Speak No Evil

Something a little different today, I recently mentioned I had three lovely ladies in the studio helping me out with some conceptual pieces…this is one of them. Speak No Evil It is said that there are three wise virtues; to speak, hear or see no evil. But evil is all around us. We are tied…

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Our S.A. coastal adventure – day 2 (part 2)

On my last post I mentioned the silo art at Coonalpyn, but did not show any, I thought I might give it it’s own post, there are a few spots on our trip, which really do deserve a post of its own, the silo art is one. Artist Guido van Helten. Read more about the…

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Monday’s Musings…

Sadly I am moving into my third week with this cold thing, can’t seem to shake it and Docs aren’t helping much, so I have not been doing much. I am trying to stay away from people as much as possible, sometimes I just can’t avoid being in the same space, but no hugging, no…

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Zodiac Signs – Taurus

I have not done a Conceptual Portrait shoot since December last year and although I think I was suffering from burn out, I did miss it. I did have a shoot back in February, but it ended up getting cancelled for a variety of reasons. Many people have been asking me when I will do…

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Tuesday’s Textures

I took some simple cosmos blooms, almost finish and I created these two lovely floral pieces, mostly hand painted over the top of the original photo. I adore getting to play with flowers like this with the Mixer Brush in Photoshop, along with a texture from my Paper Daisy Collection pack and some smoke brushes…

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Light Painting – Hydrangea

I finally had some free time to myself in the studio and decided that I really wanted to play with some Light Painting, Light Sculpting, whatever you would like to call it. Essentially it involves me sitting in a dark studio and over the period of a minute or two, lighting my subject with a…

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Celebrating Success

OK time to toot my own horn again, and why not, this time I won 9th place overall and 5th place in Photography & Digital Art in January Light Space and Time “All Women Exhibition’, with Cleopatra, I also won a Special Mention with Siren, both images featuring the wonderful Jess Ami https://www.lightspacetime.art/all-women-2019-art-exhibition-overall-category/ https://www.lightspacetime.art/all-women-2019-art-exhibition-photography-digital-category/ Nice…

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Surrender – Digital Fine Art

Light will someday split you open even if your life is now a cage. Little by Little. You will turn into stars. Little by little. You will turn into the whole sweet amorous Universe – Hafiz Featuring model Blade Whittaker, this was originally shot in a pool, here is the Before Photo Many hand-painted elements,…

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In the Studio – Cleopatra

I was recently asked to visit another studio on the other side of town for a Cleopatra/Egyptian themed photographic shoot. I am sure if you have been following my blog for a while you will know I have a love of ancient Egypt and it is a major bucket list item, I hope to one…

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In the Studio – A New Muse, Emily Soto

I recently came across a new photographic muse – Emily Soto, but not the stuff on her current website, but the deviant art link, the stuff you find on Google images, what she frequently refers to as her California images (as opposed to her current New York images which and more often B&W and much grungier).…

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