Frans Lanting

Lanting's work first caught my eye when I looked at his book 'Eye to Eye'. It contains many truly stunning photographs, including lots of portraiture of animal faces. He manages to effortless capture the subjects as if they were modelling for the camera. His manages as well to work with the natural surroundings to help enhance the details of the photo.



This photograph demonstrates well Lanting's ability to capture a shot of animals as if they were humans. This is an intimate shot of a these two cheetahs, capturing the idea that these are not just ruthless killers, but gentle family animals. The lighting in this photo is very natural, which in the case - with the prominent oranges and yellows - adds a warmth that a flash would take away. By using a zoom lens Lantings has accomplished two things. Firstly he has not disturbed the animal by being to close and secondly has a has got the depth of field spot on to clarify the subjects.





Here the photographer has managed to capture an animal that is usually constantly moving. He has used a flash do help to so but it is no to intrusive and obvious. I think this very similar to the photograph of the cheetahs in the way Lanting has captured the depth of field and the focus on the subject.