A Little More Music
14 April 2020
Building on the musical theme (see post below) this 17cm long model violin is confusing to look at in a photo close up. Only the sheet music provides scale.
The lockdown is forcing me to get creative with domestic objects and a macro lens. This is an opportunity to stage compositions rather than find them out in the world.
Mandolin
11 April 2020
I liked the simplicity of this black and white composition.
Self Portrait
31 March 2020
I’m working through a udemy.com course (Next Level Photography) online, and one of the exercises is to take a picture that’s inspired by another photographer. In the midst of the Covid-19 lockdown, a landscape or street photography is out of the question so I decided on a portrait and grabbed the nearest available person.
Taking a picture of yourself is not easy. Composition and focus are a challenge when you have to be both behind and in front of the camera.
This is inspired by the work of Duane Michals who has used himself as a subject, and also used a distorting mirror on occasion, but not both at the same time as far as I know.
Social Distancing
26 March 2020
I took this yesterday as a displacement activity. I have not posted to Shutterstock for a while, and the idea that miniature people on a ruler could illustrate ‘Social Distancing’ suddenly struck me.
Once I was done, I wondered what they might be saying to each other, and how the reduced scale would work.
Let me know if you come up with a better caption.
Spring Fever
21 March 2020
How strange it seems that only a week ago it was possible and permissible to travel across London and go to Brighton by train, stay in a Hotel, and eat and drink out.
As an antidote to the great indoors, Cambridge University opened the Botanical Gardens for free today so that we could all get some fresh air. It was a much appreciated gesture, and there were plenty of people there in the sunny but slightly crisp weather.
If things can change so much in a week, I have a nagging feeling that a month from now what currently counts as normal will be a distant memory.