ROBIN BURCH

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

«Este soy yo y estas son mis fotografías. Lucho con cada una de ellas porque creo que la perfección es alcanzable, pero si capto un estado de ánimo, soy feliz. Me encantan las imágenes que despiertan la maravilla de la forma femenina y los desnudos artísticos naturales que contrastan con la escultura y la naturaleza.

Confío en mi intuición y sé lo que quiero antes de fotografiar, pero a menudo me dejo llevar por la intuición del proceso creativo.

Encontrar temas e inspiración es mi pasatiempo entre ser padre de mis hijos gemelos.

He amado y perdido y vuelto a amar. No tengo ninguna queja ni me arrepiento. No sería quien soy sin cada experiencia que he tenido. También he ayudado a otros a encontrar un camino en un momento difícil.»

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Robin Burch dispone de un blog en el que nos podemos suscribir, donde frecuentemente reflexiona sobre el entorno social y personal que rodea al fotógrafo, planteamientos éticos y también interesantes discusiones sobre técnica fotográfica. A modo de ejemplo la que sigue

«I am self-taught. When I started taking portraiture and photographing people I watched a lot of YouTube videos, I bought magazines and I studied works by photographers I liked. I practiced a lot! I followed the rules to give my work more interest and to create better work. Using these rules of composition my work took on a better quality. I could see how they applied to an image and why the images came across well. I would structure a shoot around elements of composition such as the Rule of Thirds and then adding lead lines and then framing the subject until I was applying these basics without really thinking about it.

Then, because I knew these theoretical basics, I started to notice when an image didn’t line up with them. I started to look at what made them strong images while breaking these basic rules. I started looking at other mediums and masters to figure out why the image was strong whilst not incorporating the basics of composition. It was similar to when I moved from basic chordal structures in music to jazz. However, jazz still followed a system or pattern. I was unable to conclude with any certainty why an image could break these patterns but still have visual interest. I am sure there are theorists who can answer my question but I never figured it out.

I catch myself often now when I am composing a shot or series of shots deliberately pushing the boundaries of the rules of composition. However, if the image is complicated then I still tend to fall back on tried and tested theories such as the image below.»