Joobrien 

115 creative works found

• Melbourne Meetup
  by Stephen Mitchell

  Here are my portrait and model photographs during our two-day weekend in Melbourne (March, 200) with Jo OBrien. Two different photo-sho…

  Here are my portrait and model photographs during our two-day weekend in Melbourne (March, 200) with Jo OBrien. Two different photo-shoots enabled me to watch and shoot some interesting images. / Whereas the other professional photographers around me were capturing staggering and magnificent images, my shots are much more candid and only posed when possible. It was most certainly an eye-opener and learning-weekend for me. / 1. Big THANKS to Jo, James, Adrian and John for tolerating me on Saturday whilst I mostly watched, sneaking in interesting candid shots of them and the models. / 2. Big THANKS to Jo and James for allowing us to sleep at their home for the weekend, for taking us to dinner on the Saturday night, and for being very friendly people! SATURDAY , , , , , / , , , , , , / , , PHOTOGRAPHERS / James Price ; Jo O’Brien ; Stephen Michell ; Adrian Carmody MODELS: / Seana Szetey SUNDAY Tagged ssmodelmelb08 for easy viewing. / / / / / PHOTOGRAPHERS / James Price ; Jo O’Brien ; Bronwen Hyde ; Stephen Michell / Simon Liberta ; Dave Aarons MODELS / Praveen ; Eugenia ; Sonia ; Louise ; Chenai ; Elise MAKE-UP ARTIST / Kelli Your opinions on my work are appreciated.

• Interview with Heloisa Castro
  by Sarah McKoy

  As a continuation of the “chain-survey” started by Jo O’Brien, I have interviewed Heloisa Castro...

  As a continuation of the “chain-survey” started by Jo O’Brien, I have interviewed Heloisa Castro, a Brazilian artist, whose form of art is digital painting. / / Sarah – How does being a creative person and pursuing your creativity affect other aspects of your life? Heloisa – That is a quite delicate situation. When I make painting for computer, be creating or painting, I forget about the time and my husband becomes quite upset. Sometimes, when I stop to do another different thing I get lost already in my own composition. It is a madness. Sarah – Tell us about one person or moment that has made your time on redbubble particularly special or meaningful Heloisa – For me a very special moment in Red Bubbel was when Helen Bascon bought one of my works (HC 10 Flores 2). Suddenly I was looking at the new works when I saw my work. I don’t know well was photographed (buyer!s booth). I only know that it was beautiful. It was, for me, a homage that she left me quite excited. She spoke about my work and she still made a link for my page. On that day I cried of so much emotion. Sarah – Show & tell us about five works on redbubble that have moved or inspired you. Heloisa – Instead of mentioning five works I will indicate my teacher’s page in Red Bubble. Her name is Michelle Behar. It is the reason for wihch I am here in Red Bubble. Each work of Michelle Behar inspires me to never give up in the difficult moments of the painting for computer. They are works done by a professional that they show wealth and softness of colors and texture, She dominates the oil techniques very well, watercolor, airbrush, acrylic, among others. Besides being an excellent advisor.

• Australians!
  by Jessica Walker

  It didn’t take me long to realize that redbubble is made up of a large amount of Australian members and the site moderators are also Aust…

  It didn’t take me long to realize that redbubble is made up of a large amount of Australian members and the site moderators are also Australian. So I came to the conclusion that redbubble was created by an Australian. And it was! For any Aussies reading, I just wanted to say I think you’re awesome. I was watching a video tutorial created by Jo O’Brien / I just felt the need to say, I love Australian accents. / I love listening to how lovely they are. / I know this journal is silly, but it had to be done.

• Hit me with your best shot
  by Jo O'Brien

  NSFW

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  When He Calls
  by raeoni

  Pinup work. Photographer: Jo O’Brien

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  Pin Up Darling
  by raeoni

  Photographer : Jo O’Brien

• concealer is a girl's best friend
  by Jo O'Brien

  This is why make up artists never let you look in a mirror until they a…

  This is why make up artists never let you look in a mirror until they are finished!

