Just An Experiement

[Paul Lange]

I mentioned a while ago that I was experimenting with some ideas and one of those was inspired by Giacometti's sculptures of people that seemed to portray movement even though they were quite obviously static. I took these a while ago but wasn't immediately sure of the results. After coming back to them today I realised that I do indeed like them although I don't consider them to be the final finished pieces.


_DSC0140-Edit.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr


_DSC0172-Edit.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr

Very "experimental" as you can see. What I like about them is that you get some idea of the movement and despite them being heavily blurred if you saw the subjects and studied there mannerisms for a while you would immediately identify them.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Oh, I really like them, Paul. Very interesting. I definitely see the Giacometti connection, but they stand apart. Quite alien sci-fi-ish. More, please!

 

[Brian Moore]

I like them, too, Paul. You say you're not finished with the experiment but for me these images could stay as they are, framed and hung.

 

[Lesley Jones]

I think they are stunning. Alien was one word that sprang to mind even before I read Rob's comments

 

[Paul Lange]

Thanks all, I'm glad that people like them as being quite different I wasn't sure anyone would see the appeal of them. I do indeed have more and will post them as soon as I have finished the PP.

 

[Paul Lange]

These don't have quite the spindly body and large feet look which is something typical of the Giacometti sculptures. However, they seem to be a nice development and I like the sequence and the way that they are very Maisy.


_DSC0128-Edit.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr


_DSC0129-Edit.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr


_DSC0130-Edit.jpg by Paul R Lange, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Superb Paul, especially the first. Definitely worth pursuing I think. How / where were they shot?

And I've just seen the latest. The third one is brilliant!

 

[Paul Lange]

Cheers, The last three are supposed to be side by side really so that the sequence culminates in the last jump image. I was a bit lazy in not joining the three images. I set up a white background sheet with a flash head behind it. I then got the kids to walk about and generally muck around while I took some very OOF images. Playing around with the aperture, focus and backlighting levels "wrapped" the light around the subjects in different ways as you can tell by the difference from the different sets of images.

 

[David Mitchell]