Wednesday 4 February 2015

Finding inspiration

I was hoping to finally post some art stuff again today. I've actually been busy playing with paints all weekend, and I was looking forward to put it all into a happy, colourful blog post to share. But while I really love winter, the snow, the long, cozy dark nights, there's one problem: light. I just couldn't get a decent photo. And it wasn't only the light. The angles, the compositions, the colours. Nothing worked. Not even Photoshop could help me fix it.

I have neglected my camera a lot during the last year, and I feel completely out of touch with photography and photo editing. So I decided it was time to find some inspiration and went out during one of my lunch breaks to take some photos in the park on the campus. Which is not really a very inspiring park, especially in winter (which in turn is probably why it's a good place to try and find some inspiration). And I totally enjoyed taking these photos with my Iphone and the Hipstamatic app.


I'll try to take some photos of my art journal again at the weekend, and hopefully I'll be sharing them soon here.

I've also made some changes to the design of my blog. I've wanted a simpler design for ages, but just couldn't figure out how to remove that light frame around the photos with the simplest of the Blogger templates. Until now. And I'm much happier with the new design (although it might still need some tweaking). Except for the header, which is just temporary until I've come up with something more inspiring. A complete re-design (and possibly move) has actually been on my to do list already at the beginning of last year, but I'm just not ready for that right now.

3 comments:

  1. The lack of light for both painting and then taking a decent photo of the painting are the things i dislike most about winter (that and having to dry the dogs' feet every singly time they go outside!) These photos are beautiful, so atmospheric you can almost see your breath in a white plume just looking at them! These would make a gorgeous series of paintings.

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  2. The lack of light for both painting and then taking a decent photo of the painting are the things i dislike most about winter (that and having to dry the dogs' feet every singly time they go outside!) These photos are beautiful, so atmospheric you can almost see your breath in a white plume just looking at them! These would make a gorgeous series of paintings.

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  3. I wish my photography skills were this good! Unfortunately I am pretty lazy about learning how to use mine properly, so it's a case of point and hope for the best! :0)

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