator, I like to see the actions lines , poses and the relationshipOf the characters and steve blooms photos are all about it. He captures the wild life in Their actions and every photo of his has movement. I’m simply more drawn to and asA photographer who studies animation, this is what I’d like to achieve as well.

The only thing he doesn’t really focus on which I’m interested is the focus on expressive eyes but that doesn’t mean his works are only action but not with emotion values.

Chose this photo because it is first of all very expressive, showing the chimp looking at the

Droplets of rain. His eyes showing full of thoughtsOnly which I have no idea but he’s definitely not

Happy. This is one of the few shots of his I could findWhich is actually close up. But the actual photo withoutBeing cropped was still medium ranged shot. The rules Of the third is there, negative spaces are there to bring

This chimp out and attract the viewer’s eyes.

I am not sure about the composition of this photoEntirely but as for the sentimental reason, the storyIs there and I think very well captured. CompositionWise is good and the trees behind and around the Bear really made the 3 stand out. Without them,The result and the feeling would have been different

Confrontation. This is usually what steveLooks into more when it comes to wild

Life photography. Confrontations, whetherFriendly or hostile are common sights in natureAnd he captures it. In this photo, the two bears

Are perfectly placed in the frame and somehow,The green compliments the brown here and

Pleases my eyes. The depth of field on the fore-Ground and the background are beautiful as well

Which are the fact I picked up after I see this.

Confrontation yet again. But in this photo, thereAre no overly high contrast. The color is soft andMellow and the two elephants although havingA perspective line towards the camera are equallyDistributed on both sides. But it’s compensated byThe perspective depth that they have where the Left one is slightly further away and smaller.The focus is more on the right one as it’s above theDust and brighter showing a bit of non-flatnessIn the photo.

Long distance shot, repetition, pattern, monochromeThese are the tags lines that I pin point in this photoIt’s also showing the depth despite there are a lot of Things happening throughout the whole photo. The Further out wildebeests are defined by their fadednessAnd Steve captured this lighting and that is why I like This photo.

This photo is straight forward enough. But What I admire in this photo is that, he captureVery high speed clearly. This is one of the traitsThat I see in steve bloom’s photos as he tries toCapture high speeds stuck in a moment perfectlyThe cheetah being in the centre of the frame, I amNot sure whether this was accidental or intended.But still the action line curve on cheetah com-Pensated it.