• night fashion
  by Jo O'Brien

  An overnight low of 8 degrees celsius wasn’t going to stop me from bribing two models, a stylist and a second photographer freeze their t…

  An overnight low of 8 degrees celsius wasn’t going to stop me from bribing two models, a stylist and a second photographer freeze their tits off for the sake of art. Extra love goes to the models who braved the elements in skimpy dresses and sheer camisoles – I promise next time we will be indoors and with the heater on full! I tend to use RedBubble for showing my art photography, but I seem to be shooting a lot of fashiony stuff lately so thought I’d share a bit of what I’ve been up to. You can see some more here and here if you’re keen

• RedBubble Ritual
  by Jo O'Brien

  I eat sandwiches one layer at a time and chew an even number of times on each side of my mouth. This ritual is a bit strange. Each mo…

  I eat sandwiches one layer at a time and chew an even number of times on each side of my mouth. This ritual is a bit strange. Each morning I log on to RedBubble and go for a cruise through my favourite places. This ritual isn’t strange, so I thought I’d share. It starts with a morning coffee. Then I… / I scroll through my activity feed and open anything interesting to have a peek. / Check my bubblemail / Visit my groups and check for new messages and forum threads / Have a flick through the main forums / See how the ideas I’ve voted for are going and check out any new ones / Browse recent journals and see what new people are uploading. / See if anyone needs some help / By this point I will have run out of coffee and will either need a loo break, or to get another coffee. I’m sure when I started writing this I was leading up to a point. So, to distract you from my ‘lack of having a point’ I will instead show you some fluffy kittens

• just the latest
  by Jo O'Brien

  I changed my avatar… / / / / / / ...started shari…

  I changed my avatar… / / / / / / ...started sharing links to inspirational artworks via facebook... / / / / / / / / ...and fell in love with some talented artists / / / / / / / / Now I must be off, I have some swooning to do :)

• make art, not waste
  by Jo O'Brien

  Today I celebrate a little milestone – 20 coffee cups saved from landfill. Not too long ago, I became very aware of the huge quantitie…

  Today I celebrate a little milestone – 20 coffee cups saved from landfill. Not too long ago, I became very aware of the huge quantities of coffee the RedBubble office consumes. (The internet never sleeps and neither shall we!) I probably should have been concerned about the adrenalin pumping heart tremor causing effects of caffeine, but instead I set off on a personal crusade to reduce the number of take away coffee cups we were throwing out each week. My first attempt was to drink fewer cups of coffee. I got the shakes as withdrawal set in, and was only saving 2-4 coffee cups from landfill per day. I declared this tactic a dismal failure and pledged to do better. Thankfully, Russell knew a stylish and aesthetically pleasing place for us to pick up some reusable plastic cups for those times when our caffeine levels are critical. So we ordered a bunch and now every staff member here has one. The amount of coffee cup waste has significantly reduced and today I ordered my 20th guilt free cappuccino with one sugar. It felt good. Very good. But then I wondered about all the other disposable coffee cups out there. This got me searching for some cool things you can do with them. It turns out, quite a lot… The lantern festival and reusing coffee cups / Foam cup drawings sell for hundreds / Coffee cup masks / Learn to make coffee cup tissue dispensers / Take the coffee cup challenge / Splash set by Tracy Wallace

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  Good Morning Melbourne
  by Jo O'Brien

  Looking over the Yarra River at dawn, in Melbourne, Australia. / / Landscapes and cityscapes are rarities in my portfolio – I’m not very confident taking these kinds of shots and I doubt this does the scene much justice, but I liked the view. James and I are off traveling soon, so I better get some more landscape and travel photography practice in before we leave. Any tips? /

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  Melanie Jade
  by Jo O'Brien

  I had the pleasure of shooting this year’s International Hair Show, Victorian Heat facebook album with more shots

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  Melanie Jade
  by Jo O'Brien

  I had the pleasure of shooting this year’s International Hair Show, Victorian Heat I haven’t had time to put these through photoshop yet, so a bit rough around the edges. facebook album with more shots

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  in the blink of an eye
  by Jo O'Brien

  Sorry about the influx of calendars recently. I’ve just put this one together for a friend who wanted my 12 most popular safe for work/mum images and figured that I might as well make it available publicly

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  Retrospective
  by Jo O'Brien

  A selection of retro themed works

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  Nude
  by Jo O'Brien

  A selection of ‘not safe for work’ works Unfortunately there are very few people in this world willing to get naked for me, even when I tell them it’s for art! Therefore, if you buy this calendar, you’ll be looking at nudey Jo for most of the year. Sorry about that.

