Panic stations! This is not a drill! I repeat, this is not a drill, the exhibition starts tomorrow morning! Where did the calm of yesterday go? Have I organised everything properly? Do I have everything I need? Do I even have the date right? So many questions and things to check! How did you all … Read more…
It is now only two days until my first photography exhibition. I am remarkably calm about it. It’s hard to believe it is so close now. I guess this is the calm before the storm. It’s almost a little too calm. I have everything ready to go. I have checked everything, multiple times (Santa, the … Read more…
How do you name an image that isn’t really of anything? If there is no subject matter, just light, colour and random shapes? With difficulty is the answer. End of blog… ok, ok, I will write some more! With the above problems being quite clear to me, I realised that I needed to just name … Read more…
On the 26th and up until the 26th of October I will be exhibiting some of my work as part of the Arts in the Ville art festival. I will be inside the Kaipara Memorial Hall, in Helensville, along with some other exhibitors. With the dates soon approaching, I decided to visit the hall and … Read more…
The panic is starting to set in. There is only one week to go until my first exhibition. So many questions are crashing against the sides of my brain. Have I done everything? What if there isn’t time to do something I haven’t done? Are the images the right ones? Why am I doing this? … Read more…
One of the more difficult tasks in organising my upcoming exhibition has been choosing which images I want to present. I decided on a few different criteria to assist me in my decision making process. The first criteria, in all probability also the most obvious, was that they had to be of the highest quality, … Read more…
The countdown is on. Two weeks until the exhibition. It still seems so far away and as though the day will never arrive. It will though, so I am taking time to relax and enjoy myself before the madness begins. I wonder how it is going for the other exhibitors? Even though I am relaxing, … Read more…
With my exhibition just around the corner I have been reflecting on how I got here. Almost exactly a year ago I decided to start an Instagram account, the only problem was that I had no idea what I was going to do with it. I do many things and so I thought I would … Read more…
I am very quickly finding out that a lot of work goes into having an exhibition. Every time I believe I have ticked an item off my to-do list, I add another three. At least it is a fun exercise. I can only imagine how much work the people running the exhibitions must be doing, … Read more…
On Labour Weekend this year, I will be having my first photography exhibition as part of the annual Arts in the Ville Festival. It has been an interesting journey getting to this point. I have enjoyed taking photos for most of my life and I also take still and moving images as part of my … Read more…