Refuge, a personal escape is an exhibition by 13 South Australian emerging artists. / Wheatsheaf Hotel / 39 George Street, Thebarton, Adela…
Refuge, a personal escape is an exhibition by 13 South Australian emerging artists. / Wheatsheaf Hotel / 39 George Street, Thebarton, Adelaide 5031, (08) 8443 4546. Mon-Fri 11am-12am, Sat 12pm-12am, Sun 12pm-9pm. Opening night, 7pm Thursday June 7th. To Monday July 2nd 2007. This is one of my pieces in the show: / link
I sometimes find that being a visually focused person can actually have its advantages: / – You can make something of nothing, for examp…
I sometimes find that being a visually focused person can actually have its advantages: / – You can make something of nothing, for example, a lesser/non-visual person will look at a grey building and think “a grey building”, whereas a visual person will look at that same building and think “that grey building has so much raw emotion, the drabness of the grey accentuates its ability to blend in with surrounding buildings. It could almost serve as a blank canvas. Its not just grey, its a colour in its own right. Somehow i can capture the spirit of this image in an art form such as photography or a painting”. This makes sense,doesnt it? Although sometimes this amazing visual technique can be a problem when it comes to picturing things in too much detail, more than you may want to know! In conclusion, being a naturally visual person can help you be a great artist, if you know how to use it to your advantage.
UPDATE: Now Includes 10 Photo-Cards! Of all my own collection, below are My Favourites : 1a. Settled Petal / !http://www.redbubb…
UPDATE: Now Includes 10 Photo-Cards! Of all my own collection, below are My Favourites : 1a. Settled Petal / / Stunning up shot of petals of a Rose. Title taken from common saying “Settle Petal!” 1b. Lacrosse / / Recieved great comments from work colleagues (04/07/07): / “Beautiful shot Stephen.” / “Wow! excellent shot Steve! You must be very patient to wait for this kind of shot.” / “That is brilliant – you are obviously very talented and artistic.” / / 2. Dad’s Broken Toe / / / 3. Shell Necklace / / / 4. The Millenium Falcon Hits Light Speed! / / / 5. Coffee in Carpark / / / 6. Only Flat On One Side / / / 7. Fence Strainer / / / 8. Flower of Feathers / / / 9. Cuttle Fish / / / 10. High in the Adelaide Sky / 11. KEEP CLEAR NO PARKING / This looks great as a card! / That’s all for today. There are still heaps more. I hope you also like them! / Are there any others from my collection that you like?
I mention in my profile that I’m still trying to find ‘my true style’, but after much thought I’ve decided maybe I’m looking for somethin…
I mention in my profile that I’m still trying to find ‘my true style’, but after much thought I’ve decided maybe I’m looking for something that won’t ever be found…. Maybe… just maybe it’s not about style at all….. Happen it’s more capturing what you get pleasure in or simply just having the guts to step out of your comfort zone to try something different. It’s all to easy to do landscapes, flowers or portraits because ‘thats what we do’, beacuse thats ‘our style’ but maybe it isn’t. Maybe style is just another word for ‘that’s what’s safest’.... Or maybe I’m just talking absolute crap and saying ‘maybe’ way too many times…
A lot of people have been asking me what camera and lenses I use. Instead of replying to everyone individually, I thought I’d just put th…
A lot of people have been asking me what camera and lenses I use. Instead of replying to everyone individually, I thought I’d just put the answer out here in a journal. So, what lens do I use? / The one that came factory attached to my shitty little handheld Samsung Digimax 530. What camera do I use? / The shitty little handheld that came factory attached to my ONE lens ;-P I do not have a fancy, high-end camera. Though I would LOVE to get my hands on a Canon EOS 350D or any model of Nikon, I just don’t have the money. Besides, my little camera gets the job done just fine. Sometimes I am lucky enough to get to borrow my mom’s camera – a Panasonic Lumix. It’s no Nikon, but it is a really good camera. The only images in my gallery that were taken with that camera so far, though, are the ones of Electra and Jonathan In my opinion, the camera doesn’t matter all that much. I think it’s how you use it that counts. I’ve seen people who shoot with Nikons produce really average shots, and I’ve seen some really mind-blowing shots taken with the same camera by a different person. It all just depends on the photographer. If you disagree, let me know why. I’d love to be able to point to the computer screen and say, ‘See, Mom? That’s why I need a new camera!’ ;-P But yes, that is my embarrassing secret. My camera is a piece of junk. But I don’t really think that should matter.
