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Oil pastels and tempera paint. I was intrigued by Erin’s work and I gave it a go. I had some trial and error but it was an education.
Waste disposal is a worldwide problem that plagues both industrialized and developing countries. Mali's capitol, Bamako, recycles much of its waste by breaking it down completely and reusing the metal to build new items such as garden tools, cooking utensils and other household items. Bamako is extremely effective at this process, with an 85% reuse rate, exceeding many cities of the industrialized world (e.g. San Francisco at 68%).
Garbage is collected, usually by individuals with donkey drawn carts, in only half of the city. The refuse is sorted and organic matter is sold to farmers and metal scrap is taken to the Recycling Market, a sprawling area of small stalls, each a private enterprise that reworks metal into new, usable objects. You can recognize the Recycling market from a distance by the sounds of pounding hammers – a music all of its own.
Bamako, Mali
Week 37.
Challenge: Something New.
This was a real brain thinker, apart from the new items I bought back from my holiday I had no idea what to take photos of, I tried a sunrise photo, but the rain ruined that, I then thought because Spring is now here I'd do a new blossomed flower, but had not many to choose from, I was focusing on this cute pink flower in my front yard, when I came across this baby Praying Mantas, perfect! So, here is my photo for the "Something New" challenge, a very cute Praying Mantas baby.
something cool
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Larry Young - Something New, Something Blue
Working with Gels
Well my order from Rosco arrived and it was time to have some fun. Working with gels is something new to me. I’ve had the standard CTO gels laying around gathering dust and that’s about all they did. Then I saw some photos some really good shooters had produced and I just had to try my hand at it.
In my studio I mainly shoot on black or white seamless and occasionally on thunder grey. I wanted to see how the gels would do on each. I found that shooting on black produces a richer saturation and can produce a more textured appearance than on white - which can produce a more pastel effect. This is not to say gels on white can’t produce gorgeous rich colours as well. It’s all in developing a subtle touch.
The biggest problem I found in shooting in such a tiny studio is of course light hitting the model when you only want it to hit the background. Barn doors and bookends can help control that but you need a lot more space to set a system like that up. I tried every configuration I could think of and finally decided if I couldn’t control it - I would embrace it.
For the photos in this eZine I worked with Daisy - a fantastic and very professional model on a black background exclusively. She knows her poses and expressions and can totally own the stage. All I had to do was manage the lighting and click the shutter.
Toward the end of the shoot I switched over to lighting the model with gels. It’s a lot more finicky getting that right and the model has to stay more in one place. I used a bounce to kick light back from the orange gel lighting her while a single blue lit the background. It’s very hit or miss and if Daisy moved too close or far from the lights it would make a big exposure difference due to depth of flash.
I found filters on the orange side worked especially well but browns didn’t. Browns tended to look metallic and not so brown. I imagine they can look brown as expected but only if turned way down. Blue filters rock as does green but reds - nah. I have my favourites picked out :-)
So that’s my story and I’m sticking it.
~Randi Scott~
Today is the day I sign the loan paperwork with The Princes Trust. A final formality after 15 months of work. (but continuing on with 3 years of business mentoring)
I really have to give The Princes Trust my highest praise. Never have I worked with such brilliant, mindful and helpful people, people who freely volunteer their time to the trust! I'd have to recommended them to any young (under 30), budding entrepreneurs!
I Joined their Enterprise Programme not long after winning last years air show photo comp. I had no idea about business or how to run one, and neither did I have the confidence in myself required to be a professional photographer.
Since then.. well, a lot has changed, and I can quite easily, happily, and confidently say that I am a professional photographer, thanks to all of the help, guidance and now funding, from The Princes Trust.
Joining their Enterprise Programme was the first blind step to following my dreams. Following the idea that I need only see the one step in front of me, and now I am much farther along my path than I could ever have envisaged!
2015 is going to be magical... to say the absolute least.
If you do sign up for their Enterprise Programme, there could be a chance you will see me among many brilliant people speaking at your introductory course for a little bit! (eek!)
