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by David Gilliver Photography
Can I get a drum roll please...
After a 5 month wait, the new Canary Islands Tourism ad-campaign that I worked on with a Spanish film crew is finally ready to be shown to the world.
So, without any further ado...here is the link to the short film that they made whilst I was lying on the streets of London making the work:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WoBkYMBTpY
See if you can spot the bearded Scotsman creating miniature artworks around the streets of London - thanks for all your help Ben Tanner.
Keep your eyes peeled for the main global advertising campaign which should see some daylight now that the film has gone live.
It's a Small World...
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Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!
David
It's a Small World...
Not long now 'til Valentine's Day.
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Nature surround us - big and small. This small section of a forest floor includes a blend of small waterfalls, rocks, grass, lichen, and flowers yet to bloom. If you explore this photograph, you may see a tiny waterfall near center-left.
Photo # K01_7045_00001bw.
(c) Kelly Shipp Photography
This photo of Ciao makes me think of gondola rides and Italian violin music.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqTZQBlZY2c
by David Gilliver Photography
Can I get a drum roll please...
After a 5 month wait, the new Canary Islands Tourism ad-campaign that I worked on with a Spanish film crew is finally ready to be shown to the world.
So, without any further ado...here is the link to the short film that they made whilst I was lying on the streets of London making the work:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WoBkYMBTpY
See if you can spot the bearded Scotsman creating miniature artworks around the streets of London - thanks for all your help Ben Tanner.
Keep your eyes peeled for the main global advertising campaign which should see some daylight now that the film has gone live.
View On Black A must to view large.
I couldn't help myself. Another tilt. I like the balconies and details in this one. I hope you like it to.
Just under ~3" (8cm) across the scene,
Three Bridges Oak Preserve,
Atascadero, California
The leafier forms are liverworts, simple, nonvascular plants, related to mosses. They grow in shaded, moist areas like this north-facing slope. During drier times of year they go dormant and appear as a crust on the soil. The smaller, more star-shaped Bryophyte may be Syntrichis sp. Or?
Another photo from my archives that I couldn't resist using tilt-shift effect. So addicted. View On Black
Throughout 2018 I have been busy working on a new photographic project in Scotland using my miniature figurines (the 'Little People').
My main hope is that this new series of photographs will help highlight the plastic / litter epidemic our country (and planet) is suffering from. Littering in general has always sickened me, and the 'Blue Planet II effect' really made me feel like I too could help highlight the issue using my own unique approach.
Earlier this year, I spent several days collecting bags full of plastic and rubbish that had been discarded (or washed up) next to beaches and lochs on the west coast of Scotland, mostly 'beauty' spots. I kept some of this plastic to make my work (recycling the rest) and returned to the banks of Loch Lomond a couple of months ago to photograph my latest series - LIFE IN PLASTIC.
Thanks for looking.
David
Eml: hello@davidgilliver.com
To put you out of your misery quickly, the answer is sadly 'NO'.
However, after seeing the news last week my sister was left wondering if I was Banksy!
The two works are pretty similar if you ask me...
I'm still trying to figure out if it's slightly annoying or extremely cool that there's a tiny chance the most famous street artist in the world may have 'taken inspiration' from the photograph I created and had published back in July 2016.
You can decide for yourselves.
It's a Small World!
This is a small part of a large mass of strands of eggs found twined around Zostera marina, Common Eelgrass at minus tide.
At the edge of the bay, Windy Cove,
Morro Bay, California
This section of the strands appeared different than most. Compare to far upper and lower right. Or perhaps I've never looked this closely.
El Moro Elfin Forest,
Los Osos, California
Thanks to the SWAP (Small Wilderness Area Preservation) newsletter and directions from Pat B. we were able to find this little lichen. Just over 1" (2.5cm) across.
This is a shot that was taken in a moment of desperation after Gregg Cooper, Justin and I had hoped to shoot the "Remember Dreams Come True" fireworks from over near It's A Small World last week. For some unknown reason, they roped off the entire area and moments before the fireworks began, we found ourselves off to the side without a full view of the fireworks OR IASW. So...glancing around, I looked for a spot that I hadn't shot from before, and settled on the old motorboat dock. After setting up my tripod, I was bummed that the first few shells were completely behind some fairly large trees. But as I glanced down, I realized that I might be able to grab the reflection from the water surrounding the dock. So I stuck it out, and I actually think this might be one of my new favorite spots to shoot the fireworks from.
Taken with the Sigma 10-20
Explored at #178 on 2/3/11. Thanks for the views and comments! (I owe Ring Of Fire Hot Sauce ten bucks.)
(This is a close-up, ~2"--5cm-- or slightly less across the photo.)
One of the coralline algae at minus tide,
North Point,
Morro Strand State Beach,
Morro Bay, California
“Cell walls are a seaweed's only structural support, and while many seaweeds fill their cell walls with flexible, water-retaining phycocolloids (what makes a seaweed goopy), the coralline algae do something completely different: they mineralize calcium carbonate in their cell walls, making a stiff skeletal armor much like a shell. [And, in fact, Linnaeus first placed corallines in the animal kingdom.]...”
“The reality is, however, that calcifying algae and calcifying animals do have a common concern—ocean acidification. All shell-building organisms extract calcium (Ca) and carbonate (CO₃) ions from ocean waters, making calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) to build their shells. Calcium carbonate . . . is the recycled cement of the seas—the brick, stucco, and rebar generated by marine life to build the stunning structures we consider with wonder. As carbon dioxide (CO2) is absorbed by the oceans it tends to combine with water and free carbonate ions to make two bicarbonate ions. This tendency pulls carbonate out of action for use by the shell builders. It is as if the brick supply were getting hauled out of circulation, unavailable to the plethora of organisms—coralline algae, scallops, snails, oysters, coral, tiny sea butterflies, and microscopic foraminifera—that need it to make their protective housing. The effect of ocean acidification on coral reefs has been well documented, while the calcifying marine algae fly a bit farther under the radar.”
--Josie Iselin, The Curious World of Seaweed
Did you start singing? Greatest song of all time. Stamped December, 1978. I don't know if it's Disneyland or Disney World, sorry.
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It's a Small World...
Anyone for a game of Miniature Golf?
All of my new work can now be purchased via my online shop:
Selected prints can now also be purchased via the John Lewis website (www.johnlewis.com) and via the MyArtBroker website (www.myartbroker.com).
All the best,
David
Another from the recent butterfly shoot. I thought this one did a good job of conveying the scale of things. I usually go for the grand landscapes, but sometimes the more diminutive things around us can be just as cool.
Thanks for looking!
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Comments and constructive criticism always appreciated.
On underside of leaves of Hackberry, Celtis occidentalis,
Warrensburg, Missouri
Apparently several species of psyllids--a genus of tiny, planthopper-like bugs (Hemiptera)--infect hackberry trees, forming somewhat similar galls. And thanks to Mike for getting me started by Id'ing the tree for me (the leaf shape is quite unique).
Miniature style
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This was one of the group shots that we (Gregg Cooper, Ryan Pastorino, Bill McIntosh and newest member George) all lined up and snapped away. I'm sure we looked like a bunch of paparazzi. If only we had thought of saying that we were waiting for Johnny Depp, it would have been perfect.
One of three new pieces I will debut at WonderGround Gallery on Feb 1st. I'll be there Feb 1-2 from 2-5 pm. Come say hello! - jmaruyama.com/blog/?p=1409&preview=true