Sunday, 4 December 2011

Week Nine - Continuing "Time" and starting on the still life

This Monday we had a first look at our ideas for the time project.
I have decided on doing a small series of three images, and have cropped the originals so the glass isn't as apparent, and to make the subject less obvious:

I also found "Sang d'Encre" by Solve Sundsbo in the December 2011 edition of British Journal of Photography, A different take:

The red swirls remind me of my own image. pp. 38-39
We also put ourselves into small groups for the still life we have to produce next week with a large format camera. In my group there is me, Sarak K., Sarah H., Rosie, Rachel and Heather.

We have done a lot of "idea-sharing" on facebook:



Sarah H. had the idea to use objects that mean something to each of us, and I have a few things that I could bring with me to the session on Monday, like the fluffy teddy bear I got from my best friend, or the tiny piano that used to be my sister's. We also looked at a number of links and found several good examples before we got to the above mentioned idea:

http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Barthel-Bruyn/Vanitas-Still-Life.html
http://allthingsofbeauty.blogspot.com/2010/11/renaissance-vanitas-painting.html
http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/still-life-photography-tips-techniques/



I've never worked with a large format camera before, and am really looking forward to the whole process. I have worked in a studio before, and have my own three lights at home, but it will be so much more important to get it right first time, and I think it will be quite rewarding to see the result in the end.

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