Alot of his work I have seen is done at night under the illumination of flood lights and coloured flashes. I have briefy experimented with coloured flash photography at night. Although being hampered by the kit I have available, I can appreciate what sort of skill is involved.
I have provided a slide show of the works from Cole Barash. However below are some of my favourites and resons why.
In all of Cole's work the vividness of the colour is extremely powerful and instantly draws your attention. Illustrated in the image above. Not only has he captured great composure of the snowboarder, he is in the centre of the frame giving a demanding presence, Your eye instanly looks at the subject.
Above is another example of vivid colour giving the image a really rich texture. Although I am under no illusion of the amount of post production in some of the images they still have a great layout. The image above makes full use of the frame. The snowboarder is in the centre but the posture and lines from the arms follow the rail helping to encapsulate it as part of the complete image.
Even in shots as above when in monochrome you can see the difference and impact the flash has had on the image. It is highlighting the main subject in centre frame and the snowtrail behind, capturing the movement while creating shadows or silhouettes of objects that could otherwise draw attention away.
Although the image I have shown above is quite different to any of those in Cole's collection and any I have taken, it grabbed my attention. The contrast between light and dark has been created just at the right point, along the centre line. I think this gives the image a greater depth of field. You are instantly forced to look to the top left (encorportaing the rule of thirds) where the snowboarder is giving the effect of looking into the distance.
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