"My Shiny Place"

Another self p, this was inspired by the surreal work of Ione Rucquoi. Rucquoi is inspired by her environment, and the animals and plants that surround her, hence the bird theme.

I thought as a bird, I would probaby be a magpie, because I am attracted to shiny things and stock lots of 'junk' everywhere.

The original photograph is fairly old, it's a pretty poor layer manipulation, but I recently added fairydust, and I really like the effect!

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"Beyond the Moon"

And now, I introduce you to another member of my family; my Grandad. Both he and my Grandma have been down to visit for my 18th, Christmas and New Year.Grandad is by far the most genuine person I know. You see what you get. If you don't like it, that's you're problem. He is also one of the funniest and one of the most caring.
This is a candid photograph I took in a cafe in Totnes, blended with a photograph of clouds and a picture of a street in London. I wanted this portrait to have a grungey feel to it, like the early work of one of my favourite photographers Annie Lebowitz.

I used digital manipulation in this image, it includes 3 photographs in total, the portrait, clouds and a street scene. The photographs are layered, softly erased and shown at varying level settings and opacities.

I also chose to use some grunge brushes from deviant art around the edges of the photograph, to give it a typhical Lebowitz finish.

"Doodlerooni"

This is a portrait of my loverly maytee Juan. We spent a photography lesson painting his arm with acrylics and peeling off the layers to make it look all manky!
I wanted to try a portrait in a more fun, hallucinatory style, like those of erwin olaf or david lachapelle! To me, this kind of looks like a strange child's painting.
I have digitally coloured this picture in photoshop and added several tones and level layers to create depth and shadows. The background was in the actual picture itself (a graffiti wall), but I have chosen to enhance it with colours and textures.
My next college photo project is portraits, so there are many more to come! I will be trying out lots of new techniques, so very excited!

"Masked Stranger"

This photo is a portrait of my friend wearing a mask and situated in a lift. The photograph was inspired by Diane Arbus and her legendary wheelchair shoot, on whom I am studying as part of a controversial imagery project in my college Photography A Level course.

The image was fairly simple to achieve, all natural light is used, no heavy manipulation. In processing, I simply tweaked light, saturation and contrast.