Hello! Statues are just one of those things that I adore photographing. If I spot one, then that’s it, you’ll get no sense out of me for quite some time! I like to capture the close up details as well as the whole, the texture and the atmosphere.
And let’s face it statues are also great to work with because they don’t ask, have you finished yet? They don’t complain that they don’t look their best, and of course they aren’t camera shy :)
As well as statues I love taking photos of all sorts of “stuff”. This “stuff” is great for creating backgrounds and blending papers. I’ve been doing this for some years now, and I have some favourites that I like to use often.
Back home is where the second phase begins. Now I have my statue photos, and images for blending with it’s time to get super creative. This is when I just experiment and play. Try different things until I hit on a winning combination.
Paris is a great place for capturing beautiful statue photos, but I am going to start with Berlin. This statue was captured in the Friedrichswerder church (also a museum) on a visit in 2012 and I created the artwork as soon as I got home. I just couldn’t wait to get arty with this photo!
The next three statues were taken in Paris. This first artwork you might recognise. I created it for my website at the start of this year. The statue resides on the Pont Alexander III, and is my favourite statue in Paris.
Moving on to Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, a great place for statues and flowers. The artwork below combines a wonderful angel statue with roses. I have given the statue a “floral” dress.
Finally it’s a visit to the Pantheon, and the images I used for blending were taken in Berlin. I have several versions, but I love the blue of this one, and the way the pattern in one of the blending images displays.
What do you love to photograph? Do you like to get creative with your photography? If you do, I’d love to hear about it. Leave a comment and/or link in comments below. Have a wonderful week, full of creativity and discovery, Natasha :)
Fantastic photos and creative effects Natasha – love them all but my favourite is the one with the ‘floral dress . I love the colour, effect and the statue – it reminds me of one of my favourite ‘Dr Who’ epsisodes called ‘ Blink’ about weeping angel statues xx :)
Thank you :) I loved playing with the two photos that I used to create the angel page, and I was so pleased with how it turned out :) I think you are a Dr Who connoisseur, remembering all of the episodes! I haven’t watched it in years, but do obviously remember the Daleks (and the Cybermen)!!!
Thanks for the link to you website Natasha. It’s great to know where you photographed the angel statues, Pere LaChaise and the Montmartre were among my favourite visits during a business trip to Paris some years ago. Your artistic effects and blending techniques are strikingly beautiful, adding another dimension to the statues – truly compelling!
Thank you :) I have visited the cemetery at Montmartre too. They are so different to ours here in the UK, and wonderful for photography. I love to experiment and I never quite know what I am going to create!