Valentines Day & Wedding Photography!

Hello! I hope everyone's having a great Valentines day whatever you're doing.

Today I did some Freelance Photography for some old friends I knew from school.

Here are some of the shots from today, considering it was cold the rain decided to stay away!

Trip to Amsterdam

Nothing like a nice break from studies than going to Amsterdam on a trip.It was great cultural experience and I had fun considering all the walking I did! Here are some photo's I taken while there and edited using Photoshop. I have also posted these on Flickr where I like to upload all my Photography and Art work. I hope everyone had a lovely January!

I have a very busy February but I'm looking forward to starting my FMP !  http://www.flickr.com/photos/xcosmiclovex/

Getting Creative with Light

Over the weekend my family had a small barbeque, I took some photo's during the night playing with the light of the fire and the settings on my camera.

everyday selfie

My model Liam

I love the contrast between a moving light implying action and still life objects.

I haven't posted anything on here in a while, I've been quite busy with work and making a facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/elmariedesigns

I'm going to start making things really soon and posting them on there.

My brother did the graphics for my page which are amazing and I'm very happy with.

Recently I've been knitting, drawing, doing a bit of photography and just enjoying my creative freedom from university getting ready for my second year.

Here's a painting I did of Taylor Swift using pallette knifes and acrylic paint on canvas

Here I embroided a design I drawn from my head and embelished

I've been out enjoying the English weather while we have it, I didn't get to relax until yesterday because I had work at the weekend but I'm planning on taking advantage of my week days(:

Half Term part 2

Well On the side on doing work for my 'HAND TO HEART' project I've been trying to be neat and delicate with my work for better results, although it takes much longer the results are much better and hopefully when I get back to using the studios tomorrow I can have a go on the sewing machine(:

I used some transfer paper to copy my automatic drawings onto fabric, I used beads and thread to decorate and fill in caps and this is what I have so far(:

Me and my friend Catherine ( http://thatcraftypieceofwork.blogspot.co.uk/ )had an idea to make a facinator for my final piece. I'm excited to show my designs to my tutors and see what they think. I'm not 100% sure what my final piece will look like or how I'll make it so I'm going to have a busy 4 weeks ahead!

I've also being working on some designs for my facinator using Photoshop. I thought this would be a better way to get a design than using a collage method and the internet is full of beautiful imagery as well as some of my own photography I've taken in the past.

This week..

So this week has been very busy with my contextual project due on the 25th March, also in my main project on my course I've started to feel more comfortable with where my project is going. Last week I filled a few A3 sheets of paper with drawings for my mind but the twist was, I wasn't looking, I drawn whatever popped into my head, I did these in the car on the way home from Uni.My tutor thought it would be a good idea if I photocopied these markings and enlarged them, I found some interesting shapes and she suggested I should make them out of wire.

I also flattered some of the wire using a hammer and flat plate where the pencil gets blunt or I'm applying pressure. I really like the idea of this, I also got a book from the library called ''N3W RINGS by Nicolas Estrada.'' It's has some beautiful forms and ideas inside, very inspiring and reminds me of the standard of designers around.

Here I used a mixture of colours and did this sitting down on the ground with the TV  in the background  

and it took me 10 minutes.

(The Big Bang Theory to be exact)

This one took me 5 minutes with the same environment.

 I created this one in 10 minutes and standing up with music on in the background. I only selected a few colours and I thought the black cancelled all the others so I picked yellow, green, red and blue. It was nice to see the lines overlapping and imagining it in a 3D form.

I'm finding this project challenging so far because I'm used to having control over my drawings and content in my sketchbook, this is very mind boggling and there's so many ways of expressing different sides of 'surrealism', it's very hard to minimize it down for a few month project.  There's so many meanings to symbols and no one is right, it's interesting to hear what others think certain markings look like and seeing their perspective.

In other news.. I have been enjoying blowing bubbles in my room whilst it's raining outside :')

Wedding Photography

So a few months ago my friend Samantha had asked me to be a photographer at her wedding, knowing I was a creative person and doing photography at college along with other subjects she asked me kindly if I could do it for free, I was a bit hesitant at first because I have a lot of uni work on but I thought it would be a nice break and a good day out, since I hadn't seen her in a while. I love photography, although I'm no professional I'd love this to stay as a hobby and help me with my work on my Applied Arts course a CCAD.
Anyway here are a few of the photo's from the day.

The Driver was absolutely brilliant, he brought champers and disposable glasses for a bride and groom and was very flexible and friendly, I enjoyed the experience overall, it was quite stressful and worrying because I wanted the photo's to be perfect but the weather was defiantly on Samantha and Chris' side and the guests were brilliant(: