Appologies

I have missed a few weeks, and have been struggling with posting things on here. I am sorry for that. I truly am. Technology certainly has not been my friend recently. But there is nothing new with that.

I have been out with my camera over the last few weeks, so I'm going to update a little with a bit of a snapshot of what I have been taking with my camera. Because that has been the only way I have been inspired at all.

The picture above is me attempting to get unusual perspective, by sitting the camera on a wall. It gives the perception that the plants are on a size with the building. It obviously isn't, but I feel that it is something that adds a different dimension to a photograph. This isn't something that interests most people, but it is something I find really exciting. I like being able to change how a scene looks, just by positioning the camera slightly different. It is almost magical, when I think about it. 

I have tried to get the same effect in this image. I feel that this one is a bit more successful, in that the flowers look large compared to the building behind it. I also feel like the pink parts of the flower petals really look bright, brought out by the flash in the camera. 

I try not to be over complicated with my photographs, as I have had no education on it, and just have the ideas which are in my head. Whilst I do think about what kind of image I want to take, I don't try to think too much. I feel that sometimes pictures I just 'take' on a whim are better than the ones that I actually take a lot of time over. Which is ironic really. 

Slightly yellow!?!

It's time for an overly edited photography. Mostly because I love taking pictures. Also, I was going to post some sketch book pictures, but I have to pretend that it is organised before I post it. There is a lot of empty pages right now, because I haven't got round to sticking things in yet. *cough* So lazy, very lazy. 

This picture is a look over the Quarry in Inverkeithing, where I live, out towards Rosyth and Dunfermline. Okay, this obviously isn't an actual quarry, it is the overgrown wilderness before the quarry. It has lots of paths where I used to walk my dog. build gang huts and the like. 

The main reason this photo is so heavily distorted, is because I thought it was a great picture. Because I have a really great view, from the top of my hill. But, the wonderful overcast weather kind of ruined the picture. So I went on Photoshop and creatively vomited until it was all yellow. Apparently. Seriously, it is just messing with colour and light balance a little (a lot). 

I am evidently in a rambly, bloggy mood today, so come find me. I'm hiding here on my personal blog. 

Some thing New

So this is a really early edit for me but hey why not. Today (Monday) I had a couple of really good ideas during a lecture for motion graphics (and yea I was paying attention to the lecture) so during it I was trying to scribble these ideas down and add more to them. Now your asking what are those ideas? well one is for the motion graphics final hand so I'm not saying anything just now, but the other one is for my portfolio site. and yea its Awesome!

can't really put it in words so I will show you.

Whats THIS!? Glad you asked.

Well this is the overall look to the new portfolio site. The gray hills with the trees in the back will be moving from one side to the other and repeat it self so its a constant moving image. There will be a sign that appears when you click on a menu item that holds the content of that. The next stage after getting those things working will be moving it into Drupal if that works (fingers crossed).

Summer/ Winter

A little bit of comparison photography. Just for a change. This is a Bridge in Pittencrieff Park in Dunfermline. I have a bit of fondness for Dunfermline, purely because it is where I was born. The summer picture was taken about 2 months ago. The winter one was taken last December on Christmas eve. When I was supposed to be finishing my shopping. I decided to go play in the snow instead.

I like looking at the differences. The fact that the colour surrounding the stone bridge and wall, makes such a difference to the appearance of the bricks themselves. They look so differnt. And yet, they are
two pictures of the same thing. It makes me think about how colour can completely change the look on something, and as an artist it is something I am always investigating into. It is also why colour schemes should be tried out, you may be able to find something that will convey what you want to say more.

walk about

hi there its me again. this week I thought of trying something different with taking photos form a walk I had this week with sue, and well here are the pics.

 Ok so this one was not from this weeks walk this was from round new year when still had the snow disappearing but its still a nice shot.

 ok these next are almost the same but I really like this area the sound of the running water and the waterfall have a nice relaxing feel for me.

 This was me trying to take a interesting picture and show the flow of the water but I don't think it worked that well but again its a different shot from the others

And here we are to the last one a close up of the water fall it self. The Dunfermline park is a awesome place to go to for relaxing at the end of the week. 

Sue Is Snap-Happy

A week comes round so fast when you have things to do. I thought I would show some photography that I have been doing recently, mostly because I do consider photography to be included as 'art'. I like the idea of capturing a moment, and for that moment to be shared, to allow people to share. Much like my standard art, I try to be a little bit unusual with photography, and get genuinely excited to try techniques I haven't tried before.



Photography is the one branch of art, where I feel comfortable editing on Photoshop. I like that I can enhance the colours and make the picture seem more 'alive'. The image above, is of a path near my house. I had the thought in my head a few days prior to taking the photo, of shooting with the camera placed on the ground, rather than me holding it. I like the way that it changes the perspective, of what a person would normally see.


The image above shows how colours can be edited to make the image 'stand out'. Again, just a few minutes tinkering with colour balance and brightness levels, and it makes an impact. And as much as editing can clean a photo up, a good photographer can create a beautiful image without an expensive camera or software. This is something I am still working on, but with practice my skills will improve. Which is all everyone should wish to do, improve their own skills, to be better at what they want to do. Both these photographs were taken over the last few days, as I wanted to do something, that shows a bit of variety. :)

Hope you all have a good week, and I'll speak to you soon.