I Shot Henry Rollins

Henry Rollins was gracious enough to spare sometime before his recent show at the Norwodd Concert Hall, Adelaide, South Australia on the 30/4/2010 to pose for my camera.

First time I have met a famous person let alone one of my personal favourites who I greatly admire.

The Art of the Next Phase

The exhibition opening went past in blur but it was so much fun...the exhibition is still running until the 14th of June but I'm kinda over it and looking forward to the next one already :)

I have a few scheduled shoots coming up both art and 'work' ones. Urban Shoot this weekend - extremely excited about working with the wonderful Jaih again aka my Queen Of Hearts and Adrian. 

Today my beautiful Zoe agreed to a photoshoot. Introducing Babydoll Series #1

The Art of Easter

Today after our easter brekky and Zoe's egghunt


We did this

The next in my Alice in Wonderland series "The Cheshire Cat". I'm not completely happy with it and plan to re-do it but we did have a great afternoon doing it.

The (He)art of a Queen

Had a photoshoot today with Jaih. I was a little nervous because I had decided to do the make-up myself and wasn't sure if I could pull it off. The day went so smoothly - hair, make-up and shoot was 2hrs in total and I got the shot that I wanted straight off! Jaih was great to work with we had alot of fun. Next shoot in my storybook theme is the Mad Hatter next Wednesday with another model fingers crossed it goes as well as todays one - then I will be a happy little photographer!!

Meeting up with a couple tomorrow who I'm photographing their wedding on Saturday - sunset shots on the Glenelg foreshore a little nervous but excited at the sametime. I have photographed alot of weddings but I still get nervous before hand - I think its because you have to get it that day, no room for error or reshoots!

The Art of a Test Shoot

I found a new website that helps bring together models and photographers. I'm finally getting to my moviestar and pinup ideas - 2 shoots booked in for next week! I met up with the model Anne-Marie on Saturday to try and costumes and work out the hair and makeup. I took a few test shots to see how the makeup translated in photographs. Here is few of my test pieces

The Art of an Anniversary

We got Married 3 years ago today.

The Art of a Deadline Fast Approaching

My exhibition is fast approaching (May 24th) and Zoe (who is also exhibiting in it) and I have had a very creative week (very much needed after my non art/sick lapse) in our panic to make sure we have enough pieces. Zoe and I had alot of fun, we bought some fruit and vegetables from the supermarket and took photos of them together. Zoe used her photos as reference for some paintings. Here is some of our latest work.

The Art of Wishes

Sometimes I wish I was a Mermaid....

The Art of Being Queen of The Castle

Its hot. We hang out in the lounge room in our underwear with the air con on. We get bored. That is all.

The Art of Sarah Rose

The Art of an Adelaide Summer

The view from Kingston Park lookout over looking Seacliff/Brighton beach, Adelaide, South Australia.

The Art of the New Kat

The Art of Lulu and Her Family

My best friend Jess (who I affectionately call Lulu) turned 30 on Jan 2nd. She has moved to Texas and is home in Adelaide for a few weeks. I struggled with what to get her because it has to be something that can be packed away and easily taken with her back to the States. So I came up with the idea to do a photoshoot of her with her family (her two sisters and her mum). This is the first completed piece from the shoot. This piece and more of my work can be viewed on my Redbubble page.

The Art of Being A Girl

My daughter Zoe is generally a tomboy. She loves her bugs and spy gear and running around getting dirty. But every so often she pulls out her make up and her jewellery and gets all girly.

The Art of Smoking

There is just something about the image of smoking that I find cool. I know how horribly, politically incorrect me. Maybe its because I'm a long time fan of James Dean - I love the iconic brooding, loner image and smoking just fits in with this. In reality it stinks and I hate it when people smoke around Zoe or close to shop entrances that I have to walk through but in my head the stereotypical smoker image is still cool - so shot me! I remember late one night when I was driving in my car and it was raining lightly and I was stopped at the traffic lights this man crossed the intersection hunched over with his jacket collar up around his ears, he drew on his cigerette and the smoke wafted up around him and all I could think was he looks so damn cool. He is proberly dead now from lung cancer or has a really bad smokers cough but for one moment he lived upto my stereotypical idealogies.

The Art of Feet

Her feet are like her mothers...but she walks her own path.

The Art of Edward Weston

“Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual.” Edward Weston

This is sure to be the first post of many on the topic of Edward Weston. If the name is unfamiliar to you - shame on you! Haha, seriously if you haven't heard of him you should check him out. Weston is considered to be the most influential photographer of the twentieth century. Now I cannot tell you how accurate this statement is but I can tell you my own personal experience, so sit back, make a cuppa and let me tell you a story....

I cannot tell you when I knew I wanted to be a photographer, it was just something built in me, that just seemed completely natural. But what I can tell you about is the time it become an actualisation. I cannot tell you my age, because when I look back all I can see is the ray of light - but I am ahead of myself. I was a young girl I believe myself to be around 10 but this could be completely inaccurate. I am at an art gallery that is holding a photographic exhibition, I think on a school excursion - I was wandering around making notes of the photographs...when for the first time...I saw...Pepper no 30 by Edward Weston. I stopped in my tracks, stared with my mouth open for a very long time and excuse the cliche (but get used to it I'm full of them!) it was like a ray of light was shining on it and I could hear angels, ok I may have a tendency to over exaggerate, I admit I am abit of a drama queen but this is no embellishment. My life changed from this moment onwards. I stared at the piece for so long, I stepped back and looked, I got close up with my nose almost touching and I looked. You may go and google this image now and you may see it reproduced in books but it is not the same by a long long stretch. The image I saw in the gallery that day was a print done by Edward Weston himself, even at that age I remember the sensuality of it, the smoothness of the pepper, the curves...how to me it was reminiscent of a human body. The image seemed to have a silvery glow. The specifics of that day are so hazy, maybe it was a dream, either way that day and Edward Weston cemented my love of photography and started my long obsession with who is considered to be the most influential photographer of the twentieth century.

P.S I'm currently reading "Through Another Lens - My Years with Edward Weston" by Charis Wilson. They where together for 11 years and she was the subject of alot of his most famous nudes. I'm enjoying seeing him from another perspective and I'm sure to post more on this at a later date :)

The Art of Dying

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