Ewelina is a very talented make up artist but I managed to convince her that she could model for me. Here are some of the shots from two shoots.
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Pond Porn
Glitter Bomb
Photo Shoot with Shannon Fisher
Homage to Helmut Newton
Creating the Impression of a Rotating Object for your Web Site
This is an example of how we can produce rotating product images for clients for use on their web sites. The process requires at least 72 images to be made and combined using javascript to produce the impression of a rotating object. Left click and drag the mouse horizontally across the images to make it rotate and click on it to view a magnified image.
Burning Man Decompression
Well my friends as you have already guessed I have just returned from the Burning Man Festival in Nevada.
It is slightly disconnected from the real world, thankfully, and a period of decompression is required to provide a controlled, if painful, process of re-entry into normal like.
Mine consists of five levels
Euphoria – when I smiled remembering the people I met and things I did and did not do. Not having a shower at least once a day is kind of liberating.
Despair – Burning Man is over.
Disappointment – trying to find any good photographs of the event amongst the blurred, under exposed and slanted images (see last post) taken on the Playa.
Frustration – trying to explain Burning Man to my friends.
Surrender – the final step in the decompression process.
I have decided not to surrender but keep the ten principles alive throughout the year by taking up a new activity. The UVS (unique video selfie) is the new upgraded version of the genre and producing them should keep the mind focused and prepared for the next Burning Man.
I invite you all to join in this activity and maintain an undercurrent of radical self-expression in the face of normality. Hazardous and bedroom based productions are not encouraged!
The End Of An Era
Settle down I am not about to sell all my Canon Equipment. Hannah Mary, one of the models I have had the great luck to meet and photograph, is moving to England to study fashion. I am sure she will do very well and I wish her all the very best. I have collected together some of my shots of her to show what the photography community in Northern Ireland will sorely miss. Sonya Sloan helped make the shots possible, and even more fun, as the make up artist.
I hope Hannah Mary will do some modelling on her visits back home.
The World Could Be A Better Place
I constructed this one night after discussing with Christopher how we might produce the image. I was alone, bored and had time on my hands. The trick is to keep the lighting and the camera still during the shoot and make sure not to move any of the furniture. The lighting was adjusted for each shot, using a flash meter, so that the exposure was as uniform as possible as I moved between chairs. The screen grab shows how the images were placed on layers with black masks which allowed the correct part of the image to be painted in on a graphics tables. I am sure there is a cleverer way to do it and a model with better posture but you work with what you have got.
Underwater Photography
I see a lot of interest recently in underwater photography with models. I am not sure they understand how difficult it is to look good when holding your breath ( in such a way that one one would guess) and keeping your eyes open. Having said that I would really like to do some shoots with models if any are interested. Most of my models in the past have not been the least like the lovely models I have photographed on land but I thought you might be interested in seeing some from one of my last dive trips to the Philippines.