/ / / image title – the inner sanctum Manic Reflections . . . One day i awakened to a simply sweet, “I heart you!” message on my bathroom mirror. Days later, a bi-polar/manic/sleep-deprived version of me impulsively grabbed my camera, tripod, trusty remote and started striking poses in my mirror. Wishing to immortalize the i heart you message, in some way, before zapping it with Mr. Windex! So . . . i crouched up on my counter, gradually getting closer and closer to the mirror. It was wonderfully strange, surreal and comical – as i carefully attempted to seat myself in the bathroom sink . . . while the rest of me perched perilously on the bathroom counter. Purging my manic energy, creatively, provided me with a sense of relief and surrender. After this series was photographed, i went on to photograph two more, in my studio. It was after the photographing of the three, separate series – that i was finally able to slip toward slumber. So what follows are manic reflections . . . partake and enjoy :) / image title – another version of me / image title – the sensual realm / image title – the chameleon / image title – the mirror speaks / image title – fragile / image title – the confrontation / image title – inward bound Bi-polarities . . . Around 18 it started to sink in that something not-quite-right was going on in my frantic mind. As I was always struggling to pay attention in school . . . i also became aware that i would get these incredible highs, feeling euphoric, invincible, on top of the world – no matter what my actual reality was . . . everything was grandiose! These manic episodes usually lasted about 2 weeks, followed by the worst lows which often lasted months. In a depressive state everything was life and death, everyday problems became overwhelming, i just wanted to crawl into a quiet, dark corner and simply cease to exist. Then there were those inbetween states where i guess i would be what was considered “normal” though to me these inbetween states felt like emotional flat-lining, i felt kind of numb – being so used to the extreme emotions i felt most of the time. When i was younger, my manic episodes were amazing, accompanied by feelings of invincibility, euphoria and pseudo-bliss. I would feel on top of the world! Now, these manic episodes are more dark and frenetic in nature. And i find myself craving the sleep these manic episodes deprive me of. It’s hard to stay on schedule/task when i go day, after day – without sleep. I don’t have more energy when i am manic, i am just more hyper and restless, unable to slow down – which creates the illusion of high energy . . . inside my body and mind are crying out for sleep. It would take another 12 years before i learned how to manage these intense moodswings, learned to go with the flow and how to keep my head above water – no matter what my mood. There were years of self-destructive coping methods and soul numbing medications. Eventually i decided to approach my bi-polarity from a spiritual/holistic perspective. I decided to go vegan and stopped consuming foods loaded with additives/preservatives. I learned about behavioral management, structure, meditation/yoga, prayer, daily spiritual renewal and daily exercise. Putting all of these things into practice, over time . . . allowed me to utilize my moods creatively AND constructively. beingnormalisoverrated JAEDA! / /
For my friend and fellow artist and writer: An Interview - Introducing Hilton M Briscoe / ...
