Snapshots of Nero, Julius Caesar and the rest, after they decided to ditch the regal togas and move to a more informal neighbourhood. … More
Category: portraits
After the festival is over . . .
Last week was a wonderful hectic roller-coaster of improv theatre. The New Zealand Improv Festival, 2015 edition. It was sometimes stirring, … More
Not yet flash with flash . . .
I’ve just started to experiment with using off camera flash for outside portraits – and I have an uneasy feeling that … More
Chimp-and-sack
I find the troupe of chimps at the small zoo near my house fascinating – their beautiful faces, their mostly … More
Quite crabby
A tiny crab (about 2cm across the shell), as found under a rock at the beach.
Ol’ Man Fly
The task for my photography course this week was a studio-style portrait of a fly. So, substituting a piece of … More
Scaring myself by trying new stuff . . .
I’ve never really tried watercolours, maybe because I’ve always vaguely assumed it would be hard to get beyond corny seascapes. However, this weekend … More
Looking both ways
Next in the “All My Friends Are Robots” series, an accident of posing meant I could make one eye look through the mask, to … More
Geoff, Robot
Such helpful friends I have, willing to pose, be cut up and rebuilt, slightly changed.
De-stressing with charcoal
People have been drawing with charcoal as long as people have been people. It is strangely soothing to look and … More
A Little Art 