Thailand 2019. I was staying in Chiang Mai at my Father’s studio, where he had a spare room upstairs I lived in for a few months. Downstairs was a photographers playground. Lights, flashes, sugar paper backdrop rolls and space. I was then fortunate enough to meet Fon and Marek at Jai Thep festival where I learnt about their design and jewllery shop and what they created, so naturally I invited them round for a shoot. Experience in a studio was something yet to live, and usually an apprentice photographer shadows a master in studio. Not in this case. It was up to me to make decisions.
Back at Jai Thep festival I spent the days enjoying the sunshine and music, dancing and socialising. At night i’d have my camera and shoot long exposure of the DJ’s, dancers and scenery. I created some mystical photographs with help from multicolour lights and strobes and of course the people I was photographing. So, if you haven’t guessed by now, the long exposure style I used during Jai Thep evolved into what came after in the studio. Long exposure flash photography.
Being nervous about your first time doing something is natural. Unaware of what’s to come, the challanges and finally the outcome. All for fun at the end of the day, yet I had a vision of the final product. Shooting in a pitch black studio trying to get my models to move into the perfect position inbetween each flash whilst being on a timer, was quite the challenge for all of us. Time went by and we had created a gallery.
Fon and Marek helped me out so much during my stay in Chiang Mai, welcoming me to their lives as I did them to mine. These photographs remain one of my favorite portrait sets i’ve worked on. Although I can see many improvements to be made I am looking forward to the next opportunity where I can give this style another shot.
Back at Jai Thep festival I spent the days enjoying the sunshine and music, dancing and socialising. At night i’d have my camera and shoot long exposure of the DJ’s, dancers and scenery. I created some mystical photographs with help from multicolour lights and strobes and of course the people I was photographing. So, if you haven’t guessed by now, the long exposure style I used during Jai Thep evolved into what came after in the studio. Long exposure flash photography.
Being nervous about your first time doing something is natural. Unaware of what’s to come, the challanges and finally the outcome. All for fun at the end of the day, yet I had a vision of the final product. Shooting in a pitch black studio trying to get my models to move into the perfect position inbetween each flash whilst being on a timer, was quite the challenge for all of us. Time went by and we had created a gallery.
Fon and Marek helped me out so much during my stay in Chiang Mai, welcoming me to their lives as I did them to mine. These photographs remain one of my favorite portrait sets i’ve worked on. Although I can see many improvements to be made I am looking forward to the next opportunity where I can give this style another shot.
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