N U M E R O - T w e n t y T w o

H o w T o D e s t r o y A n g e l s - T h e S p a c e I n B e t w e e n



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWbfgGDl6XE

Lately i have been looking into films and how they relate back to photography. The way that they are lite or how the shots are composed in such away that if stopped, the shot itself could become a photographic image.
I came across this short film by a musical collective called 'H o w T o D e s t r o y A n g e l s' for their single 'T h e S p a c e I n B e t w e e n'. I was so impressed about how the film was made i had to make a post about it. The way that its done, where the video's pace is slow and their is only subtle movements by the subjects or the interior, its outstanding. The composition is perfectly executed and every clip could become a beautiful photographic image.
Watch .

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T r i p

So recently our photographic department went on a trip to wales together. being there wasn't bad, getting to know everyone since i transferred universities. Only problem was that shooting wildlife and nature isnt really my cup of tea per say, so i was very uninspired. On the last day however, we played a group game called 'Photo sharades' , where we were given a name of a film and we had to produce a picture to go along with the film for judges to guess what film it was. I was given the film 'The Hangover' and this is my picture i set up...could you of guessed it?

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D a r k N i g h t s . . . ( A r e F o l l o w e d B y B r i g h t e r D a y s )

I just wanted to add an image to my blog that i shot a month or so ago, it was snowing and it settled beautifully on the ground at night. so i had to take the opportunity to get MY version of a snowy scene :D. So i grabbed my gorgeous girl and made her stand in the cold modeling for me.
I really wanted a shot that represented contemplation and the fact everyone can feel alone an isolated sometimes in their life and i feel this is a natural process we all have to go through, hopefully with the end result being some sort of self evaluation ending in a strengthening on one self, in other words...through every dark night, there's a brighter day, so remain strong and no matter what happens, keep your head up.

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Reboot...

Ok, so the past couple of months i have kind of neglected this blog, which i never intended to do be cause i feel this is a way to vent my artistic expressions but also keep everyone who might view this blog an update of what iam doing.
So since September i have transferred Universities, from AUCB (Bournemouth) to Bedfordshire University, for several reasons, which i wont go into. needless to say, not my greatest choice in life academically as it seems my new university course has a budget of possibly £100 :/, but as far as my other reasons go iam happy.
BUT as its my last year, iam not letting it get me down and iam still shooting.
over the next couple of blogs i will update you on shoots i've done, ideas iam working on (mainly for my final major project and new inspirations and direction my work has taken.
To start with as you can see from my last blog i shot a childrens birthday party with an Alice in Wonderland theme. on the day i shot in two different styles, the first which i have posted, but the second i shot in a very obscure documentary style. I shot on my Olympus E1 DSLR, but with a film camera flash on top, this gave my images a very 70's feel to it and the outcome almost completely erases the adolescence from the children.













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N U M E R O - [ 1 - OO]

So recently i went to my niece's birthday party where i was selected as the photographer :D. So i just wanted to put a few images up to show how i got on...dealing with KIDS! :p







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C . A . P





So this is my C . A . P final images, not the complete set as i will be posting them on flickr shortly, but these two are the images that i loved the most.
So in short, at the start of this project i chose to do fashion but every idea was going wrong and nothing would work. Therefore in the end i chose the wise move of switching genres to portraiture and i have to say its the best move i've ever done! I have never done portraits before so it was a challenge to make sure it all went smoothly and i had to make sure i researched on the genre before hand to see what makes a good portrait image.
After shooting this image i have really taken a liking for portrait photography. I think its going to be a massive switch within my photographic taste and style from now on.
I am really proud of these images as its not like my usual style, which is normally fashion photography.

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G A I A - P r O J E c T





These are the two main images from my Gaia project. the first is defiantly my favorite! With the theory of Gaia being about how the world will change its climate and atmosphere to sustain survival despite the human race being wiped out, i wanted to show the possibility of humanity getting a second chance, so i created a panoramic image that also works as a time line in its own way. On one side you have a bleak black and white image with a leafless tree to represent a dead world and on the other you have a colourful image of a person (my model) growing out of the ground to represent the rebirth.

The second image is a close up of my model. It is the image intended for the front cover of the magazine. I chose this image because it works as a fashion image as well as a feature and the magazine i chose is 'Dazed and Confused' so it fits well.

I feel that these images were a great step for me in my progression in photography as i was using 120 film and a Hasselblad camera on location, which i have never done, as well as creating a panoramic image, which was a real task putting together. In all i had alot of fun with this project.

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