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Experience grinds the Lens though which we perceive reality

johnny f — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:09:32 +0000

That sounds great doesn’t it ?

But also so very true. Sit three photographers in front of the same subject and you’ll get three different images. You see it a lot in artists group portrait sessions. Half a dozen artists sitting around one naked model,one will produce a perfect rendering of the person in front of them and another will come up with a pacaso style image with three noses and a dog thrown in for good measure.I suppose it’s that old adage that if were all the same the world would be a boring place, but we could never be all the same could we ?

Experience grinds the Lens though which we perceive reality

I’m actually quoting Dave Stewart of eurythmics fame, who I believe in turn was quoting someone else. Dave is an incredibly creative person, his “lens” it appears to me, is not ground purely by what’s happened to him by chance, rather he goes out of his way to find people and experiences that colour his world and in turn enhance his creativity. Great things happen when your open to new people and experiences. The more inspiration we take onboard the greater the pool we have to draw from when needed.
If your wondering what your seeing in the image above, it’s an inverted shot of the underneath of an elevated section of the Paris metro.

Experience grinds the lens ?

I’d say so.

more images from this series can be found at John Fisher – Photography is the new Rock and Roll.

Himley Hall 2011

johnny f — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:48:21 +0000

12.00 noon Saturday 11th June, the rain they had promised has held off leaving my car boot full of redundant umbrellas and as I pull into Himley Hall car park there are far more people here than I had imagined dog walkers and pensions alike out for there saturday exercise . I’m here today to shot 20plus people, a gathering of friends from all over anticipating food and drink but having to put up with me first. 20plus turns out to be 28 and a half which was a little more than I’d bargained for, but not one to be daunted for long we mustered the troop and got to work. The above images are a sample from the shoot based around what resembled and old boathouse. Himley offered many potential locations for this shoot and give more time it would have been great to explore the rest of the grounds, however time and BBQ chicken wait for no man.

more images from this shoot can be found at

John Fisher Photography is the new Rock and Roll

Street Photography . . .

johnny f — Fri, 27 May 2011 17:23:26 +0000

Does this shot look set up to you ?

It does to me and I know it wasn’t, whilst sorting though some old files last week I found some of our holiday photographs, as tempting as it is it show you semi naked pictures of Val on a beech I’ve opted for living just a little longer and offer you this shot of a couple of muzos in Cuba, bizarrely these guys weren’t the only instrument carrying locals we saw that day but of a hand full of shots this is the one that worked, I love the woman reading her book, can’t for the life of me decide what her story is; is she a tourist taking five minutes in the shade or a local worker of some sort on a lunch break.Obviously we’ll never know but thats the beauty of this type of shot isn’t it catching people as they go about their day lives.

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Dante

johnny f — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:48:00 +0000

” In the middle of our life’s way
I found myself in a wood so dark
That I couldn’t tell where the straight path lay.”

The above quite is from the first couple of lines from Dante’s inferno, it’s nice to see that they had midlife crises even the the old days. I wonder how that manifested itself back then. I personally just bought lots of stuff that was orange, not sure why orange, but Val says at least it wasn’t 20 year old girls and fast cars. I’m not sure though; orange may have been cheaper but probably not as much fun !
Only kindin’ sweetheart !