Mr. Crinks' Blog » portraits

Basically.

Simon — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:20:58 +0000

I have a desire to get back to basics for a while. Back to some classic portraits.

Although my ideas of ‘basic’ and ‘classic’ may well be different from the accepted ones.

Cover star is Beki, in an example of the kind of thing I mean.

In The Ring

Simon — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:31:08 +0000

Mr. Daniel Anderson, Plymouth, 2009

I’m spending a lot of time on eBay at the moment.

I Like To Play

Simon — Tue, 04 May 2010 09:13:40 +0000

I am a visual creature.

Despite my professed loathing for ‘too much Photoshop’, I think I would like to refine that statement to ‘too much bad Photoshop’.

Of course, one man’s meat is another man’s poison, so it’s all about taste in the end.

Which I have, and the other man clearly doesn’t.

Getting Warmer

Simon — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:43:24 +0000

Kate, Somewhere, 2009

Nearly time for shorts and flip flops!

Although I haven’t actually had or worn any flip flops since I was a small child.

Flared

Simon — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:13:10 +0000

Abby, Plymouth, 2010

I’m very happy with these images. For what might seem to be quite simple portraits, there’s a lot of elements that I really like.

The styling, the hair, the lighting, the post-production — all came together really well and in a coherent way. And of course, Abby looks great and did brilliantly in working with the theme of the shoot.

Fiddy

Simon — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:04:58 +0000

Laura H., Plymouth, 2010

* B L E N G *

More Chocolate

Simon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:11:46 +0000

Abby, Plymouth, 2010

72%, with caramel.

I’m actually partial to Lindt Chilli Chocolate, but that’s for special occasions.

Chocolate

Simon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:21:45 +0000

Abby, Plymouth, 2010

Who doesn’t like chocolate?

My personal favourite is the Lion Bar.

It’s Hip

Simon — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:47:13 +0000

Ria, Plymouth, 2010

To be square. I dug out my Rolleicord, and gave it a whirl on a test shoot with Ria.

Interesting results, I like them.

The experience has made me want a better film camera, however. One more suited to this type of photography at least.

It’s Not Right But It’s OK.

Simon — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:34:44 +0000

Abby, Plymouth, 2010

More than OK in fact.

A quick (but likely to be final) edit of a shot from last night’s shoot with Abby. I do curse my 3-year-old camera’s rather limited ability to focus ‘correctly’ in low light, but after seeing this image I think I should be thinking of it as a ‘feature’.

The focus ‘should’ be on the eye… as any portrait photographer will tell you. But to me, the most interesting thing here are the layers and texture of the hair, and I love the way they pop out in this shot, due to it being the shallow focal point.

Yeah, it’s a portrait, but the eyes aren’t always the subject.

I’ll just have to try and remember this when I get a better camera…