Portfolio II

This set of images begins where the last portfolio leaves off and primarily shows my travels during the summer of 2017, with the last image being the only one outside of that. I have again chosen to stick to black and white images taken with my Hasselblad for consistency, and because it’s what I primarily use. I am planning on doing one of these with the colour photos that I’ve taken since I started shooting square format.

Qingdao Diptych

This is a pair of photos that I took from the top floor of a pagoda in 小鱼山公园 (Xiaoyushan park, or Little Fish Hill Park) in Qingdao, China.

Portfolio I

This series of photographs represents approximately a years worth of work, starting in when I got my Hasselblad. I chose to start then not because I feel that the change of camera increased the quality of images that I was producing but rather I wanted to keep the format consistent throughout. Also it was about a year after I started shooting film, and when I started pursuing photography as a hobby.

Subways

This is the remnants of a failed attempt at a photo project looking at Birmingham’s pedestrian subways. I never really thought it was a very good idea for a project but I decided to give it a go anyway because I wanted to try shooting a project and it was the best idea that I had, also the subways are the sort of thing that I usually like to shoot anyway.


Subways 1

Scrap Collectors

Scrap Collectors
I took this photo in Ma Tau Kok, Hong Kong on the way to visit the Kowloon Walled City Park. I don’t really remember much about my intentions behind the photo beyond this looks cool, although that is how I shoot most of the time. In hindsight, I would’ve liked to have framed slightly to the right to show a bit more of the truck and a bit less of the side of the building but I think overall the framing is quite interesting. The depth of field puts a slight softness on the shop fronts which I think works well to make the two guys on the trucks stand out a bit as well as giving the road, and that piece of litter, a more noticeable softness in the foreground. The one guy on the right stands out really well, framed perfectly in front of the white board, but I think the other guy, especially his head, blends into the background a bit.

I don’t actually know if they are scrap collectors, but that’s what it looks like to me.