After the photography class with Tom Ang at Hamilton's Snapshot Cameras on Saturday, I came home to my garden in Rotorua ready to embark on a photography adventure.
I felt that I had made some changes to my photography in the way that I viewed blown out highlights.
I appreciate white now, whereas before I had been trying to avoid it because judges at Camera Club mark you down for it.
When you think about it; bright light is in nature everywhere and sometimes it's blinding.
Why don't we depict this?
Why do we shun it?
I decided to do a set of photos in relation to what I learned.
I took out my visual diary with pages that I had written and illustrated in, the previous month.
I dropped flowers from my garden in a random manner on the pages, everlasting daisies and blue chicory.
I then put a glass ball on top of them and photographed the random results.
I set up glass ball photos around my garden using my 50mm macro lens with my new polarising filter that I bought from Snapshot Cameras.
I set the glass ball on top of my tripod.
I photographed in the blue evening light at 6.00pm.
I then made composites of my results.
I made around 60 photos and I chose the best 20 to put on the blog and face book.
Random Moon Series
Blue moon rising
White Moon Fading
Flowery Moon Resting
Creative Moon rolling
Chicory Moon
Everlasting Daisy Moon
Dark Moon Waning
Crystal Moon
Eclipse of the Moon
Textured Moon
Watery Moon
Florabunda Moon
Global Woman in the Moon 1
Global Woman in the Moon 2
Twin moons
Sun setting Moon
Moon Quote.
The moving moon went up the sky, and nowhere did abide. Softly she was going up, and a star or two beside. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge
So today I taught an amazing pupil of mine who has been coming to me for a number of years.
I could feel the effects of Tom's teaching on my teaching; it was like a shot in the arm.
In that I felt very inspired and enthusiastic because I had fed my soul.
The advantage of going to a good teacher is that it really helps you with your creativity.
It is inspiring and it feeds into your work and into your pupil's work.
You can sit all you like inside your home and watch u-tube videos to save money and time
You can get lessons out of books.
But if you find a decent teacher and pay them a liveable wage instead of trying to pick their brains for free, it accelerates your learning so much.
Invest in yourself and pay for some lessons.
I am committed to learning new techniques in photography and art and that way my work stays alive.
So far this year I have paid for a lesson in resin, a lesson in photography and I'm going to pay for some lessons in advanced acrylic painting techniques.
I am always prepared to invest in myself with my money and time.
I have had hundreds of lessons from art teachers all over the country and have studied art full time for four years for a
Visual Arts Diploma
I have been a practising art teacher for 20 years and have a Certificate in Adult Teaching.
Painting Lessons 5 weeks.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings
9.30am to 11.30am
Paintings make four paintings in four weeks using different techniques.
Resin them all in the final following week.
Mosaic lessons
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday mornings for two hours.
9.30am to 11.30am
For four weeks
Bird, Mirror Pot
Glass Tiles, Ceramic Tiles, Vintage China
Phone to book your space today
0273513887
346 3435
Classes in Janet Keen's Studo classroom
374 Clayton Road, Rotorua.
Absolute Beginners Photography Classes.
One on One Tuition: Thursdays 5pm to 7pm Fridays: 5pm to 7pm
Small classes so ring to enquire about your place quickly
In this time I will show you the basics, set you homework and critique your work.
Specialising in Canon Cameras.
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing you can do is keep your mind working.” Henry Ford
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