Monochrome
-
Conceptual Portraiture, Fantasy and Art
I love creating unique portraits with a historical twist. I often work with friends who are willing to model for me, and I dress them in costumes I’ve sourced from a variety of places—from charity shops, family and friends and even my own hand-sewn creations. My goal is for the costumes to look authentic and well-made, not like cheap “fancy-dress” outfits from China. It’s also important to me that they fit the model well. Once the model and costume are ready, I begin the photoshoot. Lately, I’ve been working in my home studio, which gives me complete control over the lighting. However, I’ve also taken many photos at outdoor events.…
-
Images for the New Season
I spent a good part of the summer working on a new talk entitled “What are we going to do about AI?”. It’s purpose is to take a look at how AI is stealthily invading our editing software, how it works, what it does, where it’s going. Having delivered the talk 5 times already, it’s now time to get back to a bit of image editing – of photographs this time! I’ve added a few of my new ones below and you will see that I am back to people pictures in the main. They are mostly new images with a couple of re-edits from the back catalogue. Gallery
-
Saddleworth Brass Band Contest
I don’t think of myself as a street photographer, but when the opportunity arises, anything goes as far as photography is concerned. Inspired by my friend Kerstin Arnemann, whose monochrome work is wonderful and who is currently doing a street photography project, I decided to try a little monochrome street photography myself. Last evening’s Saddleworth Band Contest gave me the excuse to get out with my camera and see what I could capture. Unfortunately, the rain came heavy and constant after our first few minutes in the high street, requiring John to dash off to the rescue to buy a plastic shopping bag to cover my camera (note to self not to forget…