The Wright Touch

Reach for the sky! Still aiming for the Wright touch.

Liam Wright is a bit of a genius when it comes to photography.

I met him during a photoshoot for the Minus18 Same Sex Formal and we booked the front cover of MCV. Since then, we bonded over a mutual love for Grand Designs, Lady Gaga and the “golden shot”.

There’s a few distinctive things about Liam’s work that I like, including the colour mood, the inventive way people are captured and how he makes the mundane extraordinary. These last few days I’ve been wandering around Singapore thinking “what would Liam do?”.

He helped me pick out my camera which I’ve named Camii. It’s a sexy and sleek yet solid Canon Powershot G11 – it feels like it’s built to last. As a hybrid, Camii is an excellent digicam yet features more manual settings than the average. I figure if I learn to use all the manual settings, I’ll allow myself to upgrade to a DSLR – still, I have a lot to learn first.

My first few snaps, felt a bit contrived, like I was striving too hard to replicate images I’d seen before. After a bit of advice from Paul Terdich, I’ve eased up and my motto in “don’t think construction, feel the composition”. I’m doing my best to switch off the logical side of my brain and turn on the creative.

Soon I hope I’ll develop my own style, while still having the Wright touch.