As well as riding my bike, since I stopped working I have been trying to get more opportunities to do some photography. This was helped by being asked by the incredibly talented glass artist Lorna Radbourne aka catrionastudiodesign to photograph some of her work for her social media and exhibition catalogues.
This was a great learning experience, glass is hard to photograph, and to capture the detail that Lorna puts into her pieces tested my skills.
Spending time talking about the commission with Lorna, we decides that it would help bring the pieces to life if we took them outside and captured the photographs in an authentic location (i.e. her garden).
We set the swan up next to the pond, and built a faux fence for the corvid gate.
I think the results turned out well, and I’m happy to say so did Lorna, and will be using some for her marketing.
Lorna’s work is stunning. The ability to break a complex subject into so few parts, but maintain the complexity of colour and texture of the real thing, is to me, the work of a true artist. It was a privilege to be able to make these images.