COLLAGE

So the other day I wanted to experiment and try to make a collage from multiple photos. I had seen this done by David Hockney with landscapes. Though David Hockney is probably better known for his swimming pool paintings, it is his photo collages that really made an impression on me. While experimenting I found that finding an interesting subject matter to photograph was not so simple. The subject matter had to be interesting not only from left to right, but also from top to bottom to add some vertical interest.

At the Brasserie Anisette in Santa Monica, I found just the right subject. I moved all around the restaurant taking pictures at every angle. I printed about 100 photos and ended up using about 12 photos for the collage, since it's a trial and error process to see which photos work well together even when taken from different angles. Don't worry, I'm going to re-purpose the prints I didn't use.

Check it out for yourselves. I'm quite pleased with my first attempt, but I wonder if portrait clients would be interested in this approach as an end product. Thoughts?

p.s. I should note that the food at the restaurant was really good. I had a delicious modern interpretation of a Pain Bagnat, which is just a fancy pants name for a niçoise salad sandwich.