Calin Jones

 Calin Jones-



Calin Jones is a film photographer based in California. He takes candid black and white images of figures, surfing and skating. The ideas are to take candid photos at a skate park in St Ives and using shadows and contrast to make the image more interesting. I will focus on the figures of the skater and the interesting shapes the body makes. Capturing the figure frozen in the movement, speed and momentum of skating. The contrast in these images created by shooting in bright sunlight to create abstract shadows is really effective in making the image more interesting. I find the shadows created around the bowl of the skatepark and the ledges is really interesting as it adds depth to the photo and make unique compositions. 

He includes relationships with adjacent objects to create a sense of scale, for example in the skatepark he includes a human form to show the large scale of the ramp compared. He shoots on black and white 35mm film to shoot, which adds grain and a vintage look to his images. His main focus in his compositions is the form of the human body which is usually centre in the image. They are very free flowing and candid- the body is often darker than the rest of the image due to shadows which makes it stand out and draws the eye to it. There is a wide tonal range in his work, as there is a broad variety of darks, highlights and mid-tones throughout the images. There are very strong highlights and shadows. The colour scheme is limited however as he shoots in black and white. His work fits into surf and skate culture as he captures the old school style of surfing and skating in a unique way. The abstract elements of his images are the unique shapes of the curved concrete skatepark as well as the shadows created from it. My emotional response to the work is calm, even through it is capturing a full on, energetic sport he captures the motion perfectly calm. His use of shapes and abstract shadow is something I would like to incorporate into my work and shoot which I will be conducting on film. 

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