For my friend and fellow artist and writer: An Interview - Introducing Hilton M Briscoe They said you could have ten questions, they did not say where you could start counting from - 0)What do you do when you are not doing art, writing or photography? / / What do I do when not writing? Listen to music mostly, I am always listening to music. I am usually on myspace trying to get people to talk to me, no one ever does, lol. 1) Who do you think you are? This is a very serious question. Who are you? / Who am I? To be honest I have no idea, I am only 18 and I haven’t lived enough to know myself. One thing I do know about myself is I am not the kind of person that is happy sitting in the crowd living my life like everyone else, this is true in all areas of my life. I am easily depressed as some people might have noticed but I have never seriously considered suicide, living a normal life with a 9 to 5 job and a constant routine that is only changed by government sanctioned holidays is something that makes me feel like I would seriously consider suicide. That probably makes me sound lazy and I would disagree, I’m just don’t fit into normal society. I have to make my own way in this world, I probably need peoples help cause this world confuses me sometimes. 2) Who are the most important people in your life and why? or Who do you love? This includes pets. / My parents are the most important people in my life, my father is getting on in age(he is 64 now) and is really ill so he doesn’t have much time left, when he dies I think both me and my mother will be devastated, but I will try to help her through the rough time. / King is another important creature in my life, he is my dog and he is 3 years old this November the first. I was with his mother while she was giving birth to him, he was tiny and I thought he was dead but he wasn’t. He was named after Kind Diamond(thrash metal legend) because when he was born he had a diamond pattern in white fur on the back of his neck(he has predominately black fur), it’s kind of funny because all through Sally’s(the mother) pregnancy I was telling myself I wouldn’t name my puppy something stupid like King or Boxer or one of those names men trying to overcompensate give their bulldogs. / I would say anyone who can make me happy when I am depressed is important in my life, so that’s all my friends and a few people on Redbubble. Out of the lot I will give Lexxy a special mention, she is my best friend and I love her to bits, she is going through a rough patch in her life down in London with her boyfriend, I wish I could help her but there is little I can do. 3) What are your dreams like, the ones you aspire to about the future. You can also share some of your sicker dreams too if you want:-) / To be honest I never remember my dreams, I have had quite a few nightmares and I absolutely love them. My favourite one was when I was visiting a travelling circus, I can’t remember the details because it is a childhood nightmare but it turned out it was a circus full of cannibalistic clowns and a dragon that they sacrificed children too. I loved that nightmare, I was about 6 when I had it. Ooh another nightmare I had actually terrified me and I woke up sweating when I dreamt it(I was about 4). In the nightmare there was a woman who was kidnapping children and she came to Coventry, all the kids in my neighbourhood decided to run away so we could hide from her and we all moved into the countryside, we lived in a small shanty town made from sheet metal we found on a farmers tip and lived in it happily for a few days. But the woman found us and she crept into our little village while we all slept at night and started putting us all in one at a time into her magic bag(in dungeons and dragons terms it would be called a “True Bag of Holding”) but one of the kids woke up before she could put him in her bag and he screamed which woke us all up, we all started running in every direction in the pitch black countryside night and I can remember crawling through a hedge and running as fast as I could through a field but she caught me, I woke up as she was putting me in her bag. Fantastic nightmare, I didn’t tell it very well, you had to be there, lol. 4) What is your favorite painting? -favorite photo? -favorite song? -favorite poem? -favorite short story? -favorite child’s nursery rhyme? -favorite child’s lullaby -favorite child’s story? and -favorite (any kind of art, your choice)? / My favourite painting would be “House of the Hanged Man” by Cezanne, I have never really thought of my favourite photo, I would say a photo of my family and a another family we were friends with on holiday in Rhyl(North Wales) with the sea in the background. My favourite song? I could name hundreds, but right now I will say “The Hunger” by The Distillers. I do have a favourite poem but I can’t remember it right now, lol but I remember it is about a person with a hyper sense of self importance, extreme arrogance and even psychopathic tendencies. My favourite short story would be my life, lol. I like 3 blind mice, I don’t know any lullabies, lol. My favourite child story would be “The Farm”, yes