Irukandji design

This photo was taken by Michelle, so full credit to her!

I was looking for an image to cover a demo CD by my band Irukandji. Whilst brainstorming concepts that fit the music I remebered this specific photo, captured by Michelle.

The CD is called Stages Of Delerium so I symbolised this by breaking the photo up into seperate parts. I then shifted the tonal range on each section to give an abstract quality.

The beauty and intense colour of the rose sums up the same qualities as within the music, which is progressive heavy rock with harmonious female vocals.


It is loved by the rest of the band, but I may develop it further! This is just to show what else I get up to with image making, aside from direct photography. I love to collaborate! Especially with Michelle.

Sams gear

Hi,

I thought you might like to know what gear I use, so here's a brief run down:

Olympus cameras and lenses
Olympus flash
Elinchrome studio lighting
Lastolite backgrounds and reflectors
Sandisk memory cards
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Wacom Cintiq graphics tablet
Velbon and Manfrotto tripods

Gig photo

I really wanted to capture the raw emotion carried across in this underground heavy metal gig.

It was a very low-light venue, and I didn't want to spend my whole time using flash. With this shot I got up close with the guitarist for a few moments, using some fill-in flash. This helped give me a strong contrast to my image.

I changed the shot to black and white to fit with my original brief, raw and gritty.

The composure and emotion given by the guitarist really tells a story and pulls us into their world. It's dark, harsh and brutal. Something I've tried to replicate with this image. The band are a Norwich group called Eastern Death Cult.

Getting the ball rolling...

Hi, my first post! I've been itching to get a blog started for a while, so here goes...

With this shot, which I took last summer, I was looking for unusual cloud formations. At the time I was involved with horse photography, and saw this image in the skies over the centre of Norwich.

I my mind I can see a rearing horse on the right hand side. The variations in light adds to the mood and sense of forboding given by the larger cloud on the left.

I love capturing cloud formations because they're only there for a few moments, gone and never to be seen again. I use my surrealist approach to find composures that make the viewer think, and perhaps make up their own mind. This was shot with my olympus E-510 and 150mm tele lens, which was new to me at the time. Great fun!