Perrylane Blog

This is an Art blog as much as a photography gallery. The above piece was created for a book named Liquid Dreams by an America author that I have had the pleasure of working with in the past. This project is on hold at the moment as far as I know. The other project is Un Dia Sin Ti a Spanish poetry book you can check out the artwork on a flash enabled device on http://perrylane.org   The next piece is named Mystery of the pyramids and was painted in oils around 2005 for a good friend as a house warming present.   The last is a painting I did for a girlfriend now an ex - girlfriend, actually it was starting to look good only needing a glaze or two more of white for highlights - originally the image came from one of my photographs - pity I never put the finishing touches to it but a painting is never finished just abandoned.  My paining and drawing is mainly on request and usually I make them as presents not for money. Photography is becoming my main creative outlet but n

 My idea for the masters project would have been to use the internet and social media to research a children's program for dvd/bluray delivery, through direct interaction with child care workers, child psychologists and pedagogy professionals - while also gathering information through interactive multimedia games where children can be allowed make choices directly from ideas that were collect from my surveys on social networking sites with the professionals mentioned above.     Now my question is why would I have to write or even learn the code to firstly implement the database surveys and then create a multimedia experiment where children can interact with different characters and sounds and take live statistics and interpret them as a visual map or direction in which to create my TV/DVD /internet youtube etc.. program ( a system which would have many uses in all areas of business and marketing online for example GUI navigation and statics to improve usability or product devel

Here are three images I am entering in a local camera club competition , the first 2 are abstract category and the last is in open submissions. I find club competitions very useful for building a personal library of images and of course thinking and discussing work. The internet would be my main inspiration though it becomes so easy these days to experiences others work - whether on a phone or a television or a desktop .             The last image is a focus stack of 2 images hand held with cokin filters graduated for sky. I was told at the club  that all landscape need to be  shot on a tripod, well maybe not ! Rules as always to be taken with a pinch of salt but followed for good practice.            If I were to look at an area in which I would like to develop my creativity it would be in content and meaning and its communication - pictures for the sake of beauty I like but I also have something to say and at the moment a lot of my work does not reflect this, time

Click Here for 2013 ladies day photos by Paul Woods paulwoods@perrylane.org  CLICK  Here are my photos from Ladies day Listowel 2012 All images can be purchased in full resolution from ladies day for nominal fee of 5euro to webmaster@perrylane.org   paypal account - through paypal  give the the number of the image and you email address - to paulwoods@perrylane.org   If you want to order prints directly from me please feel free to contact me. Or else just enjoy the gallery for free. CLICK  Here are my photos from Ladies day Listowel

Ever since I saw  Imogen Cunningham's photos of calla  lilies I have wanted to shoot some myself.   I think her black and white images of flowers are some of the most beautiful examples of monochrome works ever made. Their  simplicity and effective light portray simple subjects with singular purpose far from the chaos of everyday life theses are bastions of calm and serenity that I consider true art .       So out shooting in a wonderful part of Kerry near Brandon point  Clahan I came across some lilies near the pier. Here are my images 3 of which have been influenced by her works but mine are slightly different and less real almost dreamy.  I would like to know what people think feel free to comment and download and share. 

I dont write a lot of music - It comes as a blur really to me when this work gets done but I have upgraded to some good old school software from the net and here is My Music - The Udder Suckin Bulls being my band name - one member so far - Yours truly. Relaxion Conguation 2011 Final Mix by The Udder Suckin Bulls http://soundcloud.com/theuddersuckinbulls/relaxion-conguation-2011-final