Author: Karen Cornelius

I'm Karen, an a avid photographer with broad interests. I particularly love to get in close, so you'll see a lot of macros shots. I am known for my crisp images, you'll see it across my range of work. Have camera .. will click!!

Burning Steelwool

There is a terrific tutorial from PhotoExtremist that inspired our first attempt at shooting burning steelwool.  Great fun – but be prepared for mess, dangerous sparks and quick action. We are pleased with these, and have purchased some finer grain steelwool to see how that works.

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Essence of Kitchen

  It was a stinking hot weekend and I posted on FaceBook that it was too hot for photography.  A friend suggested that I tackle the air conditioned kitchen – what a great idea!!

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Macro

My favourite shots are with a macro lens!

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Orange Box on the go

Another example of shooting an item in a variety of ways – to test ones creativity and development as a photographer.

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Toolkit in the Park

  I have collected a range of objects – in this case an old rusty toolkit – and taken them to a number of places to photograph.  Inspired by a common ‘improve your photography tip’ that suggests one take at least 10 photos of one object – different angles, different depth of field, partial/full, the… Continue reading Toolkit in the Park

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Adventures in the Darkroom

During Term 4 last year, I continued my studies with the Centre for Creative Photography and found myself working with film and learning a range of new strategies in the darkroom. These are my assessment pieces and demonstrate dodging and burning, paper negatives, collage and other techniques.