20 Awesome Editorial and Advertising Photography works by Dean Bradshaw

Dean Bradshaw is a commercial advertising photographer and image maker based in Southern California. He deals in conceptual, high-impact imagery. He has a background in retouching and compositing, skill sets that he now leverages to create images that would be impossible to produce otherwise. He quickly learned that he preferred to control the image-making process from initial capture to final output. For the highly meticulous needs of his compositing workflows, he'll often use a combination of lights involving a minimum of eight fixtures. Bradshaw says: "I'm a very visual person," he explains. "I like to create. I see photography as the intersection between the real world and the most abstract creative world. Photography, especially the kind of directed work that I do, means that I can arrange elements from the real world and turn them into art. I find that fascinating. I enjoy that aspect, as it means photography becomes a lifestyle—a way of relating to the world around me. It also allows me to travel and gain access to worlds that I could never dream of seeing otherwise. I really enjoy the creative side of commercial image-making—bringing together the ingredients to effectively communicate ideas visually."