By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity
Man Ray’s famous photo, ‘Le Violon d’Ingres,’ sells at auction for a record-setting $12.4 million. I noticed with interest this week link in Pascals post and thought if only forgers could get away with 1/10 th of that. How so you might ask. I will keep this short and ‘cheeky’ I have two very delightful […]
Continue reading
By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity
Putting words to images can sometimes be a challenge which produces interesting results. Not all captions conform strictly to the haiku format but are in the style of. For those who have not yet published their work in book form it can be a rewarding exercise. Try it ! It makes for a personal gift […]
Continue reading
By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity
It was a warm sunny autumn morning – not a cloud in the sky – late in the season but the Cape doctor (that’s our local southeaster ) was howling and sea sand was blasting across the shore. It was time to take the grumpy mutt – the spaniel – for a walk on the […]
Continue reading
By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity
While browsing one of Pascal’s week links articles I happened to click on the link relating to hyperrealism and the following description was headlined. Hyperrealism style in photography brings out intense colors, contrast, and sharpness of a scene as opposed to what is visible to the naked eye. The photographer Connor Daly was noted to […]
Continue reading
By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity , How-To
You might be forgiven for thinking this is going to be a blog about cooking but it does contain a list of ingredients and instructions. Surgeon General’s Warning : Contains a high dose of technical ingredients and artistic post processing. For the technophobes feel free to skip the blurb and jump to the pretty pictures […]
Continue reading
By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity , Opinion
Yesterday I went on a guided tour of a township in the city. Pre-planning for the shoot I decided in my wisdom that I would shoot jpeg only and in Sepia with a soft focus lens to add an authentic look to the images. I like to travel light, so simple enough, the lensbaby soft […]
Continue reading
By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Photo school costs $10k to $200k. But here’s all you need to know. Recently, I’ve been spending way too much time watching a film-photography centric channel called Grainydays. I’ve published multiple links to it in the past, but here’s another one, because it is simply too good to be ignored 😉 The fact that […]
Continue reading
By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
A couple of posts ago, I lamented the disappearance of light and colour after a storm. Predictably, for the South of France, colour and blue sky didn’t take very long to reappear. Is that better, though? 😉 “Make up your mind, already”, you’ll be thinking, by now! Yes, yes, I’m typing this under a […]
Continue reading
By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Every year, nature around my home gives up its leaves, its colours, its fanfare, to the rain, wind and shortening of the days. To me, it feels like a plunge into darkness. Annual sunshine charts suggest a gradual change from the hot highlights of summer to the gloomy depression of pale winter suns amid […]
Continue reading
By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , Travel Photography
A photographic walk through the modernising gigayacht shipyards in La Ciotat. My love for La Ciotat is a secret to no regular reader of this blog. The reason for this is how this small seaside town has managed to rise from the ashes of the closure of its main employer, the shipyard that used […]
Continue reading