Jane Dallaway // Development manager, photographer, dog owner and snowboarder based in Brighton, UK
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In August I uploaded 162 photos to flickr.
This photograph is of Richard and Skitters standing on a fell in the Lake District, with the beautiful lake of Wastwater in the background. A beautiful photograph (in my humble opinion) of a beautiful place. Go and explore Wastwater yourself if you get a chance.
As with last months photo, this photograph was taken on my Superheadz Blue Ribbon using Kodak Ektar 100.
Graffiti-ridden derelict sites have been given a much needed face-lift with extraordinary light art by Tigtab. Each image is created with the help of stencils. These intricate designs are revealed after a burst from a camera flash lights up the inside of the box. In this picture, a pond scene is created in a flooded derelict building.
She said : “My photos are predominantly shot using urban backdrops. I find beauty in decay – those abandoned and forgotten places all around us. By bringing light into the darkness of each space, it fills that space for a moment in time, and highlights both their beauty and impermanence”
Much like Banksy, Tigtab, from Melbourne, Australia, keeps her identity a closely guarded secret
Under cover of darkness, she can spend up to four hours creating just one photo
Tigtab creates her images using stencils
The stencils are placed on light boxes lined with silver foil. The intricate designs are revealed after a burst from a camera flash lights up the inside of the box very briefly
Tigtab moves around the room, tunnel or drain, repositioning the stencils and firing the flash repeatedly while the shutter of the camera is left open to create complex designs
The end result is so polished Tigtab said people often assume her work is computer generated. She said: “Speechless is a good description of people’s initial reactions to date. They will often stare in awe, unable to verbalise initially what they are seeing. I find that people keep returning to certain images, which is a wonderful compliment”
“Some people don’t realise that they are images that I have created, and then shot within that location,” she said. “They assume that they are entirely constructed within a computer, which is incorrect”
You can see more of Tigtab’s light painting at her Flickr site
Source : Telegraph
Wow. These are beautiful. I especially like the use of the urban landscape as the canvas, and can only imagine the amount of effort that must go into these photographs.
One of the photography twitter accounts I follow linked to a lenscratch post a few months ago, I liked what I read and so I subscribed to it. I didn't realise at the time that it had been listed in Source's 10 photography-related blogs you should read list but it is definitely a worthy entrant into that list.
What I like about reading lenscratch, is that it puts me in mind of the experience of visiting The Photographers' Gallery in London. When visiting the gallery, there may be a headline exhibition going on, but there are also plenty of alternative exhibitions too, by photographers I may never have heard of, of subjects I've never considered working with. This is what I like about lenscratch. Pretty much every post features someone I've never heard of, and presents their work in a Photographer's gallery style - highlighting a couple of their projects, displaying text from the photographer about their work, and showing a sample of the photographs.
The Artist's Gallery: California Open Exhibition and Sky Bergman is an example of one such post, specifically the Sky Bergman bit, focussing on photographs of Japanese commuters. It appeals to my sense of the everyday, the fact that a single photograph doesn't tell you much, but when you put a collection of them together you start getting an idea of the interaction of people on the underground, of the different kind of people you may see, etc. Explained much better at lenscratch as
I became fascinated by the interaction of the people on the Japanese subway system. There are few places in the world where one’s income, marital status, race, and interests bare no consequence to the person sitting next to them. One exception, however, is of those individuals on a subway. The Japanese people have created a society that heavily relies on public transportation as opposed to being a culture of cars. Social rank is not implied by your means of transportation. The young, the old, the rich, and the poor, sit next to each other, share each other’s space, and occasionally glimpse into each other’s lives
I'm enjoying the concept of a collection of everyday photos at the moment, something which is probably obvious from my current project choice of "Out of place". Having just read the chapter on "Everyday subjects" in Lomokev's new book 52 Photographic Projects I was pleased to see the sentence "At times single images aren't very strong, but with lots of them they become greater than the sum of their parts" which sums up pretty exactly what my motivation is.
