ETCHINGS: Rye Hastings Beachscapes Greenhouses St Pancras station
GICLEE: Rye Hastings RX Rock-a-Nore Groynes Nudes
GICLEE: Rye Hastings RX Rock-
PHOTOGRAPHY
A photographic sketchbook
A photographic sketchbook
COLIN BAILEY
ARTIST & PRINTMAKER
Photography
A Photographic sketchbook
A Photographic sketchbook
PHOTOGRAPHY: A photographic sketchbook
Whilst I have used photography extensively for many years and indeed used to teach it at Working Men’s College back in the 1980’s, I tend to see it as a mainly as means towards capturing images for my paintings or prints. To this end I tend to go for cheap an cheerful versatile lenses and a saturation bombing appoach which has left me boxes full of photographs and lately a groaning hard disc full of digital images which I edit and plunder mercilessly for source material. This method does however occasionally throw up an interesting photograph which although unsuitable as a painting nevertheless is a good image. Recently I have decided to expand Ryepress to incorporate some of these photographs.
Odds and Sods
These photographs were the result of a expedition around the multitude of Junk and antique shops in Hastings and feature some of the bizarre mannequins and dummies that seem to crop up with frightening regularity!
These photographs were the result of a expedition around the multitude of Junk and antique shops in Hastings and feature some of the bizarre mannequins and dummies that seem to crop up with frightening regularity!
Being on the coast both Hastings and Rye don’t see snow that often and usually at the wrong time!
These photographs are the results of me being in both those places at different ends of the same year.
These photographs are the results of me being in both those places at different ends of the same year.
Hastings is the forgotten seaside resort of the South East Coast. The pier is closed, the funicular railway is closed, the rail and road links are abysmal and the weather is typically fickle, but Hastings has a vibrancy and independence that gives the more fashionable Brighton a run for its money. The Art and music scene flourishes as never before and with a festival almost every week there is always something to do.
Equiptment
I have over the years accumulated an array of cameras; As luck would have it my first was probably my favourite, A Nikon FM which I managed to buy with a tax rebate in my first year of art school in 1979. Since then I have owned an Nikon E and a Nikon FA and was all set to take the Nikon route into digital photography. It took me until 2004 to brave the digital step, a very tentative one with my first digital camera - a compact 4 megapixel Olympus C-750 Ultrazoom. The purchase of a A3 scanner and Giclee printer in 2005 opened my eyes to the potential of digital images and I rapidly moved up to a Fuji finepix s9500.
Despite being a long time Nikon fan I bit the bullet and upgraded that to a Canon 350D and recently a Canon 450D. This and a Tamron 18-250mm zoom lens give me the flexibility I have always prized.
Despite being a long time Nikon fan I bit the bullet and upgraded that to a Canon 350D and recently a Canon 450D. This and a Tamron 18-
Sensuous nostalgic glamour
These photographs were a light - hearted attempt to evoke the glamour of old movie star pin ups; the photographs I enjoyed as a schoolboy; the age of Marilyn Monroe, well thumbed books of fine art photography from the school library and the occasional naughty magazine borrowed from older friends!
These photographs were a light -
Digital Black and White
Whilst the development of digital cameras has made the processing and printing of colour photographs considerably less of a chore than it was in the days when I had my trusty Nikon FM It is still often more satisfying to shoot in Black and White.
Whilst the development of digital cameras has made the processing and printing of colour photographs considerably less of a chore than it was in the days when I had my trusty Nikon FM It is still often more satisfying to shoot in Black and White.
Hastings celebrates a bewildering array of festivals: The Jack in the Green, Old Town Carnival week, the Seafood and Wine festival and of course the Bonfire procession which confusingly is held in October to coincide with the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. All are an opportunity to dress up and generally act a bit silly!
The effect of weather and the sea on the fishing boats from the RX fishing fleet of Rye and Hastings. A abstract collection of textures and colours created by the forces of nature
Rocks and Stones
The effect of weather and the sea on the coastline of Rock-a-nore
The effect of weather and the sea on the coastline of Rock-
The effect of weather and the sea on the fishing boats from the RX fishing fleet of Rye and Hastings. A abstract collection of textures and colours created by the forces of nature
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