Golden opportunity and a self portrait 151015

Preparing to photograph a genuine gold nugget is for me a once in a lifetime opportunity: I wanted to get it right. So the morning of the shoot I spent several hours experimenting with lighting techniques as well as working out exactly what I wanted to capture. This included my favourite use of black velvetContinue reading “Golden opportunity and a self portrait 151015”

Butterflies are a flutter!

Getting everything packed for bump in for the Transient Landscape my tummy is all aflutter-twelve months worth of work is finally honed down and ready for the exhibition! And yes I had one last item to produce, this one was made from the summer collection of handmade paper and was only finished this morning!   Continue reading “Butterflies are a flutter!”

Hand Colouring Workshop

As part of my ArtPractice I have been creating some hand coloured images. For quite a while I have wanted to further investigate this technique so yesterday I attended a full day Hand Colouring Workshop. The workshop was held at Goldstreet Studios in Trentham and was conducted by long time devotee of this lovely photographicContinue reading “Hand Colouring Workshop”