Back to lenscratch, it is one of the few blogs that I take my time reading, I don't skim read it as I do with many others, I savour it, usually choosing to save the experience for a weekend when I have the time to enjoy it the most. Give it a try. But, before you go, what other photography related blogs should I be savouring?
New Documents will reflect the immediacy and vibrancy of contemporary photographic practice, the eclectic passions found in collections of historic and vernacular photography and new commissions informed and inspired by the diverse communities and contexts of Brighton & Hove.
BPB 2010 will be the world’s first frame-free photography festival and the curated programme will be viewable entirely on foot presented in the public galleries and spaces of Brighton & Hove. All the photographs exhibited as part of BPB 2010 will be produced through the Biennial Print Studio established through the support of HP. A programme of related exhibitions will be presented at venues across the South East.
Exhibitions
New Ways of Looking
BPB at the former Co-operative Department StoreQueer Brighton
BPB at LighthouseStrange & Familiar: Three Views of Brighton
BPB at Brighton Museum & Art GalleryThe House of Vernacular
BPB at FabricaA Night In Argentina: Alejandro Chaskielberg and Esteban Pastorino Diaz
BPB at University of Brighton Gallery
Frauke Materlik
Related Exhibition at Aspex GalleryGods & Monsters: John Deakin's Portraits of British Artists
Related Exhibition at Pallant House GalleryMyth, Manners and Memory: Photographers of the American South
Related Exhibition at De La Warr PavilionRobert Mapplethorpe, Artist Rooms
Related Exhibition at Towner
Projects
I managed to see some of the fringe exhibitions last time, but am going to make a concerted effort to use my lunch breaks to explore some of the ones in the centre of town this year.
I've been asked a few times in the last couple of weeks why I've been posting so many photos of found items on my janeonthemove photoblog. Most often, these questions have been asked via the medium of twitter, which only allows me 140 characters to reply, so this is my longer version.
Earlier in the year, I decided that I wanted to set myself a couple of photography projects to work on, something I alluded to in this post.
I decided to concentrate on a mixed-media project named "Out of Place", documenting items that I found which weren't where they would be expected to be found. As winter turned to spring, and to summer, the items found have changed but the concept being the project hasn't. I'm recording items which are temporary, which may not be photographed again, or have been photographed before. Things which may not be there next time I walk past.
It started with things like this hat:
and this burnt out car:
included a book:
and then as spring and summer arrived, the amount of found footwear started to eclipse most other items featuring trainers:
a lot of single flip flops:
and even including a pair of football boots and socks:
I've no idea where the "Out of Place" project will take me as we leave summer and head towards Autumn and winter, but feel free to keep an eye on my janeonthemove found tag to find out.
Where Science, Art and Photography Intersect (25 photos)
Silhouette with Matches
Caleb Charland demonstrates lessons in physics and mathematics with his mind-blowing photography. Inspired by children's books of science experiments, he photographs everyday objects (like matches, pens and mirrors) in ways we've never imagined, often using multiple exposures to tell the story. For example, in Fifteen Hours, the last photo in this set, Charland used 15 exposures to show how the flame of a dinner candle beautifully burns down.
In still others, like in Cube with Rule and Penlight, Caleb Charland sits in pitch black darkness and, with a penlight in his hand, traces the shape of a cube along a ruler. Though at first glance, you think you're just looking at a box, you soon notice that the mysterious shadows are Charland's hands. Charland made 13 exposures on one sheet of 4×5 film; twelve exposures for each side of the cube, and one exposure with the light on to fill in the shapes of the room and the table.
I caught up with Charland to ask him a few questions about his work. First, just how did he create Silhouette with Matches, the first photo in this set? He explains, "This piece was a simple process of multiple exposure. I shoot all my work with a view camera on 4x5 film. Basically I took one exposure during the day for the background then one at night while lighting and tossing the matches. This process left the outline of my body without the use of Photoshop. In the large print you can actually see a few hair follicles silhouetted on the left side of my head." No Photoshop? Does that mean he never uses it in his work? "Not for the creation of the image, only slight color and tone adjustments to make a nice print," he says.
