Amble.. On a cold winter night..

Sharing this as I like it. Very cold for hand held long exposure though. 

Introducing my children to the delights of the studio...

Proud of how well they behaved and the results...

Glenn is a natural!

Experiments with the lomography fisheye

This was the first film back from the fisheye. Important lessons learned, but happy with the results as a first shot. Happy with this little plastic wonder.  

All processed from scanned negatives, and edited slightly on photoshop. 

Portfolio project - Shoot one

Today was spent shooting on location in Druridge, Edlington and North Shields for my first shoot to achieve a series of 15 - 20 images for my portfolio module. Pleased with the results but not the weather!  These haven't been edited yet, but here's a preview...

Happy to have had this chat..

Photo by George Knox 

People inspire  me, they are a sea of wonderful emotions, it fascinates me. I love to capture the essence of those emotions. I enjoy it because it's a vibrant journey of experimentation. I would recommend to anyone who has a hunger for creating  art

Today I talked to someone I feel is a big inspiration.. His work is beautiful and as were his quotations.. Feel privileged to join him in his studio this week and learn from someone who has these skills. 

A few from just over a year ago..

These were taken at Tynemouth market, and it's interesting to note my own improvements.  Much more thought put into framing and depth of field these days. 

Weightless

So this is my final image for my weightless project.  This particular module was fairly challenging, but I am happy with he eventual outcome.

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! 

Tyne Theatre

Throughout summer, I am six other photographers spent some hours documenting the interior and exterior of the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle, which ended in an exhibition in September prior to the first performance of 'Pirates of Penzance'.  Beautiful building and wonderful project to work on... Here is a selection of my work from this.

The original fittings were all intact and made for some lovely photo opportunities..

Morpeth Photographic Exhibition

I am delighted to be taking part in this next month at Morpeth Town Hall, exhibiting two photographs

Photo courtesy of Barbara Ross

Coulrophobia

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7459340/

During summer I had the pleasure of doing stills for local film maker Warren Speed on his latest production.  As well as working with a great cast, including Pete Bennett of big brother,  it enabled me to gain a lot of new skills and work on something a little different.  As the film is still in post production I can only provide a few stills from this yet!

Conjoined

My latest module consisted of the theme 'Conjoined' or putting together the impossible.  My final image is shown below..

The most challenging part of this was perhaps coming up with a concept more than anything!

Fastlane Car Show

So saturday was spent doing some enjoyable shooting at Fastlane Car Show, Hexham.  Some lovely people met, and a lot of images to edit!  Plenty more shoots planned for over summer so watch this space..