Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Harold Cazneaux

Harold Cazneaux was an Australian pictorialist photographer. A pioneer whose style had an indelible impact on the development of Australian photographic history. Harold Pierce Cazneaux was born in Wellington, New Zealand on 30 March 1878. His family moved to Adelaide in the 1890s and Harold started working in his father’s studio and attended H. P. Gill’s evening classes at…

Chaotic state of thinking

They are a few questions that I have been asking myself lately. Why am I doing this? What are my goals? Who am I and most importantly who am I as a photographer? Although I love technology, I am not a gear head. I have been using the same camera for as long as I…

Learning to experiment

I am often in awe of others ability to experiment when creating. Whether it is photographers, illustrators, painters and even more multi-disciplinary artists, you will find a various array of artists whose work that often inspire me. However, I haven’t allowed myself to experiment as much as those that I admire. Perhaps, it is because…

Learning to see is about Patience

‘Luck is where preparation and opportunity meet’ – Seneca Seeing so many great images of others and hearing about how long they’ve been inn the field can give the misconception that everything happened overnight. The truth is that there’s an incredible learning curve. It takes times to learn, to observe light, the quality of available…

Quality vs Quantity- Where do you stand?

While mindlessly scrolling through the internet, I came across a thread debating quality versus quantity in art. If you’ve read my previous posts, you would probably already know where I stand. But allow me to break it down…. Henri Cartier – Bresson once said that our first 10,000 photographs are our worst. After seeing a…

Luminaire

Luminaire is thought of as a flood light or electric light. This image certainly did not start out that way. For about a year or so, I once again started being interested in shapes and patterns. Perhaps my love of geometry is finally coming to good use. The more I look around, the more patterns…

The part that remains unshared

During my recent move, I came across a box of prints, earlier images that I had printed. A habit that I got into since I picked up a camera. As I was going through the box, a huge dread had washed over me. I was so embarrassed at the sight of these images. My instinct…

Patience

It is a very rare occasion that I get to process my images within 24hrs of capture. Some photographers prefer to process their images straight after capture. I prefer to wait and I’ve learned that being patient has its own results. They are several reasons as to why this process works for me. There are…

Patterns and Geometry

As as I am drawn to create more minimal sometime abstract images, I can’t but be captivated by patterns. Patterns not in the usual way. Patterns are all around us. They are an innate parts of most art mediums. Our ability to recognise patterns is a baseline skill for the human eye. It is a…

Stacked

while answering some questions for an article earlier last week, I came across a question that I haven’t been able to get out of my mind. It revolves around the dark and moody look to my images. Although I have quite a few dark images and love creating them, I would not particularly say that…