it’s not technically a child’s story but it has talking animals in and I loved that even if I didn’t get what the story was really about. My favourite kind of art would be either psychedelic or horror art, maybe a mix of both. 5) What do you like and what do you dislike about your homeland? If you could live somewhere else, where do you think you would choose and why? / What do I like about England? The fact that rock and metal was born here, lol. I dislike most other things about England and can’t wait to get away from it. I would love to live in Norway or Finland, I’m a Viking at heart, lol. 6) Who do you like on red bubble? / I like you, one of my favourite writers. Marlo and Ash Sivils are definitely my favourite artists. There are a load of very inspirational people on redbubble, Kathleen and Robert Knapman are just 2 out of the loads I could name. Oh then there is Gordon, he’s great at just about everything and I don’t think he is completely human, burningark is like the goth lord and I look up to him artistically and musically. 7) Why do you like art, writing, and photography? / I have a bad relationship with art to be honest, often I am left feeling empty by it which is why I get so enthusiastic about the artists I do get, which includes Ash, burningark, Gordon, Kathleen and Robert. / I love writing, it is so easy for me and I am good at it, I am not good at very much, lol. / Photography to me is about capturing exact moments in time, some cultures believe that a camera steals part of your soul when you have your picture taken, I don’t believe this but I am certainly uneasy about getting my picture taken. That has more to do with self esteem to be honest. 8) What do you think your two best poems are so far and what do you think your two best pieces of art are so far have been? Please share them with us below? / My 2 best poems? I have no doubt my favourite is I Dreamt of Heaven, and I suppose my other is Masks, Pens and Truths I Kept Hidden My best pictures are easily Nightmare – God Got His Revenge When I Took This Picture, and My Dog Is So Gay He Plays Dramatic Dead, the second one is of king. 9) Who are your influences – who or what inspires you in your creative work? / Dani Filth’s(of Cradle of Filth) inspires me, his lyrics are so dark and melodramatic I hope one day I could write like he does. 10) For the last question, I get to ask you the same thing since we interviewed each other – Now for my last question I shall ask the age old question(with my little story to explain how you had the foresight to bring the 3 things). You are marooned on a desert island, you had a premonition in your dreams the night before that it was going to happen and you quite fancy a nice break on a desert island so you decide to not try and stop it, what 3 things did you bring along with you and why? / 1)I would bring a manual on how to construct a small water powered power station / 2)I would bring a CD player and Cradle of Filth’s album “Nymphetamine” which would already be in the CD player so still counts as one item(in my logic, lol) / 3)I shall steal your 3rd item, a hot man who loves me. lol Thanks a lot my friend, smiles from Jane:-)
/ / Why Red? / I love accenting images with Red because red is the color of pain, the color of love, of stolen innocence, it is the color that flows during birth when a woman brings life into this world, it is often the color that flows out of us as we leave this earth. Today i am sharing part one of, “The Bride of Innocence”. The backgrounds you see are from the balcony pics i took during the daytime. WHAT THE LOSS OF INNOCENCE ISN’T My fellow creative Marny Barnes offered me some words that were powerful and rang true: I refuse to beleive that you don’t hold a peice of that innocene still…somewhere in all that torture you were strong enough to keep some of that innocence safe and just for you. AND I will tell you why I think that. YOU STILL see beauty all around you, / You bleed beauty and innocence out of all your work, / You touch the beauty in the torture and the pain and it grows roses…and color….and ART. If you had no innocence, you would not see the world and other peoples art with such wonder. I SEE INNOCENCE IN YOU. / YOUR HEART IS PURE AND BEAUTIFUL. YOUR ART IS BEAUTIFUL. / THE WORDS YOU LEAVE TO INSPIRE OTHERS / (ON YOUR OWN WORK…..AND THEIRS) IS BEAUTIFUL There is a mourning for the innocence i never got to have or experience as a child. / That is part of what makes incest and sexual abuse so painful. HOWEVER . . . / Marny brought to the light of my consciousness, something i failed to realize and address in my work . . . That my sweetness, my love, did not die when i was abused. It is still at my core and at my essence. My love of sweet joys remain, my softness, light, grace and hope. And these are aspects i will seek to express in my future survivor-orientated work. And i thank you Marny so much for bringing that to the surface of my consciousness. THE CONCEPTION / The Bride of Innocence (Jaeda as the Brides) was conceived back toward the end of May. That’s when construction workers put up scaffolding and started tearing down