2009 Portrait Photographer of the Year – John Beesley
Award winners, Featured members July 14th, 2009
This year’s winner of the Portrait Photographer of the Year in Canada is no stranger to awards. John Beesley is a frequent winner in his regional Maritime association, including Photographer of the Year there too, as well as nationally. He is recognized for his artistic style, and has done speaking engagements in many places including heading to Korea this month as a specially invited guest speaker.
Please enjoy his images and his words and contact him if you want to know more.
“Hanging Out” by John Beesley, MPA, SPA
These are the images that were awarded Portrait Photographer of the Year. I always try to show a range of diversity. The black and white “Hanging Out” (photo above) is an image I took while visiting Malta. It captures the essence of the island and the people known as the friendliest people in the world.
Also in black & white, are three ballet students posed up and very fitting of the title, “Strength, Courage and Wisdom”.
“The Answer” is a story telling image of girl feeling the pain and sorrow from a letter that has just been delivered. This warm toned image with the textures, visual depth, along with the sophisticated clothing and posing make this image a one-session creation (photoshop work), I couldn’t get up and leave it to the next day.
The last image is also a form of story telling with warm and cool tones working together. The river leading in from the distance, giving way to a magnificent apple tree talking up most of the frame and providing perfect balance to the girl, which is just like an added bonus to the image. The subject puts everything into perspective and adds the needed, human element.
For more information on John and his work please visit:
Website: www.HILITEGALLERY.com
Email: hilitegallery@nb.aibn.com
Phone: 506.848.7000
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July 17th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
[...] Portrait Photographer of the Year John Beesley owns and operates Hilite Gallery in the Canadian maritime province of New Brunswick. [...]
July 17th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
[...] Winning Photography Published in General, Human Interest 17Jul The winner for Portrait Photographer of the Year in Canada, as awarded by the Professional Photographers of Canada is John Beesley. Mr Beesley hung 4 prints [...]
June 17th, 2011 at 3:22 pm
The first image- I find there is little separation between the woman and the background…I had to look hard to notice her. I thought that a separation is technically required…
June 19th, 2011 at 10:50 am
In general, you are right, although there are times when you can successfully break the rules. There could be a few factors going on beyond your control though. Most web browsers ignore colour profiles and these files shown on the blog have been copied and rendered down to a different size. On the trip down, the math in the Rendering Intent can pull some tricks. Also, all monitors are the weakest in the reproduction of the deepest zones of an image and you not only should calibrate your monitor, but you should also do a manual black point check to be sure you are looking at a reasonable facsimile of the image. At the judging of the images, the equipment is very carefully calibrated and profiled and viewed on 27″ monitors at full resolution with no interpolation. That is the best way to view any of these images and in fact the only time you can truly make an informed decision on the quality of the file and fully appreciate it.
August 8th, 2011 at 8:53 pm
I absolutely love the dancers. The dark images just capture me.