Karen Cornelius

  • AppsApril#1 = Instagram ++

    AppsApril#1 = Instagram ++

    So welcome to the first AppsApril app, Instagram.  An obvious place to start I know, but I did wonder if people knew about all the extra Insta..apps that are available.

    Here’s a screen shot of my Instagram folder …

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    I have used Instagram extensively at times – KarenClicks is my tag if you’re interested.

    Last year at the Australian Primary Principals Association national conference Master School Portraits ran an Instagram competition for the best ‘essence of conference’ image.

    I won an iPad with this one …

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    Pretty chuffed I was!!!! Leaders outside the Melbourne Convention Centre, enjoying the sunshine.

    I enjoyed this one ‘Networking’ too …

    Networking

    Anyway – back to Instagram – there are various collage and frames apps.  Here’s an example of using the Collage app …

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    It comes with a range of shapes, frames and options.

    A new addition to my Instagram family is the Travelgram app.  This one tags images in locations and allows you to collect and group images around different locations, ideal for travelling obviously!! I plan to give it a go on my next vacations – Normanville, Banrock Station, Sydney to see the Dalai Lama and of course my 2 year posting to the British International School in Phuket!!

    The last news for today is that there is also a My Followers app that tracks activity on Instagram.  It will tell you who is following you, who you are following, what the reciprocal relationships are, if anyone has blocked you, who your fans are and who comments the most.  Interesting data process.  Bit like being able to check out your stats in FaceBook!

    That’s it for today, enjoy Instagram and hopefully I’ll see you tomorrow!! Thanks for coming over!!

     

  • Photoshop 2 Assessment images

    Photoshop 2 Assessment images

    Learnt lots of great new Photoshop trick and strategies with the Centre for Creative Photography this term!!
  • Seeing Part II

    Seeing Part II

    As part of my Camera 3 assessment (studying at the Centre for Creative Photography) I produced a new series based on the Uluru and Sydney Harbour Bridge images included in this set.  I deliberately played with the focal point, the figure/ground relationships, to create a unique (photographer’s) point of view … My Artist Statement:   seeing   we all see we all look   do we all see the same things in the same way?   anton chekhov said, ‘i have the feeling that i have seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants’   my photographic development is about seeing the elephants seeing the angle, the pattern, the juxtaposition, the moment watching light dance, change, reflect, highlight exploring ways and views stretching my technical and artistic skills   stephanie mills tells us that seeing is a gift that comes with practice   i have certainly practiced this term, refined my seeing, changed my perspectives shot, reshot and shot again   this series represents 14 moments captured in south australia, in march 2103   14 moments in iconic adelaide and surrounding places 14 moments where my photographer’s eye saw something unique, something others did not 14 moments where the main focus was less relevant than the colour or light or angle or aspect or object i framed 14 moments that the ‘where’ is there but not the focus   14 moments henry david thoreau would say illustrate his well known quote: it’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see   karen cornelius 26 march 2013
  • Self Portrait

    Self Portrait

    Many thanks to Alma Haser for the inspiration for this copy shot for my Camera 3 assessment at the Centre for Creative Photography. Our task was to select and copy a self portrait.  I started with all sorts of ideas, but fell in love with this Alma Haser image!!
  • Alternative Presentation

    Alternative Presentation

    As one of my assessment tasks for Alternative Presentation at the Centre for Creative Photography was to create a book from my favourite Holga double exposure images. Taken in 5 states of Australia, these represent my favourites to date! I hand bound a book to display them – fabulous course, great place to learn!!!