Saturday, 20 February 2010
Focus
Some Shots from the other evening experimenting with the idea of shooting wildly out of focus - not dissimilar to the old vasoline on a filter trick, but a different look none-the-less...
Friday, 19 February 2010
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Monday, 28 September 2009
Sunday, 27 September 2009
So then....
Since the last time I posted (over three months ago!), quite a lot has been going on..
The house move has gone brilliantly, work has been continuing at exactly the same pace, only with work on the weekends becoming more and more common, my age has increased by a year and I'm unbelievably close to my annual holiday...
Tokyo last year was an amazing experience, and exploring L.A. (and Vegas as well...) should be equally as compelling.. Not only was it an amazing trip, but it ended up changing the base of my folio, and I think the U.S. will be more of the same...
I'll post some recent bits up here soon, as well...
The house move has gone brilliantly, work has been continuing at exactly the same pace, only with work on the weekends becoming more and more common, my age has increased by a year and I'm unbelievably close to my annual holiday...
Tokyo last year was an amazing experience, and exploring L.A. (and Vegas as well...) should be equally as compelling.. Not only was it an amazing trip, but it ended up changing the base of my folio, and I think the U.S. will be more of the same...
I'll post some recent bits up here soon, as well...
Saturday, 20 June 2009
Narrative
Fabulous piece in The Guardian today by Paul Schrader discussing narrative and posing the question 'Have videogames and reality TV given us narrative exhaustion?'. For those of you who don't know the name, Schrader is a writer of some of the most iconic films of the 20th century, such as Taxi Driver, American Giggolo and Raging Bull.
Reading it got me to think that the same points are relevant to photography - that the average viewer has seen so much visual material that they already have 'boxes' in their mind to place it into and the value of originality, as well as "Write for formats based on predictability and repetition (soap operas, crime procedurals, superhero cartoons), repackage old plots with new stars and search for that elusive "original" twist that makes an old storyline fresh".
Sound familiar?
The full story can be found here.
Reading it got me to think that the same points are relevant to photography - that the average viewer has seen so much visual material that they already have 'boxes' in their mind to place it into and the value of originality, as well as "Write for formats based on predictability and repetition (soap operas, crime procedurals, superhero cartoons), repackage old plots with new stars and search for that elusive "original" twist that makes an old storyline fresh".
Sound familiar?
The full story can be found here.
Friday, 19 June 2009
Poor Form...
... from me of late when it comes to posting up here.
I've been manically busy at work, am about to move house, and at the current rate, it looks like I won't have a true day off for another three weeks...
On the flip side though, I have finally gotten around to joining the Tate and National Portrait Gallery, so expect the occasional critique of their shows from me...
I've been manically busy at work, am about to move house, and at the current rate, it looks like I won't have a true day off for another three weeks...
On the flip side though, I have finally gotten around to joining the Tate and National Portrait Gallery, so expect the occasional critique of their shows from me...
Monday, 23 March 2009
Thursday, 12 March 2009
St Paul's
Don't you just hate it...
..... When Apple Mac's die on you. I think my Powerbook has finally gone to the big laptop bag in the sky.
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