Tag Archives: portraits

Trust your eyes?

Can you ever trust your eyes? Apparently not. That is a painting my friends, not a photograph as I had originally believed. Michael Gaskell came to my attention when a close friend recently showed me the magical painting this impressive artist had portrayed for the upcoming movie ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ created […]

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Introducing…

Social documentary (which incidentally is one of the few genres popular in contemporary photography that did not make it onto to the list Martin Parr made.) has a long, often controversial, history in photography dating all the way back to the early days of the medium in the nineteenth century. The genre has been […]

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Curly Wurly 17/1/12

Hello again Curly Wurly blog. I’m sorry I missed this last week, it’s been a bit hectic due to a bit of traveling and house hunting going on, so instead of writing a lackluster blog on an artist who I really want to write about, I decided to leave it […]

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Photo blog 44

Welcome to the first photoblog of the new year no theme, just an old fashioned look at some photographers and an exploration of their work. I usually find these practitioners on networking websites or sites on which your upload your portfolio etc so these won’t be people that you learn […]

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Article – Avengers

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, now I dont want to over react here but I’d say a good fifty to maybe sixty percent of the Focus project memebers are Comic book nerds. There is no way to bypass that face, there has been arguements tussles and […]

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…Location

The same three things are true of photography as they are about almost everything else. Location Location Location You could have the most advanced camera, the most beautiful model and the most pristine light you’re ever likely to get but if you don’t have a decent location a photo just […]

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…Everyone

Welcome to my new weekly segment guys! Just to refresh for those of you who may be joining me for the first time my name is Dominic Clark and I will be walking through tips and tricks of portrait photography including brief glimpses into the business. I recently completed a […]

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Number Three Six Five

What can I do for my final shot except repeat what i’ve already said? But I made it. Be sure to follow the link for my final thoughts on the project but i’ve got some thoughts especially for you guys here regardling this project. My true feelings about what i’ve […]

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A Valuable Life Experience…

Doing a project as big as this one is bound to have an affect on your life. As such you’re going to learn a few things that maybe you wouldn’t have normally or that it would have taken you longer to learn normally. With that in mind here are my […]

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Back By Popular Demand…

You miss me? Have you been keeping up with my self portraits at least? … Do you even remember what I look like? Well yes I will admit it has been a while. In the time i’ve been gone I have procured a house I am now a fully fledged […]

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