Ale that is. Part of the “simple things in life”.
still life
Mushy peas
Part of the “simple things in life”.
Angry man
Bad hair day, I think.
BTEC – ‘Impossible Sticks’
I produced this for “Games”. Originally I was dropping the sticks and then trying to capture a photo on the bounce, but this didn’t really work. So in the end I stood them upright, held a glass over the top, and then pulled the glass away. As the sticks were falling I got the shot.
BTEC – ‘Trivial Pie’
Completed for “Games”, I had originally intended this to be black and white and then colour pop one of the counters. It never looked right though, so I left it in colour and I think it works really well. It took a while to do though as many adjustments were needed to account for the perspective. I nearly got it. I look at it now, and see some minor adjustments that could have been made.
BTEC – ‘The Gambler’
This was completed for “Drinks”. I wanted to create a still life based around drinks, and the idea of a gambler who had turned to drink appealed. I also wanted to create a photo where the background was also a TV picture. So I put a table next to the TV and ran a recording of a horse race. It worked really well because of the motion of the horses.
Genome
And we are onto still life, which is again more difficult than I thought. It’s not just a case of plonking some bits and bobs down and snapping away. It involves way more thinking. I don’t think I’m particularly keen on the “classic” still life. The two that appear on my Flickr account were taken one night on the course, and I used them to explain what I thought was wrong… not least the flash I was using had basically no effect. I think I know why now. So I’ve started trying new things. The photo below was taken when I spotted the fridge magnets I got from The Open University, and thought making an appropriate word out of them. If it was better, I’d try and get it in a stock library!
cranbury attic photography 