Tag Archives: Fine art

Sunshine and Dandelions

Posted on October 1, 2016 by lensaddiction

For the first time in over a week we had a day of SUNSHINE – its been murky overcast grey cloud and intermittent rain and cold too.  Today was warm and sunny and I got LOTS done in the garden … Continue reading →

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Conceptual Self Portrait – Wasteland

Posted on September 25, 2016 by lensaddiction

Driving about the city last week, I chanced upon these dead trees in a swamp not far from where I live.  The swamp is slowly reclaiming areas around the wetlands that had been set aside as native bird habitat as … Continue reading →

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Conceptual Self Portrait – Celebrating Spring

Posted on September 4, 2016 by lensaddiction

This image was the culmination of many firsts today.  It was the first time I went outside to shoot my self portrait persona.  Teddy makes his debut as my companion.  Many new and interesting mistakes were made for the first … Continue reading →

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Overhead Image – Crumpled

Posted on August 28, 2016 by lensaddiction

Something I have never tried before – setting up my camera to take an overhead shot.  Fortunately my lens was wide enough to get everything in the frame (mostly) but I did have to tie the tripod to a doorhandle … Continue reading →

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Dark Illusions

Posted on August 21, 2016 by lensaddiction

Inspired by an image seen on Pinterest, my project for this weekend was to recreate this image.  (Click on any image to see a larger version) Turned out to be more challenging than expected, initially planned to use my 100mm … Continue reading →

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The White Wall Challenge

Posted on August 15, 2016 by lensaddiction

Those of you following me for a while will have heard me comment how inspired I am by Brooke Shaden, to the extent that I bought two of her training courses on Creative Live recently. I also joined her 30 … Continue reading →

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Compositing an image is hard work

Posted on August 9, 2016 by lensaddiction

Over the past few weeks I have spent my evenings watching one of the Brooke Shaden courses I purchased from Creative Live – originally filmed over three days, there is a LOT of material resulting in pages and pages of … Continue reading →

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A Selfie With a Difference

Posted on April 3, 2016 by lensaddiction

During March I participated in Brooke Sheldon’s 30 Days of Creativity Challenge.  Every day we had an inspirational video and some challenge concepts.  I am horribly behind in creating images for the daily challenges but I have very much enjoyed … Continue reading →

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Fanfare Sculpture

Posted on February 28, 2016 by lensaddiction

Apparently this is New Zealands largest piece of art created – its 20m diameter, and each fan (which do spin in the wind) are 1.5m across.   It was originally installed in Australia and now finds itself just north of Christchurch … Continue reading →

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One Four Challenge – Sept Wk 1

Posted on September 7, 2015 by lensaddiction

On Sunday (yesterday) I was lucky enough to attend a Steampunk Outing at a Vintage Railway and Museum in Ashburton, 1 1/2 hrs drive south of Christchurch.  Never even knew it existed so took a fellow photog along (he hadn’t … Continue reading →

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