Alphawave Photography

On this page you will find links to Alphawave's collection of photographs. Many with a definite 'ambient' vision. This collection is split into four distinct galleries:

Ambient pictures
Other Pictures
Free Pictures

Outline
Ambient pictures (pix) has a selection of images that fall into the category of being interesting but not necessarily instantly reconisable as usual objects or items. Other Pictures is more along the lines of traditional image capture.

Free Pictures has downloadable versions as Tiff file format - high resolution 266 dpi (6x4 inch usually) - free to download and use as you wish and royalty free!

If you want to use or obtain high resolution versions of some of the non-free pix then these are available in the Shop section. Or you can contact us at:

joski at alphawave.co.uk (use email format @)

About Ambient photography
As mentioned briefly above Ambient Photography means to me - images that are not neccessarily objects that are instantly recognisable. I am more interesterd in the texture or beguiling appearance of objects, designs or shapes. taken out of context these snatches of imagery can allude to something other than their normal function or nature.

I like to try and show objects in a different light - prosaic everyday objects that are taken for granted by our familiaity with them. I try to keep a sense of what the Russian Formalist Viktor Schklovsky called 'defamiliarisation' - To make things unusual or unfamiliar again, letting the viewer question what they are seeing.

Many people are aware of the way that habit or familiarity causes things to lose their impact - the favourite picture on the wall - how we get used to seeing and thus no longer really notice it and take it for granted. Even though it may add to a useful sense of security and comfort in our living space.

It could be argued that my approach is a disguise and not Formalist at all as it is not at all clear what the image is about or where it came from - I would counter this by saying all the objects are found out there in the everyday world and apart from the odd inverted colour versions - are small shots of the sometimes bigger and taken for granted object or image.

Alphawave - the concept that is - is very alive to the ambient nature of things - music, imagery, design, sound. It makes sense to me to extend this approach through all of the sense experiences - even the sense of smell in some intended exhibitions!

Tech Specs
I use a digital camera predominantly though not exclusively because video cameras can capture great stills and because 35mm film can sometimes have a more 'Lush' feel and deeper tones - but not always.

Digital cameras have a very interesting focal length - much more akin to the way a video lens sees the world.

Hope you enjoy the imagery...