Months in Film

Since my hiatus from film, for reasons of work commitments and subsequent lack of free time, the rolls of 35mm in my camera sit for months at a time awaiting their exposure, an opportunity to capture a moment and place it lovingly in analogue heaven. It's a complete surprise when i finally get around to developing three films at once, to see what the hell was in that camera, lying dormant for so long. Like Christmas for five year olds actually!

This little reel was put together from 108 frames and spans at least 4 months. Not everything got through the final selection as continuity is still important when aligning images together in this manor. There's some shots of Hong Kong that may well meet stills from a much later date to provide another story of moments trapped from time, or even merge together with my digital escapades on those furiously bustling streets. A frenzy of light that town really is. But back to the moments in hand, as much for those featured within the shots and my never ending search of the perfect film for that time of light. Months in Film.

Using & Losing Control of Light

Studio Photography was never something I aspired too. It seemed contrived and lacking in spontaneity and too methodical for my overactive brain. Then I tried it and I've loved it ever since. It opened up a whole new avenue of finding and defining a moment, one in which you can assume a certain amount of control but still need to feel the environment to capture something beyond what is on the surface of the situtation.

Over the past few weeks I have been playing around with lights and natural light trying to find  the look I wanted for a shoot I was booked to do. This is illustrates the diverse nature of lighting, editing and intuition I needed to develop in order to get to where i wanted to be. Or where I wanted the clients images to be. It was a lot of fun and thanks to the models that partook in the journey, the spoils of which will be on this very blog, very soon.