FeelCreative Tumblr Tuesday @ 10am

Spend on-line or choose one of many piggys?

This was the quickest photo yet, no planning ahead, not even captured on a 'proper camera'...just an opportune moment whilst i was out in Manchester in the sunshine. It was a day that is very rare, i had time to wander alone, coffee in one hand, sunshine in the sky and the clean skyline of Spinningfields surrounding me. I looked up, and saw this...

I love candles. Any one who's been to my house can see that, they are everywhere, in all shapes and sizes. I wanted to take a photograph of a candle in a way that wasn't expected, and in my head thought it would be interesting to see if i could capture the smoke after the flame had been blown out...i wasn't sure if it would work, so a little bit of planning and a bit of thinking, i set up my camera, my candle, and a light, lit the wick, blew out the flame and pressed the button...IT WORKED...FIRST TIME!! Felt very impressed with myself, decided to give it an eerie feel and here you have it...

I recently got a new iPhone and had to test out the camera on it, after getting a nice shot with it I wanted to try and recreate something similar with my DSLR. I tried to get as close as possible with a tight depth of field, focusing on a few small rain drops, I feel the pinkness of the flower and softness of the background works well together.

With a little help from my girlfriend, I was able to capture this image. After going through a few poses and leg arrangements, we ended up with going with her legs pointing upwards. I was initially gonna make it a black and white image, but I thought a faded colour correction would lean towards the classic pin-up style. Rather do enjoy this picture if I do say so myself... :)

I wanted to see if i could fit my rabbit in my jug. It doesn't fit. So I popped some rabbity treats in and around the jug to see if it would pounce. It did and I got it!

For this idea I thought about how food is processed and loses quality and freshness.  The colour saturation signifies the amount of process it had to go through, the more colour lost, the less pure and natural it becomes. Made me think about how 'fresh' certain products may be, it may say 'made with 70% real tomato', what does the other 30% consist of?

It might be an obvious choice - a TV screen - but to keep it relative to me i chose a favourite tv show and a particular favourite part of that show, which ultimately was very bright and white and not ideal! But that made this more of a challenge using the long exposure to get the result i wanted! It took a bit of messing about but at least i chose a show i could dance along to whilst i worked...!!

Leon, Week 2, Subject: Glasses The lenses in my glasses are normally super filthy and I think I've figured out why. I always put them down out of my peripheral vision and grab them without any thought - hence why they're always so god damn filthy. This photograph gives you a rough idea as to how I last left my glasses. 

One of my favourite drinks to have for my lunch is a Gingerbread Latte from Costa. So I thought, what better way to show my love for it, is to get a shot of it for my topic this week of 'a handle(s)'. Shooting it with a tight depth of field, having the napkin reflect in the side of the glass, only slightly enhancing the colour to keep the brown tones of the coffee vivid, I feel this a great start to Feelcreative Tumblr Tuesday!

Balls! Where do you start? I decided to photograph a lamp on my bed side table which rarely gets switched on. Its a large bulb with a rose constructed of metals which glow when electricity is passed through it. The lamp doesn't create much light but the colours are great when the room is completely dark. Long exposures were bleaching the colours so i had to do something different. I noticed the light outside looked great - a solid dark blue so I placed the lamp on the window sill.

So this week’s image is a bird’s eye view of what I see. The shoes are my wedding shoes; they make the connection to the things most important to me; my promises, my family and my future.  That’s my belly in black…!

A couple of panoramic shots of the feelcreative studio gallery displaying Sarah Lees "Art The Eye Would Never See" exhibition.

A few shots of an empty studio gallery post refit! I still can't get over how well the mixture of old and new looks. The bricks are actually surprisingly warm and the new lights give us the ability to control the ambiance with great effect. I'm stoked with the overall look and feel. Sand blasting the bricks on the shop facia helps lift the new gun metal powder coated sign. New 12 colour Canon printer took 4 fellas to get it out of the delivery van, around the conveniently placed pillar in the door way and to the back of the studio.

Walls finally blasted and sealed! In order to be able to hang artwork without drilling holes in the brick we fitted cable trays to the top and bottom of the walls. We opted for 1.8mm steel cables with adjustable tightening heads to join the trays. Artwork will be held to the cables using zipper hooks and acrylic panels. It means we can turn over exhibitions within hours whilst giving us great flexibility. I'm loving the industrial details such as aluminium conduit and suspended cable trays. The shiny trays and lights look ace next to the rustic walls. We will be able to light the top and bottom of the walls independantly gives us great options during exhibtions.