Here's the link if you want to find out more about their Enterprise Programme - www.princes-trust.org.uk/need_help/enterprise_programme.aspx
With somebody close to me who carries a brilliant motto, I'll leave you with this -
''if you think you can, or think you cannot, you are usually right''
I had to google the name for these metal keys. Learn something new every day!
Thanks to SkeletalMess for the texture!
Just got back from vacation and I am digging in my library to find something new to upload! These are samples I made a little while back for a birthday party this November. The whole theme has a lot more elements but this was to show the look of the fondant (the client wanted to recreate the look of "petits fours").
perhaps?
Experimenting with a new technique I recently learned, called Mishima. I like the light romantic feel of these. What do you think?
Bunny: "It's very pink !"
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Ed: There are several things I do in an attempt to earn a bit of money from my crafts. I knit & crochet commissions and I do a window display at my local yarn shop. The window dressing involves knitting and crocheting things for some 12"tall wooden artists' mannequins - and putting them in the window doing things - usually topical / seasonally appropriate things.
Some of the commissions go well and are 'happy', others are less happy - one recent commission was for a lot of crochet 'coral' (fake Great Barrier Reef) - it was not a happy commission and (so far) no payment !
To make myself feel better about it all, I'm going to make more 'coral' and other things (fish etc) and put together a window display ... Am knitting the mannequins some 'wet-suits' but didn't fancy trying to make their scuba gear ...
So I went on-line and bought some cheap sets of scuba gear meant for Barbie type dolls - it's all in glittery purple plastic but I can paint that. While I was there - buying cheap plastic stuff from China I thought I'd get some clothes for Allan and then I saw some Blythe dresses on sale ...
The clothes aren't too bad - for the price they are quite well sewn. And now I feel guilty because the price was so cheap - I hate to think how little the people (women) who make these dolls' clothes are paid.
Trying something new. I really admire the work of an artist called Leschick (www.flickr.com/photos/79296349@N00). I realize this is not everyone's cup of tea but I like it. I like the way in the reworked edition the arm becomes a long elegant pointer and the little girl figure stretching below it is at once planted firmly on earth while reaching for the sky. The little girl of course is my dear Chloe
Texture by skeletalmess - thank you
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Like a new layer. Some details sink into oblivion. Others get clearer.
work in progress
One of the new Siemens SC-44 Charger units breaks in on a Capitol Corridor train. The F59 in the lead has been a NorCal staple since 1994.
Is that Elton John singing "The Circle of Life" that I hear playing...
A view of the new eastern section of the Bay Bridge from the naval station. The famous/infamous Google barge was docked on the right, just out of the view here.
There is an another view from the main road that looked interesting but the sail boats end up as a second subject and being a distraction.
Tamron 28-75mm F2.8
Nikon D700
I was looking at the progression of my style of photos and I concluded that at first I stuck to dark and super textured photos, then I lightened up a bit kept photos as SOOC as possible, and now I think it's time for something new. :D
I've always loved photos like this with the soft light tones. Oh, they make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside! And remember, criticism is always welcome.
This photo here was a "Haha, I got a picture of your face when you weren't paying attention" shot. Lol, those are always the best.
2/52 - Something Old/Something New (52 Weeks: The 2017 Edition)
No. 50 Old & New (117 Pictures in 2017)
Portions of the old historic center and new sections of Quito New sections of Quito, Ecuador. One of the oldest cities in the Western Hemisphere.
Pleasure of Allyson Dwyer Applewhyte in the studio.
Candy Land.
We got there in the end! with our times against us we managed to spare a few mins to get the shot!
Allyson is the owner of: Something New
Market place: marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/116626?fbclid=IwAR0EHAf...
Pose in photo: marketplace.secondlife.com/p/SN-Hey-There/21102318
Main Store: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mythical%20Serenity/158/16...
Somthing new flicker: www.flickr.com/groups/2243786@N20/pool/
Photo taken by MugShotz