The full Variations series is finally completed. This series is something that started totally accidentally. From time to time, I set myself assignments is order to hone my composition skills. My aim for this exercise was to create variations from the same subject. Halfway through the exercise, I realised that this is very similar to…
Continue reading ➞ Variations series – Simplicity vs Intricacies
If you've been following my blog for a while, you will know about about my Variations series. This series started as an exercise to polish my composition skills and it grew into a two part series. After completing this series. I thought that it would be interesting to get many people involved and see what…
Garciela Iturbide is a Mexican photographer, one of the biggest names in Latin American photography. She started photography late in life after the death of her child and a divorce. She enrolled at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. While there, she studied cinema and met the father of Mexican photography Manuel Alvarez Bravo, who…
Continue reading ➞ Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Graciela Iturbide
The more I get restless, the more I day dream, the more I dream of discovering new places, meeting new faces. The more I yearn for the next step in this adventure we call life. The more I get restless, the more I realise that time is passing me by. While I am dreaming and…
There is so many quotes and so many encouragements one can get. But the only way to truly to change things round is by braking old habits. Only by breaking habits and by taking on new challenges that we truly know what we are capable of. I'm one filled with doubt but it is only…
Born Charles - François Bossu in 1813 in Paris, Charles Marville used the pseudonym in 1832 and worked as an illustrator before taking up photography around 1850. He then travelled throughout France, Italy and Germany to create beautiful landscapes and striking architectural photographs. Around 1855, Marville undertook a series of delicate cloud studies from the…
Continue reading ➞ Monday’s Photography Inspiration – Charles Marville
This quote has stuck with me for the longest time and it's also in repeat in my head. "I'd rather die of passion than of boredom" - Vincent Van Gogh It took me a while to truly understand the meaning but I believe that I am close. It is clear that photography is my passion.…
