new pottery- just made
Sea Urchin from Haiti.
new camera! fun-
(Source: cuttingstockphoto.com)
Mirror lake in Yosemite. Using Photogram filters in Photoshop.
Like using Instagram in Photoshop!
Taken with instagram
SXSW Austin Texas, heard a great talk with Kevin Systrom, Kristen Joy Watts, Richard Koci Hernandez, Verna Curtis. Koci talked about some great iphone aps:
Camera Plus, Lo-mob, Filter storm to name a few
Vintage Polaroid, faded a little in a nice way…..I hope they re-create Type 55 in the Impossible Project.
More info about The Impossible Project can be found here: http://the-impossible-project.com/
After a fantastic week as Artist in Residence at Westridge, the faculty and students chose this image of the floating ship to add to their collection. Thanks!!
Thanks J-F at photodeck for featuring this image this week.
Photodeck is an amazing website for photographers that allows them to license imagery, sell prints and customize portfolio design in one place. They have automated sales, rights managed price calculator. Great stats too. check them out
I work out of a great clay center called Xiem, founded by Kevin Nguyen, an Art Center grad. It is a wonderful place to work with clay and they have great classes. I sell my work in an Etsy shop.
Here is a link of my pottery work: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ceramicpix
And more here: www.ceramicpix.com
Xiem Clay Center is here: http://www.xiemclaycenter.com
I spent a week in November as an Artist in Residence at my alma mater, Westridge School.
It was a whirlwind of a week but well worth it. The days were non stop and the energy always positive. I was so impressed with how organized the school was very about the process. I enjoyed joking that I learned more from them that they learned from me!They kicked off the program with a lecture for the school (grades 4-12) and then followed up each day with a class for me to co-teach in art and photography. Some of the more advanced classes had two 80 minute sessions during the week which allowed us to concept a project during the first meeting and then have a class shoot for the second meeting.I worked with all ages of students. The younger students made photograms with sun prints (Cyanotypes developed in water) and shot outside in groups creating letters and numbers with leaves, twigs, shadows, their bodies, or anything they could find on campus. The more advanced students used large format 4x5 cameras for the first time. (We supplied Fuji instant film so they could see their images right away.) One class painted with light and lasers in a dark set with long exposures. Another class used text with imagery. They took quotes from letters, songs, poems, or operas and created an image to illustrate the idea, or to tell a bit more of the story behind the text. The week ended with a show of the student’s work.Collaborating with the faculty was wonderful. The students were clever, engaged and good problem solvers. The ideas evolved quickly into images with content and intrigue. Working in teams allowed them to brainstorm and grow their concepts into something visual and “photographic”. I was impressed and inspired by how quickly they could make good creative decisions about content as well as lighting and composition. Some students already had a “style”, and gravitated towards a certain color scheme or lighting mood.This week made we want to play, and explore again. Seeing my craft through the eyes of children eager to learn and not contained by the boundaries of every day life was powerful. I started the week thinking that I would help inspire others but I ended the week being more inspired than ever myself. For that I am much appreciative.
Fiesta ware - yellow vase-
Glacier in Torres Del Paine Chile
NOVEMBER 18, 2011 
PROFOTO BLOGGER
American photo magazine Shutterbug recently published a piece on Ann Elliott Cutting. The article presents the conceptual portraits as well as the fine art works that made her a household name, and Ann herself generously reveals the techniques she utilized to create them.
To quote the article’s author Jack Neubart: “Cutting’s studio has a south-facing window. Cutting has become enamored of the feel this light gives to her images. However, window light, while it affords the shallow depth of field Cutting often prefers, may need to be augmented. That’s where her Profoto Acute 1200 and 2400 systems enter the picture.”
Further on, Cutting names her favorite cameras and tells the story of how she found her very own style and expression. It is a nice piece, well-worth reading.