the supports on my 3rd story balcony and tarped it off. The construction guys worked a few days on my balcony, tearing stuff down, said something about needing to get permits – due to structural damage . . . and they haven’t been back since. So i decided i would get some pictures, now that my balcony is double long (they tore down the wall that separates my neighbor and me). Everything was bathed in a surreal blue light, from the tarp. The scaffolding was also double long and it looked like an endless hallway leading to the land of dreams, to heaven, anything your imagination can conjure up. The balcony itself looked very sad, broken and i kind of liked it’s decayed appeal and thought, at least i could use this to my advantage, creatively! So i went out on my balcony, during the day and night, and took lots of pictures. At night the tarped scaffolding resembled a boat marina or harbor at night. It looked so very different from, the hallway to heaven, of daylight. Previous to the balcony pictures, i had taken some studio pics of me in a makeshift bridal gown. I borrowed the bridal veil from my sister. Ripped the satin bottom off of an old nightgown for the top and used a sheer window treatment panel for the gown part/bottom because i don’t sew! LOL The bridal pictures i took of myself in the studio are what popped into my head as i was photographing the balcony and “The Bride of Innocence” was conceived. It is a slightly sad, disturbing series . . . but i wanted the next series i created to be along the lines of my Red Jane series. I felt like digging deep into all the little nooks and crannies of my soul and Spirit. All of those dark, repressed places that cry out to be acknowledged and expressed. partake and enjoy PEACE and LIGHT / j a e d a :) The Bride of Change The Bride of CHANGE / Peers through the isolating veil of pain and abuse – she is vulnerable / Her weakness is her strength because she OVERCOMES For she will no longer succumb to a tainted existence / Nor the toxic relationships, that leave dark stains on her soul / She knows . . .these ghosts of perversion and possession must go And the red of pain mixes with pink whispers of hope / She summoning the strength / To reach out, start anew and become WHOLE © Jaeda DeWalt listen to Jaeda recite The Bride of Change / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- The Bride of Innocence Pretty in Pink / She softly mourns for the bride she never got to be / No pristine, white gown for this lovely lady / She will never be the Bride of INNOCENCE She does not seek what she can not be given . . . / For innocence is the one gift, / That once stolen, / Can never be replaced yet the loss is forgiven © Jaeda DeWalt listen to Jaeda recite The Bride of Innocence / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- The Bride of Pain The Bride of PAIN is stuck inside / A blurry nightmare / As her subconscious rewinds her past / And plays it for her – over and over again . . . It is the kind of nightmare where / Violated flesh bleeds red / And the sound of innocence being stolen gets lost / Inside a hazy maze of surreal blue hues She falls to her knees in agony / She wants to find her way out of this repetitive dream / She knows to save herself / She must change the ending . . . © Jaeda DeWalt listen to Jaeda recite The Bride of Pain —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- CLOSE-UPS / /
okay, so it has been longer than a week but my internet was suspended. / It turns out that camera work with 35mm SLR’s is a lot harder tha…
okay, so it has been longer than a week but my internet was suspended. / It turns out that camera work with 35mm SLR’s is a lot harder than i originally thought, after the week i got the photos put onto disc this week. about 90% are really grainy, though it does suit it all quite well. also the camera is 37 years old, so its not only the user. the images are: raindrops / sheep on a hill / Tuuurtle / Leaf Drop / Lamb Chops so as you can see the images are generally grainy and their file size was ridiculously small, but i think it was good and i enjoyed myself.
Saying Goodbye was featured in Emotive Art – Not Happy Campers..
Saying Goodbye was featured in Emotive Art – Not Happy Campers today! I am honored it was chosen. Thanks to the hosts! I still have a few more thoughts for this series, so stay tuned! =)
Sorry about the picture overload guys! I took the advice of a new friend and posted some more pictures. I tried my best to edit them, b…
Sorry about the picture overload guys! I took the advice of a new friend and posted some more pictures. I tried my best to edit them, but I’m really new. I took all these pictures with a Sony Cybershot and used Windows Photo Gallery to edit the basics. I took pictures of the familiar- so these are special to me because they are personal. Maybe I’ll try to do more in this genre of art. Who knows!
In this post, with the help of Fernando Pessoa’s poetry, I explore the meaning of art from a somewhat personal point of view....
In this post, with the help of Fernando Pessoa’s poetry, I explore the meaning of art from a somewhat personal point of view.
