SLS Photography

Update.

2009-02-23T16:24:00.003Z

Not too much to update you guys on I'm afraid...
I've been kinda lazy if I'm being honest.
After the Xmas break from college there was a period of re-doing stuff and finishing off things.. I didn't have too much to do so yehh lazyness snuck in... owells.

On another note,
was in Italy a couple of weeks ago (7th-10th Feb) shooting some images for a documentary unit for college. Went pretty well I think but I still need to develop my final film!
More on that once it's done....

Also took my grandad into the studio one day to take some portraiture shots.
Went better than i expected to be honest but I might do a re shoot. That's if I can find another model who can actually make it into college - everyone is working / at school when I need them!
Got a few shots out of it though which I'm pretty pleased about :)

I've also been using Flickr a lot more for some reason... www.flickr.com/photos/sio-l-s so go check it out!!

Anyhow yeh that's about it from me just now! I've been telling myself to go get some work experience since the end of last year but at the moment i realllyyy don't have the time! Got my grade 7 ballet exam this saturday (eeek!) and also a show coming up in a months time... meaning most of my time out of college is being taken up by that right now, and of course college work!
I need to get my itunes sorted out too.. i can only concentrate when i have a constant stream of good music playing! haa

Ciao for now
x

Oh Dear...

2008-12-21T20:47:00.009Z

Hey guys,
I'm really not very good at updating this am I?!
Owells... here goes an absolutely huge post about my activities since Oct :)

Well I did the photo of Mary like i mentioned below, but the other part of the unit was also to do a still life.

I ended up doing a self-portrait still life by including my drum pedal (as im a drummer - or try to be!) and some ribbon/ballet and tap shoes to symbolise my hobby of dancing!
My idea was to create a narrative within the photo...
My tap shoe would be playing my drum pedal which would also have the ribbon floating away from it towards my ballet shoes (ribbon was to represent a sound wave), My ballet shoes were also placed to look as if they were dancing to the music - I liked this idea as it created a sense of movement within my still life, a further representation of my dancing! Whether this comes across when you look at the image I'm not sure but hey, at least i tried!

Some digital practise shots.....

My final printed in the darkroom ....

So yepp that was that! :) Quite pleased with my final result even though I would probably do it differently if I did it again!

The next deadline was to create a book cover! I chose to do the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown as i think it's a totally awesome read! When in italy in oct I made my parents take me to Florence so I could go see the statue of Da Vinci to get a pic... they did and it's featured in my cover ;) I was going to also go to Roslyn Chapel in Edinburgh as it is featured in the book but 1. You're not allowed to take photos inside and 2. I couldn't have taken photos outside either as at the moment they have a large tarpaulin covering the building due to damp. So that was out of the question.
Had several problems with photoshop on this one as me being me had to have about 35 layers in all, creating a huge document which kept on corrupting - i thankfully managed to sort it in the end!!

I was also recently asked to do a shoot with a fellow student for Red Bull at a gig they were running in Edinburgh. Had a really good day and met some awesome bands!! :)
We decided to go for the soundcheck just to get used to the venue which was definitely worthwhile as we met another promoter who we ended up doing more work for! (More about that in a minute!) Before the actual gig, we chatted with some of the band, untangled necklaces (which was a nightmare) ,put up posters and of course had some red bull!!

Some shots from the day......

Go check out my other pics from the gig on flickr - link

So yeah, from this gig we were asked to shoot another the following weekend at The 3 Sisters Loft in Edinburgh. The promoter from Colossal Promotions (myspace.com/colossal_promotions_inc)
had organised a gig called 'Santa Rocks' to start off the festive season - another great night!

Once again more shots from this gig on flickr - link

If you're still reading this then definitely well done!! :)
I've done another shoot since these ones but I'm still sorting through them, i shall also blog it once I'm done!
Have an amazing Christmas and New Year everyone!!! :) <3

Siobhan x

First Studio Shoot!

