Tuesday 7 January 2014

Andrew Macpherson Photography and Time Travel

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Please do not adjust your screens.  If you think that you have seen images like this released on the internet in 2010 then you are correct.  If you can see some startling alterations then you are further correct.  Links below will guide you to the initial photographic and written output.  If any other reasoning than time travel erupts to explain away these pictures then please dismiss it.  Just recently Andrew and I took a trip to Featherstone Castle and recreated some of the poses from 2010.  We used projected images to fix the positions but without patience, poise and balance our efforts would have failed in comparison to the success we have to show you here. 



It is just possible that my claims in the paragraph above are as fantastic as Andrew’s persona and I hope as well spun as his outfits.  As a storyteller and raconteur he is able to weave wonderful creations with words.  As a natural showman and bon vivant he makes entertainment in his world wherever he wishes to shine.  Taking these photographs was a true pleasure.  Andrew stepped into the studio space set up in the castle and performed for the lens.  He was a willing subject who performed rather than posed and took on any role to suit the request made of him.



These photographs were taken using two studio flash units. One was reflected on a silver brolly and the other was reflected on and through a translucent white brolly. The two light sources were set to gently overpower the ambient room lighting and to generate a crisp but warm light. I hope that the rich tones come through and help to show Andrew Macpherson’s finery in a fitting a light? These poses were set to the most amusing banter and I am pleased if the joy of taking these pictures comes through to you in the images presented here.


2014 Andrew Macpherson Master of Ceremonies
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phhsykes/sets/72157639518493675/


Andrew Macpherson further info

Andrew Macpherson Blue Room Studios Gnosis 2010
2010 Article on Blogger

Andrew Macpherson Photography and Time Travel (2014)



Photographs ©2010 PHH Sykes

Text ©2010 & ©2014 PHH Sykes

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