INSPIRED: Aliza Hoover

So you may remember Zev Hoover of FiddleOak whom I posted about a while ago, but while doing research for my own miniature project I stumbled across the work of his sister, and my oh my it is wonderful.

Her absolutely stunning fine art photography has a range of processes, but completely flows as one entire portfolio of work, and it is just beautiful.

Highland companion

It was this series that first caught my attention, photographs mixed with these ghostly hand drawn figures, always linked with the subject of the photograph, I just absolutely adored it, the idea of an imaginary friend, or a protector of some kind always being with you, whether you know it or not. I just found the whole series so peaceful and calm, I absolutely adored it. The rest of the Companion images can be found here.

Moments in Between - true colors

When delving deeper into her extensive collection of work, I found a set of images that again combine art and photography, and I'm just so drawn to them, I find them so different to anything I've seen before, the colours are beautiful and the watercolour blends so nicely with the photograph. I urge you to check out this series to by clicking here.

damselfly

I don't think there's an image of Aliza's that I dislike, every single one of them intrigues me and draws my attention, but I thought I'd include this one because it completely draws me in, I love anything fairytale and magical, and the insect wings on this figure is so beautiful it completely has my imagination going wild. I also thought this was such a lovely image to show the similarities between Mr Fiddleoak himself and his fanastically talented sister, you can see their styles are very similar, but the way they develop their ideas pull them apart. I can imagine them being a very powerful duo when thinking together.

You can find all of Aliza Hoovers work at https://www.flickr.com/photos/ummatiddle/ and I completely recommend looking through all of her work, it is magnificent.

INSPIRED: Ryan Edy

Yesterday, our year received a talk from Photographer Ryan Edy. Now before I start talking about this we get quite a few photographers come to deliver talks to the college, and I'm never usually all that interested. The majority are fashion/ beauty based, in a huge studio set up, have been in the business for years and years and the message they seem to give us is that it is too hard to get into the industry, which is a little demoralising. It should be said I'm also far from a beauty and fashion photographer, I'm not sure what kind of photography I want to get into at all to be honest but those just aren't my thing.

Now, what a breath of fresh air Ryan Edy was, he is the most honest guest speaker we've had into college, and I am taken away by his work.

Ryan Edy

Ryan Edy

I love the tones that are continuous through all of his images, and the beautiful light and compositions he uses.

His talk was specific to the module we have just received which is to create a portfolio of work, however we did get off topic when questions were asked and discussed other things like how he works and his journey into the industry, and like I said earlier, he came across very genuine, nothing was sugar coated, he was very clear about his work and his thoughts, and that was very encouraging.

I'd highly recommend you pop on over to his website to look through his work because every single image is beautiful. Definitely right up my street, and I'm very glad he came in to talk to our class.

http://www.ryanedy.com/

INSPIRED: Cinemagraphs!

Okay, so you may have seen a very old post of mine where I gave these a try with an image of my brother and had only his eyes moving. Well a few of these popped up on a feed of mine recently (I don't remember where, tumblr or twitter I imagine) and I have fallen in love with them once again.

 I probably get more excited about film than photography, which seems a little ridiculous to admit considering the course I'm doing, but I think photography is a pivotal part to film, and I do love the subject, however there's something about movement that grabs my attention, and I think these are the perfect combination of film and photography and that is possibly why I love them so much.

(That and also they remind me of Harry Potter...)

The two I've included are a couple of my favourite, and I hope to create something just as beautiful soon!

Fingers Crossed!

Beth :)

INSPIRED: Fiddle Oak

This 14 year old boy is quickly becoming one of my favourite photographers!
As a part of this new module centered around digital skills, and post production, we have been set the task of creative a digital composite image playing around with scale.

So me, being me, and having recently just watched the film Epic (2013), my head immediately thought of tiny people, and how fitting that would be to this project.

While looking for inspiration, I came across Fiddleoak, also known as fourteen year old Zev Hoover.

His work is mostly based around 'little folk' and they are all created by him at home. As a fan of fantasy and the surreal his work is definitely top of my watch list and something I'm looking forward to having a go at myself. Click here to view his flickr page.

I also came across his blog, hosted on wordpress ( http://fiddleoak.wordpress.com ) which has posts explaining how each shot was created, which is definitely worth a look! The detail he puts in is amazing!