Photo Plus - UK (2020-01)

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PHOTOSTORIES

Photo essays from PhotoPlus readers

and professional photographers alike

NAME: Sean Aidan

LOCATION: Folkestone, Kent

MISSION: Get eye-catching

portraits with minimal equipment

KIT: Canon EOS 5D Mark II,

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM,

Bowens Gemini 500 flash head

and fractal lens modifiers

http://www.seanaidan.com

PROJECT INFO

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JOIN IN

THE FUN!

One of the great things

about photography is

being able to share your

view of the world. This

time, we check out

sparkling portraits taken

with minimal kit, and

astounding Welsh

landscape shots.

We want your photos

and stories! For your

chance to show off your

images in PhotoPlus, send

three to five high-resolution

JPEGs, along with a brief

synopsis – explain why you

took the shots, the location,

whether they’re part of an

ongoing project or a one-off

shoot, and anything else

unusual or interesting. Also

include Canon DSLR, lens

and exposure details.

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Future, The Ambury

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Sparkle & motion

Sean Aidan reveals the mystery behind his

abstract imagery using fractal lenses

cover press, editorial

and PR assignments

as a freelancer and

have been doing it for

over 25 years. But

lately I’ve been trying to

understand why I started

taking photos...

Recently, while waiting at

Downing Street for four hours

for Donald Trump to arrive,

I came to the conclusion that I

set out all those years ago to

shoot subjects that interested

me – to ‘capture a decisive

moment’ as Henri Cartier-

Bresson so famously said and,

maybe more importantly, to

have some fun. Personally

speaking, it is the ‘fun’ that

seems to have disappeared

• it has all become too serious,
  formulaic and the creative
  element seems to be missing.
  So I organized a shoot for
  fun. I wanted to use minimal
  equipment to challenge myself
  and show you can get great
  images with basic kit. I just
  used my Canon 5D Mark II,
  Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM
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  was a Bowens Gemini 500
  with a beauty dish, grid and

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