© Hayley Salmon On Thursday, 11th December 2014 my new baby cousin, Aimee, made her entrance into our family. Obviously this was going to be a new photo opportunity for me but I wanted to try something a little different from the normal baby portrait image. I really like the aesthetic quality of “Bokeh” the beautiful soft effect…
Three days and counting to Christmas Day! After hearing good reviews from family and friends, my twin brother and I decided to go to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, London. It was a great idea but as we had left it until the last minute to book tickets for some of the attractions (like the…
‘Curate a show of previous photography work around a theme…’ assignment was given to us and unfortunately the deadline coincided with another major Orientation Project assignment deadline. The timings proved a bit tricky for me to juggle but I got there in the end… Initially, we were told to get into groups of our own choosing and…
I am definitely not a morning person, I never have been and I can say for a fact I NEVER WILL BE a morning person. So you may well ask ‘why was I standing at the entrance of Southampton Solent’s library waiting for a coach at 5.30am on a freezing Saturday morning in December?’ The answer is:…I…
Inspired by the ‘Constructing Worlds’ architecture photography exhibition at The Barbican I took some pastel coloured images at Portobello Market before I went off to my next exhibition at the V&A Museum to see the master photographer, Horst P. Horst. © Hayley Salmon
I am fascinated by plant’s natural beauty and their diverse forms, colours, shapes, structure, textures and patterns. In my A-Level Photography studies I conducted a personal investigation of plant life photography by researching botanical master photographers such as Man Ray, Karl Blossfeldt and Imogen Cunningham. So therefore imagine my surprise when I visited the Horst…
This week I have gone into London twice as I have an assignment on exhibition review writing as part of my BA Photography course. Hard life I know… I have visited The Photographers Gallery, the Barbican and the V&A Museum. The Photographer’s gallery had an exhibition on Edward Steichen and Viviane Sassen. I especially liked the work of Edward…
Constructing Worlds – Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age Exhibition View I was really looking forward to visiting the Barbican as I have researched three of the artists (for an Orientation project on documentary photography) whose works were on display at this show – Walker Evans, Thomas Struth and Bernd/Hilla Becher. My anticipation was…
Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, The Condé Nast Years 1923 – 1937 I love fashion but have always shied away from doing fashion shoots. I think this is due to the lack of confidence in using studio lighting (hopefully I will get to grips with this during my degree course) but a photographer who did master…
Last night I went to the fireworks display at the Mayflower Park in Southampton with a few new Uni friends and I loved it. We began our evening visiting the fairground – going on rides and eating some not too healthy food (which isn’t much of a new thing for me), before moving off to the Riverside to watch the firework display.…
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