This week I decided to do a slightly different joiner. I am constantly trying to develop my style, and I figured that by arranging photographs physically it might give me a different final product than arranging them virtually. So I took my shots as normal, but then printed each of them at standard photo size. I then started the pain-staking task of arranging them and sticking them in the position I wanted, which proved to be slightly more difficult than anticipated! Each slight movement of the camera changes the perspective of each shot, and although this can be overcome, as soon as I made the slightest mistake, I would know about it 5 photographs down the line. And let me tell you, undo in Photoshop is far more simple than in real life!
This week I have taken a break from the Birmingham joiner project. But for good reason! This Tuesday Nath, Sue and myself took our very first road trip to London. We went to see Jamie of Airside, and planned to pay Sarah Coleman’s witches exhibition a visit, but it was closed, so no luck there!
We drove part of the way, got lost trying to find an available car park within walking distance of a tube station, then finally jumped on the tube from Ruislip to Angel.
Check out Sue’s cheeky face! And Nath recording the days events. I’m sure he’ll be sorting out a short road trip film for you all to enjoy, although there won’t be much of the return journey as he slept all the way back!
We met Jamie while exhibiting at Plus festival last year, and have been desperate to visit the Airside studio ever since. And it was well worth the wait. The Airside studio is a beautiful working environment, and reflects their whole ethos as designers. Check out Nath’s blog feature (coming soon) for more details!
I managed to shoot a quick joiner of the top floor of Airside’s studio. This is where the animation team work, and where the gang all eat their lunch together. Lovely space!
This week’s joiner features St Martin’s church, now surrounded by the Bullring, it’s markets, and the infamous Selfridges building. Unfortunately it also features a rather ugly Puratos truck!
We at Smile took a leisurely stroll up to Borders this afternoon so that we could buy the latest edition of Design Week. This is a particularly special edition for us as it features our first (of hopefully many) articles. This article, written by Sue tells of our journey from students to business people. If you get chance, pick up a copy and let us know what you think.
The second in the Birmingham joiner series is here. The subject this week is taken from a car park roof on my journey home. I live in the jewellery quarter, not far from the BT tower, and thought this area would make for some interesting shots. I have more to come so keep watching!
Last week I mentioned how Birmingham was one of Smile’s favourite places, and that I would be starting a series of Birmingham joiners. It took a while to decide where to start this series, and a while for the weather to be err, not rainy, but then it finally struck me. So I started with smile’s window over Birmingham. The view from our very own balcony. The balcony had proved a major selling point when deciding on this studio, so I though I’d give you a sneaky peek at where we chill out and cool down after a game of studio football.
I learnt a lot this week about joiners, and this particular one nearly didn’t make it to the blog, but after two long days fiddling with the angles I got it there. The result is a fish eye like image, giving a real sense of shape and perspective. I felt that my previous joiners were beginning to become a bit stale, so I wanted to set myself a challenge and really mix it up. I’ll be out and about Birmingham over the next week looking for my next subject.
If you have any location ideas that would make a good joiner, then feel free to email me, or respond to this post, and I’ll see what I can do.
