francsphotos

Jack and Lucy in love

2010-02-07T05:13:00.000-08:00

They love this shot, and what you see is how they are with each other. They are my good friends and also two of my most natural models. They are often drawing and painting, or working in ceramic or sculpting, themselves. We shot this as a roll of 'preparatory images' for my 'environmental' portraits, part of a college project at the time. I used a Pentax K-1000 with the 28 mm lens, working from about 0.4 m, having loaded 400 ISO 35 mm. B+W film-stock. We used the existing tungsten lighting, which was very low overhead, hence the extreme blowout.

American Football in London

2010-02-07T01:15:00.000-08:00

SUPPORT (their title for this image)

I've been shooting these guys in my local park over the past couple of years. I'm putting nine of their images in at Free Range for my DEGREE SHOW Exhibition in June. I hope to shoot more of these players at their matches over this summer, and to promote their sport activities with a touring exhibition in London. More as it unfolds.

Shot on a Canon 5D, using a 75-300 mm Canon lens. Printed for the exhibition as a digital 'C' type print, from http://www.theprintspace.co.uk/

Millennium Bridge

2010-02-06T06:43:00.000-08:00

Shot on a Bronica SQ-A camera, with a 50 mm. wide-angle lens (I was deliberately close to the bridge abutment). I used 120 Ilford ISO 400. It was shot at mid-day, facing south, as the bright sky is clearing after a prolonged deluge.
This is part of my 'Lee Friedlander' Homage project for the HNC. He uses split mages, mimicking, reflections, shadows, and a quirky view of people.
I have radically and asymetrically cropped a 6 x 6 image, to remove distracting foreground, and to focus on the central picture elements.

Way Out

2010-02-06T06:07:00.000-08:00

Shot on a Bronica SQ-A camera, with a 50 mm. wide-angle lens (I was very close indeed to the column). I used 120 Ilford ISO 400. It was shot an hour before sunset, facing west and just as the sky is clearing after a deluge.
This is part of my 'Lee Friedlander' Homage project for the HNC. He uses split mages, inversion of foreground and background elements, reflections, shadows, and a quirky view of everyday objects.
I have slightly and centrally cropped a 6 x 6 image, to focus on the central picture elements.

James Repaired Watches

2010-02-06T05:38:00.001-08:00

400 ISO 35 mm. Ilford B + W film, taken with Pentax K-1000 camera and 28 mm f 1.8 lens, using indoor fluorescent and tungsten task lighting. Shot in December 2007, then scanned using an hp 4050 bed scanner. James has passed away, and was very ill when he agreed to be my 'environmental' model.
I first got to grips with 'depth of field' when I was re-working this foreground in the darkroom. It was during the very intense 'dodging and burning' exercises which I needed to perform to get this shot well-exposed in the foreground as well as on the jeweller, that I realised I could influence what was visible or not, in my film images.

Tim my Local Greengrocer

2010-02-06T05:30:00.001-08:00

400 ISO 35 mm. Ilford B + W film, taken with Pentax K-1000 camera and 28 mm f 1.8 lens, using existing backlighting. Shot in December 2007, then scanned using an hp 4050 bed scanner. Tim has been a repeat model, as I get better at 'environmental' shots. I like the 'timeless' quality of this shot, and the just-barely-visible cellophane around the flowers Tim is holding.

Rosebery Avenue one quiet Sunday in April 2007

2010-02-06T05:28:00.000-08:00

Taken as part of a series of shots with my then-new Canon EOS 350 DSLR , using my then-new 17-85 mm zoom lens. Part of a guided walk we organised from Finsbury Park to The British Museum, Bloomsbury. This is reminiscent of The Gridiron Building, New York City (Steiglitz shot that in a snowstorm in about 1910, I love that image) and also shows London Plane trees in winter foliage.

Lincoln's Inn Fields on a quiet Sunday in April 2007

2010-02-06T05:27:00.000-08:00

Taken as part of a series of shots with my then-new Canon EOS 350 DSLR , using my then-new 17-85 mm zoom lens. Part of a guided walk we organised from Finsbury Park to The British Museum, Bloomsbury. Lincoln's Inn Fields is tucked away behind Holborn station. I really like the juxtaposition of bark texture and translucent red leaves. The sitting figure adds scale and perspective to a very tranquil scene.

Netty Chopping Tomatoes for Lunch

2010-02-06T05:23:00.001-08:00

Medium-format 6 x 4.5 Bronica camera, early morning blue light, 100 ISO Fuji Provia transparency film. Part of my 'Modern Times' project, 'Our use of organic produce during a recession'. May 2009

Tomato Seedling

2010-02-06T05:04:00.001-08:00

Medium-format 6 x 4.5 Bronica camera, late evening red light, 100 ISO Fuji Provia transparency film. Part of my 'Modern Times' project, 'Our use of organic produce during a recession'. May 2009

Emirates Stadium Mid-summer 2007

2008-10-26T10:09:00.000-07:00

it was almost mid-summer's evening, and this was shot near sunset. It is a Photoshop panorama, about nine images from the Canon 350 EOS, using the 24-105 mm lens set at 24 mm, all hand-held. This photo shows the interaction of sunlight on building elements usually not highlighted, eg the underside of the stainless steel roof, and the blue sky over the pitch seen through the glass wall. There's also the very soft light from a cloudless sky, which 'mellows down' the new panelling on the superstructure. There's just enough undirected light in the shadows to make a '3D' effect.
I printed three of this image, all for local Arsenal fans who run restaurants or shops; it looks good at 1 metre long behind glass

Kid in the Tube 1988

2008-10-26T08:20:00.000-07:00

We both enjoyed making this shot. The sitter said he 'thought it was pretty cool' when I sent it to him rcently.

Canada Water Autumn 2007

2008-10-26T08:16:00.000-07:00

The reflection is very deep in this shot. I enjoy the composition, being in third's and repeating on the right.

Heron Quays Autumn 2007

2008-10-26T08:10:00.000-07:00

I used the Pentax K-1000 with colour slide film (Fuji Velvia 50). It was a photo-shoot with friends on a Saturday afternoon, and the light was very good and bright.

Finsbury Circus Summer 2008

2008-10-26T08:06:00.000-07:00

I had just bought the Lubittel medium format twin lens camera, and I dashed out to use it that afternoon. I do like this photo, especially for the building massing and the medium grey tones throughout.

Franc's Photos

2008-10-26T07:54:00.000-07:00

This blog will have only twelve photographs, to showcase the type of work I have done to date.