tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51800134766603400452024-03-13T21:25:18.388+00:00Sam Mills-Williams Photographic ArtistAn Artist Has to Discover, As Well As CreateSam Mills-Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12505335239947926219noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180013476660340045.post-51290392717502776262012-06-24T14:02:00.003+01:002012-06-24T14:02:48.980+01:00Photographer In Transit...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Yesterday i left the Swansea docks and shipped out back to Reading. Four years previous all my possessions became stacked neatly inside my Fathers black estate. I come home with a van load of stuff i have collected over the years. I was shocked at how much i own. I thought in the months leading up to the big move, that it was mostly camera equipment that i had bought throughout my degree, Nope.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The year i spent in Swansea after graduating, has been a double edged sword. In one hand i have had a great year spending time with friends and setting up RED DOOR 44.On the other hand, financially it has cost me dearly, i could not find a decent job after graduating, spent a few months living off the system and eventually, temporally had a call centre job. Painting and decorating got me a bit of cash, i am to continue that over the summer to try and earn back the savings that i spent on rent and bills over the year.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Once the last boxed was wedged in the back of the van i had one final check of my room to see if i had left anything behind. I had, my room. i spent a few moments alone sitting and contemplating. I took a few photographs of the empty room. A tiny thought entered my head, i decided to photograph myself this now unused and empty space. This was to be the last photograph i took in Swansea before leaving for Reading. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I met the couple for lunch with both sides of the family, it was a lovely afternoon spent with all. As i have known the Benson family for a while, there was a far more relaxed atmosphere discussing ideas and locations for photographs to be taken. I had made a book of photographs taken in Paris in November of 2010. These demonstrated to the nearly weds and their families how i photograph and what results i can get using particular cameras. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The months have been flying by and the big day is nearly here, the past few weeks i have been trying to concentrate on moving out of Red Door 44 and my house in Swansea, getting things packed up. There have been many sleepless nights, I'm running ideas in my head planing where to photograph how long it should take me, getting the right equipment for the job, praying to the big guy upstairs for a sunny July. I have decided to use my DSLR for the main photography of the day and night, shooting the usual wedding family stills. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I will also be using two film cameras to add a bit of romance (to the photography part of the wedding) there will be enough romance on the day on behalf of the rest of the goings on (a wedding). The two film cameras i will use are a twin lens reflex 120mm and the Holga 120mm. The film is specially for the bride and groom only. the TLR will provide black and white personal shots of the couple, the Holga will provide that dreamy vignetting and fairy-tale quality from the soft focus of the plastic lens. By introducing the Holga to wedding photography im not sticking with photographic traditions much like my practice.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Wish me luck for a sunny Saturday in July.</span>Sam Mills-Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12505335239947926219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180013476660340045.post-25455836224038017612012-06-12T17:53:00.001+01:002012-06-12T18:01:30.809+01:00Just One More Thing Before I Leave...<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Last week i was spending a day with friends, when a text came through asking for work to be submitted to the Oriel Bach gallery in Swansea, There was a cancelation in the gallery so the gallery has rallied round swansea and other local artists, to put work up on the walls for the next week or so. Im leaving for England in less than two weeks and so was pleased to be asked to put work in a group show for one last time in Swansea. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">i hadn't told him that there already was £200 worth up there waiting to disappear in the best way possible (drinking the stuff), i couldn't risk embarrassment if he came up the stairs and shouted for everyone to leave, so i had to hide the goods, one thing i didn't mention was that before i went for home to change i had a photo taken on a social network site and posted online that there was alcohol to be consumed, now i had a bigger problem, invited guests were expecting booze and now i have none.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And so with a few little finishing touches, the countdown begins for my debut solo show. its a scary thought and i have worries of lack of attendance. I'm thinking of speaking at the show, you know say a few thank you's and explain what i have been doing this past year since graduating. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The show is due to open in May, i think its a couple of weeks before the S.M.U degree show. May will be the month of exhibitions. Hopefully family and friends will attend the opening, to see my work, but all so to join me in saying goodbye to Swansea. I am to leave Swansea, the place at which i call home and move back to Reading. It will be a tearful goodbye, as i have made so many good friends over the past four years and learn't such a lot in life as well as education. I wish to invite old tutors along and show them what i have been up to this past year post graduated. I also want ever nearing graduates to the show, so they can see what they may get up to within the year after finishing university.