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A RotoVision Book Acknowledgments Published and distributed by RotoVision SA This book is dedicated to my new little girl Matilda Reid, Laura Brunow Miner, Leah Grammar, Lee Route Suisse 9 Meredith and her mum Sarah Meredith. Albrow,Lee Grist, Leo Santos-Shaw, Lindy Dunlop, CH-1295 Mies Malcolm O’Connor, Marco Scagnelli, Marek Switzerland Thanks to Lisa Båtsvik-Miller and Lindy Dunlop Machlowski, Maria Murray, Mark Capalbo, Mark at RotoVision; without you I am sure this book Goralnick, Marty Yoo, Mary Goldthwaite, Matt Krueger, would not be the standard it is. Meg Shoemaker, Mike Wrobel, Mimi Pearlson, Mona RotoVision SA Brooks, Neil Fowler, Oliver Cook, Poppy, Potato Potato, Sales and Editorial Offi ce Thanks to Lee Bushy for the use of his photo of Priya, Rachel Fowler, Ruby Campbell, Sally Finnigan, Sheridan House, 114 Western Road Alex Bamford, for helping me out with my color Sangita Morgan, Scarlett Fowler, Simon Cooke, Steph Hove BN3 1DD, UK splash photos, and for the use of his ultra-wide-angle Goralnick, Steph Hope, Suzette Subance, Tom Pillips, lens. Thanks to Anna Carlson and Steve McNicholas Wendy Laurel, William Oberlin, Yvo Luna, Zali, Zen, and Tel: +44 (0)1273 72 72 68 for lending me their photographic kit. whoever I may have forgotten to put on the list. Fax: +44 (0)1273 72 72 69 www.rotovision.com Thanks to all the people who appear in the book: I would like to thank the fl ickr community for its Abi Coles, Adam Bronkhorst, Alex Kershaw, Alexis continued interest in my work, and for clearing up Copyright © RotoVision SA 2010 Scherl, Alfi e Bronkhorst, Alison Bronkhorst, Amber photo queries when I have them. Traven , Amy Ng, Andy Clymer, Anita Goralnick, Anna, All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be Anna Carlson, Benjamin Rosenblum, Bob Phipps, Trevor Williams would like to thank Naoya Hirayama reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted Boris Kossmehl, Chad Allen, Chad Nicholson, Chris and Phill Parry for helping to make the light-painting in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, Coles, Chris Frewin, Chris Uduezue, Clive Flint, pictures, and Noriaki Nagao for venturing out into the photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without Corrina Greenberg, Cousin Caely, Damian McIver, night with him to shoot stars. “Without these three Danny Fontaine, Darcy, Dave Sawyers, Eeva Doherty, permission of the copyright holder. people, night shooting would be impossible.” 52 PHOTOGRAPHIC Elin Johansson, Elsa Nobel, Emelye Leffl er, Emmeline Cook, Heather Champ, Henry Law, Hsing Wei, Ian Ricardo Mendonça would like to thank Ette (Henriette While every effort has been made to contact owners Goralnick, James Kendall, James Prest, Jamie Cambler, Monteiro Cordeiro de Azeredo) for being encouraging of copyright material produced in this book, we have Jennie Zhu, Joanne Skinner, John Cherry, Jotham, and assisting him with his many projects, now not always been successful. In the event of a copyright Julia Walter, Juliet Gabrielle, Justine Linn, Katherine and always. Kevin Meredith query, please contact the Publisher. PROJECTS 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Creative workshops for the adventurous image-maker ISBN: 978-2-88893-070-9 Art direction: Tony Seddon Cover design: Lisa Båtsvik-Miller Design and layout: Lisa Båtsvik-Miller Editor: Lindy Dunlop Typeset in: DIN, DINOT, Helserif, and Soho Reprographics in Singapore by ProVision Pte. Tel: +65 6334 7720 Fax: +65 6334 7721 Printed in China by 1010 Printing International Ltd. qq PROJECTS PROJECTS PHOTO OP OP PHOTO PROJEC Getting the right light 134 qq qq Lisa Garner Meg Pickard qq Contents qq Double exposures 178 Cross-processing 150 Camera phones 218 Minimal 156 Alexis Gerard Architecture 160 Dan Smith PHOTO OP PHOTO 6 PROJECTS Contributor index Aerial: plane shots 224 Perspex re ections 184 Sprocket-hole 230 9 Introduction PHOTOGRAPHIC qq Backgrounds 194 qq PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHIC Steph Goralnick Shallow depth of eld 198 Ásmundur Thorkelsson qq qq Jump shots 40 Action sampling 202 HDR: High dynamic range 60 Events 138 People montages 236 PROJECTS PROJECTS Ruby May Allcock Black-and-white 240 Concerts 212 Laura Thorn PROJECTS PROJECTS qq PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECTS PROJECTS Kevin Mason Wide-angle 246 Cut-outs in-camera 164 Working with models 74 Colored ash 250 qq qq Alex Bamford qq Panoramas 258 Full-moon lighting 254 Trevor Williams Ricardo Mendonça Ferreira Camera tossing 264 Light painting 22 Aerial: kite shots 80 Patterned bokeh 268 Star trails 206 PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHIC Hailey Bartholomew PROJECTS Long exposures: day 272 Children 172 Get an audience 276 PHOTOGRAPHIC 280 qq Kevin Meredith qq Camera types PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHIC Portraits 12 38 42 3 29 10 40 282 Adam Bronkhorst Photography fundamentals qq qq Low-down 18 Russ Morris 287 Keeping inspired 28 Index In the water 44 TtV: through the view nder 188 PROJECTS PROJECTS O -camera ash 102 Landscapes 50 PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHIC qq Everyday subjects 54 PROJECTS PROJECTS PROJECTS Michael O’Neal Mona T. Brooks Zone-focus 68 Polaroids 92 Tilt-shift 144 qq qq Avoiding tourist clichés 88 Animals 108 Tracy Packer Darren Constantino Long exposures: night 112 34 48 50 525 15 49 51 46 45 44 43 37 36 35 33 28 27 26 23 Redscale 34 Pinhole 96 PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHIC Silhouettes 116 PROJECTS Re ections 122 qq Gianluca Fabrizio qq Time-lapse 126 PHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHIC 22 21 20 19 18 14 11 9 8 7 2 1 13 12 24 6 41 32 24 6 41 12 9 8 7 2 1 13 11 14 18 22 20 21 19 30 16 25 17 4 31 47 39 47 4 31 25 17 30 16 Macro 168 PROJECTS PROJECTS PHOTOGRAPHIC qq PHOTO OP PHOTO Contributor index Ruby May Allcock Mona T. Brooks Lisa Garner Kevin Mason (aka ruby-may) (aka macaby) (aka lissyloola) Photography ruined Kevin’s life. He has been shooting full time Ruby May is currently concluding A-level photography in In 2003 Mona married her soulmate, quit her corporate job, moved Lisa Garner is a self-employed graphic designer and co-director since 2002, but has been obsessed with taking photos for much Brighton and plans to study fashion photography at university. to San Francisco, and started photography school at the Academy of Itonic Design. She nds inspiration in the unusual things and longer. Published many times, with work ranging from fashion to Ruby has shot headline acts at major venues and festivals in the of Art University. Her photography resume reads o the who’s people around her and nds photography a great way of recording documentary-portrait work, he is most interested in photographing UK, including Glastonbury. She also works as a photographer for who in US progressive politics, from President Barack Obama and it. She enjoys the freedom that digital photography gives her, but the people he meets in his ordinary day. Kevin shoots because he a Brighton listings magazine. former President Bill Clinton to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. can’t help loving lm and her lm cameras that little bit more. likes to make ctional narratives and present them as truth. www. ickr.com/ruby_may; www.myspace.com/ruby1992 Mona’s work can be seen in San Francisco Magazine, Augenzeuge www. ickr.com/photos/lissyloola http://kevinmason.garage-studios.co.uk/ Magazine, Le Monde, and Rome’s Europa newspaper. www. ickr.com/gloriousfreaks gallery work: www.darkdaze.org Alex Bamford www.monabrooks.com www.itonicdesign.com Working as an art director in some of London’s foremost www.facebook.com/monabrooks Kevin Meredith advertising agencies, Alex Bamford has spent the last 25 years Alexis Gerard (aka Lomokev) creating images for major brands. More recently he’s been heading Darren Constantino Alexis Gerard founded imaging technology think tank Future Kevin Meredith is an evangelist for the use of simple compact lm into the night to create images for his own amusement. For Darren Constantino, photography is a hobby. He likes to Image in 1991. He subsequently founded, and chairs, the 6Sight® cameras, although he is not a stranger to digital. His obsessions www.alexbamford.com; www. ickr.com/photos/bambooly photograph the landscapes around his home in northeastern Future of Imaging executive conference (www.6Sight.com). with food, shoes, and swimming have won him commissions with Ohio, USA, using pinhole and digital cameras. He is indebted to his He coauthored the book Going Visual and is a member of the Dr. Martens, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, The Times Hailey Bartholomew wife for her patience with his photography during their travels. International Advisory Council of the George Eastman House. newspaper (UK), and The National Gallery, London. He became (aka poppy smiles) www. ickr.com/photos/dcsnaps A passionate photographer since the 1970s, he started shooting well known in Internet circles when he joined ickr as an early Hailey Bartholomew’s endearing visual style is in uenced by her [email protected] digitally in the early 1990s. He prefers small cameras that he can adopter in 2004. His rst book, Hot Shots, was published by genuine desire to communicate and delight with color, positivity, carry with him at all times. RotoVision in 2008, and has since been translated into Spanish, and hope. An award-winning stills photographer, Hailey has also Gianluca Fabrizio www.jpgmag.com/people/AGFuture Polish, Estonian, and Chinese. Kevin now teaches photography written, directed, and lmed several award-winning short lms. (aka Shotbart) www.aamora.com/?cat=49 privately all over the world. www.youcantbeserious.com.au Self-taught photographer Gianluca Fabrizio began his serious www.redbubble.com/people/AGFuture http://lomokev.com; http://www. ickr.com/lomokev www. ickr.com/photos/poppysmiles/ digging into photography in late 2006.