Personal Background: Al Bello had attended Stony Brook University with a liberal arts degree in 1989. Bello has won various awards from World Press Photo, the National Press Photographers Association, Pictures of the Year International, the China International Press Photographers Association, the New York Press Photographers Association, the Boxing Writers Association, the Football Hall of Fame, Baseball Hall of Fame, FINA and the International Olympic Committee. He has also taught and lectured at the Eddie Adams Workshop, a National Press Photographers Association Short Course, the Richard Clarkson Workshop and for World Press Photo, the Rochester Institute of Technology, the Poynter Institute and the Wisconsin News Photographers Association. Al also had a wife (Debbie) and two kids Nicole and Daniel. Al is an American who lives in New York, and he is Caucasian.
Style: Al likes to capture the big moment in sports, and he likes to capture people in action. Bello also likes to capture some athletes celebrating. Al sometimes does staged portraits as well. Al is not a fan of stadium shots due to the background noise and how messy they are. He usually likes to stick with photos with very little to none background noise.
Influences: Al was first influnced to start photography by the work of Neil Leifer. Bello has influnced my work by me limiting my background noise. He has also taught me how to not make a photo messy. Al has influcned me to take way more sports photography photos. Al Bello has basically influnced everything with my style of photography from how much background noise to what I take pictures of.
Sources: http://www.albello.com/awards-click-on-the-link-to-view/ , http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/technical/al_bello_an_eye_for_sports.do, https://www.worldpressphoto.org/people/al-bello
Compare And Contrast: We both used the same filters. We both used black and white. We both used sports we loved in our photo's. We both used action shot photo's. We both used stadium pictures.
Personal Artist Statement: My images tell you what I love to do. They tell what I spend all my free time on. They tell what my passion is. My pictures represent me in every way because lacrosse is what I love. They tell who I am.
Style: Al likes to capture the big moment in sports, and he likes to capture people in action. Bello also likes to capture some athletes celebrating. Al sometimes does staged portraits as well. Al is not a fan of stadium shots due to the background noise and how messy they are. He usually likes to stick with photos with very little to none background noise.
Influences: Al was first influnced to start photography by the work of Neil Leifer. Bello has influnced my work by me limiting my background noise. He has also taught me how to not make a photo messy. Al has influcned me to take way more sports photography photos. Al Bello has basically influnced everything with my style of photography from how much background noise to what I take pictures of.
Sources: http://www.albello.com/awards-click-on-the-link-to-view/ , http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/technical/al_bello_an_eye_for_sports.do, https://www.worldpressphoto.org/people/al-bello
Compare And Contrast: We both used the same filters. We both used black and white. We both used sports we loved in our photo's. We both used action shot photo's. We both used stadium pictures.
Personal Artist Statement: My images tell you what I love to do. They tell what I spend all my free time on. They tell what my passion is. My pictures represent me in every way because lacrosse is what I love. They tell who I am.