Joe Miles

http://www.joemiles.com/

Joe Miles has over fifteen years experience as a professional photographer. Based near Wallingford, Oxfordshire, he has photographed models, politicians and celebrities. His clients include Liverpool FC, Marie Claire, Nivea, The Portland Hospital, The Sunday Times Magazine and Tesco.

Joe specialises in portrait photography for advertising and commercial assignments.
He does all his own printing to ensure the highest standards and uses an excellent local framer, when required. Joe has photographed families from many parts of the UK, particularly Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and London. 

In his location work, he seems to have a simple style using colour to contrast greatly.

The following images had to be screen grabbed, as I was unable to drag them off the website.

Illuminated from the front, the wooden doors in this image have a sheen across them. The subject is almost silhouetted against them.

There is an element of interest within the various catches and hinges, lines and shapes, on the doors that does, detract form the model a little, which is exaggerated by placing the model in the centre.

However, given the darkness of the model you are instantly drawn towards him, as he does stand out from the background.

This image is stark in its simplicity. Two guys against a red wall and nothing. 

It is the plainness of the red in the wall that contrasts so well with the guys in the picture. 

However, they are dwarfed my the mass of red.

Simplicity rules. This is a bit whacky, but the use of colour, the offsetting of the main subject and the starkness of the white wall, all work very well together.

I like the way that this image works. Yet again, vibrant colour contrasts very well with the background. However, in this image, the background too has some texture and interest. Placing the model in the right had third satisfies the rule of thirds. Having said that, he is seemingly walking out of frame, glancing over his shoulder as he goes, and this should take your eye out of the image, but strangely it doesn't and I think this is because he is looking back and you are then drawn into the textures in the background.

Yet again the background is all important here as it sets the tone of the picture. The horizontal lines created by the wooden fencing, or boarding, give a soft texture to the image. 

In this picture however, rather than exaggerating the contrast by having Stephen Gerrard (even I can recongise him)  in bright clothing, he has allowed the face to become the focal point, as this is the only really contrasting element in the picture. As this is such a famous face, then it makes perfect sense to attract the viewer towards it.

The last picture I chose has a lot going on in it. The background, whilst bland in colour, is rich in interest. There are many shapes, lines, textures and other to keep you thinking and looking.

The use of light in this image is interesting too. The model almost blends into the background and she too, as in most of his other images, is looking out of the frame.

this is a dark image that could almost be black and white, but it has an intriguing quality.