Entertainment Weekly. Who knew?
It took me a little by surprise to be smitten with photos from Entertainment Weekly not once, but twice in the last couple of weeks.
First up, a photo shoot of the cast from the forthcoming Twilight. And no, I don’t mean the cover (Kristin Stewart is gorgeous, but I don’t know why they had to do that to Rob Pattinson, I mean, really). Heh. No, I’m talking about the photos in the article, shot by Jeff Riedel.
I like that the photos have little to do with the look of the movie, they’re Riedel’s own. And you’ve got to respect a guy who shoots on location with a 4×5 camera. Dang.
Second up, a series of actor portraits from the by-all-accounts insanity that was the ‘08 San Diego Comic-Con. The portraits, shot by photographer James Dimmock, feature actors at Comic-Con in support of their various projects. A few of my favourites in the bunch:
What I like is the way the subjects dictate the mood of each shot and they’re not all serious and drama with just rotating faces. Surely, a metric ton more were shot and just not uploaded, but still, it’s a special skill bringing out your subject’s personality (one I’m working on, myself) and Dimmock’s clearly got it.