Photographer Five - David Munns

David Munns chooses to display his photographs in two's either as a before and after style photograph or as a main and dessert. I really like Munn's work as it differs from that of other photographers and sort of tells more of a story. I will take influence from his work in that I will do the processes put into making a food item for example a cake. Overall I feel that this photographer has a different and unique style of photography.

 I think this is a really attractive and well composed photograph as the colours all fit really nicely together and the composition of the bowl is attractive and neat. I also like how the bowls on the left go through different shade of green making a generally attractive photograph and maintaining continuity throughout a multiple imagery piece. The only thing I don't like about this photograph is the fact that the bowls are not the first photograph as this would be in chronological order if it were with the idea of a starter and then the main course, however this is only based on an assumption of what is in the dishes.

 This photograph illustrates a kind of story of the creation of the cheese cake on the right as in the first photograph the hands can be seen covered in berry juice. The bright natural colour of the berries makes another attractive and eye-catching photograph. This also sort of advertises the dessert as the first image is almost implying how juicy and therefore tasty the dessert pictured in the second image is. The mess around the cheesecake suggests that the chef works in a messy fashion which indicates that it is homemade furthering the sense of advertisement. 

 I really love the composition of both halves of this photograph because the unusual plain plate shape in the first photograph is place central and in the second half of the image there are decretive colourful saucers. This photo is generally bright colourful and enticing. The image also has a slightly retro feel to it as the coloured blue and pink china plates are different to the plain modern crockery commonly used today. The idea of including the spoon in the image suggests to the audience that they can just reach out and eat the food in the photograph in front of them, making it a very appealing photograph. 

Lastly this photograph is once again really enticing and appealing. The background in the right hand image clashes with the food making it really stand out and is placed almost central with the juice of the fruit splashed around suggesting that they are that juicy that it has dripped off. In the first image it has a very girly and sickly appearance which would be very appealing. The dripping icing only adds to this and the cake stand and attractive retro setting adds more depth to the photograph. 

Influence - This photographer has inspired me to use different and clashing backgrounds both location and in the studio. I will also look at using different plates and saucers in order to make the food look more attractive. Lastly I will take influence from this photographers composition.As you can see from this photograph I have taken influence from the way that Mumms has chosen to include multiple images which show different food items whether they be in the same food category like the last photo or whether they are something like a main and a dessert. In my photograph I have chosen to show different citrus fruits taken separately by in one photograph. 

Summary - Over all I really like this photographers work due to his use of baby colours which clash with the colours in the food. I also like how he insinuates the juiciness and freshness of his ingredients by creating a background that is almost perfect despite the odd drop of fruit juice.