A Y H A N D U M A N
Photography became my hobby and ended up as my profession much later than what I first started off to become what I thought was cool: A Painter...
But being an artist didn't pay off (at least in those days), so I started my career as an advertising photographer and a photo-designer and still carrying on.
Over the years, I now tend to go back to drawing and painting in order to get away from the daily stress and ease my mind off, yet I use digital techniques in these days and hardly touch a real pencil, paint brush or canvas.
Images displayed here are what I call "mongrels", meaning I dig out images shot over the years, may they be for my own private use or those created for commercial purposes and combine them together. Image #5 is a good example for the expression mongrel, the girl lying down was shot 20 years ago in Landsend/UK and the counterpart leaning over was shot recently in Istanbul/Turkey. The posing coincide so well that the two images just belonged together. That is until a better one comes along.
And these works tend to be a so called "work-in-progress", meaning I keep coming back and alter the images, blend B&W prints with colour transparencies using different techniques such as simple sandwiching or projecting and digitally enhancing them using the "painting with light" technique.
Others are created with help of the computer, yet they still contain original photographs shot with film, these images are post-manipulated until I get the mood and effect I'm after for.
Images #01 through #05 were created for a calendar, the other five #6 through #10 are the ones in progress.
I tend to watch the scene and visualize prior to shooting and once back at the studio, I start creating the final image. This procedure sometimes also includes sketching on paper before final steps are taken. Sometimes even that piece of paper I've drawn my sketches on ends up within the image.
As opposed to many newcomers I don't limit myself to digital techniques only, I still use the real cameras with film and a tripod, I like the look and feel of the film grain, one can almost touch and feel it. Not so with digital...
No matter what medium, the art of creating counts and my final word still is: I love photography!
More information on Ayhan and his work can be found on his site http://www.amdphotodesign.com
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