Tuesday 24 May 2011

Bespoke and Miss Benn

Highlight: A brand new show and Installation from Nutkhut at the Wandsworth Arts Festival.
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Lowlight: Windy Wandsworth. The actors nearly got blown away and with ample smatterings of showers throughout the day even getting started was a challenge.
Fill in: I keep a huge coverall in my rucksack for those damp days...It advertises the O2 but I'm dry.

Have worked with the arts company Nutkhut everywhere from Birmingham Town Hall to Buckingham Palace. This brief was to document their latest Installation 'Miss Benn' and their new street theatre project 'Bespoke'.

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Despite my partner's insistence that it was not going to rain, the O2 coverall was out several times during the day but coupled with the gusty wind, it wasn't really as effective as it could have been.

Tech Spec: The Installation required use of different lenses to get all its facets and a variety of shutter speeds to record the motion. Point of view was tricky as it had tons of mirrors on the floor, on the ceiling and in the background so not getting myself in the shot required a bit of photographic contortion. The street theatre means being quite flexible to work around the group but I find a long lens works wonders for tidying up composition in this situation

More info:
www.nutkhut.co.uk

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