Just to prove there are others...

This is one of the Jodi's from my course. Just to prove that there are others!

Another image of Brooke...

It may seem that I am taking lots of photos of Brooke...

There are only four people on the course Brooke, Jodi #1, Jodi #2 and myself.

Jodi #1 and Jodi #2 have missed a couple of sessions so tonight Brooke and I got to ham it up a little... I was seen tonight with a rubber glove on my head! There is a possibility that I will show some of those images when we share them...

See, Hear, Speak no evil...

Doesn't always work but I do try...

Thanks to Brooke for the images. They were taken on the same night as hers (below). I tried to get the colours to match exactly but ended up with Black & White. It looks better anyway.

Studio...

We have had a couple of sessions in the studio at school. Working out the intricacies of studio lighting. I especially liked the bit about what you do to set the lights of if you forgot the cable and don't have a radio trigger...

This is Brooke, one of the students on the same course...

Another version...

It was suggested at my course last week that I think about one of the images from Montsalvatto make the wheel stand out a little. This is one attempt and an exercise in selection of and masking out the areas that I want to adjust without affecting the areas I wanted to stand out. This is fairly exacting and (for me) relatively slow work.

At present I think this image looks better on screen than it does when I print it so I'll go back to the drawing board...

Black & White & Sepia tones...

I went off to Montsalvat today to see what all of the fuss was about. Montsalvat was built by an artist and became an artists colony. The buildings are all of different designs and there are still resident artists on site... It's definitely worth a visit...

The 12 acres site has many very beautiful nooks and crannies to use as photographic backdrops and most are of enough interest to be picturesque on their own...

Just don't tell them you are a photographer or even a photography student. I asked if I could take photos and they wanted to charge me $20 per half hour when admission is $10 for as long as you like...

These photos were taken outside the main "complex"...

Fun with Pencils...

Cinta found a new box of coloured pencils that she had to have. There never can be enough pencils! (Or paper!)...

Before she used them to draw or colour or make a dolls house (there could be enough) I decided to take some photos of them.

A very enjoyable afternoon was had arranging colours and shapes... And I didn't even draw anything with them!

These are some of my favourites.