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Discuss what you are shooting for your self, not stuff you are getting paid for.

At the moment I have 2 projects on the go, firstly I am shooting a bunch of my friends on my roof, I'm shooting full colour portraits, with lots of flash, to wipe out some of their facial features.

The seccond is a Street, and Studio project. If i see some one with an interesting look, I shoot them first with out their knowledge (usually with a telephoto lens) then I approach them and ask tell them I am doing a series of people on the street and in my studio, and ask if I can shoot them, and if they would be up for the studio side. If they say yes, I pose them loosely and give little direction, for a more natural look. If they respond to my call/ email, and come into the studio, I give lots of direction. Its interesting to put the photos side by side and see how people act differently in the different situations.

p.s. I'm new and introduction is in the right place of the forum.
 
Hi Chris, & welcome!

I am a complete newcoomer to Photography, so shoot anything and everything at the moment to help nail my technique.

I have a small research & saving project at the moment. I am keen to get into and start trying portrait and poeple photography, whilst getting my head around off camera flash. So I am researching what I need and the theory, whilst at the same time trying to price things up and start saving!!
 
Rob.7wood said:
I am a complete newcoomer to Photography, so shoot anything and everything at the moment to help nail my technique.
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Me too, I'm a newbie aswell so same style really point-and-shoot everything!
picky when selecting photo's to show but and out of 100 photos i've taken i've only put 10 on my website lol.
 
Cool thread, welcome to the forum.

Currently I am exploring night time photography, and long exposures. This is going to naturally lead be into "seascapes", as my next shoot will hopefully indicate. The seascapes is going to lead me into a project I have had in my head for nearly 6 months, I want to recreate as much of a livingroom as I can, on the shore. Seating, coffee table, Working lights, the lot. Its a biggy for me, but something I need to do, or it will keep banging about in my head.

In the past I have been inspired to dress my mum as "the joker", worked well. I have buried people alive, and shot "mock grave" scenes. I have hung computers from hat stands, and I feel this "livingroom in the sea" is just natural progression of wierdness. I like it :D

I think 10 years from now, I would love be earning a living from photography, and even better, would be good to be known for a style. Dunno if it will ever happen, but we can all dream!
 
Hi Chris, welcome to TP. I've been taking shots of things for ages, but only in the past few months have a really started trying to learn how to do this properly. I'm still in the point and shoot at stuff phase for normal Photography. I'm working hard on my Astrophotography, and there's a fair few great nightsky targets coming up that I plan on trying to nail over the next few months... Sleep, who needs sleep :D
 
that sea scape living room sounds interesting. I am shooting a road side living room this weekend for a bands press shot. I don't know much about uk sea side, I have spent all my time in the country in London, except for a trip to Scotland.

@rob I use alot of off camera flash when I shoot parties and events. If its not a big deal (i.e a mates party) i use a hot shoe cable, switch the camera to af mode, meeter, hold the flash in one hand, and shoot with the other. Its a good way to get your head around flash angels, and how they effect the shot
 
Um... pretty much everything I shoot right now is either a commissioned shoot or other projects. Bit of a shame that I don't really have the time for a sideline project but its just the way things go.
 
I'm trying to come up with a sequence of 'minor crimes against humanity'.

eg gloss paint on woodchip, toilet seat up/down, cap off the toothpaste.
 
I have a few shots in mind, mainly night time ones, two reasons, there isn't that much daylight at the moment and it is one of my Dad's favourite areas of photography and he needs a kick to get him out more!

I'm also looking at getting into off camera flash a bit...
 
I'm thinking of a minimalist, Japanese type of thing. Long exposures with water, rocks and reeds in b&w. Don't know how or when I'll do it but soon.

Andy
 
I'm currently part way through an evening photography college course and have to produce a small portfolio of images on a chosen subject. My subject is 'The art of MK'.

Basically, there are dozens of sculptures and statues around Milton Keynes so i'm shooting with 35mm film and developing my own B&W images.

S
 
i am currently in the process of converting my loft into a small (macro) studio. Hence my lack of outdoor postings the last few months. I have nearly finished, just needs some white emulsion on the walls. It was my lads room before he left home and was painted in Blackpool FC colours, tangerine! orrible orange colour tint to all my shots at present :lol:
I have a dark box and a light box and electronic gadgets everywhere.
Its a bit sad init? Her indoors loves it, because i keep from under her feet.
 
Having completed a BA degree course in Photography, Film and Imaging a few years ago I haven't really started up any new personal projects. Maybe I should pull my finger out and get my thinking cap on!!
 
I have been considering the same sort of thing in my cellar! Project wise I am not sure how much of it I will be able to do or if it will be good enough to let me play macros, but it should keep me amused in winter when the nights are dark!
 
shooting nothing the now but have events to cover for clubs and magazines over the next couple of weeks plus I'm giving a presentation on fine art paper at a big photographic sociaty
 
I'm attempting some more flower shots this weekend with some off camera flash, and perfecting the art of shooting wriggly or uncooperative children.
 
EdinburghGary said:
I want to recreate as much of a livingroom as I can, on the shore. Seating, coffee table, Working lights, the lot.
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Ikea light with a flashgun inside it......


