My second day in London began with 'breakfast' (if you can call it
that) in my hotel before setting out to visit Ashley Cameron in his studio in
Kenbury Street. He started by showing us a quick preview of his website and the
work he had been doing both personally and commissioned. We had a chance to
look in depth into some of his best work, we were able to see the Photoshop
documents of the final images to see exactly what had been edited and how he
had done it, showing us the exact stages he took to create the final piece. One
of the most interesting to look at was a shoot he did on the rock Kjeragbolten
in Norway. He talked in depth about the whole process of the shoot, from where
they stayed, how long it took to reach the top of the mountain and how the model
was able to crawl around the rock before finally posing nude upon it. The
Photoshop document had hardly any editing done to it; it was an amazing piece
of work. More on his work can be found here: http://www.ashleycameron.com/
The next stop was David Gill's studio; we
had the chance to talk a little bit about being a still life photographer and
what the job entailed. We were lucky enough to see a shoot he had just done and
explore the camera equipment he used to shoot his images. His studio was one of
the smaller ones I have seen, but being a still life photographer he was
comfortable working in it, creating set ups that best used the space and
produced some fantastic end results. I am not a huge fan of still life as I
like to shoot people, but it was a fantastic experience to hear the story of
his progression into Photography and take an in depth look into an area of
photography I don't know a lot about. Gill's work can be found here: http://www.davidgill.com/
My final stop, and the most exciting of
the day, was a journey to Seamus Ryan's studio. The studio is in a fantastic
arty location and stepping into his studio was like the scene in Willy Wonka
and the Chocolate Factory where they open the door to the chocolate room. I was
instantly greeted to a fantastic space filled with portraits and the best part,
a photo booth in the corner which we were allowed to play around with. I love
photo booths and the photos we managed to get were brilliant. Once we had
finished being children we went into his office and he explained how he had
created the photo booth originally and how that progressed into Booth Nation
being created. His office also had an old children's ride which was a perfect
addition to the studio and a Game & Watch box on top of a cupboard which
was amazing to see. He talked about both working with celebrities and his
Sunday shoots where he allows the public to come in and he shoots their
photographs every Sunday. Seamus is a fantastic person and photographer and I
believe you should defiantly check out his work here: http://www.seamusryan.net/ we also had the chance to look at his portfolio and get to know
how his career developed stage by stage.
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| David Gill's Studio |
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| David Gill showing us his camera |
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| Entrance to Seamus Ryan's Studio |
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| Inside Seamus Ryan's Studio |
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| Inside Seamus Ryan's Studio |
