Club Promo

I liked the idea of physically making something to be photographed, because of the many money issues of being a student, I couldn't afford to be really ambitious. So I set about making objects and creating nets for little typeface cubes, with the name of a friends night. When I showed my friend the little boxes, he mentioned that the colour scheme reminded him of school jotters and maths homework, so I decided I'd make a little set up with that sort of theme. I felt lowering the clarity on the NEF in photoshop added a nice cheesy softness to the picture.

Lightboxes

I was asked to take some photos of lightboxes for a collective of artists as self promotion, we set them up on stage in Nation of Shopkeepers (where they work had been commissioned). We played with a few different angles and positioned the boxes in a few different ways. I used my own tripod to get the best shot. Because it was pretty dark in the bar, I spent a while trying out different iso sensitivity's and white balance etc. These are some of the best one's....

Photography as Instructions / Enhancing look of work

I was asked by the Blink Media Group to create a net for a fold out/interactive flyer design. I thought it would be a good idea to take a sequence of photos, to show how it folded out, so my client could work out what it looked like. I shot these raw so I could edit the them a little afterwards, I feel the photography also enhanced the appeal of him using the design.

I sent the photos to him as a PDF, so he could scroll through and see how it looked, with the net for him to use at the top.

Outdoor photography

I find photography of trees and landscapes kind of cliche but I wanted to do this just to get a feel for taking photos outdoors. These were all shot around Lauriston Castle grounds in Edinburgh, it was a pretty dull day but some of the shots came out really well.

Photographer Research: CM Wells

Really liked the playful use of miniatures, and the way the use of light and depth/aperture create a certain feel to each photo.

The Ghost (excerpt) from Zeesy Powers on Vimeo.

Stills from this were used in an exhibition, the fun use of the projector creates an illusion that I feel works better in still image. She performs these works live in front of an audience and says of different outputs ie. video/photography that "There is no way documentation can replace a live experience, but it can definitely become an experience in it’s own right." Which I think is true as much of set-up photography as it is of reportage. Subjectivity is still evident when documenting an event or experience as impartially as possible, and the output in which a photograph is contained creates a viewing experience, as Zeesy says an experience in its own right.

Full interview here.

Photographer Research: Corriette Schoenaerts

Love the set ups in these, I appreciate that photography isn't the content of the work, just the output - or a way of containing/communicating content.