Is it just me who loves disposable cameras for how shit they are??
:D
I don't know why i just love having crappy quality printed photos to flick through, I guess it reminds me of being a child, we have SO many albums from film cameras. Nostalgia. They're kinda warm and homey to me.
On a geography field trip I went on with my school last year to the lake district, I didn't take a digital camera at all but I had three disposable cams. I think I love the photos more than if I had just taken a digital compact, because first of all, I would have printed maybe 2 or 3 instead of having about 60 to flick through, and I just love how shit they are!!! It's a weird thing. As a photographer I should probably get really angry and annoyed with the crap quality but I love nothing more!!! It just makes the photos more appealing to me for some reason.
SO I have decided to make a photo wall which will be transferred wherever I live. I've just always wanted an entire wall with photos pinned up all haphazard and careless. I made a start on it several times but took them down because I didn't like the photos or never managed to do it messy enough. But i've started again and i'm going to actually do it this time.
I just don't have many photos at the moment, but that's ok! It's sort of the point, to fill the wall with new photos and new memories as they happen, which is why I'm going to buy some disposable cams and take them with me wherever I go and to every friend I visit and I will DEMAND to have a photo with them on my crappy little disposable camera :)
28 Jul 2010
26 Jul 2010
Clash of the Titans
I wanted to see this film when it was out at the cinema, me and my brothers absolutely love anything greek mythology, all the stories are so interesting and detailed and just brilliant!! It's so amazing I wish it was all real!
Anyway, we bought the DVD and watched it today and I think it's so so so good. I especially loved Gemma Arterton's character and wardrobe, really wish I owned those outfits I would shoot them non stop. I'd include some stills but I can't find anything pictures that show her off very well :P
Greek goddesses are to me the equivalent of most girls fairy princesses.
You'd be beautiful, dreamy and loving but strong and powerful all at the same time. nomnom <3
Also, the black pegasus made me giddy excited. Beautiful freisian horse. mmmmmmmmmm I don't want to ruin it for anyone that plans on watching this film but there are just some shots of the main character riding and OHMYGOODNESS I really wish it was one of my photoshoots it's just...mm...no words. Prettiest thing in existence.
Anyway, we bought the DVD and watched it today and I think it's so so so good. I especially loved Gemma Arterton's character and wardrobe, really wish I owned those outfits I would shoot them non stop. I'd include some stills but I can't find anything pictures that show her off very well :P
Greek goddesses are to me the equivalent of most girls fairy princesses.
You'd be beautiful, dreamy and loving but strong and powerful all at the same time. nomnom <3
Also, the black pegasus made me giddy excited. Beautiful freisian horse. mmmmmmmmmm I don't want to ruin it for anyone that plans on watching this film but there are just some shots of the main character riding and OHMYGOODNESS I really wish it was one of my photoshoots it's just...mm...no words. Prettiest thing in existence.
Equine Photography
I think every artist and photographer has a point at which they notice other peoples work looking a little too similar to theirs for their liking.
I've just had a spin off with one of those moments. Spin off, because it's not a photographer copying my work, and it's not really copying my work.
This is about girls who own a horse and fancy camera.
Horse + fancy camera= equine photographer!??
right?...oh..really?....it doesn't? Oh!
I'm never out to crush anyones dreams or aspirations I am fully behind anyone who enjoys photography or is looking to carry it forward into something more serious. I had that done to me when I was starting out and it was horrible so I would never criticisize anyone else putting their whole heart into something they love.
The point i'm making is that, I don't know if I am just being paranoid, which is more than likely, but i've started to notice more and more girls who add me on facebook mostly for the one reason that I have SOMETHING to do with horses. Add me because you like my work, that's fine I fully appreciate your support.....but don't add me just because you own a horse, that doesn't mean we have anything in common and I probably won't take an interest in your life.
So these girls put up their photos of their 'equine photography' and it seems to me like often they are just copying exact shots that they have seen before.
Trust me when I say this, it will not help you. Being inspired by a shot is 100% fine but put your own twist on it, use your imagination and shoot what is actually LOOKING good infront of you, don't try and make a shot work because you saw it looked good somewhere else.
Your subject, surroundings and attitude is not the same as the photographer of the photo you liked.
You can't take a shetland gelding and make it look like a lipizzaner stallion. Although I would love to see someone take a crack at it!!
Most shots that come up honestly just look so fake because whoever was shooting wasn't keeping their head in the moment and taking the opportunities being handed to them.
A lot of my equine work takes weeks of planning, but the shots are spontaneous mostly. You can't predict an exact shot, a horse is a creature with a mind of it's own and it will do things that you don't want and look ugly but it will also have some stunning accidental moments that you missed because you had your mind locked down on one shot of someone elses work.
The second thing is those that think the camera does all the work. When you start out, you will see professional and semi-pro photographers ranting about this one a lot. A camera is a tool that you need to know how to work, improve and master. You can own a car, it doesn't mean you can drive it.
So i've tried to keep this helpful and hopefully slightly inspiring for all those of you that would maybe class yourselves into this blog to READ YOUR CAMERA MANUAL, experiment with your settings, your horses and your shots.
Shoot what you want, not what you've seen.
I've just had a spin off with one of those moments. Spin off, because it's not a photographer copying my work, and it's not really copying my work.
This is about girls who own a horse and fancy camera.
Horse + fancy camera= equine photographer!??
right?...oh..really?....it doesn't? Oh!
I'm never out to crush anyones dreams or aspirations I am fully behind anyone who enjoys photography or is looking to carry it forward into something more serious. I had that done to me when I was starting out and it was horrible so I would never criticisize anyone else putting their whole heart into something they love.
The point i'm making is that, I don't know if I am just being paranoid, which is more than likely, but i've started to notice more and more girls who add me on facebook mostly for the one reason that I have SOMETHING to do with horses. Add me because you like my work, that's fine I fully appreciate your support.....but don't add me just because you own a horse, that doesn't mean we have anything in common and I probably won't take an interest in your life.
So these girls put up their photos of their 'equine photography' and it seems to me like often they are just copying exact shots that they have seen before.
Trust me when I say this, it will not help you. Being inspired by a shot is 100% fine but put your own twist on it, use your imagination and shoot what is actually LOOKING good infront of you, don't try and make a shot work because you saw it looked good somewhere else.
Your subject, surroundings and attitude is not the same as the photographer of the photo you liked.
You can't take a shetland gelding and make it look like a lipizzaner stallion. Although I would love to see someone take a crack at it!!
Most shots that come up honestly just look so fake because whoever was shooting wasn't keeping their head in the moment and taking the opportunities being handed to them.
A lot of my equine work takes weeks of planning, but the shots are spontaneous mostly. You can't predict an exact shot, a horse is a creature with a mind of it's own and it will do things that you don't want and look ugly but it will also have some stunning accidental moments that you missed because you had your mind locked down on one shot of someone elses work.
The second thing is those that think the camera does all the work. When you start out, you will see professional and semi-pro photographers ranting about this one a lot. A camera is a tool that you need to know how to work, improve and master. You can own a car, it doesn't mean you can drive it.
So i've tried to keep this helpful and hopefully slightly inspiring for all those of you that would maybe class yourselves into this blog to READ YOUR CAMERA MANUAL, experiment with your settings, your horses and your shots.
Shoot what you want, not what you've seen.
6 Jul 2010
Breathe
I love my dancers. This is the third shoot i've done with Chels, she's brilliant at giving me what I want.
It's actually really hard to explain the feeling we were going for, imagine you're about to explode and that's near enough it.
"Get angry and dance it out, Billy Elliot style"
If I could dance it's all i'd do.
1 Jul 2010
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