The Colour And The Shape

I love cinematic photographs and I have been searching for a very specific type of image processing to use on some of my low light night portraits. After a fantastic email from one of my flickr contacts detailing a process which he uses I decided to use it on some images I took a few months ago. I'm really happy with the results.

View this image here on flickr © Anthony Dorman

View this image here on flickr © Anthony Dorman

View this image here on flickr © Anthony Dorman

I am going to embark on a number of portraits taken at night in Newcastle using this processing technique, watch this space.

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Kez

I was out last night shooting a young guy named Kez (featured) I am a massive fan of rich colour in photographs and I do like night time shooting and anything which gives a cinematic feel to an image.

view this image here on my flickr page © Anthony Dorman

view this image here on my flickr page © Anthony Dorman

I have been to both locations featured here recently for shoots as I am drawn to the possibilities of the Bokeh in the bottom image and the tones in the top image.

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The Fisherman

Every year the fishermen docked at North Shields Fish Quay donate their days catch to charity. I was asked to take some press images of the donation. At the end of the shoot I asked Martin (pictured here) if I could take his portrait.

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I first met Martin when after a series of coincidences I ended up doing a shoot on a North Sea trawler. There was something very cinematic about the lighting at the Quay. I realised recently that most of my portraits are framed in a landscape format. I think that this comes from my love of cinema, I feel that my Grandad and my Mum's love of film has become deeply ingrained in my psyche. I can remember when I was a little boy asking my Mum "When did the world become colour?" A few days passed before my Mum realised that I had been watching a number of old black and white films. Not all of my photographs are colour but I really do love rich strong cinematic tones.

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Classic Beauty

I spend so much time taking portrait photos of a wide variety of people that I get to read a multitiude of expressions and emotions. I often stop strangers and ask them to let me take their photo and I am often asked why I have stopped them in particular. I don't think the majority of the people I ask are classicaly beautiful however I do find them all to have either expressive faces or interesting faces. I have stopped some imposing characters with very striking features who light up as soon as you put them in front of the camera. In an age where beauty is defined in absolutes I would rather look for character and warmth which to me is far more interesting.

view this image on my flickr page by clicking here © Anthony Dorman

The Musician

This photo was taken yesterday. The other photographs on this blog are older images and I am trying to catch up with my current work. I was in Newcastle with a fellow photographer Chris Harrison when I saw this man setting up his busking gear. I love his face and his wild hair. I am going back to find him and see if I can take some more images of him and his violin.

View the image in high resolution on flickr here © Anthony Dorman

Homeless Man in Newcastle

I took this image in 2010. It was the first image I took with my 70-200 f2.8L lens. I was looking through a shop window in Newcastle and I knew my settings where probably all over the place. I saw this homeless man (who is well known in Newcastle) and just pressed the shutter and hoped the image would be OK. After posting this image on my flickr account last year I have had a number of people contact me to say they have fed this man. I also had someone contact me and tell me his story, it would be unfair to share it here but what you need to know is - he never begs so if you see him buy him some food or spare him some change.

Homeless Man Newcastle

 check out the image on flickr Homeless Man Newcastle © Anthony Dorman

Homeless Man Newcastle (crop)

check out this image on flickr Homeless Man Newcastle (Crop) © Anthony Dorman

Remember - we are all only a few decisions away from being homeless and suffering from poverty so don't judge, just be kind - it could be you one day.

Thomas

This blog will be a record of some of my photos and the stories that accompany them along the way. I am going to go back to a point in time when things started to click and my true passion for photography started.

Thomas

See the image here Thomas on my flickr page © Anthony Dorman

This image of Thomas, the son of a friend of mine was one of the first photographs taken with my Canon 5DMKII.

My passion for photography comes from my interest in people - you will see this progress as this blog does.