2008-10-29T16:30:00.005Z

I've finally got round to doing this!
Just been on a 10 day holiday to Italy which was good fun :)
Took some photos for another college project (to design a book cover).. I'm sure I'll post more about that later on!

Anyways........
The shoot overall went pretty well I think!
Was really glad when I was partnered with Mary as she suited the style I was going for!
We spent about £25 each on props when we went shopping - but definitely worth it in the end!
Before the actual day of the shoot I also went into the studio with a couple of others from the class to get used to the lights etc...
We took some quick, fun shots just before packing up (gotta love self timer!!) .....

Some set up shots.....

Some final shots....

That's all for now folks but I'll update this post once I've scanned my actual prints from the darkroom!

Sorry!

2008-10-11T19:13:00.004+01:00

I've just realised that I've not published on here for a while!
Better get to it.....

Well i've handed in my first unit for marking at college so hopefully all goes pretty well with that! Did a murder mystery theme which was kinda cool... go check out the photos on deviantART! :)

Also did my first studio shoot last thurs which i was really pleased with!
I'll upload some set up shots and pics from the day in another blog later on :)

So yeahh.. that's it for now!

x

p.s. just started to set up a website www.siobhanstewart.com keep checking for updates... should be up and running soon! :)

Passed.

2008-09-26T23:38:00.001+01:00

Passed my driving test yesterday!
So happy about that :).. and only 6 minors too which i suppose ain't too bad!

Need to finish my film tomorrow....

x

Stress!

2008-09-24T17:50:00.002+01:00

I'm stressed.. i don't like it!! haha
Hopefully I'll feel better after my driving test tomorrow EEK!
That is not helping matters haha...

And waiting on film to arrive when you need it the most sucks!
Owells....

x

It worked!

2008-09-23T21:36:00.002+01:00

Well went into college today to develop the film i did some re-takes on after the last film didn't work!
This one worked though - YAY! :)
Printing tomorrow so I'll see properly how they turned out!

:) x

It's the weekend!

2008-09-19T16:41:00.004+01:00

Wow this week has actually gone so fast!
Spent this morning developing my film at college which turned out to be fu**** up!! I dropped the damn film in the dark booth (trust me) and the light got to it :( It gets worse every time i go in there! haa. Owell .. re-shot half the photos already so i suppose it ain't too bad.. and hey it gives me practise!

Might head to Roslyn Chapel at the weekend to start taking photos for a book cover on the Da Vinci Code for college but I'll see how it goes! Need to get out more in the car too.. my driving test is next thurs.. crapping it!!!

Owell that's my wee update for today....
I'm off to eat... starving after college!

x

New Photos.

2008-09-17T17:25:00.005+01:00

Hey people!

Just back from a day at college developing negatives (I still hate that damn wee dark room!) and then prints :)

Uploaded 2 on my deviantART go check them out!
They were a bit of an experiment tbh and I think it's paid off... think I'll try more unusual stuff in the future :)

x

:)

2008-09-16T15:20:00.007+01:00

Well...seeing as i'm sat here bored, eating veg spring rolls, thought I may as well add a post! Just signed on this site because of a blog for college.. but hey thought I might give it a shot myself... could be kinda fun! :)

Talking of college..started about 3 weeks ago now! It's really good actually :) Wasn't too keen on the film cameras at the start.. but I've changed my mind about that now after developing prints etc.. it makes the whole process just that bit more personal and interesting in my opinion! Sooo glad i left after 5th year at high school.. eurgh it would have been a waste staying on when I know what i wanna do! It is weird though.. all my mates still being there living almost the 'same life' but hey I guess I've moved on!

On here...I think, over time, I'll upload different shots I've taken etc.. Maybe some behind the scenes stuff too depending on how things go!
So keep a look out!! ;)

Yeah I'll stop before i start blabbing useless crap! Buttt... please check out some of my sites which you find over there ---> in the link bit! I use deviantArt the most.. love that site! If you have an account on there.. don't hesitate to add me :)

Siobhan x