This week’s mild obsession continues; playing with the IR modified camera. I know they’re more typically used for landscape-over-water shots, but … More
Author: alittleart
A while back I ran away from a twentymumble-year corporate career to be a feckless art student. Since then I've dirtied my hands with, metaphorically and/or literally, bronze and ceramic sculpture, photography, and digital and traditional illustration. Mask making was one discovery, dovetailing with my interests in teaching and performing improvised theatre.
Sand-blasted
Lyall Bay beach, on a day with weather warnings of up 100km winds for Wellington – normally there’s a metre … More
A familar place made strange
I took the IR converted camera with me on an early morning walk, and this afternoon, with much help from the … More
IR with Cheetahs
Update some days later! After an “ah hah” moment with photo processing for images from the IR camera today, I revisited my … More
Caterpillar piehole-equivalent
Today I experimented some more using off-camera flash. My subject was a monarch caterpillar, and the photograph was taken on a Sony A7ii, using a … More
Kingdom of the derp
Wandering round the local hillside zoo with a camera is pretty much the base of my fitness regime. Regular rambling suggests that the earlier … More
Getting flash, on a small scale
One of the basic technical skills I’m trying to wrap my mind around at the moment is how to use … More
A pigeon’s tale
So, picture this: Wellington’s iconic 70’s art installation the bucket fountain, in Cuba Mall. A small boy is standing on the edge, … More
Inky Thursdays continue
A3 brown paper, opaque white gel pen as well as coloured fine tip markers, 2 1/2 hours. Next week, … More
Reaching that part of mind where time doesn’t run to usual rules
This morning was well spent, looking and drawing and looking and trying and failing and nearly succeeding just a bit to … More
A Little Art 