I have been continuing with my candid portrait series of people viewing exhibits in Museums. I am getting more comfortable about how it is shaping up. I have been trying to capture images where the subject is clearly engaged by what they are looking at. The interaction between viewer and subject is a element I… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
I have had a third photograph published in the Big Issue of the North….I am pleased as it was one of my personal favourites – a street shot captured at Piccadilly Underground.
January 26, 2012
I am just back from Hawaii where I succeeded in capturing two portraits for my ‘I am an Ironman’ portfolio. The process was far more difficult than I had anticipated. The main difficulty was finding suitable locations for the shoot which provide the neutral background I am looking for. Whilst traveling I will not be… [Read more…]
January 14, 2012
I am over in Hawaii and had hoped to complete two or three portraits for the ‘I am an Ironman’ project. Here are the portraits of my good friends Al Denbleyker and Tricia Totten who are from Houston in Texas. The photographs was made at their house in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. Kona is the location… [Read more…]
December 23, 2011
I have been experimenting with different film types for the Museum portraits project. Fuji Neopan 1600 is emerging as my favourite…lovely grain and great contrast. Here is a street shot taken with the film rated at 3200 iso….
December 14, 2011
I am a little annoyed….I missed the Real Venice Exhibition at Somerset House. The exhibition showed the work of some of my favourite photographers including Nan Goldin, Candida Hofer, and Philip-Lorca DiCorcia. I have had a good look at the catalogue and perhaps not surprisingly I was most impressed by the work of Hiroshi Watanabe… [Read more…]
December 14, 2011
I have had a second photograph published in the Big Issue of the North…this time they got my name and the caption correct. They published this to make up for the errors which occurred when the first photograph was published….thanks to Big Issue.
December 11, 2011
I have been working on a further idea for a portrait series. The concept is to capture portraits of people whilst they are viewing exhibits at Museums. Whilst engaged in looking at objects the subjects will be absorbed in their own thoughts about what they are seeing. The will not be putting on a ‘mask’.… [Read more…]
December 9, 2011
I have been testing out my new Fuji 670 medium format camera. This camera has a retro look with a collapsible bellows – a fixed lens of around 45mm (35mm equivalent). It is very light at around 1 kg and because it collapsed it is very compact. It shoots both 6×6 and 6×7 frames. I… [Read more…]
December 4, 2011
A few days ago I enrolled for the Level 3 Advance course in photography. I have been busy preparing and sending off some initial ideas to my tutor Moira Lovell. Moira was my tutor for the Progressing with Digital level 2 course and I found her input very useful. It will be interesting to see… [Read more…]
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February 2, 2012
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