Corey Rich is known for taking adventurous photographs around the world for magazines like National Geographic and newspapers like the New York Times. As his career evolved, he began focusing more on commercial and advertising work by taking photos that tell visual stories for large companies. His work inspires others and getting the perfect shot often requires taking risks to capture dramatic moments in unique outdoor landscapes using natural lighting. He now owns a production company that creates still and motion images for advertising clients.
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1. What he is most known for? Most important (or
most famous) work?
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Corey Rich
Corey Rich and his company was well known for taking still and motion shoots for the commercial and
advertising world. As most of the pictures he takes tells stories of his adventures
2. Specific information about the
photographer’s style of photography. Has
their style (or subject matter) change over
the course of their career?
When he was alone he use to travel alone
taking adventurous photos from almost all
the dangerous places around the world
taking photos for National Geographic
Adventure, The New York Times Magazine
and Sports Illustrated where as his career
evolved he applied most of photo taking
for commercial and advertising usage.
3. Contribution to the field of photography?
Corey Rich inspires lots of passionate people about photography. As the
difference between work and play are always hazy, when taking a
photograph as quoted from his website “where chasing adventure is as
simple as opening the back door to three-feet of newly fallen snow, miles of
pristine trails, towering granite walls and countless stories yet to be
told.”Taking a picture is like a starting of a adventurous story yet to be told.
4. How has his/her work influence or
make a positive change?
From looking at his works it inspires
people to work harder for their
ambitions as every start of a new
project is like a whole new chapter
of a adventurous life story to begin
with.
5. How does he/she make a living?
Corey Rich owns a production firm that does still and motion shoots for
the commercial and advertising world as they help most of the companies
like Anheuser-Busch, Nike, The North Face or Apple need a passionate
visual storyteller to help shape a multi-million dollar print campaign or
capture compelling video for a TV commercial
6. Special techniques used? ( like lighting, colour, black and white, etc.)
As from the photographs above it is Corey Rich’s personal project testing out new techniques as shoot indoors and
work with studio lights as most of the time he usually takes his subject hanging on ropes and shooting strong climbers in
dramatic outdoor vertical landscapes and using natural light. As this new technique his trying might lead him to new
clients or help his existing clients thinking of a new way to show his work
Shot 3: Brandon Caskey – Portrait – Nikon D800 Shot 2: Aisha Zaza – Rings – Nikon D800
16-35mm f/8.0 @ 1/200th ISO 320 24-70mm f/11.0 @ 1/200th ISO 200
7. How distinguish his/her work from others?
Corey Rich’s work is usually more about adventurous dramatic strong
climbers and shots of sudden stills as given the two examples above
8. Choose 5 of the photographer's works and talk
about the technical/aesthetics/importance of
these photos.
From the above five of the photographer’s works
shows the technique of how he took those
breath taking photos as it requires his to take the
pictures in the moments of the movement and
timing
How do you respond to the photographer’s
work? What did you learn from him/her?
Having to have a in depth research about the
photographer’s work i get to know much more
about taking adventurous photographs where
some of them requires a certain level of risk to
be able to get the best view or best camera
effect natural lighting and certain time of the
day helps enhancing the photo making it look
much more better