Some cliche shots of my sister and Antony, looking all mod, in black and white. Ok, but pointless. Back to the drawing board...
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
back by popular demand
Yes, yes, yes and yes. I'm the worst blogger ever. Apologies but summer happened and I got lazy and my Farmville was thriving. If Farmville was my career, I'd be rolling in it.
But back to my actual profession (or desired one at least), photography. I'm carrying on the mods project. Here's the progress so far. I wanted to shoot at the NUTs Crossfire night but that wasn't til the weekend before my tutorial so I did some practice shots of my skinhead loving sister. Nice shots, but not what I want to "achieve". Cheers though, Feebs.
They're a bit flat aren't they? I had planned on using a hand held flash so I tested it again on Feebs before Crossfire.
Finally, my Crossfire shots. Got a few lucky snaps but its all a bit scruffy for me. I want to be more in control of the composition, lighting and posing - so basically everything. But check out the last shot of Antony and Toby, that's more along the lines. I'm still confused about what lines I want to continue this down but I'll only get it once I go through a few different approaches.
Hope you NUT-ers like the shots if you're in them. Any opinions, critiques or comments give us a shout!
But back to my actual profession (or desired one at least), photography. I'm carrying on the mods project. Here's the progress so far. I wanted to shoot at the NUTs Crossfire night but that wasn't til the weekend before my tutorial so I did some practice shots of my skinhead loving sister. Nice shots, but not what I want to "achieve". Cheers though, Feebs.
They're a bit flat aren't they? I had planned on using a hand held flash so I tested it again on Feebs before Crossfire.
Finally, my Crossfire shots. Got a few lucky snaps but its all a bit scruffy for me. I want to be more in control of the composition, lighting and posing - so basically everything. But check out the last shot of Antony and Toby, that's more along the lines. I'm still confused about what lines I want to continue this down but I'll only get it once I go through a few different approaches.
Hope you NUT-ers like the shots if you're in them. Any opinions, critiques or comments give us a shout!
Thursday, 20 May 2010
feeling like william tell
i have news! a couple of weeks back i spoke to my cousin alice who's been working on tour with the band squeeze (up the junction, cool for cats - for those who don't know). turns out they want students dealing with all this media lark to interpret their songs and make a video to show when they're on tour. basically, make them a music video. where do i sign?
al gave me the list of tracks & i got first dibs, therefore i chose pulling mussels from a shell. still toying around with ideas but its gonna be a "having a lark at the seaside" type affair. so, who wants to be in a video?! give me a shout at emmie_turner@hotmail.com if you're up for it. also if you have a car you're willing to transport people to the seaside in, that would be fab. hopefully, this should be a really exciting project.
and for those not familiar, here's the track itself:
al gave me the list of tracks & i got first dibs, therefore i chose pulling mussels from a shell. still toying around with ideas but its gonna be a "having a lark at the seaside" type affair. so, who wants to be in a video?! give me a shout at emmie_turner@hotmail.com if you're up for it. also if you have a car you're willing to transport people to the seaside in, that would be fab. hopefully, this should be a really exciting project.
and for those not familiar, here's the track itself:
but the panic is oooooon now!
i have five & a half days until presentation time - six if you include the rest of today but for fear of becoming complacent, i won't. here is the state of play:
i have two very strong images (two top) and one not so much that i might just disregard (bottom). the idea of the project is still very much about the dysfunctional family but less about my nonna. actually, it's not even slightly about my nonna anymore. don't worry, i haven't abandoned her, i'm still gonna visit her and take photos just for my personal stuff. its about those moments where we pass eachother in our own homes. the lack of communication and division between spaces. it's not supposed to be in an extremely serious way, it's just an observation of my own family & therefore probably rings true of many other families - i hope!? for this reason i'm shooting through door frames, isolating with flash lighting, in focus/out of focus - all that malarky.
this weekend i intend on shooting more so that i have a series, but there is a slight twist to the scenearios i'm setting up so watch this space!
and just to keep my spirits up, a fitting tune referenced in the titling of this blog!
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
very quickly
rosie is about to pick me up for an afternoon of shopping BUT i've just discovered elaine constantine (one of my alltime favourite photographers) is in the process of directing a new film, 'Northern Soul'. you can guess what it's about.
i think its going to be my favourite film. modculture.com are raving about it. here's the official website. if it's anything like the moloko video she directed for familiar feeling, then it ought to be amazing. cannot wait.
i think its going to be my favourite film. modculture.com are raving about it. here's the official website. if it's anything like the moloko video she directed for familiar feeling, then it ought to be amazing. cannot wait.
Monday, 10 May 2010
300 photos later
fashion shoot virginity officially taken. was working with becca for her "just-make-an-entire-magazine-in-three-weeks-thanks" project. the brief: crack den/american apparel. i had fun.
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