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  Memories of Venice
  by Jo O'Brien

  Venice is a magical city. The moment we stepped out of the airport into the sweet scented air we were in love with it. It’s summer now, so the weather is hot and humid and the waterfront is crammed with tourists and street venders selling ‘I heart Venice’ t-shirts. With bridges all over the place, there is no such things as cars, traffic or even bicycles around here – everyone travels on foot. I’ve been enjoying the walking and the sunshine. It’s impossible to stress in Venice, the pace is so relaxed and everyone is smiling. English is spoken in most touristy places, but I’ve found that people warm up to us a lot more when we try to use Italian. Today we went to see the Guggenheim collection. What an experience! In one morning I stood within inches of Picasso’s The Poet, a suitably depressing looking Marc Chagall, Pollock’s Alchemy, Indian Ink works by Man Ray, a gloomy Marcel Duchamp, one of Modigliani stunning portraits and works by Salvador Dali – I was in art heaven! Oh, and I was a bit naughty and touched the Anish Kapoor garden sculpture just so I could say I had. I shall slap my wrist at once! Because the works were exhibited in Peggy Guggenheim’s old house, the whole experience felt deeply personal. The presentation resembled so many of the exhibitions I’ve attended for aspiring and unknown artists, but here we were staring at L’Atelier by Picasso. In one hand, this highlighted for me the simple aesthetics of art. That you don’t need to be famous or infamous to produce something beautiful and meaningful. But in the other hand, it also allowed me to get closer than I’ve ever been before to these works and see some of the skill and detail that makes them truly stand out. After four days of eating, eating, lots of photo taking, and some eating, tomorrow we are jumping on a train and heading to the next town on our journey. I can’t wait!

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  Dubai Sand Dunes
  by Jo O'Brien

  Dubai was beautiful, extraordinarily hot (50 degrees celsius in the sun) and full of contrasts. The city is literally plonked in the middle of the desert and they are building man made islands with enough homes for 2 million people. Every horizon is hazy with sand in the air. At dusk and dawn the sky looks amazing because of it. We got a basic history lesson from our driver who explained that the 14 lane bridges, multitude of hotels and world leading shopping districts have not been built to satisfy demand, but instead, to attract more people. “We want so much traffic that we will need 14 lanes, so let’s build a road with 14 lanes now” was the optimistic attitude we saw all over the place. The whole city seems to be under construction, preparing for an influx of trade and new residents that are yet to arrive. The second day, we decided to go for a walk around. Ignoring the typical tourist information about the stunning beaches and bustling shopping districts, we turned the opposite direction and went into ‘Old Dubai’ – the original part of the city from before the hotels and resorts were built. We were there for several hours and hardly saw another tourist, or woman, in that whole time. It was a city of men, mostly working at buying or selling in the streets. James was constantly approached by people wanting to sell him things. I was stared at a lot, but hardly spoken too. The homeless slept sprawled out in the open air facing the water which is the only place you get any relief from the heat. We finished up with a Sand Dune Safari. Basically, a convoy of four wheel drives roar out into the desert and skid you up and down the slopes of the sand dunes. The adrenaline junkie in me was loving every minute while our tour companions pleaded with the driver to slow down. James isn’t the best car passenger at the best of times and the poor thing got seriously car sick. When we had a rest stop he puked his guts up, and like the sympathetic and caring wife that I am, I took photos and ran for the video camera. The views were spectacular, and the air was electric. But I was really disappointed to see so much rubbish and careless pollution at our rest stops. It got me thinking about the environmental footprint of our touring The tour operators were stringent about everyone bringing their rubbish back to the cars but I wondered how the landscape would cope being driven over several times a day? It was immense fun, but it’s also raised an important issue about our responsibility for the planet – something I will carry with me as we continue our travels.