World Image Magazine Issue 31 April 2016 | Page 36

When art copies life - a photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you the less you should know. Thinking outside the box comes under the general banner of Photoart. Here the only limits to what is presented in the final picture are dictated you and your imagination. The idea of the picture in the woods by Alan Griffiths has the simplicity of execution, but I wonder how many people would think to put that simplicity into practice. In this case the same picture is use both inside and outside the frame, the outer one is blurred in photoshop and converted to greyscale. The trick comes with the inclusion of the two figures in the foreground. Picture in the Woods by Alan Griffiths The promotional still from Blood Offering by Mike Shawcross is also Photoart but the art is included in the subject. For that reason it is also valid in the Portrait Gallery. In this style it is all about the make-up and lighting. Because neither is natural to a standard portrait it falls into the remit of Photoart. Pictures do not need to be manipulated to be art. Sometimes the direct methods of table top photography and some thought can produce the Tabletop Picture by Alan Griffiths results. Website = www.worldimagemag.com Page 36 Promotional Still from my latest film job, Blood Offering. Director Andy Stewart Picture by Mike Shawcross email = [email protected]