Picasso Light Painting.

  This is just a quick one on something I thought was really interesting; Light painting is when you use a source of light in an otherwise dark setting and this creates bright light streaks.  

  One famous artist who used light painting was Pablo Picasso during the 1940's so Gjon Mili, a freelance photographer of the time visited Picasso and whilst showing several artists some of his light patterns Picasso grabbed a small flashlight and produced similar light patterns but he then allowed Mili to photograph and do a short collaboration of images of Greek profiles and beasts of lasting around 30 drawings he could keep from the session. The effect was created by Mili keeping the shutter open on his camera and captured the light paintings with a 1/10,000 second strobe light.

  Here are some of the images from the shoot:

Picasso light painting original shoot, Gjon Mili

  Here are some more examples of work I have been looking at other light painting:

Marko 93

  After looking at several famous images of light painting by Picasso I decided to do my own of simple red fair lights and moving them around with my Nikon and they came out very successful so I decided to include them as a means of experimentation. I didn't make images as such but more light trails just to see what light and effects I could capture.

Image One of my own, Heart

Image two, Fairy

http://fadedandblurred.com/blog/picasso-painting-with-light/

(images from Picasso collected from above)

Irina Werning ; Back To The Future

Niko 1986 & 2010 Buenos Aires

  Irina Werning did a project in recent years which I really like and would like to do something similar to in the future. They are sets of old photos with the modern equivalent compared beside. They are identical photographs just one is modern and one is old. They are really interesting with the likeness but the difference's make them yet more fascinating and because I am also fascinated with what people used to look like and look like now its a lovely nosy little project with great results.
  Here are some of her photos;

Tommy 1977 & 2010 Buenos Aires

Lulu Geraldine 1980 & 2010 Buenos Aires

http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/

Amy Hildebrand

DAY 900, Amy Hildebrand March 2 2012.

DAY 903, Amy Hildebrand March 5 2012.

This week I came across an article about a woman whom born completely blind due to albinism; in her teens she had special surgery performed and this improved her eyesight. Once her sight had partially returned she then studied photography at college and has become a commercial photographer and is nearly finished an ambitious goal she set of a “1000 photos in 1000 days”. She started this in 2009.

  I think the work she has created is inspiring and proves that despite having been born with a genetic disorder she has overcome the complications and made some astounding images.  Too look at the full 1,000 days so far her blogger is: 

http://withlittlesound.blogspot.co.uk/

DAY 927, Amy Hildebrand March 30 2012.

Birds Eye Views - Katrin Korfmann

'gravitation, amsterdam' by katrin korfmann, 2010

  

   In recent months I have been visiting London a lot and been wondering about they way society is being portrayed in different ways; the business of the city makes you wonder what it would look like from above and then this week I came across female photographer Katrin Korfmann and her birds eye view images. I saw them on a website I regularly look at just out of interest and really liked the way they were shot and her ideas upon society.

  German born Korfmann a large-scale image connoisseur captures scenes of daily human life in public spaces focusing in on the vibrancy and tries to show society when observed from an Ariel view.

   She uses several final images and molds them together to create a constant flow of movement and display a progression of events or occasion giving it more significant importance.

  I really like her photos of the vast public spaces and daily life because its an angle we rarely get to see of the world and society and it makes you feel as if you are watching the public without being really having to be in that place. My favorite image is ‘Horizon Vanished’ and image of the public but the way in which their shadows fall in somewhat perplexing as you see the figure almost as if they in the scene and not shot as an Ariel View.

 

'horizon vanished' by Katrin Korfmann, 2011

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/20537/birds-eye-view-images-by-katrin-korfmann-at-galleri-anderssonsandstrom.html

Jeff Divine - Surf.

1970's Surfer, Jeff Divine

Jeff Divine is a surf photographer with a career span from the 1960's taking photographs of his fellow surfers and believes that he is one of the photographers that took photos before the media took hold of it. He has the largest archive of surf photography known and has some really time defying photographs with intense knowledge of the sport itself. 
  Before University I surfed every year if not twice a year and my love for water and the sea allows me to appreciate the archival photographs of the surfing and I am really intrigued by how the surf lifestyle has shaped the photography used and taken within the sport.

1970's Surfers, Jeff Divine

1980's Surfers, Jeff Divine

Brighton Murmations.

  Four years ago a close friend moved to Brighton and it is a fascinating city with not only man made productions but some of the most fascinating natural spectacles. Every time I visit I walk down the beach to get to my friends flat and each time I aim to be able to see the murmuration of starlings over the west pier. I think its really fascinating but adds a humble aspect to the very highly populated city that Brighton is and means a lot to both me and my best friend because we always associate it with each other and the love we share for the City she moved to. 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

The book itself.

  The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an epistolary novel written by Stephen Chbosky; based upon a series of events in an alias called Charlie's life who writes to an anonymous person of whom he does not know. The story explores topics such as introversion and the awkward times of adolescence. The book also touches briefly on drug use and Charlie's experiences with it. As the book progresses, various works of literature and film are referenced and their meanings discussed.

 I read this book in 2004 and since then it has laid heavily upon my mind because of the truthful descriptions of his real life. I adore this book and despite it not being a traditional book I find the references to my own life at the time beyond comprehension and recently The Perks of Being a Wallflower has resumed itself into my life. The novel is being made into a film with Emma Watson starring as one of the main roles; surrounded by gossip I cannot wait to see the film itself!

The film is set to be released in September 2012, I am very excited and cant wait to see what adaptation director Stephen Chbosky has done with the written documents into cinematic movement and acting.

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1659337/