Paul Lange
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I say drapery because the plan was to photograph drapery. Really it's more like balls of fabric but that doesn't have the same ring. I suppose I should just stick with Fabric but I have already called a post that. If anyone does have a good name, answers on a post card addressed to................
When I have been getting a chance I have continued on photographing various fabrics in different ways. I plan to put it all together in a photobook in the end. I guess it may make a bit more sense all viewed in context that way. Here are some of my favourites so far. I have more but wanted to show sets where the images work together nicely. Anyway, I am kind of blathering at the moment because I am more of thinking out loud than actually trying to say something so I think I should stop.
These three all had a flash gun buried somewhere inside the fabric. While fabric works best. I did try other colours but they seem to block the light where as the white fabric diffuses it in varying degrees depending on different parts having more layers than others. The first two I will probably crop a bit more square eventually.
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_DSC1342 by Paul R Lange, on Flickr
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_DSC1341 by Paul R Lange, on Flickr
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_DSC1336 by Paul R Lange, on Flickr
When I have been getting a chance I have continued on photographing various fabrics in different ways. I plan to put it all together in a photobook in the end. I guess it may make a bit more sense all viewed in context that way. Here are some of my favourites so far. I have more but wanted to show sets where the images work together nicely. Anyway, I am kind of blathering at the moment because I am more of thinking out loud than actually trying to say something so I think I should stop.
These three all had a flash gun buried somewhere inside the fabric. While fabric works best. I did try other colours but they seem to block the light where as the white fabric diffuses it in varying degrees depending on different parts having more layers than others. The first two I will probably crop a bit more square eventually.
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_DSC1342 by Paul R Lange, on Flickr
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_DSC1341 by Paul R Lange, on Flickr
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_DSC1336 by Paul R Lange, on Flickr
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