Archive for December, 2008

Why I photograph – a reprise…

A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. ::: Richard Avedon ::: Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher Kia ora tatou: In the [...]

Any last requests

Kia ora tatou: Help needed! If anybody out there has the following, which they don’t want, I would love to get my hands on it….. -Fast slide film (ISO 400 or faster) -an unused film scanner (3000dpi or better) you might be willing to lend/sell me… ( sorted-thanks) I am currently working on my mannequins [...]

Summer Sundays (and a few Saturdays)

Kia ora tatou: As I move to offer more and more workshops ( I am now commited until May 2009), beacuse I love sharing and teaching, I have put up a number over summer. Summer is a time to kick back and reflect, before you get back into the year. A time for sun and [...]

Cool tools that help me realise my vision

I have become a big fan of plugins! Lately I have watched some big shifts in my style and what I want to be able to do with my images. Actually, when I use my 20:20 hindsight, I realise it is a natural progression that has been taking place over the last 2-3 years, as [...]