Paul Hallows (Images)

I went to photograph Paul Hallows today of himHallows as part of the Hidden Salford brief and captured these images.

I decided to capture a close up shot of Paul working on an unfinished piece, as you can see him in the right hand side of the photograph, as well as the drawing he is finishing in focus with the tip of the pen. Again, referring to the feedback I go, I wish I had of taken a more typical approach to my photographs as part of my photojournalism. However, trying to take boring photographs is something I struggle to do and always revert back to my old ways of taking "pretty pictures".

I took this close up of Paul's work that was hanging from a canvas. Again, no stereotypical photojournalism but I like to feel I have challenged the "stereotypical" view of photojournalism with these photographs and can produce an exciting and readable feature when my journalist has finished the article.

I then took a photograph similar to the portrait of Andrew Brooks, with Paul Hallows in front of his work. Again, referring to what Les said, I should have got Paul to hold up a canvas of photograph, but I felt like these portraits of the artists introduced them to the article. The only thing I would change about this photograph would have been the lighting, as the lighting is all one directional so it is casting a harsh shadow on his face. However, I fixed this using the fill light tool in Camera RAW and some recovery.