together

When I was putting my book together some images seemed to just scream and jump up and down at me that they should go together, so I listened to them!  These 2 are a good example:

you can view more images from my book and purchase it here

Ninja Magazine

Very excitingly, some of my images from my showcase project (still here) are to be published in the next issue of Ninja magazine:

www.ninja-mag.com

Ninja is an excellent on-line publication which specialises in new talent and only publishes work that has never been published before.  This is such an excellent idea for artists trying to break through and get there work seen, because this is the hardest thing in the world to do!  I am so happy to be a part of this magazine.  It is issue 12 and should be out on the 4th of May.  You can download it here when it comes out.  Yay!!

This is one of the ones the editor chose to be featured:

I'm counting the days until the 4th of May!

more from my project

Its getting a bit close now to finishing my degree, only 2 weeks to finish my showcase project and write 3 essays (which I have been putting off for about a year!) I've just been choosing which images from the book should go on the walls for the exhibition.  Here is one that didn't make it onto the wall:

and one that did:

Interestingly I decided not to put 2 of my favourites into the exhibition because they didn't really work with the rest of the work as a whole.  In the end it was more of a case of getting the balance right and thinking about the exhibition as a whole which swung the decision rather than individual images.  So I had to let 2 of my favouites slip through!  They are in the book though, so that is OK and also the book is the most important thing.  Tomorrow, I take the chosen 14 images to the printers, so I now have a whole evening of changing my mind ahead of me!

my book is ready!!!

After much deliberation over the title of much book and stresses about the layout, my book is finished!  It is for my final showcase project and will go in an exhibition with some images from the book printed out and mounted on the wall.  I am so relieved that it is finished and am really pleased with how it looks.

If you want to buy a copy of the book you can do, just follow this link:

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/653705

I hope you like it, please let me know what you think

will it never end?!

i feel like i have been scanning and retouching negatives and polaroids forever!  i'm almost finished now though and wanted to share this one

Happy Easter

I'm just about to (well in about 4 hours!) finish work for a much needed easter off!  Not got much planned apart from freaking out about my final project.  Its got to be handed in 4 weeks on Sunday, and if I want a book making, that has got to be finished in 2 weeks! It has all of a sudden crept up on me rapidly.  Oh well, it'l turn out well - I hope.

Happy Easter everyone!

ps.  I know the image isn't very Easter-ish but it is my latest one from my project, have I memtioned my love of photographing washing?

Project

My showcase project is going well, I have slightly changed the route I am following and now focussing on 'home'.  Same idea, just a different focus point to the project.  Anyway as Johny is a big part if my home, quite a lot of the pictures are of him.  This is one of my favourites - cute!

My Ad!

I have placed an advert for my shop in Mankind Mag and Blanket magazine.  They are both out and visable to the world now!  its very exciting to see it!  I think they all look lovely (mine is bottom row, third from the left)  Head on over to www.designformankind to download Mankind Mag and read Erins fabulous blog and also www.blanketmagazine.com to download their excellent magazine and read the brilliant blog too, they are both on my daily reads lits.  It is a wonder I get anything done!

I'll let you know if i the advert is a success!