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">More notes will be made on my progress with this dried out has been Hasselblad Polaroid soon, watch this space. </span>Sam Mills-Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12505335239947926219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180013476660340045.post-63093947760719239952012-02-26T20:29:00.000+00:002012-02-26T20:46:12.756+00:00L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It has been 7 months since i fired a roll off a film with some enthusiasm, during that time i have been a tad lazy with progressing my practice. (booooo hisssssss!)During this photographers block, i have taken opportunities that don't often arise. A friend of mine revealed she was pregnant 3 months into the pregnancy. this was wonderful news, i was so delighted for her. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I had never documented the beginnings of a new life before, not just the new life of the baby, but the new life of a parent. In my future it is certainly something that i wish to document with great discipline.I photographed a cocooned young female, blossoming into a wonderful mother. This was what i was to capture in my imagery. I did not construct or stage my time with her, i simply let the day pass on by as if any normal day. soon i hope to give this small piece of work to the new family, with hope that they have an amazing adventure ahead of them.</span>Sam Mills-Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12505335239947926219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180013476660340045.post-27066619371636064402012-02-24T17:43:00.000+00:002012-02-24T17:43:40.366+00:00Fake It, Make It Like A Polaroid Picture...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">With the release of the new Digital Polaroid camera, that people are wetting themselves about. I have done some experimenting with my own makeshift digital Polaroid camera. There may not be the usual buzzing sound from the Polaroid camera ejecting the film but never the less i still reckon i have produced a digital Polaroid file. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The opening night was nice, with an appearance from two of my old tutors from S.M.U. Hamish Gane, my Photography Tutor kindly opened the show with a little speech. It was nice to see the work in a different space and curate the show ourselves for the first time, Tutors always took that responsibility in University. The work went up surprisingly fast for the four of us, i guess we were on the same wave length with where everyones work should go.</span>Sam Mills-Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12505335239947926219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180013476660340045.post-14883614170929437892012-01-25T15:04:00.000+00:002012-01-25T15:04:48.690+00:00Its Your Blog Sam, Somethings Got To Be Done About Your Blog...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well, i do apologize for the dormancy of my blogging, its not been the best four months since i last posted anything. After a very long summer i finally signed off and hung up the Giro jacket for the last time. In November i found a minimum wage job and have been working there since. Not going to tell you about it as its nothing to really rave about. So i am now finally earning an honest crust after 6 months since Graduating. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Moooving swiftly on, i will create a montage of the happenings that have occurred over the summer.(minus the epic 80's power ballads), Red Door 44 opened in October with a crowd of a hundred or so attendants. This was an amazing thing to have happened to the Red Door Collective, it gave us a true understanding of how much support we had behind us. Since the opening we have been planning future workshops and exhibitions to see out 2011 and bring Red Door into the new year. </span>Sam Mills-Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12505335239947926219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180013476660340045.post-86115546359202752082011-09-17T21:38:00.002+01:002011-09-17T21:41:22.764+01:00What was it that i Bespoke about....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Throughout the process of turning Red Door 44 from and old function room, to a brand spanking 'happening' studio, tidying the place up had to occur in order to use the space. there was an entire labyrinth of odds and sods. One major thing that the collective all agreed upon, was to recycle as much of the sods as possible. Broken table tops become shelving space for art materials, old benches became dividers for individual artist spaces. Rather than throw away what may appear to be useless, we had a go at making things useful again. An example of this, was a pair of draws discarded amongst the rubble. The original unit was never found in the space and so the draws were soon to be tipped at the scrap yard. I felt that i wanted to make something out of these now useless wooden trays. And so with a little thought and perseverance i now show you the new and improved MISCELLANEOUS TRAYS.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Ok so most of the time people have their phones on them. i'll use the camera function to either capture something funny i have spotted, to show my friends at a later date, But most of the time its to record or make reference to an idea for a future project or inspiration in its physical form. I've had the same mobile phone for a while now, its getting old and its getting broken soon to die like the latter before. occasionally the camera malfunctions and part of the image captured has been destroyed. ( you can see where i'm going with this ) The image has been taken but failed part way through the transaction of capturing and displaying the image on the phone. I have currently, two images 'partly' destroyed, the subject matter isn't important at this stage. i guess the worse my phone gets the better the DIGITAL DESTRUCTION gets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">It has been about three weeks after i graduated from Swansea Metropolitan Uni, i have shot a single frame of work in a while. I have an exhibition in October in a small gallery by the Mumbles Bay. Instead of shifting work from the end of year Swansea and London shows, to Mumnbles, i want produce new work not only for my enjoyment of my practice but also to build on the portfolio. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">A few Blogs back i mentioned a box i had inherited from my Father, the box contained old 35 and 120 mm film but also 20 year old Polaroid film. About two years ago my father delved into his staircase cupboard, waided through all sorts of objects, to reach his old 120 Camera. </span><br />
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