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POAH said:
I'm giving a presentation on fine art paper at a big photographic sociaty
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I bet it creases badly m8 - best not to move around much eh ??? :nuts:



A project NOT work related eh ???

Errrrrr...

There are a few club competitions that aren't exactly my normal stuff, so if I find time to enter those that'll be a project of sorts

The next one we have is portraiture, which I tend to win with shots of kids from the studio - so I've set myself a project to shoot a completely un-DD portrait for the comp, and someone's let me down twice now - so it looks like I won't be entering this time as I swore not to enter another tot-shot

I do have work related projects, which I love experimenting with too and haven't mastered (or got even close!) as yet

DD
 
My main project that I am putting together will start next may/june in Kenya over 1 months work traveling all over and meeting and seeing different places and people. A lot to plan but hopefully it will develop my photography in the way that I want it to go.
 
oh and posting in another thread about scars and my old job reminded me, i'm doing a series of cyclist with fresh blood on them, close up of the wound, lots of grease, blood and dirt. don't know if its good or bad that i have not worked on this project in a while.
 
i don't think i have to, he/she/it is in yorkshire, I don't know where yorkshire is.
 
Chris Reed said:
i don't think i have to, he/she/it is in yorkshire, I don't know where yorkshire is.
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Grrrrrrr don't know where the best county in the UK is Grrrrrrrrr

:lol:

You should meet my wife as a representative of Yorkshire, she's staying at Claridges for a couple of days soon (I was supposed to come but some cow wanted to get married that Saturday and booked me - bitch!)

She'll explain what you're missing out on, then you can sell your shed and buy a 5 bed house up here instead! :lol:

DD
 
Gary - Sounds like a great idea! Look forward to seeing the results from that.

Im going to start HDR, which is mainly for a project at 6th form. Im also doing more mountain bike photography which is good fun and looking to get into a motor racing project next year.

Regards, James
 
There's a reasonably frequently reproduced old photograph of an area of Hull called the horse wash ('oss wash): right hand row, 4th down. One of the spectators toward the right of the picture is my grandmother. I'd really like to do a modern reproduction of this with her and my grandad in it. I have thought several times about how I might do this justice and visited it a couple of times and taken some test shots, but had little luck with it. I want to do this quite soon and really want to make sure I do a good job of it.
 
The Matt said:
There's a reasonably frequently reproduced old photograph of an area of Hull called the horse wash ('oss wash): right hand row, 4th down. One of the spectators toward the right of the picture is my grandmother. I'd really like to do a modern reproduction of this with her and my grandad in it. I have thought several times about how I might do this justice and visited it a couple of times and taken some test shots, but had little luck with it. I want to do this quite soon and really want to make sure I do a good job of it.
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Sounds like a great idea - what's been your problem then?

DD
 
DiddyDave said:
Grrrrrrr don't know where the best county in the UK is Grrrrrrrrr

:lol:

You should meet my wife as a representative of Yorkshire, she's staying at Claridges for a couple of days soon (I was supposed to come but some cow wanted to get married that Saturday and booked me - bitch!)

She'll explain what you're missing out on, then you can sell your shed and buy a 5 bed house up here instead! :lol:

DD
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Shed? you think i could afford a shed on my freelancers wages? in london? you must be one of those millionaires i keep hearing about.

I would love to meet your wife, and am a perfect gentleman, i will be the unshaven man with "scum life" tattooed across his knuckles.

I want to travel in the UK, but who has the time?
 
Chris Reed said:
Shed? you think i could afford a shed on my freelancers wages? in london? you must be one of those millionaires i keep hearing about.

I would love to meet your wife, and am a perfect gentleman, i will be the unshaven man with "scum life" tattooed across his knuckles.

I want to travel in the UK, but who has the time?
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Us northerners think everyone in London is a millionaire, perhaps you're just not a multi-enough-millionaire as yet then ???

In which case, my wife won't be interested! :lol:

She (we) love staying in the Bond street area and although we've done the Savoy & Ritz, Claridges wins every time for me - and GM's restaurant there is the dog's Bs too

Just wish we could afford to stay/live down there - but as my 4 bed detached with a double garage and decent garden would only buy us the shed down your way - I guess we'll stick to weekend trips :)

DD
 
I'm just getting back to an idea I was working on ages ago, about how people express themselves using their hands, just started finding a group of people to do it with, and hopefully will get a whole series of shots like this:



I figure I should try to do something that works as a series, rather than just individual shots.
 
What are you working on?

finding a supplier who can produce decent photobooks NOT CEWE WHO PRODUCE THE WORLDS WORST:D
 
50D said:
What are you working on?

finding a supplier who can produce decent photobooks NOT CEWE WHO PRODUCE THE WORLDS WORST:D
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Either they are really appalling or you are just about to start advertising your photobook printing service.
 
DiddyDave said:
Sounds like a great idea - what's been your problem then?

DD
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I'm not sure. Street furniture and the like has restricted the viewpoints I can get on the scene, and the structure the original was taken from has since been levelled. I guess I just want to make sure I can get a good shot out of it before I ask her if she wants to come down. I haven't been too inspired by my test shots:

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