Old School - No1

I was having the obligatory clearout of stuff at my parents the other day and chanced across these portraits I shot right at the start of my second year at uni - I remember really liking these at the time, and thinking that I should maybe redo these but with a totally new twist on them sometime in the near future (I've recently acquired a stack of 10x8 film which might be handy for them)...

The models were friends from around the college, housemates, tutors etc.. Until I'd dug these out I'd forgotten that I'd ever taken them, and now I'm very tempted to put three of them (the top three) into my folio... Thoughts?

Testing

I've recently been testing again - for the first time in about a year.. Results to follow!

More Polaroid Shenanigans

I can't quite get over how beautiful these are in the flesh. Starting to get a bloody expensive way of shooting things though.

A classic...

.... evening of photography related drinking last night...

Still, almost got 5 hours sleep in

Birthday Card Making

Prior to my Mum and my Aunt's last birthday (natrually, you never mention numbers when women are concerned...) I took the decision to hand make cards by shooting elements on my SX-70... Due to some short sighted-ness on my part, I ended up stuck in the middle of nowhere (Lincoln) with the camera that always ejects two shots, and isn't always that reliable, as you can see from the shots above. Needless to say, they were probably the most expensive birthday cards in the world, ever...

News....

A London Photographer will become a Tokyo Photographer for a couple of weeks later in the year... Can't wait!

Another Rainy Day

Whilst sheltering last weekend from more of the summer weather

I am...

... Sorry for being rubbish at posting.

Jerwood Time..

... Under a month to come up with a series with an interesting narrative, test, then shoot, then do the post and then re-form the artists statement whilst balancing a fairly intense job, life, possibly move house and do a tax-return?

Easy.

Best get thinking.

New Idea No.208

On a side note to the Jerwood distraction, I've recently been experimenting with the idea of using diffusion for a series of shots. What do I mean? I mean using a diffused material which acts as a barrier between the camera and part of the image, and so becomes the subject, but not the image. Confused? Maybe the shots above will help give you an idea...

More to follow.