Photography for Magicians
You’d think that being a professional magician would offer fantastic opportunities to shoot really interesting and intriguing studio photographs, wouldn’t you? The trouble is that it’s actually quite difficult to capture the “essence of magic” without using quite obvious imagery; and if you decide to forego the card fans, doves, rabbits and top hats, you’re often left with just a picture of a bloke! It can be a real problem if you need interesting shots for promotional material that don’t appear cliché.
My good buddy Simon Kemp is a pretty talented magician who also just happens to be a multi-award winning international photographer. (Oh well, at least I’m younger than he is.)
Because of his contacts with “the magic fraternity” Simon has shot promotional material for all manner of professional magicians. On Wednesday afternoon I popped over to his Reading studio and we had some fun shooting a few additional shots for his new specialist web site Photography for Magicians.
I’ve posted three nice pictures below. He’s a clever lad, isn’t he?
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“Look into my eyes. Not around the eyes, straight into the eyes!” |
“Come to me, my pretties!” It’s the Wicked Witch of the West. (I say that in the butchest possible way, of course.) |
Okay, so we did take some card pictures.
Afterwards we went to The Magpie and Parrot in Shinfield. Simon was particularly “thirsty” and subsequently “got done” by his wife for skiving off on a work day! He, he.
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