Project image for, an up coming project.
02 July 2009
03 January 2009
Towards Journeys End
This image was shot in Altona. I was trying to get a sunset shot from a location which allowed good access to a creek. This I think I achieved. It depicts a train travelling from left to right towards Melbourne and while its a bright point within the image I actually think it helps to move the viewer through the image itself. I used both a Polarising filter and a magenta filter which allowed for a better quality of light. Its is an image that I am happy with overall.
09 November 2008
West Gate at Twilight
Is it a natural triptych ? I don't know, it does remind me of one though. This is a study of light and shadow. It is, as is usual for me, very dark, but still something which works well with in the space(s). Interestingly the reflection becomes somewhat surreal as it does not seem to match the positive image. All in all I am happy with this shot.
The Stream
8 second daylight exposure of a stream in the Dandynong Ranges State Forest. Let me just say that the Dandynong ranges is perhaps the most annoying place I have ever been to take photographs. Signage is crap, I spent 2 hours driving around it circles (and getting car sick at the same time) before I finally managed to get where I wanted to go. "Sherbrook Falls". I don't know who decided on the name, but dude, a 2 foot drop and a trickle of water over a single rock does not represent a "Water Fall". It got to the stage that I wanted to punch some poor bastard in the face I was that annoyed. Not really the best state of mind in which to take photographs... at least not my style of photographs. This is one of the few exceptions of the trip.
20 May 2008
Death of an Icon
A petrol tanker crossing the bridge. Given where fuel is going, I liked the symbolism of the end of fossil fuels as a constant in modern society. More than this, I like the simplicity of this image.
19 July 2007
Sky Wheel (Light Experiment #1)
The first of a series of light experiments over time. The idea here was to capture a ferris wheel over a two hour period highlighting how light might change the image from the obvious to the abstract. There a 1 and a half second exposure was enough to capture the spinning of the wheel while leaving the clouds realitively still. A ND Grad 8 filter was used to help with light.
The Magic of Light (Light Experiment #2)
Perhaps the easiest to recognise as a ferris wheel of the four images, this the most complex in terms of lighting. Shot as the ferris wheel was slowing down, there was enough light to create movement from the structure while leaving the carriages almost still, creating a rather interesting image.
Light Show (Light Experiment #3)
This is the third of a series looking at light on a single object over time. Titled "Light Show" it highlights both abstractness and surrealism. The line like colour hides its true image giving it a sense of blacklighting and sets this image apart from the others giving it its own distinctive spin on form and colour.
Tron (Light Experiment #4)
This is the fourth of a series looking at light on a single object over time. Titled "Tron" for its likeness to the film it highlights both abstractness and intertextuality. The solid blue sets this image apart from the others giving it its own distinctive spin on form and colour.
21 April 2007
Industrial Sunset
This is a image I really like. I used a filter to enhance the colour and it ended up giving a rather spectacular sunset view. The other thing I like about this image is the fact that I managed to have a good depth of light within the the silhouette of the building and the figures walking.
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Woody
An interesting image. It is phallic in its nature, but the really interesting thing for me is the way the wooden sculpture plays off the colour of the background. I also like the idea of the smaller polls in the background which both break up the solid background colour and give some level of depth to the photograph.
16 April 2007
Abandoned
This is one of those images that you manage to capture that is of the moment. In this case an old woman in a wheel chair had been left in an alley and the image manages to capture a sense of abandonment. The light also highlights the idea of desolation and I think really works with in the forum of the B&W image. Yet as is so often the case with photographs, they allow a sense of story which is actually different to the the life around them. There the woman was left while here grandsons went off to get a coffee, the alley itself while looking atmospheric is just off a busy lane. So this image represents the idea of the presentation of meaning as well as its separation from the reality around it.
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