Inked Series

Below is a photo series that I have wanted to do for a very long time and it focuses mainly on my friends and their tattoos. I have always had a love and admiration for tattoos, the different art styles, the artists themselves and how people express themselves with the art they put on their bodies. I’ve wanted to get ones of my own but I either didn’t have the funds or the right design in mind for what I wanted. For the technical side of the series, I wanted to have a conversation with my friends about what lighting style, what feel they want for the portrait and how they wanted the final outcome to be. As for the images of the tattoos themselves I wanted to isolate the body part that the tattoo was on with a black background and have the body part almost emerging or floating from the darkness. I hope to do more of these shoots soon!

Calum