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I am very passionate about photography and creativity and want to work more in sharing this passion. At this stage I am running my worksh…
I am very passionate about photography and creativity and want to work more in sharing this passion. At this stage I am running my workshops every 3 weeks but would like more regular interaction with other creatives. To this end I am offering my services for one on one tuition on an appointment basis. Tuition will cover such things as manual camera settings, lighting techniques [studio and location], model directing from both an aesthetic and mood perspective and anything else people would like to cover. Sessions will be around 2-2.5 hours and the cost is $70. These are open to any level of experience and will be run in a very calm and relaxed way. Please feel free to bubblemail with any questions. Best Wishes Tony.
The following portrait images have received credits by / - being featured in RedBubble Groups or by / - achieving a place in a RedB…
The following portrait images have received credits by / - being featured in RedBubble Groups or by / - achieving a place in a RedBubble Group Challenge: / For other featured or placed images please go to: / Wildlife / Nature Close-ups / Land, Sea & Skyscapes – part 1 – part 2 / City Buildings & Street Art / Miscellaneous Works / . / . / Gossip / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0907.8205) / Featured in All Street Portraiture & Photography group (21 October 2009) / Featured in “An Outcast somewhere … group (27 December 2009) / / . / Village Girls / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.3040) / Featured in True Colors of Asia group (22 December 2009) / / . / Mum’s Taxi / / (ref fotoWERNER PX0509.6321) / Featured in True Colors of Asia group (22 December 2009) / / . / Tired / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0902.1663) / Featured in Candid Photography group (20 December 2009) / / . / Bringing in the Catch / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.4032) / Top 10 in Beach, River and Lake Treasures group “Fishing Treasure” challenge (27 Decemebr 2009) / / . / Schoolgirl doing Batik / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.4875) / Featured in People At Work group (17 December 2009) / / . / Christmas Shopping – Oh Those Feet / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0912.4939) / Featured in The Male Photographer group (12 December 2009) / / . / Martabak / / (ref fotoWERNER PX0509.4122) / Cover Image in Mood & Ambience group “Food Preparation” challenge (18 December 2009) / / . / Work and Smile / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.3316) / Featured in People At Work group (30 September 2009) / Featured in Around The World group (10 December 2009) / / . / Helping Dad 2 / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.5824) / Top 10 in Photography Challenge Group “Helping hand” challenge (16 December 2009) / / . / Construction Labourer 2 / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.5437b) / Featured in Candid Photography group (6 December 2009) / Top 10 in Mood & Ambience group “Tough Jobs” challenge (15 December 2009) / / . / Melange 19 / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0908.0123) / Featured in Around The World group (2 December 2009) / / . / Collecting Worms / / (ref fotoWERNER PX0509.6618) / Featured in Around The World group (2 December 2009) / / . / Helping Dad / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.3727) / Top 10 in True Colors of Asia group “Children of Asia” challenge (9 December 2009) / / . / Paddy Field 2 / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.3504) / Top 10 in The Male Photographer group “Hats!” challenge (9 December 2009) / / . / School Pupil in Marching Band Competition / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0902.1605) / Featured in The Human Condition group (early 2009) / Featured in Candid Photography group (21 July 2009) / Featured in Islands of The World group (30 November 2009) / / . / Girl from Bali / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0902.1605bw) / Featured in The Human Condition group (8 July 2009) / Featured in Sepia Only group (7 August 2009) / Featured in 100% group (17 September 2009) / Featured in No More Color group (25 November 2009) / / . / Coolling Off / / (ref fotoWERNER PX0509.4035) / Featured in Going Coastal group (26 October 2009) / Featured in Dimensions group (17 November 2009) / Featured in Candid Photography group (18 November 2009) / / . / School Pupil in Marching Band Competition 2 / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0902.1613) / Featured in Kairos group (14 July 2009) / Top 10 in Kairos group “Public Event” challenge (25 October 2009) / Featured in Kairos group (27 October 2009) / / . / Melange 8 / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0908.9973) / Featured in Everyday Women group (17 October 2009) / / . / Child’s Play? / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.3326) / Featured in People At Work group (11 October 2009) / / . / Village Girl 3 / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.3038) / Featured in The Human Condition group (28 September 2009) / / . / MASAGE Message / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0902.2048b) / Featured in That’s Entertainment! group (14 September 2009) / / . / Balinese Dancer / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.2282b) / Placed in Top 10 in “Straight on For You (B&W only)” challenge in That’s Entertainment! group (10 August 2009) / Featured in That’s Entertainment! group (10 August 2009) / / . / Working Hands / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.3970) / Featured in That’s Entertainment! group (15 July 2009) / Placed in top 10 in the That’s Entertainment! group “Busy Hands” challenge (15 July 2009) / / . / Village Girl / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0903.3038x) / Featured in The Human Condition group (7 July 2009) / / . / Leading the Way / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0902.1579) / Featured in Southeast Asia group / Avatar in True Colors of Asia group “Patterns” challenge (1 January 2010) / / . / Titled and re-titled to suit the occasion / / (ref fotoWERNER 3H0906.7411) / Top 10 in Focus and Lighting group “Lens” challenge (20 September 2009) / Top 10 in This Is Relevant group “Your favourite thing” challenge (26 December 2009) / / . View my Photo Gallery (Bubble Site) / . / My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © Werner Padarin. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited.
