Final Land Photograms

These are my final images for a Themes and Responses project that I just recently handed in. The edit consisted of 8 images that I felt worked in two different series as one set were very red and black whilst the other more orange and pink tones. The set up shown below is how I envisaged they would look on display. I tried doing large scale photograms within the land but to no luck, every single one of them came out black, however I am definitely still pleased with my final smaller ones and think they make a great series! I love their abstract shapes, the texture nature has created and the vibrant colours! So let me know what you think!?

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Nicholas Hughes

I am just in awe of Nicholas Hughes's work! Like me with my current project, Hughes is working with the art of camera-less photography, however he works with light pollution exposing the paper and his images are much less abstract than mine. His photographs are mysterious, often dark and eerie landscapes that one would be excused for mistaking as a painting and I just absolutely adore them. I hope you agree!

A Very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

Well another year has flown by and so I thought I will share with you all a few festive shots that I took over the Christmas holidays. For the first year in a long long time I didn't go ski-ing over the New Year but instead went down to Salcombe which made a nice change even though I love ski-ing and missed it, but instead I got some lovely family and personal shots that I hope you will all enjoy!

I wish you all the best for 2011 and am keeping my fingers crossed for myself too! New Years resolution - drink less, stay in shape and keep on snapping!

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New Years Eve







The Morning After

Garry Fabian Miller

For Christmas Santa left me Garry Fabian Miller's book 'The Colour of Time' after seeing some of his work at the V&A and falling in love with it. Miller's work are all done without a camera and he creates mysterious, abstract colourful work which you can completely loose yourself in! Although the book is fantastic his work is definitely one you need to see in the "flesh".

Thank you Santa for the beautiful book that I adore!

My Christmas Cake

Well I realise it has nothing to do with photography but here is another passion of mine. Decorating cakes! Every year I always decorate the Christmas cake with a different theme and always make them a little humorous!, this year it was a Gingerbread Man Party! This one took me a total of 5 hours so you better LOVE IT! I am really proud of it and in my own opinion, think it looks great but let me know what you think!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

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Pop Art

A few weeks ago I did a post about my Contemporary Technologies project and how I was making Pop Art. The first examples I showed I had literally just coloured in a still from The XX "VCR" video (not very sophisticated) so now I have my digital examples to show you. Created using Photoshop and a lot of patience!

I know they are really just copying Andy Warhol's style but I am trying a few different Pop Art styles I have researched in order to find my own style, and show what I am really trying to say with them. I know that Pop Art is really dealing with popular culture at the time and so I really need to go through the parts bin and find a perfect subject matter. But for now I hope you like my Warhol inspired images!

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Water Reflections

Just a test shoot on a new idea I am doing with my Themes and Responses project. It contrasts to my photogram's idea as it shows how natural land coexists with man made land to create beauty, whereas my photograms concentrate on how the lands beauty is destroyed by man made materials.

These were just tests images and are not how I envisaged my idea but I think they are beautiful shots and am going to work hard to work with reflections in the water, not actual objects in the water. I hope you like them.

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