Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Couch

The two couches in my brothers house are quite big and an interesting blood red. I noticed discolouring on the bottom of the couch and pointed it out. Trish grumbled telling me it was mould and that the landlord should soon be receiving a phone call off Trish demanding a new couch. I admired her feistiness and replied by telling her I'd be a sap and just leave it, cause I'm pretty shit at dealing with these kind of things.

Anyways, I had the lighting kit handy so decided to record the mouldy couch before Trish gets it removed.





What I find adds to the grimness of these images is the pretty awful colouring of their carpet - it goes well. I used a bowl light for this and a Canon 5D. I wanted to take it at an interesting angle because the subject is something so simple and I felt I was left to make it interesting and those are the pictures I like taking most. If I had to choose one of the two I'd say the first even though anyone whose seen the images seems to prefer the second. I prefer the first one basically because I prefer the composition and lighting.

1 comment:

  1. I like both pictures, but I have to agree with the others. The first pticture draws your eyes down the whole length of the couch and mould at the bottom. The second picture seems to have a life to it; almost as though you can feel all of the people who have used that couch.

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