Matthew Cleveland Photography

Hide & Seek — Found

Matthew Cleveland — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:38:43 +0000

As some of you may remember I got involved with an event run by Georgina Giles called Hide & Seek. The idea was to cheer up someones January by leaving something creative for them to find. In the end she had quite a few people from across the UK take part. I decided to drop [...]

Hide & Seek — Found

Week 14 — 52 Weeks

Matthew Cleveland — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:00:28 +0000

Instruction 14: “Show us the aftermath.” I can’t believe that there are still Christmas Trees around eight weeks after Christmas, how lazy can you really be? In just two weeks I’ll be a third of the way through the Street Photography Now project, I’d best get looking for somewhere that can house 16 images! If [...]

Week 14 — 52 Weeks

Week 13 — 52 Weeks

Matthew Cleveland — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:00:51 +0000

Instruction 13: “Look closer to home.” Instruction 14: “Show us the aftermath.” I’ll be leaving a photo out in Portsmouth tomorrow as part of Georgina’s Hide & Seek project, keep your eyes open and you might just find it!

Week 13 — 52 Weeks

Week 12 — 52 Weeks

Matthew Cleveland — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:08:17 +0000

This week I’m getting involved with Georgina’s January project Hide & Seek. There’s going to be some free art left around Portsmouth, Leeds and Oxford so keep your eyes peeled and you could get yourself something great! If you do find anything then I’m sure George would like to hear all about it. I’ll also [...]

Week 12 — 52 Weeks

Week 11 — 52 Weeks

Matthew Cleveland — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:09:37 +0000

I’ve not got many words left in me at the moment, I’ve used them up writing the content for this website. I should have it all up very soon. Instruction 11: “Take to the streets! Get political!“. Instruction 12: “Look for the stars, even in broad daylight.“

Week 11 — 52 Weeks

Week 10 — 52 Weeks

Matthew Cleveland — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:47:08 +0000

The shot for “Photograph like an assassin; suddenly and silently” turned out to be my most chaotic image so far in this project. Instruction 11: “Take to the streets! Get political!“. Time to get up to speed with some current affairs I think. Being out on the streets photographing gives you so much time to [...]

Week 10 — 52 Weeks

Week 9 — 52 Weeks

Matthew Cleveland — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:01:36 +0000

A new year and a new post. As usual a reminder of the weeks brief, “Play photographic poker. Look for a pair, two pairs, or three of a kind“. The next instruction sounds pretty fun: “Photograph like an assassin; suddenly and silently“. I wonder how many people I’ll make jump…

Week 9 — 52 Weeks

An Impromptu Competition — The Results

Matthew Cleveland — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:04:19 +0000

The results are in, but first the set-ups. Both shots used two lights and only one change was made between them. The first shot (left) had the flashguns on either side and at the same height as the fork. The light was diffused through white sheets to control the specular highlights. The second set-up (right) [...]

An Impromptu Competition — The Results

Week 8 — 52 Weeks

Matthew Cleveland — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:11:01 +0000

I’m posting a day early as I’ll be doing no work tomorrow, nada, nothing, zilch. It’s Christmas after all and I would like to spend it with my family, not my camera. Week 8 and the instruction was “On your knees please… Take a picture from floor level“. After almost being run over twice and an [...]

Week 8 — 52 Weeks

Week 7 — 52 Weeks

Matthew Cleveland — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:20:52 +0000

I’ll keep it short this week. The instruction was to “Make a picture containing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly“. If you haven’t already take a look at this post from earlier in the week and you could win yourself a print just by taking a guess at a lighting set-up. On to next [...]

Week 7 — 52 Weeks