The Forge sjayphotography
About me
I am a student who is presently half way through a photography degree in Carmarthen College of Art. As part of the growth of my craft I am producing this magazine to go along side an exhibition with the rest of my class. This series of images were part of a project for my end of second year work. Taken to show the work of an established and talented local artist . I hope these images that follow show the strength and beauty of Lisa’s work. I like to work with both natural and strobe lighting, this project has enabled me to use both. I work in my own time in a small home studio photographing children, taking head shots and seated adult portraiture. I enjoy landscape photography while out walking in our beautiful area of wales with my husband a variety of children three whippets and jack Russell cross.
Incus iron
Incus Iron is a forge run by Lisa Harding in a small village called Nant y ffin which is located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. She makes a variety of objects from small decorative coat hangers to larger commissioned pieces like gates, wall hangings and light fixtures. Lisa sells in a variety of outlets including Crafts Alive in Llandeilo, her local craft fairs and on her website. http://www.incusiron.com
Safety goggles on
Lisa at heating forge
Heating up the iron
Long exposure of work
Tongs and hammer
Hammering the cooling iron
The strength and beauty of her work the iron
Portrait of Lisa
All these images were taken with a Nikon d610 and using a 50mm 1.8 Nikon lens. I used one flash fitted with a 5� soft box to keep the light small and hard. This I felt was more in keeping with the images I wanted to produce, and, to ensure it didn’t get in the way or become a safety hazard. The small yongnuo flash was fixed on a stand which was held by my invaluable assistant and voice activated controller of light Matthew. I would like to thank Lisa for her kind and generous time and allowing me to do this project with her . My Facebook and Instagram pages are bellow https://www.facebook.com/sharon.garrett.988711 https://www.facebook.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sjaygarrett/ I also have a blog page which can be accessed https://wordpress.com/view/sjayphotography.wordpr ess.com