Wednesday 16 February 2011

Stitched lights






When I was looking over my photos from the weekend, it really struck me how much some of the lines of light looked like stitches. I don't know why the photos turned out like this, with dashed lines, and I guess my embroidery background makes me tune in to things like this. The variations in colour, weight of line, density of the marks etc are all things that I would consider when drawing and stitching, and I think these photographs really lend themselves to the possibility of being recreated in fabric and thread. (That's not to say that I will... but the potential is definitely there!!)

Tuesday 15 February 2011

Fuzzy light





It was getting pretty dark when I was out in the park at the weekend, so I started playing around with the light from all the residential areas around or near Kings Park. I think the trees give a sense of the scene in these photographs, but the movement of the light and the lack of focus add quite an eerie feeling. With the top two photos in particular, there is a painterly quality to them - I can imagine them being done in chalk pastels, brushing and smudging parts to achieve the haziness.

Saturday 12 February 2011

Kings Park



I was giving my studio a clear out today, saw a ray of sun outside so grabbed my camera and marched off to the park to get some exercise and photos. By the time I got to the park, the sun had pretty much disappeared again and light was fading very quickly. This made it dificult to get any good, in focus shots, but there were a few blog worthy ones in there.