The Prisoner

The Prisoner

It’s still black and white, sort of… So the challenges here were to try to make a few chess pieces tell a story, to get a pin sharp shot of something small and get some dramatic lighting. The chess men are sat on a page of white paper, curved up to give a continuous white …

Wire

That Damn Wire

Ah… The near miss, happens often enough to be irritating. There was no way I was going to catch this shot without the wire so it just had to stay. If I’m feeling bored for 5 or 6 hours I might be able to edit the awful line out, but it’s probably not worth the …

Pinch of Salt

Taken With a Pinch of Salt

Yes. This really is a pinch of salt. It’s a pinch of sea salt placed on the bottom of an upturned glass. I have my overhead spotlight, just a standard room halogen, pointing down at a slight angle. I’ve then set the camera up on a tripod using cable release with mirror lock up to …