onefourfour: FEAR

Our onefourfour theme for September was FEAR!  This is my final piece.

I had the idea of using the water like a cocoon, capturing it just before it hit, creating a feeling of anxiety.  The visual in my head was a dark photograph, exposing for the highlights.  And when I finally got to go shoot it?  It was the sunniest day you ever did see!

I had a friend throw creek water on me, and another pressing the shutter.  It probably would've looked better if I was facing the camera but to be honest I couldn't keep a straight face I was laughing so much!  It was so fun, I love doing things like this for photos.  But it was the sound of the water leaving the bucket WHOOSH, bracing myself for the moment of impact EEEK, then the unavoidable THWACK as the water hit my face that cracked me up.  Oh and it was chilly too (UNDERSTATEMENT).

Post kids I have my photos completely planned in my head, then when I go and shoot it usually comes together pretty well or it takes a happy turn.  This wasn't one of these times.  I was so disappointed (another understatement) when I downloaded these files as it didn't reflect what I had seen in my head.  And to be honest it had been a while since I had a big old FAIL (haven't been shooting enough obviously).  I was trying to edit it into what I wanted it to be but then I had wise Jason Lau's voice pop into my head saying 'you can't turn a photograph into something it's not'.  Or thereabouts.  Anyhoo, good advice.  And so this is what my photograph became.

Here's a couple of outtakes;

now.

onefourfour: June

Our onefourfour theme for June was PLACE. 

Not surprisingly I returned to my spiritual home - the bush near where I grew up.  But I did want to photograph it a bit differently than I have before.  Shooting through leaves is something I do often but this time I have made the landscape more distorted and darker, I didn't want a straight sunny landscape photo.  Anyhoo I hope you like it!  onefourfour.blogspot.com

onefourfour project: January theme

This piece is in response to the first theme of the onefourfour project which is LIGHT.  I've had this idea floating around in my head for over year so it's feels great to actually manifest it!  It turned out differently to how I first envisioned it and when I first looked at the shots I wasn't sure I'd be able to pull it together, but I'm happy with it in the end.

onefourfour was created and curated by me, and the idea behind it was to encourage artists to experiment with new mediums and keep creating regularly to allow our practices to grow.  Here's how it works;

Twelve Australian female artists have been invited to participate in onefourfour which sees them create one work a month for one year.   Every artist is assigned a month to choose a theme that all the artists work to, and the results are posted on the onefourfour blog at the end of each month.  The only restriction is that the work is to be 6 x 6".  This small canvas size was chosen so it's a quick and fun exercise and doesn't become a daunting task to create a piece every month.

An interview with one of the artists will also be featured on the blog every month so you can learn more about them, their arts practice, and their processes.

http://onefourfour.blogspot.com/
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film is rad.

I've recently welcomed a new camera to the family (geek speak = Nikon FE with 28mm f2.8 lens) and these images are from my first roll I shot to test it out!  Pics are of my parent's pup Mitsy, the boys, out bush, and the hand one is a double exposure in-camera.  How cool is that function on a camera!?!  The answer is awesome.

Film is so rad.  I love sitting at the computer less and shooting film more.