common thread gets sewn together

With the exhibition around the corner, my poor blogs will be even more neglected. Thought I'd share an example of some works that may be used in the exhibition before I get too busy.

Simple picture of my little Buddha statue, outside at night...



....put him into photoshop and isolate just the statue, then use like a stamp. Technically its a 'brush'. I made this image out a while ago...



....but recently used the Buddha 'brush' again to create a birthday card for my mum... loved the result, that i think it'll be used for exhibition. We're putting all images to fabric and i think this would look great as a fabric piece.



See more examples on the Common Thread blog.

blog action day

Living in this part of Victoria, you don't have to go far to see the effects of global warming...

Its just up the road from your house, its your drive to work...
its all around you...



the effect on peoples livelihoods and communities...



this whole was once filled...




there isn't any water here anymore...



will there ever be again..??...



not a lot grows in this dried, hard ground...



but a lot dies...



think locally, act globally


see more on my thoughts on the environment for blog action day on cont'd

Winery

I work at a winery and we have these huge barrels, and we're housed in a big tin shed that is heritage listed. Lots of red gums beams, big barns doors, lots of dangley, old cobwebs, a fire place. Great atmosphere and great to photograph. Here is my first real attempt, but I hope to get another chance to do more there.

Mobile Phone Camera experiment...

If anyone has been looking at my project 365, then you would have noticed that I fell off the wagon a little. It was suggested to me that part of the problem may have been not having my camera with me all the time. I decided that I should see how my mobile phone camera stands up. Below are the results of my first real mobile phone camera shoot. They were taken at the local Laundromat, which I've been visiting since our washing machine died. I find it a kooky kind of place, sort of bright and almost sterile.. yet dreary.. with a retro feel. anyway, hopefully this little series depicts what I'm trying to explain. I'm really happy with the results. The mobile ph cam is well suited to these types of pics as they can be simple looking, without a lot of detail, bold colours and a well lit setting.

Smoke

I was doing some abstract shots for my project 365 and did this series of smoke shots. I'm quite a modest person, but I absolutely love these shots, although the size here doesn't do them justice.














Then the images have been inverted in photoshop, but its basically a negative image. They're in the same order.












I couldn't actually say which is my favourite out of the 2 looks. They are both quite dramatic and there's a richness, whether the smoke is dark or the background is dark.

Sunday Fun

Playing around, hanging out on the grass, simple fun. I love the colours in these shots and some different angles make them a bit special, a bit quirky even. There's a few more on Continued...

Altered Hair Show shots

Had a bit of a play with the hair show pics. I think fashion shots really lend themselves nicely to being changed, and mucked around with.

Hair Show

My good friend Jess, below, asked me to do some photos at a hair show she was modelling for. It was great fun and gave me a chance to do a different style of photography, although in my early uni days Fashion Photography was my main interest.




But what a great hair style and colour!! As a photographer, I don't think it would get much better than this.


Although an awesome, big tattoo is fun too...



Some of the girtls had full costume make-up (i guess thats what you'd call it) and DC was the products used on the night - hence the stencil on the girls.





Laura was such a photo-genic model, it was pretty easy to photograph her.





But Marnie was fantastic, from a photographers perspective. She just wasn't self-conscious at all and gave me some great shots.






I've been having a play in Photoshop with a few of these, so stay tuned...