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 ...

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 fo...