While the letter class is progressing nicely (I'm 3 letters behind due to snow/cold/sleet/rain/miserable weather, but soon to be current - spent Sunday morning at the Mall shooting letters - INDOORS!!), and since I didn't have enough to do, I'm taking another Advanced Photomontage class with Carol Leigh in Oregon. She is the absolute best graphics artist/photographer who motivates me to go out there and create something. So, I'm guessing that my blog will be more active in the future. Thanks, Carol for your gift os seeing the world in so many different ways.
Our first assignment in this class was to shoot a pear, then take a background and move it along while creating 3 photomontages with the same background in 3 different positions.
So here is my first posting. I love this stuff and will probably be doing a line of note cards from them if I get good ones.
I shot the pear in my pajamas, on Sunday. What it was doing in my pajamas, I couldn't tell you. Yuk,yuk, yuk. (Young ones, just laugh here, I'll explain later.) For my background I used a shot of a ceiling from Paul Solieri's studio (bell maker - no, I mean serious bells - big bronze ones) in Phoenix Arizona.
Hope you like them.
Solieri Pear 1
Solieri Pear 2
Solieri Pear 3
Some are making triptychs from their 3 pears and they are quite striking displayed that way. As soon as I figure out how to do it, I'll post one. It involves math so it will take me awhile. Not that I can't do math, oh, I can. However, as a young girl I was convinced that girls can't do math and therefore, I have a great fear of it that causes me to procrastinate until someone puts toothpicks under my fingernails to make me do it. For now, just picture them side by side. I have such faith in your imagination.
There will be other pears to come, I'm sure, but alas, this one has a lunch date with me tomorrow. I will be posting new letters soon, as well. So stay tuned and thanks for viewing my blog. Please feel free to leave a comment. It really does help me to see what works and what doesn't.
Thanks!
G'night!
Hi Carol: Great triptych -- Carol can easily give you the #s to print them side-by-side (or top to bottom). I completely agree with your thoughts about Carol's talents, she's a great motivator for me too.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm wishing I had signed up for the Photo Montage class too!
Looking forward to seeing more of your work from that class.
Hi Carol,
ReplyDeleteThe pears are really interesting. You are very talented. It must be great to have such a fun/fullfilling interest. Take Care, Mary Jane