People I’ve Met: No.16: Karen Anne (by James Kendall)
I talk to Mr Kendall about a lot of things, but rarely about his own photography. Its normally about business (he runs the Brighton Source magazine) or other photographers we are interested in, or I despise …. you know the usual. But he’s really beginning to come into his own. He has always had a calm, contemplative side to his work, but his People I’ve Met series is really stepping the game up…
Ah, thank Mr Mason. I ended last year kinda lost on the photography front. I knew I wanted to do something different, something better, but I didn’t know what or how to get there. I know now it was taking pictures of people, but it took a while to work that out. I owe any jump I’ve made this year to Garage Studios.
Firstly the excellent Lou O’Bedlam course they ran which hammered home a few points that I really knew and should have thought about while taking portraits. Then I went on to Kevin and Matt’s excellent Creative Photography course. Approaching the final week I knew I’d learned a lot but couldn’t quite point it in the right direction but Kev helped me work out what I was doing. Now I know the (vague) direction I’m heading and (roughly) how to get there. I’m also much more controlled in my photos. So, thanks Kev, Lou, Matt and Garage Studio.
