Relationship - Married Couple - Research

Photographer, Jordon Matter made a series of photographs showing professional athletes go about their everyday lives with the same drive as they have for their sport. The series was called 'Athletes Amoung Us'.

This image is of professional NFL player, Erik Coleman on Valentines day showing a different approach to romance in the bedroom. I chose this image because it shows what would usually be seen as a very intimate private moment in an amusing way combining the relationship Coleman has with his sport combined with the relationship he has with his wife.

The intimacy and closeness of the relationship is still clearly shown from the physical connection of the pair along with the clothes they are wearing and the environment they are in. Matter has carefully framed the image using a fair wide angle lens in the room so he can clearly show the environment they are in whilst ensuring that the couple are his main focus.






Photographer, Murad Osmann has become very well known recently for his extremely unique project which involves him following his girlfriend, Nataly Zakharova around the world taking photographs from the same position behind her, holding her hand in exotic locations.

This particular image shows the couple at the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. Each of Osmann's images appear to have a very 'HDR look' which makes them look quite cartoony in a way. Normally, I do not like this in a photograph because I think there should be a clear line between a completely computer made image and one taken in a camera. Having said this, in this series of images (such as the two I have shown here), it works well to show the magic and adventure in the couples relationship.

Another couple of small aspects that trend throughout the set is that the couple always hold the same hand and that Zakharova always has the same ring on the same finger. This gives us more information about their relationship, showing a small intimate detail about them.













I am unsure of the photographer of this image. The couple (Chantelle and Nick), had been dating since 2001 (year 10 in high school, USA) but had left it this long to get married to ensure they were both ready for the commitment.

This image is very similar to my final image for my 'married couple relationship' photo. As I did, the photographer has shot the image with a very high aperture in order to drop everything out of the acceptable point of focus other than the ring. This is to clearly show the relationship between the two people. The single hand of the man and woman are also in the photo but not in focus because they still offer important information to the frame, emphasising that the relationship is between 2 people.

The image is very simple with extremely bland colours to ensure the focus is kept on the very subtle detail in the centre of the frame (the ring) which gives us the most important information in the photograph.