My two favorite improvisational comedians are Jonathan Winters and Robin Williams. Their minds are fast and furious. They can respond to a word, a sentence or a prop of any kind and create their own world and bring the audience along with them. I regularly go on photo walk-abouts and shoot whatever attracts my eye…to me this is like a photographers exercise program. So, I decided to pull things from the house and bring them into the guesthouse and set up an available light studio. Window light, one camera, one lens and me. The idea was to do improv still lifes where objects were composed simply for the pure relationships that developed. I worked fast and loose and had a great time. I processed the files to look and feel like some of the autochrome color images from early in the 20th century….http://www.galerie-photo.com/autochrome_plate.html
The Light Source:
Well, that was fun. In a time in my life when I seem to be shooting less this seems like a good exercise to just pick up the camera and shoot. What’s even better, I really like your results. Commercial work seems to be all about control. One of the hardest things for me to do is just let it happen. Thanks for the inspiration.
Dave
Your still lifes are really quite moving. A true lover of the medium. Born to create.