Originally Posted by
Varun
Vary nice Shaun,
Painterly and soft. Which film? may I ask. Are these 6x6 images- the frame is not though.
In the 80s people like Myerowitz and Shore and others started using negative Kodak colourfilm and that too 'L' type. Their dye transfer images were made to look painterly.
Thank you very much for all of your comments. Marco, my response was also very 'tongue in cheek', please do not take offence.
Varun, alas very rare for me, these images were taken using a Nikon D1X camera with a 35mm lens. The shutter was triggered by the self timer whilst firmly bolted to a tripod. As already stated, the background was brilliant white and lit by two studio flash heads. The flowers were then front lit by two more studio flash heads.
In Photoshop a lot of work was done using levels and then the image was heavily desaturated to reduce the colours. I specifically wanted a cross processed effect were using an E6 slide film would be developed using C41 negative chemicals. This was all the rage a few years back.
Regarding the composition. It is purely my own way and any way would work. In the west we tend to read from left to right so I compose my photographs to be viewed the same way. My flowers generally look into the white space from left to right. The flower is effectively looking into the photograph the way we would. In response to Barry, a portrait would have worked just as well. It's simply that I choose not to do it that way.
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