Portfolio of dreams by Paul Dyson

pauldysonphotography.co.uk A portfolio of dreams

Within these pages.... ...are images and ideas borne of sleepless nights and uneasy dreams. When the image brushes through the inner cortex, it's all I could do to not pick up the camera and go grab a stooge to capture the idea with. But then this is what I call creativity. All shots are courtesy of my trusty workhorse, the Nikon D50 DSLR. The strobist community pushed me to experiment with light in greater ways, using multiple remote speedlight flash guns at obscure angles to achieve a certain feeling. This is just the beginning ....

PORTRAITS - 2007-2008

I am just a guy with a camera stumbling around with this light capturing magic box and a few fragmented ideas, pressing the shutter button and hoping for the best, just like everyone else. A jack of all trades and master of none. Now that we know who you are... I know who I am. I'm not a mistake! It all makes sense. In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain's going to be? He's the exact opposite of the hero, and most time's they're friends, like you and me. I should've known way back when. You know why, David? Because of the kids. They called me Mr. Glass.

Unbreakable

Model - Jim - UK Cage Fighter Nikon Speedlight SB800 Nikon Speedlight SB600 x 2 Wireless lighting - poverty wizards Strobist - Open cell above head on full power. Flash on floor shooting upwards at 1/4 power. Exposure 1/2500 sec Aperture f/16 18mm Move inside my daydream Like fingers in a glove Twisting round and round and round Round and round and round with love The meeker sleeker circle girls dressed in docile white Spinning on a hill they follow the dracula kite The first idea flew thin and uninvited from the sky I reached out my hands and held the knife of ice

Only God Can Judge Me

Model - Jim - UK Cage Fighter Nikon Speedlight SB800 Nikon Speedlight SB600 x 2 Wireless lighting - poverty wizards Strobist - Open cell above head on full power. Flash on floor shooting upwards at 1/4 power. Exposure 0.01 sec (1/1600) Aperture f/16 18mm Well I'm down on my knees again And I pray to the only one Who has the strength To bear the pain To forgive all the things that I've done Oh Girl, Lead me into your darkness When this world is trying it's hardest To leave me unimpressed Just one caress From you and I'm blessed

They Call Me Mr Hollywood

in this proud land we grew up strong we were wanted all along I was taught to fight, taught to win I never thought I could fail no fight left or so it seems I am a man whose dreams have all deserted I've changed my face, I've changed my name but no one wants you when you lose I know you can make it good

Throw....

Studio Shots - Softbox Right at 75% Umbrella Right at 100% SB800 front 15% On Location Shots SB800 front 80%, Left and Right - SB600's at 100%, White reflector on ground. Exposure 0.003 sec (1/400) Aperture f/16 19mm Never thought I'd say it till the end it goes way down, makes no sense and all the times you turn to run away when you bitch about the times the times I still hold dear lately I'm sure words won't implore you to stay it won't keep me near you lately I'm sure words won't implore you to stay

Blow-Out

Studio Shots - Softbox Right at 95% Umbrella Right at 100% SB800 front 15% White reflector on ground. Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800) Aperture f/7.1 50mm Through the rails I spied Your ponytail. I tried With sugar cubes - And they're O.K. But I don't think I'll catch you that way I hate myself 'cause you're so cool With your mocking eyes Won't you look at the old fool Wild horses - I want to have

Suicide Blonde

1 x Umbrella at 1/4 Power - left pointing up, 1 x Softbox right pointing down, and one Speedlight White reflector on ground. Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000) Aperture f/7.1 55mm Like a cheap distraction For a new affair She knew it would finish Before it began Something tells me you lost the plan You want to make her Suicide Blonde

Red, Black and Blue

1 x Umbrella at 1/4 Power - left pointing up, 1 x Softbox right pointing down, and one Speedlight White reflector on ground. Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000) Aperture f/7.1 19mm You can keep the good times righteousness The best parting line Rather then pretend we are A1 ultrafine Shall I be the first then to say what we have found There's something in our lifetime won't let us settle down Darling it's a life of surprises It's no help growing older or wiser You don't have to pretend you're not crying When it's even in the way that you're walking

Red Shoes, Black heart

1 x Umbrella at 1/4 Power - left pointing up, 1 x Softbox right pointing down, and one Speedlight White reflector on ground. Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000) Aperture f/7.1 18mm Only clowns would play with those balloons What d'ya wanna look like Barbie for Dear oh Lord, it's easy Titties that live on and on and on and on

Painless

1 x Umbrella at 1/2 Power - above, 1 x Softbox right pointing down, and one Speedlight SB800 White reflector on ground. Exposure 0.001 sec (1/1000) Aperture f/7.1 18mm Through early morning fog I see visions of the things to be the pains that are withheld for me I realize and I can see that suicide is painless It brings on many changes and I can take or leave it if I please. I try to find a way to make all our little joys relate without that ever-present hate but now I know that it's too late, and The game of life is hard to play I'm gonna lose it anyway The losing card I'll someday lay so this is all I have to say.

