14 DAY TRIAL // With technology evolving so fast, photography has quickly turned into a real art. Digital photography has eliminated many of the heavy specialized gear which was necessary in the past to take close-up shots.
Nowadays, with a digital camera even newbies are surprised by how easy it is to capture really, really big shots of tiny subjects.
Macro photography is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects, in which the size of the subject in the photo is greater than life size. Due to its attention to detail, macro photography is certainly a captivating activity, and the resulting photographs are fascinating.
David Gilliver, 34, is a British finance worker who lives in Guernsey and practices macro photography. Through his artistic work, he practically creates a fantasy world.
Gilliver uses tiny figurines intended for model railway sets and spends hours searching the Internet to find adequate figurines for his photos. The artist says each photo takes about an hour and a half to finish and he is constantly looking for new scenes.
Recently, Gilliver published a new series of images, through which the artist tries to depict the world of real people with surreal scenarios, using humor as a key element in all his pictures.
He began working on the little people series in 2011, using a DSLR camera and a macro lens. You can see some of them in the photo gallery below.
A miniature workman tries to lever open the ring pull of a Coca-Cola can using a crowbar, while a really small skier prepares to make his way down a mountain of granulated sugar. Other amazing shots show little people trying to crack eggs, a tiny worker scooping out some kiwi or a little man preparing to go for a swim in a bowl of cereal.
“The little people fascinate me. I enjoy finding new figures frozen in a particular pose - it almost feels like I have to then find a task for them to complete or be involved in, helping them fulfil their purpose,” said Gilliver, cited by Daily Mail.
However, the photographer says it's not easy to make the scenes impressive and moving, adding that each scenario in this series is temporary, as the individual little people are often used in more than one scene.
“It is actually quite tricky to make the scenario feel convincing, and so a lot of thought goes into the placement of the figures and the props, and the nature of the scenario itself,” he added.
