From time to time I do what might be called ‘commercial’ photography. In fact it is anything but commercial as I volunteer to capture photographs at local events. Much of this is linked to my membership of our local Rotary Club. It is largely event work although I have occasionally done some portraiture. It is good for honing my skills at reportage photography. I thought I would post a few images from a recent event here to demonstrate my involvement with these projects. It adds to the general picture of my photographic efforts. The photographs below were all made at a local fete to celebrate a local Orchard project sponsored by my Rotary club. The orchard is used for education of local children and as a focal point for events such as this in the local community.
Orchard Day photographs by Keith Greenough
Orchard Day photographs by Keith Greenough
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Catherine
October 11, 2012
Excellent souvenir of the event. You certainly have many strings to your bow! Next time we meet up I must remember to talk with you about choices/composition in terms of decisions to make re what’s included.
Keith Greenough
October 11, 2012
Yes editing is a real problem, especially if you have a photograph you love but which does not really fit into the series….For something like this I try to provide a broad coverage of the event with something to represent each major activity going on. Also I wanted to show the diversity of the people attending. Sequencing is another challenge. With this group I have simply sequenced around the activities. For a series which deals with a more open subject it is less straightforward. A good thing is to look at some classic photo books. The classic example is The Americans by Robert Frank…one image per two page spread. The sequencing worked out over a weekend using small prints of the photographs and moving them around – the term maquette is used for this way of working…like a model of the book. Photo books by Alex Webb, David Alan Harvey, William Allard, Mark Power, Alec Soth also spring to mind as great examples of how to do it. I really love the way Soth put together the book ‘Sleeping by the Mississippi’ see
http://alecsoth.com/photography/projects/sleeping-by-the-mississippi/
The motif of beds/mattresses keeps reappearing – in an interview with Soth that I read he said that he didn’t deliberately go out to look for beds/mattresses. He went out making images and on review he discovered that this motif kept appearing – it became the title of the book.