MANCHESTER

OH MANCHESTER, IS WONDERFUL, OH MANCHESTERRRR IS WONDERFULLLLL!
ok. so, its not the best thing ever, but it takes some pretty pictures :) look look..

the big rest post under the purple bridge

a man with a pink top on

i can see a rainbow, see a rainbow tooooooo

cranes just appear?!

manchester at DUSK

i liked this one even though it is out of focus, as it looks fast and the blues are ace

Hi!

me me me me me me me me me me me

For as long as I can remember I have had an interest in art, as I was always making things and putting together photo albums. I am heavily influenced by my Father who is a creative director. Art has always played a major part of my life and it was on my Digital Design course that I realised my passion and was always full of great ideas. I read art magazines, researched artists and went to exhibitions in my own time.

I am currently studying a Design and Visual Arts Illustration degree at Stockport College. I've learned so much here, but I feel like my creativity is limited and the environment I study in isn't ideal for what I want to be doing. Completing and passing my first year on the Design and Visual Arts course proves I am fully capable to study at degree level. I am looking forward to have the opportunity to put my ideas into practise in an exciting and challenging learning environment.

I am interested in all areas of photography but I am hoping that being on the course will help me to specialise by the second year, using my current knowledge to put this into practice.

I have been thinking in great detail about my future recently and what I want to achieve. I feel I would make a good photographer, freelance curator, or possibly a teacher. I am willing to work for my place in this industry. I am committed, well grounded and I am hard working, self motivated and hope that one day I will be a success.

a few little loves

A few of my admirers ......

stephen shore

sally mann
john wright
joel sternfeld

All lush lush lush <3

I like women!

I really love the way in which women are photographed, by a wide range of photographers, they all have their own style that i admire, i love the way women look, i love the colour of their skin tones, the way the photographers capture the curves in such a way is exquisite!

I would love to have the opportunity to photograph women in such a way, but as of yet i have not had such an opportunity!

Germany-based fashion photographer Max Abadian has a way of creating a captivating atmosphere, seducing the eye with unequivocal beauty. Photographing lingerie label Blush’s fall 2011 campaign, Abadian tells an interesting story while models Hannah Davis and Ryan Carney help the photographer create sweet and seductive scenes.

I adore photographer Luc Braquet. He has an innate ability to focus on the soul of his sultry female subjects, making their true characters come out.

Braquet’s been taking pictures since childhood, but it wasn’t until he attended art school, at the age of 19, that he discovered his true passion for it. “Today, at the age of 25, I am obsessed with photography,” he says. Braquet currently works as an Art Director at an advertising agency.

The skin tone on this model looks lovely against the red lipstick she is wearing.

For the June-July cover shoot of Harper’s Bazaar Australia, photographer Lachlan Bailey channels those timeless Calvin Klein ads that used to star Kate Moss and Mark Wahlberg.

Its really simple but sexy at the same time.

The model who is named Bambi Northwood-Blyth who not only has a great name is so beautiful, Bailey has really captured her at some great angles!

In 2008, fresh out of high school, Karla Read picked up a hobby that would ultimately change her. After seeing a friend’s blog, she was not just inspired to create one of her own, she decided that she would make her own portfolio. One thing led to another and she ended up moving from Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to Buenos Aires, Argentina so that she could pursue her passion. She rigorously studied photography and ultimately was able to make a career out of it.

Her beautiful photography carries a sense of nostalgia, and tells stories about a woman's longing to be different, young and free. “I’m mostly inspired by the things I want to be. Things I miss, my childhood and feelings. You see, I’m a really introverted person so photography, it’s like the other me, if that makes any sense. It helps me balance things out,”

The many women of LJK

Since being very young i have always written a diary, if i didn't i think i may have gone slightly mad, in a way its a catharsis and something i have done as a routine since i was able to write!

I was set a brief titled "my collection" on my current degree; Design and Visual Arts, when i was set the brief, i knew automatically that i could use my collection of diaries.

When looking through them i noticed i write a lot about girls, girls that were interesting to me at that period in my life, so i started to pick extracts that stood out to me, based on each girl. These girls then became chapters.

Henry VIII came to mind when researching for my project, as he had 6 wives, because of this i decided to narrow the chapters (girls) down to 6! I then titled my project- "The many women of Lauren Jo Kelly." I typed each extract onto brown wrapping paper and printed it out, which was slightly annoying as the printer decided it wanted to eat the brown paper now and then and caused a JAM!

The original idea for my project was to hang each extract onto the washing line outside, giving each chapter a sense of "hanging each chapter out to dry" but as you can see above, the pieces of paper were too light and the weather was too windy causing them to spin and no co-operate. So, in the end i had to set up a mini washing line in my room with fishing wire! Which in the end i feel looked better as the brown and the purple wall compliment each nicely.

On one of the chapters i had quite a few extracts and it caused the wire to drag down, including the bed in the image. Having the bed underneath worked well as it links to both sex and sleeping which you tend to do with your partners.

I really enjoyed this project out of all i have been set on my current degree, i felt it showed me through my work and is quite personal.

SFC

I recently worked close with my Dad, the creative director of SFC. We worked in the studio and photographed southern fried chicken, which he does all the packaging and advertisement for, this packaging in particular (above) was to sell on to Iceland.

Although its not my ideal style of photography, it was good to get an insight into working within industry and working in a close environment in the studio.

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pieeeeee, thats Amore!

After visiting Paris, I enjoyed the city vibe and constant movement that was going on so, i decided to save up and go to Venice. Venice was so beautiful and i would love to go there again! In particular I loved the urban landscape was so visually appealing with all the different colours and Venetian style; I took some really great photographs.

The image above was taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson in Venice in 1953. I love his black and white vintage looking photography and tried to re-create that same effect in some of my photography.

Although this image is very dark and you can hardly see anything, i like the effect it has and how you can just see the outline of the buildings and the sun shimmering on the water.

There were many churches in Venice, i popped my head in few and had a nosey, this one was just so beautiful, the colours really bright and complimenting each other. Had to get a sneaky picture.

I went on a Gondola, it had to be done, and i loved every minute of it! There was even a serenade! It was fabulous!

Venice was also beautiful at night, with its in and out winding streets it was very easy to get lost if you didn't know where you were going (which most of the time i didn't) but it was all part of the fun, not knowing where you end up!