For the Under the Influence Project, I found many photographers interesting; however, none inspired me more than Ryan Sims (@Ryansimsphotography on instagram and youtube). Ryan Sims is a digital artist and photographer from the Nashville area. He is a professional with over 10 years of in-industry experience, making movie posters and advertisements for various clients. Along with this industry experience, he mostly focuses on cosplay photography.
His photography and editing have a strong fantasy and comic book influence, manifesting itself through the subject matter, setting, and effects. All of his pieces are character-focused, with the figure always the main center of attention. A majority of his portfolio consists of action shots, focusing on the figures in movement and capturing dynamic poses in his photography. He also blends photography with digital compositing in an interesting way as the figure is often someone in a costume captured in a photograph while the background is different, likely edited in-post. Instead of editing the figure, Ryan focuses on editing the environment around them to tell a story, ranging from epic battle scenes with magical effects to more calm moments in a fantasy/medieval setting.
On a technical level, the color grading depends on the scene and the character, but oftentimes leans towards bright colors. He often uses strong lighting along with high contrast editing in post to create an intense feeling in his photos. There is no obvious preference between landscape or portrait photos, using whichever orientation fits the theme of the piece and the character better. If the background is an important staging element, then it would be landscape, but if it is focused more on the character’s expression/upper body, then portrait orientation would be used.
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