Guardian Camera Club: Paul Sweeney's portfolio
These images were made with lovely little 1970’s rangefinder film cameras - the Olympus 35 RC, and the Canonet Q17 GIII. The natural perspective of their lenses has given these photos a pleasantly ‘easy’ feel, combined with that forgiving film tonality. It’s made for a very interesting set. What with the film grain, the tonality and a bit of flare, this photo has a necessarily 1970’s feel; it’s lovely.
This has depth and tone, the natural perspective of the lens making a very ‘ordinary’ looking image (and that’s not a criticism!). Photography used to be this simple, if you ignore much of the excesses of 'post production' it still can.
The field of view of the 40mm lens on the Canonet encompasses these buildings perfectly, only the sign on the left hand side grates a little. However, it’s certainly a lucid image.
This photo has captured perfectly that characteristic heavy, oppressive light, you can almost feel the next train coming. The solitary figure counterpoints the heavy atmosphere, it’s excellent.
This is the only image in this set that I don’t get on with, maybe it’s because photographing a homeless person asleep is a bit sneaky! Next time, you could wake him up.
The strong sunlight, deep shadows and flare all combine to make a very cool and confident image. All it needs is a little more foreground, so as not to crop that central figures shadow.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.