Thursday 1 May 2008

This is possibly more about urban landscape than water. However they all have a common feature which is water. Thus are tied together by water. 

Sunday 20 April 2008


Since Hugh's constructive criticism in the class I have heeded his advice and am trying to simplify my images and orientate my camera view more effectively. I also hope that pertinent cropping may facilitate this. I am still sticking with colour negative despite his better judgement. If things really go rectum over mammary I can always resort to scanning my negs. Though at this point I hope such lame measures will not be necessary.  

I noticed that in the works of Mr's Egglestone and Shore, they often draw attention to the ironic context in which signs are found. In this print the barge is moored next to a "No Mooring" sign (not clear in this version however it is to the back left hand side of the image) while the boat is called "Oppertunity" which to my sentiments is somewhat humorous and ironic. 

Also Im terrible at scanning my negs and have no tried and tested system for getting rid of that annoying colour cast. This one was greeny and I seem to have made it orangey. Any one good at this stuff?

Any comments, musings or criticism however brutal would be very much appreciated. 

Friday 18 April 2008

Saturated in Semiology

Shot on a Pentax 67 which is an amazing piece of kit. Id ditch a Hassleblad for this any day. Its a f+?/%ng tank.

Liked the fact there was some blatant semiology within this pic.  The are obvious indexical values as the camera I was using recorded the light reflected off what was in its field of view. The triangular sign in the foreground retains symbolic value as it conveys through convention what it represents. It also retains iconic value as does the Banksyesque stencil in the background as it shares qualitative characteristics with the objects they represent.