In Camera
All Done The Hard Way
All the images in this gallery have been created entirely in camera without any retouching or post production what so ever, …. “Doing it the Hard Way”.
Invaders
RAF Recruiting Poster, Light box reflections
Exploding Lightbulb
Rigging, lighting and electronic timing -Self Promotion - Circa 1975
The Sword
All shot at room temperature - 1986
Fina Heart
Lit from back through yellow Perspex body shape
Fina Head
One model, two shots
Reversal of Fortune
Model made rigged set with compressed air explosion
Before Nokia
No trick here - Spot is a very cleaver dog!
Bull Market
Working computer with rigged set and compressed air "explosion" 1987
Phurnacite
5 exposures required
Pioneer 1987 Catalogue
All the objects are rigged on fine fish line or hidden armatures. Jan 1987
The Impact is Enormous
How? The obvious: the set is built upside down.
Fibogel - Clockwork Orange
Clock and peal rigged on an armature through the background
Form Design
Model making, rigging, background painting and light table needed here
Antigravity
Everything is rigged - The water is blown through a hidden tube
Anti-Virus
Rigged broken ball and pieces, compressed air and timing
The Trader
Lit via a lightbox transparency with coloured filters - Circa 1989
Heads or Tails?
10 exposures for the coin plus one for the star -1989
The Thing perhaps?
A very complex double exposure through masks - March 1984
Pepe - Supernatural Denims
Can you spot the wires?
Pepe - Supernatural Denims
Double exposed with lighting graphic
Washable Wallpaper
Nine foot wide wallpaper helped the water's natural scale to work
The Idea
Two Exposures using an in-camera mask 1982
Lady of Man?
a two shot masked double exposure. Polydor Records 1976
Dominos
Over sized dominos, timing via a beam splitter
The Photographer
A two shot double exposure using soft masks, tricked to produce a hard edge. 1980
7 Comments
Jay Myrdal
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Oleg Cannon
Hello Jay
Oleg Cannon here.
‘Photographer’
Monica Kenyon?
Your studio in the mews at Paddington?
Unicycle?
I’m 72 now.
Living in a village in Somerset.
Good to see you’re still around!
Jay Myrdal
Hi Oleg. Good to see you’re still around too. I’m in an Oxfordshire village now. Fully retired but loving life still. I don’t seem to have the balance for the unicycle anymore although I did manage it on my 78th birthday. The big 80 is coming up in June. No problem… bring it on. Thanks for the comment.
Oleg Cannon
I just saw this reply Jay…3 years late unfortunately.
Are you well?
Monica passed away a couple of years ago sadly.
I was living in Somerset when I emailed you….
I’m living in Cobham Surrey now.
My telephone number is 07508 225511
…in case you use WhatsApp…
Be great to meet and chat
I’m mobile….
Breathing in and out….
No complaints.
Best wishes
Oleg
Kristian Septimius Krogh
Hi Jay.
Kristian Krogh here – the Dane you once had as an assistant.
The Dane that could also ride a unicycle, I think you hired me on that !
I am 68 now – retired after 40 year as self employed in Copenhagen.
Keep well
Jay Myrdal
Hiya Kristian. Very good to hear from you. I hope your well and happy. Are you still making your living as a photographer? It must be quite challenging in these AI days.
Jay Myrdal
Oh I see the whole post now. Enjoy your retirement and if you find yourself nearby give me a call and visit.