TECHNIQUE
In his multi-projector show set to music, John used a ‘dissolve’ method whereby one slide lingered on the screen while the second slide was superimposed to create a ‘third image’.
VISUAL IMPACT
This coupling of the two images was well thought out and visually thrilling. A row of Canadian Mounties on horseback dissolved into lines of Aspen trees. Rows of round-faced Welsh students at their school desks slowly appeared from out of the blackness behind a section of fence and ‘captive’ Oak leaf, and ultimately faded into the next slide of pipe circles stacked at the side of the road.
IMAGERY
John’s show was not ‘just’ a travelogue, but a true visual journey. ‘Still Life on the Run’ opened the program with images of everyday objects such as pencils and paper clips etcetera. How many noticed that all the slides were in a horizontal format and were un-cropped? It made for easy viewing.
John, thank you for sharing your visions and stimulating ours
Roz Rozenblum,
South Shore Camera Club,
Long Island, New York
A DESCRIPTION
Through the medium of 2 projector programs with words, stereo music and carefully edited image dissolving, I zigzag the country to promote the 'art of photography' and the small-group photo travel of Travel Images.
The series of 60 plus short and 'dreamy' multi-image dissolve programs are collectively titled
'Visual Journeys', and since 1981, many, many presentations have been made in the UK,
Canada, USA and on some photo trips.
SCREENINGS
Venues have included photographic clubs, photo conventions, photo seminars, photo workshops, banquets, churches and schools. They have also been shown on television in Wales and the United States.
SUBJECTS
Those directly photographically biased include 'Still Life on the Run' and Every Which Way'.
The travel related items include 'An English Essay', 'Interpretations of Yellowstone', 'New Zealand - Land of the long white cloud', 'Canadian Mountain Vision', 'Ireland', 'Idaho, a Winter's Tale', 'Nova Scotia', 'Image de California' and many more.
Among the natural history titles are 'Tapestry', 'Emergence' [Dragonfly], 'Flight', 'The Water's Edge' and 'Will of the Wind'.
Miscellaneous items include 'Ascent', 'Time', 'Blue Guitar', 'Wild West Hero', 'Pebble in the Sand', 'Days are Numbers', 'Rest my Weary Eyes' and others.
PROGRAM LENGTH
Rather than one long program, 'Visual Journeys' is a series of short vignettes that enable the viewer to 'travel' to many places during the course of a presentation. The shortest piece is 3 minutes and the longest is 18 minutes. The average length of each piece is approximately 8 minutes.
Presentation length is at your discretion, but 45 to 75 minutes is sufficient time to screen a variety of subjects.
I love photography as you do, and want share what I have learnt in an entertaining, relaxing, fun and wholesome way.
THE APPROACH
My approach to these multi-image work is very much an artistic one, with slowly dissolving images overlapping and creating what I describe as a 'third image'. Shadow areas in an image are the spot from whence the next image on the screen will emerge. I think you'll find them quite stunning too.