MY RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
MY RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
hmmmm. a bittersweet moment… my last school exhibition has arrived and tomorrow we get moderated… dum dum dum… so iv spent the last…
hmmmm. a bittersweet moment… my last school exhibition has arrived and tomorrow we get moderated… dum dum dum… so iv spent the last few days running around like a chicken without its head trying to get everything done. Now my stuff is alls et up and i await… I took some pictures (especially for Andrew!) of what it looks like so you don’t have to leave it all to imagination! ;) just keep in mind it isn’t a gallery but a classroom turned expo!!! :D I have three artworks, My Personal Journey, Reneweal and the final My Space. I have done three verying types of photography in each (the first was long exposure with lights, the second underwater photography and now i did portraiture but conceptualy!) all very confusing… and then amongst all of it, each artwork has a cocoon that links them all! The My Space i challenged myself and made a bodycast as well as just over 30 portraits. They all linked to people invading my space and affecting me, both positively and negatively. In the display of photos we see how all the people link and form a lattice of bonds. The body cast then represents me wrapped in a cocoon of lifelines, lines that link to all the people who have affected me… there are some knots in some places, representative of thelittle speed bumps encountered along the way! for more view this pic Here are some photo’s… / / / / / / /
Although the PC was a family tool it was mainly used by me, we did not have the internet then. The games were limited but we did not know…
Although the PC was a family tool it was mainly used by me, we did not have the internet then. The games were limited but we did not know any different, art materials were expensive so Paint Shop Pro was my platform for my growing creativity. I enjoyed every minuet I had tampering and trying out new effects. Dad used to have a go using the programmes but never really took to it like I did, it was funny really because in out house hold I was the only one that did not have a camera. / At that time cameras were not digital so they were not connected to the programs I used. It was funny really because even though I showed an interest in programs such as Deluxe Paint, Coral Draw and Paint Shop Pro I was the only one in the household that did not own a camera. They had no connection in my parents eyes, instead of thinking that he enjoys creating images he may also like to take pictures. They most probably thought that I would break such an expensive piece of equipment either that or I would leave it somewhere. It was not until I went to Florida and visited all the resorts that I first got my hands on a camera. It was a ‘hand me down’ from my mum who got a new camera for the trip. I had my first camera and I was in a sweet shop in terms of photo opportunities. Universal Studios, MGM, Disney land – snap, snap, snap I got through a fair few roles of film that holiday. I cant actually claim that they were any good although a few made it into the album. Strangely this did not hook me, my fondness of photography was yet to be born although I did not dislike it I was yet to take pictures of what I really wanted to. Midway through my teens I was lucky enough to come into contact with a new English teacher at school who’s first words to me were ‘sit down you stupid boy’ but after that we hit it off and he inspired me a lot to find my inner self. I got heavily into poetry, I used to nick writing pads (jotters) from school and fill them full of poems. I must have written hundred. I actually had two poems published which I was very happy about, I had found myself and I was happy with who I was. I matured early and my views were focused and precise because I was content. I selected a handful of my best poems and write them up on the computer using our new PC. Each poem had an illustration or image that resembled my thoughts when I wrote the poem. Little did I know about Adobe Photoshop but this new PC had this program installed. The images that I made using other programs were able to be opened using Photoshop, it was time to explore. /
Update 06 December 2009 Important NOTICE / / I want the option of turning off the “share” features on RedBubble. / To say this new…
