Discovering the idea of selectively saturating and desaturating parts of images has adding a new dimension to my creativity. Fun!
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.
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!!
Macro
My favourite shots are with a macro lens!
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.
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
Walking my district, camera in hand ..
Walking my dog, camera in hand … capturing images around the place!!
Bringing design principles to my work
I love photographs where design principles, such as symmetry and patterns are evident. This collection have come from a range of places, inspired by work of others (thanks to them!!)
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.