Siân's Documentary Photography.

Mobile Imaging.

sianola — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:58:36 +0000

Caerleon Bridge.

I’ve always wanted a sort of retro, old style effect with my digital photography (ever since the Iphone came out and everyone was taking Hipstamatic style photos).
I have experimented with photoshop to create cool styles but at the moment I want to do it on the move, At Present I’ve been experimenting with Phone Cameras and then editing them with my photostudio to make cool effects.
The photo above is just a tester of Caerleon Bridge, Just Outside Newport, Gwent.
I want to experiment with my photography this year, especially seeing as I’m not in University anymore I still want to be kept up to date with photography, other than being focused on my photography in my Job.

It is amazing how technology evolves and we evolve with it, as these kind of effects can be made from my film camera also, my Holga. This day and age though now is just about time and no one apart from students has time to process films and negatives so why not go to the next stage and use digital, or in my case at the moment Mobile Cameras, fast food for photography.

Lily, My Kitten. (Lomography Style)

Plymouth. Central Park.

sianola — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:55:29 +0000

My perception and Intake on Plymouth’s Central Park.

Lord of the rings esque

Getting back into it….

sianola — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:44:25 +0000

Okay so I haven’t posted for a couple of months
Since graduating from uni, I’ve had some time off from my landscape photography as uni sucked all my creativity out,

Graduation 09/09/2011

…But now I’m currently a portrait photographer for photo corporation…really enjoying it, capturing the moment for Families, Newborn Babies, Toddlers, Teenagers etc etc!!
Though I miss my landscape photography So I’m getting back into it….on my next day off (14th) I will be going outside with my beloved Canon and shooting away at the environment around me .

Some inspirational photos I’ve found over the past couple of days (Wish I could create something like this) :-

by Kim Høltermand from inspiration feed.com

http://inspirationfeed.com/photography/20-stunning-cityscape-nighttime-photographs/

James Wakefield, One of my biggest photography inspirations...urbanexposure.com

Dawlish Warren 2010...my work

-Woodbury Common - Restricted Landscapes by me

The most important influential photograph for me is a photo of my Dad….
…In 2008 when I was studying my Foundation degree in Lens Media, My Dad helped me with one of my projects called ‘Poetics of Space’ he took me to Bellever, Dartmoor in Devon and I took this photo of him.

Dartmoor 2008.Dad.

Love you Dad, Thank you for being an inspiration.
xx

My #Top Dad Competition

sianola — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:34:20 +0000

Prostate Action (Cancer Charity) put together a #Top Dad competition from the 11th June to the 30th June. The aim of the competition was to tell a true and genuine story about your dad and get people to vote for your story via Facebook! The judges from the cancer charity would pick the top 4 stories and those people would win an IPAD 2!
I decided to enter the competition and say why my dad was a top dad, correction why my dad was a top BRAVE dad…..

Screenshot of my Top Dad Story on the Prostate Action Webpage

I ended up coming second in the Competition – which was a total surprise as I honestly didn’t think my story would gain enough votes or even become that interesting to other people. So I am really excited about gaining an IPAD 2 as that will defiantly help towards my Photography Business but more importantly I’m glad more of my Dad’s story is told and more awareness is being made for prostate cancer.

If you can’t see the screenshot or it won’t go bigger this is what my story said:
“My Dad is a top Dad, because he was so young when he was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer, He was only 50 years old and still had his whole life in front of him. He didn’t show any fear about the cancer, even when it spread from his prostate to his skeleton. He put on a brave face for everyone around him. My Dad is a top dad because he passed away on fathers’ day 2009 aged 52. He never even got a chance to open his father’s day card from my brothers and I. It is still unopened in his coffin to this day. I think my Dad is a top dad because the last two years of his life he came back to his original family to spend his last two years with us. His last two years were his most painful. My Dad is a top dad because he was the best dad I could ever ask for, and I took his time for granted. I miss you every day dad. love your only daughter Sian xxx“

Thank you prostate action!

https://twitter.com/#!/ProstateAction
http://www.prostateaction.org.uk/
http://www.prostateaction.org.uk/topdad/calendar

7th May 2011. Wedding.

sianola — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0000

My Third Commissioning Project, My Friend’s Sisters’ Wedding. Michael and Aliza Patch. Tiverton. Devon.

The Dress.

Detailed Dress.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue.

2 Bridesmaids Getting Ready.

Flowers

The Other Two Bridesmaids

The Mother of the Bride

The Bride.

Aliza Bachar

Getting into the Dress.

Garter Time

Bridesmaids
Angela, Rachel, Billi and Miriam

Bride and Grooms Father

The Brides Family/Friends plus Grooms Father.

Just Married

Daughter of the Newly Weds

Sisters of Aliza
Rachel and Miriam

Bridesmaid Billi and Mother Bella

Cousin Jonathan and Uncle Andy

Bridesmaid Angela and her Boyfriend.

Miriam ,Jonathan, Andrew, Rachel

Other Shots

Sisters

Cake

Speech

The First Dance

Some More Random Shots Throughout The Day/Evening.

Congratulations Michael and Aliza.

