And one winter, I was cross country skiing in a pine forest.

Yes, it was hard, but you know what? "These signs of discomfort in potential models are an important part of what Gregory looks for. The amount of detail on show in Gregory's large-format final photographs means that the casting shots are critical to determining how to best capture the essence of the subject. The thing that people just don’t quite ever completely understand is that the process started off very organically.

One of the great paradoxes in doing this enormous production is that you are blind as to what is going on with the images.Epson sponsored my last series, and gave me a brand new printer with paper.

Like a film, he uses a lot of production, a lot of lighting, a lot of set design. It’s how you tell the story in photography, through light. "Director of Photography Tristan Oliver reveals how this stop motion feature film was made, and why it took 80 powerful Canon DSLRs to shoot it.Going into battle with the Iraqi Special Operations Forces came with the territory for award-winning filmmaker Olivier Sarbil.DoP Danny Etheridge has used the Canon EOS C300 Mark II and the XF205 to successfully shoot survival shows in some of the world's most extreme locations.The true crime documentary cinematographer talks about filming people convicted of murder after being coerced into making false confessions.Members get access to CPS Priority Support, both locally and at major events; a priority Fast Track repair service; and — depending on your level of membership — free back-up equipment loans plus return shipping and discounts on maintenance. His surreal images are often melancholic, offering ambiguous narrative suggestions and blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality. "Many of the crew members got similar tattoos during the making of the series. It still has those values, but I think we’ve opened up quite dramatically.

I remember precisely that was the first sense I had that photographs could have psychological urgency and power. She’s the writer, and I take notes.No. For me, this is the way I know how to make pictures.Well, actually it’s always been an ongoing question. © Crewdson Studio, courtesy Gagosian They can also enjoy exclusive members’ offers.We use cookies to provide you with the best possible experience in your interactions with Canon and on our website – find out more about our use of Cookies and change your cookie settings It’s an attempt to try to find the connection outside of yourself.You might know that I’m an open water swimmer and cross- country skier during the winter. But I feel like I’m an artist foremost, and if you use your sensibility to sell something, then it’s no longer yours really.No, I think certain artists have certain areas, or a place they respond to, that they like to work and that’s the case with me.Arbus, for sure, Eggleston, Walker Evans. And there’s a little sign that said, Well, I would never call it enjoyable, that is not the word I would ever use. But that’s not necessarily enjoyable. As Gregory Crewdson’s exhibition Cathedral of the Pines opens at the Photographers’ Gallery, we talk to him about his creative process, the democratic nature of photography and making his first movie.

"But the Canon EOS 5D became a great extension – I loved it. You learn as much as you teach. When that person gets on set, I think it's good to have a certain amount of tension and discomfort. It's just a matter of trying to make very small technical adjustments in terms of their position – shoulders or head, perhaps. "With rare exception, I don't want any interaction between me and the subject. It's at this point that Juliane will approach them to ask if they'd like to take part.Over the last 25 years, work has taken place almost exclusively around one area of Massachusetts, meaning that Gregory is by his own admission, "sort of a known quantity." The paper I use is paper that was not on the market but I think it is now. You don’t really change much from that moment on. As with much of Gregory’s work from the last 25 years, the casting and the final high-end production photography is all set around Massachusetts, where he is a "known quantity".

It was like a liberal arts education. I work very closely with Juliane, who I think you’ve met with.

That was my first understanding of the mystery and complexity of pictures.But it wasn’t until later in life that I became a practicing photographer. So it would have to be absolutely the right circumstance for it to happen.I think like a photographer. Just in terms of ease, and being able to see what you’re shooting. We started working more dramatically in this way with the Twilight series.It’s all continuous light, and it’s very elaborately staged. As for the subjects, all people are from the area. You’re known as an artist and a teacher, and that’s what you do.

There's a slight bit of shame or guilt that's involved in the whole thing, and that's important. I took my first photo class at SUNY Purchase when I was an undergraduate. Production casting photo, Beneath the Roses, 2003-2008. Gregory Crewdson is one of the best known and influential fine art photographers working today. So when you’re not doing what you preach, that’s fraudulent.

Gregory Crewdson (American, b.1962) is best known for his photographs, which feature elaborately staged, surreal tableaus of suburban life. "We know where the light is going to fall, where they're going to stand, what they'll be wearing. Instead, Gregory Crewdson's parter and casting director Juliane Hiam conveys the photographer's direction. When trying to represent something that's in your head in a physical form, there will always be a necessary disappointment," he muses. For The picture is mounted and framed, and then the signature is on a sticker that’s part of the frame.Gagosian is my main gallery.

Production casting photo, Beneath the Roses, 2003-2008.

"The camera is an alibi that allows you to explore traits that you wouldn’t normally explore in person.And yet the casting images shot by Gregory on the Canon EOS 5D are vital to determining how his final images look.

"Yet something occurs from this that will stand on its own and you just have to accept it on its own terms. So it comes down to that really.Well yes.