Update 06 December 2009 Important NOTICE / / I want the option of turning off the “share” features on RedBubble. / To say this new feature is annoying is an understatement, especially since it was recently added without my knowledge or agreement. / On another subject: I discovered today a “social bookmarking site for pictures” ..... An extension allows someone to post an image to their account by right clicking on it.” / / At the bottom of the page there is a tab which asks / “Do you have any questions, bug reports or wishes?” / So, I clicked on that and reported my request for my images to be removed. Any tips on preventing this? I thought we had right/click protection on this site! / / Occasionally, depending upon how busy I am, I search for myself on the internet using various search engines available. It is always interesting to see what appears, what is unrelated to me, and what is attached to my name, and I have learned to be wary and careful of which websites to open, for there are some in other countries which actually are more like land mines raising all manner of red flags with my computer security software. / / Even so, I conducted a search today, a rather extensive search using my name and certain keywords. And I discovered this webpage with my image, along with many other photographers and artists. I can tell you I am very upset that so many people on the internet so blatantly ignore my copyright notice. This member does not have my permission to reproduce my image in their collection of “Favourites”. It is outrageous that we have no control over our imagery and how it is copy/pasted, downloaded/shared ….... / / You may wish to have a look at this webpage to see if your images are here as well. Some I recognise from artists here on RedBubble and some look very familiar. I am sending a request for the website to delete and immediately remove my copyrighted work/s from their site. It does not matter to me that this person links my image back to my RedBubble site, I do not like the share feature and seeing my imagery on another website without my prior written authorization. As a member of RedBubble we should have the option of whether or not we wish to share our content. / / You may open this link to view the images this person has “collected” and gleaned from the internet. / vi.sualize.us / / Here is the code for the my image, which is completely different from my own image, found in the properties of the “shared” image. / http://img1.visualizeus.com/thumbs/09/04/02/beach,beauty,ocean,sea,torrent-c2ee3bfa23547fb2d111613f9d9b23bf_h.jpg / / As clearly stated on the front page of my portfolio:* / I own full and exclusive copyrights on all my photographs, digital art and images on this website and they are protected under International Copyright laws. My images do not belong to the public domain and may not be posted in another web page on the internet or intranet, published in any book, magazine, newsletter or newspaper, duplicated, used in a derivative work of art, used as illustration for musical, dramatic, and/or literary works, or used for commercial use of any kind whatsoever without my express written permission, including but not limited to resale of my images without a license for use. Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009. The reproduction, publication, modification, transmission or exploitation of any work contained herein for any use whatsoever, personal or commercial, without my prior written permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved universe wide. / / This is my original image in reference above: / / / _The Music of Light ~ Infinite Wonders / / I wish you a peaceful evening, / Aloha e Malama pono, / / Sharon
I am all for receiving feedback and critique of photographs, in fact I seem to go on about it quite a lot on here. The lack of proper cri…
I am all for receiving feedback and critique of photographs, in fact I seem to go on about it quite a lot on here. The lack of proper critique for fear of offending or upsetting somebody by suggesting something about technique or composition is irritating but I can live with it. What I cannot live with, nor understand, is when someone using an alias and a non-existent email address leaves insulting words in a public gallery (not RB) not about a photograph, a technique or composition either but a general attack on that persons chosen path. I have today been told that…. ... I am a disgrace to anyone who calls themselves a ‘photographer’. I should go back to sweeping floors or whatever useless job I came from and sell my equipment as I have no ability, cannot take a photo and should not try to sell or display anything again…. Feedback and critique is always welcome as that is how we learn and develop but insults are hurtful and stop you in your tracks. I am now taking a deep breath and trying to see what their point was, why they attacked me, and whether this hurtful statement they made does actually have any validity. Christmas seems to be as good a time as any to kick people for the sake of satisfying their own ego.
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