Simon Allen -Sculptor
fish on slavich
gran torino
melted fish 1
Simon Allen -Sculptor
melted carnival 3
melted carnival 1
Museum of Fine Arts
Baxter Bradford

Simon Allen -Sculptor

Simon carves in wood the most wonderful patterns which are inspired by nature, sand ripples etc The wood is then gessoed and finally he gilds them with white gold leaf. The pieces change mood along with the light and become dynamic when something moves across them, diffusing their colour and shade.

This was taken in his studio as he was preparing two pieces. The finished one is on the wall behind, here he is gilding the other one.

I used the Cooke PS945 at f5.6 as I like the effect at this aperture. Since the studio was light, I could use Acros at 1/4s.

Focus plane intentionally set using a fair bit of tilt.
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Location
Near Penzance, Cornwall
Equipment Used
Ebony 45SU with Cooke PS945
Exposure
f5.6 at 1/4s
Film & Developer
Acros in Pyrocat HD
Paper & Developer
Negative scan
Lens Filter
none
Thomas Bertilsson
Beautiful, Baxter! And how unusual of you to post a portrait. It's very well done.
 
I'm not often struck by portraits as immediately as the one you have here. The contrast between foreground, person, and background is spectacular. Bravo.
 
Martin Aislabie
Nice portrait

I like the clever use of Tilts to put the focus plane onto the areas of maximum interest

I would never had thought of it

Martin
 
Baxter Bradford
Thank you all so much for these encouraging responses. This was a picture concept I dreamed up some months before managing to find a convenient time. The original intention was for him to be moving his hands, coupling stillness, differentiated focus and movement all in the same frame. However, the movement was too distracting.

Compositionally, I'm not overly happy with the edge of the wall mounted piece behind Simon's head. Should have spotting this when setting up!
 

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