Do Triptychs work?

A mid point of control. Not fully in control of the situation due to the water, but still able to sit in a studio and pose for the camera. It is a photographic illustration of regaining control after being submerged in the sea.

Eye Contact or No Eye Contact? That is the Question

Hello again!

Here are a few new images from my current project. 

I recently had a meeting with one of my lectures about this project. She took one look at my studio portraits and said, "Why are they looking away?" To be honest I hadn’t really thought about it. I just thought the ones where they were looking away seemed 'softer', more pleasant to look at. However I do like to idea of the confrontation of the lens... it's an interesting idea, with many theories and concepts evolving around it. So for my latest 3 shoots I decided to try it. I asked all my sitters to look straight down the heart of the camera like them just as much, so now I am in a slight conundrum as to keep them looking away or looking into the lens. I think I may try and keep the confrontation, as it could add an interesting spin on my images when I submerge them in water. We will have to see....

JM

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New Portraits

For my degree project I am looking into taking some normal studio portraits to accompany the underwater images (see earlier posts). I took these today in the studios at university. One of the main reasons I wanted to do these portraits was so when these images were viewed alongside the underwater portraits, my concept of the effects of water, could be more clearly seen and understood.

I took these images on a Hasselblad H3D. One of the most amazing cameras I have ever used, and also one of the most complicated! But once I had been shown the general settings, it was indeed an amazing camera. 

JM

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