The beauty of it all is that there's an honesty to Charland's work. By transforming everyday household objects into unexpected experiences, he makes us appreciate multiple disciplines; art, science and photography. In addition, his work evokes that sense of curiosity that often lays dormant in us as adults. While looking at his photos, you can't help but marvel at the scientific laws that govern us and, at the same time, feel as though Charland's somehow cheated them.
“I guess you could do it in Photoshop a lot quicker and easier but I enjoy the analog process” says Charland, “there is something to working within limits.”
Jono sent this article through to me the other day - follow the via link above to see all of the photographs. Lovely inspirational stuff
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I love this. I love the effort that must have gone into it. I love the green men. I love that its taking the everyday, and making it extraordinary.
Don't forget to read the story
In July I had a quiet month and only uploaded 57 photos. Part of the reason for this is because the majority of my day to day iPhone photos are going to my janeonthemove photoblog instead. Only those photos which are potential contributions to one of my ongoing projects are making it on to flickr.
This photograph was taken on my Superheadz Blue Ribbon, their take on the Vivitar Ultra Wide camera, using, what is rapidly becoming my favourite film stock, Kodak Ektar 100. This was only the 2nd film I'd shot on this camera, and I love it. It's very small, light and extremely plasticy, but combined with the Ektar produces some wonderful coloured shots. I will do a review of it when I've run a few more films through it.
Skitters, our dog, is often a fast moving animal, and I love the perspective of this, and the fact that only the middle of her seems to be still. She's just doing what she does, running around all over the place.
In November 2008 I listed the current contents of my photography bookshelf, well 21 months later, there have been quite a few new additions to that list, some bought by me, some bought for me, and as before some of them are well thumbed, and others are waiting for me to commit some time to learning from them. Here, in no bookshelf order, they are:
- same format as volumes 1 and 2, recipes for success. Handy little books to have around.
"brings together 500 inspiring, moving and beautiful images of famous events and people, sensational landscapes, historic moments, sports, wildlife and fashion"
- great combination of travel guide and travel photography guide, giving hints and tips on where to go to get the best, or sometimes more unusual, photographs of San Francisco. This book was actually owned last time, but was sitting in another part of the house, in the travel bookshelf (and I'm not brave enough to attempt to list the books that live there!)
- a recommendation from someone, sometime. The "How to get this shot" sidebars are similar in concept to the recipes in the Scott Kelby books
- reviewed more thoroughly here but still one of the first books I reach for when I need a bit of inspiration, or indeed the first book I buy for friends interested in photography
- bought after my flash course with Garage Studios as a reminder
- a book I saw recommended on a website someplace, similar to the Joe McNally "The Moment it Clicks" book in so much as it shows a photograph, with the photographers intentions and settings etc but it concentrates more on the images, and less on the words. Good to flick through.
- a recommendation by Adam when I did my flash course at Garage Studios, an interesting book because it shows the lighting settings for each image, giving more of a lighting insight
- I was fortunate enough to be able to make it to the Brighton book launch for this, and look forward to trying out some of the projects, seeking inspiration from others, and having just raw admiration for yet othersI also read a lot of article and blog posts online, some related to these topics, some which feel more like visiting a gallery or an exhibit, some which are more tutorial based, but I still love having the permanence of these books near my workspace. I have also bought/had bought a couple of the Craft & Vision eBooks, which are good quality but which need a good display to get the most out of them.
So, what are the must-have books that I don't have listed? What should I be adding to my Amazon wish-list?
25 Spectacular Examples of Washed Up Photography
The power of the sea has many times shown its amazing strength by polishing the rocks and making the sand look like a blanket of shining diamonds reflecting the sun rays in a million colors.
The stormy nights and days that sweep over the surface of the ocean are able to bring to the shore a spectacular opportunity for creating amazing shots.
Washed up photography is the chance to make immortal a perspective over the beauty of what the waves are pushing from the depths of the wild waters on to the sandy shore that is ready to embrace them and make them shine inside a memorable shot.
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This collection appeals to me as I've been recently working on a project capturing photographs of items that are out of place which has included a few things found on the beach here in Brighton.