Jump

1 x Umbrella at 1/4 Power - left pointing up, 1 x Softbox right pointing down, and one Speedlight White reflector on ground. Exposure 0.001 sec (1/800) Aperture f/7.1 45mm No No don’t show yourself, not yet. Baby let’s get there slowly Time is holy Hell is lonely And summer's blinding Speak out loud Don’t lay your heart down, stay proud, Mornings been waiting all night, Keep the innerness bright And stand upright, Now heaven's on fire Give me no less and show no weakness

Breathe life into me

SB800 Front 70% SB600'a left and right 80% White reflector on ground Exposure 0.02 sec (1/5) Aperture f/4.5 32mm You'll follow me back With the sun in your eyes And on your own Bedshaped And legs of stone You'll knock on my door And up we'll go In white light I don't think so But what do I know? What do I know? I know!

Moments in

SB800 Front 100% SB600'a left and right 100% White reflector on ground Exposure 0.02 sec (1/5) Aperture f/4.5 32mm My life is in pieces... You think your days are uneventful And no one ever thinks about you She goes her own way You think your days are ordinary And no one ever thinks about you But we're all the same And she can hardly breathe without you Think about the lonely people Then think about the day she found you Or lie to yourself And see it all dissolve around

SUGARY WHOOOOP!

Camera flash! Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/5.6 55mm Fancy a big house Some kids and a horse I can not quite, but nearly Guarantee, a divorce I think that I love you I think that I do So go on mister, make Miss me Mrs you.I love you, I love you, I love you, I do I only make jokes to distract myself From the truth, from the truth. Fancy a fast car A bag full of loot I can nearly guarantee You'll end up with the boot From the truth, from the truth. I only make jokes to distract myself From the truth, from the truth

The subway destiny

SB800 Front 100% SB600'a left and right 100% White reflector on ground Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/8 18mm I lie awake I’ve gone to ground I’m watching porn In my hotel dressing gown Now I dream of you But I still believe There’s only enough for one in this Lonely hotel suit. The journey’s long And it feels so bad I’m thinking back to the last day we had Old moon fades into the new Soon I know I’ll be back with you I’m nearly with you When I’m weak I draw strength from you And when you’re lost I know how to change your mood And when I’m down you breathe life over me Even though we’re miles apart we are each other’s destiny

BBC Micro-Cat

1 x Umbrella at 1/4 Power - left pointing up, 1 x Softbox right pointing down, and one Speedlight front Exposure 0.003 sec (1/400) Aperture f/16 19mm in this proud land we grew up strong we were wanted all along I was taught to fight, taught to win I never thought I could fail no fight left or so it seems I am a man whose dreams have all deserted I've changed my face, I've changed my name but no one wants you when you lose I know you can make it good

Seduce and beguile

SB800 Front 80% SB600'a right 50% Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/5 40mm We'll do it all Everything On our own We don't need Anything Or anyone If I lay here If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Girls with knifes

1 x Umbrella at 1/4 Power - left pointing up, 1 x Softbox right pointing down, and one Speedlight front Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640) Aperture f/14 24mm Don't drag me down Just because you're down Just cuz you're blue Don't make me too And though you've found you need more then me Don't talk to me about being free That's freedom without love Magic without love You say the magic's gone Well i'm not a magician You say the sparks gone Well get an electrician And save your lying about needing to be free Oh that's bullshit baby just want rid of me

Uncomfortable silent Interlude

SB800 Front 100% SB600'a left and right 100% White reflector on ground Exposure 0.013 sec (1/80) Aperture f/6.3 18mm Come and meet Another kind of love Meet another kind of love Different than the real thing But just as demanding And just as demeaning Treacled in apathy All worries swept away By one so simple act of annihilation And I've not cried like this And I've not felt this calm Meet Murder My Angel You've arrived at the moment

Ashes to ashes

SB800 Front 100% SB600'a left and right 100% White reflector on ground Exposure 0.025 sec (1/40) Aperture f/4 18mm To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. Never thought I'd say it till the end it goes way down, makes no sense and all the times you turn to run away when you bitch about the times the times I still hold dear lately I'm sure words won't implore you to stay it won't keep me near you lately I'm sure words won't implore you to stay

When the world is trying its hardest to leave me unimpressed

On camera flash Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/5.3 45mm I am ADdicTEd, I've collected footsteps before dawn, Seen places I never knew existed, Run to the moon and back, Been a rabbit for the neighbourhood dogs, Obeyed the voice inside my head, Let music carry me, when I couldn't, Raced against yesterday, Let the world be my witness, Measured myself in Metres, Kilometres, and finally character, I've plugged into a higher purpose, I've left this world and come back changed, I Am ADdICTED

Screaming in light

No flash Exposure 20 sec (1/40) Aperture f/9 46mm Something in me was dying And my heart was heavy as stone Hard as i was trying I never could find, find my way home And your voice came out of nowhere Be my friend and give me your hand Let's take off together And then we can live wherever we land Something in me was broken And my thoughts were bitter and ill My world was blown open I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see and i couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel You said be yourself and think of me And you'll know there's nothing to fear Let's make plans together It's time to move on and get out of here

Crawl

SB800 Front 100% Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/5 38mm You think your days are uneventful And no one ever thinks about you She goes her own way You think your days are ordinary And no one ever thinks about you But we're all the same And she can hardly breathe without you She says she has no time for you now

....the journey has just begun.......

PORTRAITS - 2007-2008 pauldysonphotography.co.uk