In a Haze

Archipelago Photography is now the official photographer for London's newest grunge band Haze. We had a great shoot last night and I'm expecting another one tonight.

Another Week of Photos!

So I went back to camp for a week. I'm now home for two then back for four. Full summer to say the least. While I was at camp I was working hard so I didn't take a whole lot of pictures, therefor less photos to blog. I do however have a few for you. Enjoy

Focus

The first thing I think of when I look at this photograph, is a candle. Because, to me, that's what it looks like. It could look like any number of things to various people. and thats why I like it. In reality, it is a photo of fireworks. I was at a fireworks show, and decided to manually focus my camera as shallow as it could and make the photo. I really enjoy the interpretive quality of this photo, overall.
Archipelago Photography: Islands of thought and image, connected with a name.

What I'm Up To

So this summer I got a camp counsellor job at Pearce Williams Christian Centre. While there I have no computer so this blog has become rather blank recently. But, just because I can't blog, doesn't mean I'm not taking pictures. I was away for 10 days, and took 887 photos. 887! So to let you know that I still have you guys in my mind, here's a few samples of what I've been doing. Although most of my photos are of people, and these are landscap-ish, it's only because A tree won't complain about you putting their picture on your blog.

A is for Anarchy

I don't know what's with this anarchy theme I seem to be on, but I assure you, when I was biking home from old East at 6 in the morning last Sunday, I did not have anarchistic thoughts on my mind. Most of my thoughts were more like "Where is everybody?!" "Did I miss the rapture or something?". I went straight through two of the most densely populated areas of the city, Downtown and Wortley Village, and saw NOBODY. That freaked me out, so I decided to travel by the bike paths a bit. I saw this barbed wire, which looked odd to me, because it was guarding a factory, and it didn't sit right with me. So, I made this photo, with that in mind, and the dramatic sunburst over the telephone pole, as my theme. I had a really hard time deciding what would be parallel to the frame, the telephone pole or the fence. I realized that having it adjusted to the telephone pole put it at odds with the fence, and I liked it.

Sorry to All

Sorry everybody, I'm in the middle of exams and so therefore have been unable to blog very much. For now you'll have to enjoy this poster that I found the other day. This isn't to say that I agree with the opinions stated therein but I do respect those that are able to state their views so publicly.

Film!

Ok, everybody, the good news is here. I am back working in film! I had a little venture into the wonders of film around New Years with my dad's old Pentax Asahi but, because of its sticky shutter, a photo I took of the olympic torch ended up exposing for about 5 months. Two nights ago, it unstuck! So (providing it didn't trash the entire roll of film) I am back in business. in fact I am nearly finished my first roll of film already. Now to see whether or not it's any good!
Note: So my first roll of film snapped in the camera. When I opend the back to get it, it was all destroyed. It's ok. On to roll two!