Robert Mapplethorpe 'The Magic In The Muse'

Friday night I was pleased to attend the preview of the Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition 'Magic In The Muse' at Bowes museum.  As expected, a glorious show of portraiture and a lot of food for thought.  Mapplethorpe is an artist I have long admired, and his use of tone, expression and framing is both unique to his work and full of impact.  I would recommend this exhibition to anyone. 

Also worth seeing as he magnificence of the Bowes itself. Particularly the world famous 'silver swan'..

A little lighting demo...

So my next project for my degree is 'weightless'.  I have many ideas for this concept, though the practicalities must be considered!  

In order to prepare for this, a lighting demo took place this week to give a little inspiration using a trampoline and lighting set up.  It seems the difficult task may be managing to get the right expression on the model given the situation...

35mm, The joy of.

I am recently shooting a lot more with vintage cameras in my spare time.  It makes a welcome break from digital, as well as creating varied results.  Anyway, here's one from my dabbles in lomography, taken with a cosmic symbol. 

Incident Room

Today was spent shooting for my project Incident Room. This was left fairly open and I made use of local public house the Town Wall, being given reign of the downstairs bar.  Very pleased with the results, and very thankful to my cast for doing me so proud!  This is one image from the shoot, virtually unedited, so many to follow!

Please check out...

Further examples of my work can be found at -

 https://www.facebook.com/ElaineJacquelinePhoto/?ref=ts&fref=ts,  my Facebook page Elaine Jacqueline Waters Photography.

I also run the Facebook group Utterly Frivolous Photography, which can be found here - 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1610325565884236/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Just a play with photoshop...

FDA Photography Year Two

So I am now a half term into my degree course.  This entails more challenging projects as well as work placement.  After a rocky start to the year I now feel well and truly able to settle into my work and look to the future with a little more decisiveness.

My primary aim this year is to address my own personal problems and ensure they do not overlap into my work, as well as to do everything to the best of my ability.  It is my aim to find a placement within a press or gallery setting - my course has enabled me to realise the areas of the industry I am interested in ( social and political commentary ) and those I am not ( fashion, wedding, commercial photography ).  I hope this will enable me to follow my own interests within both my course and personal work.

Next module - Incident Room.  Working as a group presents its own challenges and benefits so it will be interesting to see how this progresses.

Cresswell Pele Tower

Sunday was spent exploring Cresswell Tower, which is rarely opens to the public and held an open day.  Well worth the trip, and stunning views.

It must be said however the stairs are quite terrifying!