Frames of Life: The Art of Photography

‘I’ll sit outside for hours all wrapped up in the cold trying to get photos of things such as the moon or northern lights that we saw in the summer.‘

–Would you say you’re more of a portrait landscape photographer?
It honestly depends on what I’m taking photos of. While I do take plenty of landscapes, I find that I usually gravitate more towards portrait photography. I think that this is because I like to share a lot of my photography on social media such as my photography Instagram and TikTok accounts and it’s much easier to edit and share that way.

-If you never did, what do you think you would be doing now?
Like I said in the previous question, I’ve always been a very creative person and used to take any chance I could get to paint or draw. At school I took art for both GCSEs and A-Levels and really enjoyed it so I think I would have found a way to pursue a career in that.

–What is your ideal photography catalogue?
I love to travel and plan on travelling to as many countries as I can throughout my life, so my ideal photography catalogue would consist of photos from all world. It would essentially document my experiences and memories from my time travelling with friends, family and solo.

For your fellow photographers, build your ideal photography set-up.
while I don’t have a particular camera in mind, I think I’d have to continue to shoot with a Nikon. It’s because a Nikon was the first ever camera I bought for myself, and I really love the way that they work. However I’d love to have a wider variety of lenses for my camera such as a 50/55-200mm as I currently shoot with an 18-55mm lens which currently works well for me but I know it would be very useful in the future. I also love to shoot on film when I have the chance so a couple rolls of film and a dark room so I could develop my own photos would also be such an amazing thing to be able to do.

–Do you think you’ve succeeded in capturing the essence of a subject and there is no way it could have turned out better?
Like art I would say that photography is very a subjective thing. If you had asked me this question about 2/3 years ago, I probably would have said that my photos were great. But now when I look at those photos I took 3years later I notice all the things that could be better such as lighting, framing of the subject and even how I edited it. So if you ask me at this moment in time, then I would say yes I’ve learnt to capture the essence of my photography subjects but if you ask me this time next tear my answer will have probably changed.

–To what lengths would you go to get the perfect shot?
I wouldn’t do anything dangerous or illegal to get the perfect shot as in my opinion it’s just not worth it. Id rather not rick my life for a photo that probably won’t turn out right anyway. However, I’ll sit outside for hours all wrapped up in the cold trying to get photos of things such as the moon or northern lights that we saw in the summer.

–What has inspired your photography the most?
I think just my desire to capture the world. I bought my current camera last year while solo travelling Australia and Thailand as everywhere I went there were things I wanted to take photos of. I spent hours just walking round the places I visited taking photos of everything from buildings, people, cars, animals, the sea etc. I’d say I’m just drawn to capturing the world and documenting my life through photography.

–What would you say is a recurring theme in your work?
I’d say there are three recurring themes that show up in my work the most – the sea, buildings/architecture and travel.

–Last but not least, how many gorillas do you reckon you could take in a fight if you were on drugs?
I cant lie, despite being a bit of a gym rat, I don’t think I could take on more than one gorilla in a fight. I don’t think that anything I took would give me much of an advantage as I have a feeling I’d just give up and run away as fast as I could.

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Frames of Life: The Art of Photography

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