by May-Jun | Sat-Dec-2014 | Artist Muse, Blog, Covers, Music, Photo Blog
This year a tried a lot of new things like Ariel silks, rock climbing, airBnb-ing, salsa dancing, created a 21 day photo challenge that had attendees from all corners of the world and djing. I’ve been thinking about what I loved and didn’t love, what worked and didn’t work, and of course what is it I actually want to invest my time into… Photo challenge One thing I realize is that it’s been fun trying all these new things, but what I really would like to do is narrow down my focus. I’ve been thinking a lot about how painting, drawing, singing and crafting makes me very happy. So I’m challenging myself to be as creative as I can through out my week. I identify with being an introvert. This doesn’t mean I’m shy, it means to me that I need to be alone to restore my energy. When I’m with people all the time I get tired. Last year I did a lot of new things and was very very busy meeting new people in lots of group activities. I realized that this wasn’t sustainable for myself because I need to be alone and be creative alone. So when reflecting on your new year. Here are some questions to ask yourself: What was awesome? What didn’t go so well? What do I want to improve upon? What environments and situations brought out the best in me this past year? Can I put myself in more of those situations? Can I have one focus for the year instead of 3-5? Good luck with your resolutions,...
by May-Jun | Wed-Dec-2014 | Blog, May-Jun's Muse, Photo Blog
In 2014, I visited an islander friend who is from Kauai Hawaii. Living in Canada with 4 strong, different seasons where the colours of tall trees are always dark green and or fall colours of red and orange become the usual… Going to this tropical gem was like seeing colour for the first time. The Ocean blue is such an incredible colour, trees grow 200-300 feet or taller with giant blossoms of flowers in various colours wildly dangling down the vines. Roosters crow at all hours of day and night and wander the island like squirrels or another wild animal. The most incredible thing to me; was not just the abundance of nature, beauty and warmth but the people. These people are some of the most generous people I have ever met. Taking me in as family for the time I spent, I was called Auntie to the neighbors children respectfully. People openly speak the truth, and their opinions with no filters and welcome tourists and strangers to their island. Talking to shop keepers was like talking to long lost friends. I discovered my love for Thai food, previously I thought Thai food was just “OK”, but going to Kauai, made me just ADORE it. I went to Mema (808)823-0899, 4-369 Kuhio Highway, Kapaa, Hawaii. There are many types of fruit I had never seen in my life that grow on this island. When I first stepped of the plane, the lady who welcomes you said “Welcome Home!”. When I arrived I did feel like I was home. It is a strange feeling when you feel at home...
by May-Jun | Fri-May-2013 | Art, Photo Blog
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by May-Jun | Mon-Nov-2011 | Artist Muse, Blog, How To, MainPage, Photo Blog
This weekend I did a few self portraits. I was really inspired by movement self portraits by this photographer that does levitation photography I decided to try movement by “whipping my hair back and forth”. I used a gold vintage belt as a head piece. I like how it looks like I’m under water. Like my hair is floating. I did some film making before with mythology pieces from the arctic as inspiration. There are stories of women that lived in the water and would steal children that would play close to the waters edge. They would take them to live with them in the water. Tech specks of the shoot: 40D Canon with a f/1.8 50mm lens iso 100, with a 580ex flash on half power on manual mode. Pictures shot in RAW and processed in light room. Played with the colour balance. I shot this in a 12×12 office space so I did bounce flash to have softer lighting. I put this on a self timer, and of course a tri-pod. I had a lamp in the spot of where I was going to be so that I could make sure I was in focus. One thing I noticed was that since my f/stop was a bit lower there was less depth of field. This means that there was a smaller area (plane of focus). So I found that with my movement I didn’t always stay in focus, but the pictures did turn out great. I also found that it’s difficult to have a calm or controlled facial expression when making fast movements with your head. So...
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