Five to one- the doors

Five to one is rumored to be the approximate ratio of whites to blacks, old to young, or non-pot smokers to pot smokers in the US in 1967, depending on whom you ask. A further urban legend has it as the ratio of Viet Cong to American troops in Vietnam. However, when asked, Jim Morrison said the lyrics were not political

FURNITURE & FASHION- JAMES KING

James King is a UK fashion and furniture photographer. I decided to look at his work because in most normal fashion shoots, the photographer is often trying to make the model the main focus point/ subject matter, but in his collection 'Inside', he decided to make the furniture, often classy and in rich tones, the main focal point. I like this particular image because of the way the material is draped onto the arm chair, the same way in which clothes are elegantly often placed on models
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SPRING

For spring I decided I wanted to submit one of my own photographs to the blog, mostly because it is also one of my favourite photographs I have taken. This photograph was taken in 2008 in a park in Manchester on my first digital camera (not very hi-res) BUT I believe it is still a strong image because of the way in which the man walking his dog becomes a centre point because both of them are darker tones, in comparison to the oranges and reds of the leaves in spring and so it becomes very atmospheric.

The Tower Of Wine

When looking for more creative forms of advertisement photography for Cooper's project, I found these images by Liverpool commercial photographer, Paul Whitte. On his own blog he mentioned how he was interested in making structures from every day objects- ofcoarse these being wine glasses. I am interested by this image because the way in which it is balanced is very risky and yet works perfectly for the shot/ advert.

MILK: SPLASH

I decided for this reccomendation I would not look directly at generic photographs of milk, but find more interesting ways in which it has been used for effect. I was interested in these photographs by commerical photographer, Jeff Denzer, because of the way in which he not only tried to achieve the traditional image of milk splashing, but how he was more creative in the way in which he added food colouring to the milk to create more quirky and fun images.

Furniture

This photograph was taken by Adrian Heapy, which is a photography company based in the Midlands. I like this image because of the boldness of the colour of the sofa, also how there are only three colours within the frame, purple, brown and black.