'Windows' Exhibition

'Windows' exhibition Jan-Feb 2013

So another exhibition has been and gone in a flash! Due to the size of the venue, it meant there was more than one private view. I, unfortunately was away for the beginning (unfortunately for some anyway, I was living it up in Goa!) but it meant I got to do my own night to showcase my work and it was great fun! Here are my exhibition pieces and one or two from my night itself.....!

        

So, as you can tell, my take on the theme was that our eyes are the windows to our souls. And then I thought about what you might see if you looked in to my soul et voila! I used my eyes and my boyfriend's because I thought that together and with one eye of each pair made up, it would look even more eerie, which was definitely what I was hoping for and what I think I managed to achieve. 

So there we have it. Third exhibition under my belt and something I feel very proud to be a part of!

Man Ray: My Way

Last weekend I was lucky enough to go to the Man Ray Portraits exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. One of my most favourite photographers and a big source of inspiration for me, I felt truly privileged to be up close and personal to some of his originals.

With that in mind, it made me think back to last year when I was again looking through his work and decided to do my on take on some of his images, I suppose you could say as an homage to his great work. I have only done a few and this is an ongoing project that I will keep adding to, but it seemed like a good time to share!

I've included his images for any of you not familiar with his work and then mine.

So, different, yet similar. I loved the idea of the mask in Man Ray's image but I didn't want my attempt to completely mirror his, so I added a bit of me to it by using the V mask. The lighting is very different in my image too, it's much darker but again, I feel that reflects me better. The shadows are still there and the composition is obviously really similar. Obviously it's not a patch on the work of a photographic genius but I would like to think that he'd see it as a compliment to him that I want to try and make images similar to his!

Today's modern man?! Man Ray's photo is of Pablo Picasso with his paintings in the background. Again, composed similarly but instead of the subject having their work in the background, I have mine. And spot the V mask making another appearance!

Lee Miller, another one of my most favourite photographers, collaborator and muse of Man Ray. She was the subject of much of his work. Another Man Ray inspired photo from me. My image is heavily solarised so the differences are quite apparent but once again, you can draw the comparisons.

So, what do you think of Man Ray: My Way?! Think I might do more of this with some of my other faves! 

Goodbye Goa!

Last post about Goa so it really does feel like my holiday is over now! These last two are just some images I was playing around with but I like them! So I hope you do too. :)

This photo was my first attempt at a panoramic shot. It's made up of 5 photos stitched together and I was pretty darn proud of it! 

And this one, as you can tell, is a triptych of the same fire artist eating fire. But again, just a wee little experiment that I liked the end results of! 

Fireworks!

This is my last post on Goa, although if I didn't tell you it was Goa, you wouldn't know! I was trying my hand at taking photos of fireworks and I haven't done much of it before so was a learning curve! The fireworks weren't set off in the same places and it was quite difficult trying to judge where one might go off in the sky. So lots of food for thought the next time I do firework shots! Not bad for a first attempt though I don't think.

       

 

Goa by Night

Went to take some photos of the sunset and unfortunately it was a bit hazy so it lasted all of 5 minutes before it disappeared. So I decided to play around with lights from the shacks lining the beach instead. As you do. ;) 

And a candle...

Nothing like capturing the mood and feeling of a place with some long exposure shots! And with beautiful palms as silhouettes the opportunity was too good to miss! 

Goan nature

There are so many beautiful plants, colours and textures in Goa so that's whats up next in this post.
To the left is a tree trunk, I love how it's spindly and twigs wrapping around in each other. No prizes for guessing what the one on the right is!

The 'man monkey' scaling the tree effortlessly and our guide Martin, showing us all the spices they grow in India. 

Ewwww, I hate spiders! But this was massive and I couldn't not take a photo. I'm not joking, it was the size of a dinner plate! 

Flotsam is natural apparently, jetsom is manmade. Every day's a school day huh?!