DP6- A day in a life…of a full time young mum.

sianola — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:57:49 +0000

My final photography project at university. Deadline – 3rd June.
A Day in a life…of a full time young mum, explores the ideas of a stereotypical mother. Young mothers have a bad reputation of being arrogant, selfish, impatient and immature little girls. This project however is a contradiction of this stereotype, it shows a typical day in a life of a young mum, Jade, who was pregnant at 18 years old and is now 21 years old, she has had to grow up quickly to adapt to a lifestyle that suits herself and her daughter, Imogen-Mai. This project is more of a observational portrait story, following around the two subjects for a day and documenting the important moments of that particular day.

Jade 19 and Imogen-Mai two weeks.October 2008

Two Years Later, Jade, 21 and Imogen-Mai, 2. Every morning Jade gets Imogen dressed for the day ahead.

Imogen-Mai - Born 09/10/2008

I ended up turning these images into a book, great thanks to Jade and Immy for being my subjects xxx

Banger Racing and Friends.

sianola — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:12:00 +0000

This was going to be for my final photography project at university but due to money issues and timings I couldn’t carry on but here are some of the photographs. I was going to look at the idea of friendship within the banger racing community and competition.

DP5 Finale- Restricted Landscapes 2010/2011 and The Seventh Army 1952.

sianola — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:50:48 +0000

My deadline is coming up on the 11/02/2011 for my Negotiated Project and Exam Piece. So I thought I would post my finals online.

Negotiated Project =This Project looks at the ways of restricted landscapes and how we are not allowed to access certain parts of our land; heritage etc. 6 images look at the restricted landscape as we want to see it something beautiful and relaxing, the other 6 images look and feel restricted in themselves so it will give the viewer a feeling of tension and isolation whereas the previous 6 images would have been relaxing.Shot on my Holga with 120 colour film. I love the outcome of the prints.

Examination Piece = This project looks into found photographs and negatives – it looks at history as the negatives found were post war Stuttgart in Germany, Where the Seventh Army helped restore law and order to the ruined country. It also looks at the life of a soldier with a little narrative from camp life to operations.
Found Photography, 12 finale prints from my 78 found. 1952 Seventh Army Negatives. Black and White 120 negative film.

Project 365 – December 2010

sianola — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:51:49 +0000

Carrying on Project 365. Last Month!!
Day 335

Day 335. 01/12/2010 Scanning my Negatives again for my Review on the 03/12/2010.

Day 336.

Day 336. 02/12/2010 Snowy Landscape.

Day 337.

Day 337. 03/12/2010 My photo i put in for the empty shops exhibition

Day 338

Day 338. 04/12/2010 Ice Ice!

Day 339

Day 339. 05/12/2010 My camera I'm selling on ebay =[.

Day 340

Day 340. 06/12/2010 Frozen River in Cwmbran!

Day 341

Day 341. 07/12/2010 Holga Landscape- scanning in more negatives.

Day 342.

Day 342. 08/12/2010 Working on my examination project, 1952 US Soldiers in Stuttgart Germany. Cropped from contact sheet.

Day 343

Day 343. 09/12/2010 Skitty Kitty = I'm back in Exeter. Canon 1000d

Day 344

Day 344. 10/12/2010 The Hospiscare Tree of Light - One of those lights are for my Dad.

Day 345

Day 345. 11/12/2010 This Witch Is Not for Burning! ....My mums badge.

Day 346

Day 346. 12/12/2010 Dad's Christmas Reef On His Grave. xx

Day 347

Day 347. 13/12/2010 One of the best persons in the world.

Day 348

Day 348. 14/12/2010 Decembers Long Exposure

Day 349

Day 349. 15/12/2010 Long Exposure Of Our Christmas Tree

Day 350

Day 350. 16/12/2010 LOL! Early hours of this morning - My mum asleep.

Day 351

Day 351. 17/12/2010 Snow Snow go away Experimenting with CS5 again

Day 352

Day 352. 18/12/2010 Mum's homemade Christmas Sack Cake.

Day 353

Day 353. 19/12/2010 Skitty sitting on my Dissertation work.

Day 354

Day 354. 20/12/2010 8.45am on way to work! Exeter, Exe Bridges

Day 355

Day 355, 21/12/2010 Lee Ski

Day 356

Day 356. 22/12/2010 30 second exposure of Dawlish Warren

Day 357

Day 357. 23/12/2010 Exmouth

Day 358

Day 358. 24/12/2010 Christmas Eve, Plymouth. Steve and Neil playing on Ice.

Day 359

Day 359. 25/12/2010 Christmas Dinner =D

Day 360

Day 360 26/12/2010 Early hours of boxing day, Spirit drinking from the sink. CRYSTAL

Day 361

Day 361. 27/12/2010 Bird Prints in the snow around Dads grave.

Day 362

Day 362. 28/12/2010 Brace Of Pheasants. Feet. From Sallie and Monet . Thankyou.

Day 363

Day 363. 29/12/2010 Hannah and Mia photo shoot.

Day 364

Day 364. 30/12/2010 Back in Wales and this is part of the junk mail Steve and I received....on our fridge now . Booze2u! lol

Day 365

Day 365. 31/12/2010 last day of 2010...me. =D bad photo but meh!!

South Wales (CFWW) Reservoir – Shoot!

sianola — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:12:50 +0000

I went to the Uni darkrooms today to process my two films I shot yesterday!
Here are the Results.

I will carry uploading my work here as it progresses.