The Other Side

One of my portraits has been used as the coverspread of London culture magazine 'The Other Side'. In return they will be doing afeature on me for the next issue. nice.

It's been a long, long time....

Motherhood, the past five months have been a blur. My posts to this blog have been shockingly few. But that's not to say I haven't been photographing, learning, contemplating my camera and our little relationship. Lots of developments that I'll try and mould into some more substantial posts. For starters my decision to focus on fineart landscape photography and the research I've been doing on the place of the female photographer in this particular field. Some possible London exhibitions. Setting up my own small local baby photography business - just because it makes me happy to give people pictures of the most precious thing they have, and also because it earns enough money to keep me in ND filters. My increasingly troublesome relationship with the Peak District National Park that refuses to be captured a way that expresses how it makes me feel. Some exhibitions I've been to. Some further iphone geekery....

Watch this space. Stuff will come.

One of my self-portraits (Sundance) has been included in a photobook designed specifically for the iPad. Mirror Mirror features nearly 30 full screen self-portraits from 28 fantastically talented photographers who have made their work availble via creative commons. Unlike veiwing photosites (which look stunning on the iPad), this photobook can be viewed offline, as the editor states it's "something to view when I’m offline, something that I can keep in my virtual library to whip out whenever I want a high-quality photo fix." It's available to download totally free of charge from theLearningLight.com.

The Photographer's Daughter

Darcey Rosetta. 26th May 2010, 7lb 14oz. Mum and baby doing dandy.

Competition Success

Back in December I blogged that I had been shortlisted in the Galapagos Conservation Trust's International Photographic Competition. I was thrilled to find out that one of my entries won a spot in the 2011 Calender (July). Thanks very much if you voted for me! You can see all the winning pictures on the website.



My winning photo: Sanderling

You can order the calendar online by visiting the GCT's website. All profits from the sale of these items will go towards conservation in Galapagos

KT Lindsay: "Photography Born of Purpose". Oxford Artweeks 8th-15th May.

I have spent a huge amount of time recently preparing a collection for an exhibition I'm putting on for Oxford Artweeks. Artweeks is a brilliant annual visual festival held throughout Oxfordshire where local artists and crafty types open up their homes and studios to share their art. Over 400 exhibitions are made freely accessile to the general public, and this year I am one of them!

It's been an experience drawing together a themed collection and a lot of research was done on where best to get the prints from (Ilford) and how to optimize my prints for the best possible results. Mounts had to be custom measured and made (picturelizard.co.uk) for the frames I ordered (cargo.com), bios written and picture plaques authored and made (using foam board). It's all being hung tomorrow and I can't wait to see it!

The collection I have chosen to display is predominantly a series of black and white landscapes to illustrate the theme of conservation, the need to preserve and protect parts of our planet that have been and will continue to be under threat by our own actions. The collection is thus 'born of purpose', a compulsion to create images that tell the story of people and places in slivers of time that may be lost. Seeing the prints together, physically, for the first time will be incredible, and I hope to inject a bit of femininity into what is largely a male dominated area of photography.

All prints are available for purchase in limited edition of 10 from the exhibition venue or via my website.

My exhibition joins those of a number of my colleagues, other closet photographers, jewellery makers, and painters and will be on display from the 8th-15th May at 13 Banbury Road, Oxford.

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Photograph featured: Pine in Profile. Yosemite National Park, CA. 2009. 10 x 15 inches. £45.

Photoshoot: Hannah

I spent a lovely Tuesday afternoon photographing my friend Hannah, an actress based in Oxford (she was actually in Never Tell Them, a play for which one of my photographs was used for the playbill). Hannah asked me to do some pics for her resume and website and I was happy to oblige, especially considering I'm not getting out much at the moment due to a rather well developed 9 month old bump.

Doing studio-style portraits at home is always a bit of a worry - I don't have much proper equipment beyond my camera, no fancy lights or backdrops, but I'm a creative type and enjoy coming up with Blue Peter versions. This photoshoot involved usage of my white dining room walls, a piece of black material taped with packing tape to said wall to give a black background, and a floor covered with tin foil to act as a reflector bouncing up the flashgun light coming down off the ceiling.



The remit was "headshots", you know the type you see in theatre programmes. But I can't help myself and did a few non-conventional types, artistic license etc. etc.

Wise Old Bird

I was lucky enough to meet some of these beautiful creatures in a recent visit to Longleat Forest. I have a bit of thing about Owls at the moment, may be I'll take some time to post some pictures of my recent owl-themed arts and crafts at some point!

So, it's nearly time for us to meet

Change of T-Shirt

ǝɔuɐʇdǝɔɔɐ | acceptance has been used by electro progressive house music producer Sonic Forger for a single cover (with a decent remastering of the slogan on my t-shirt).

Never Tell Them

A play by Stuart Lee is using a piece of my digital art for its playbill and is now on show all over Oxford in the lead up to the 2010 OxFringe Festival.



Never Tell Them
Winner Oxford Playhouse Short Play Competition 2008
Wed 24th - Sat 27th March, 9.30-10.30pm, New Road Baptist Church, Oxford
Tickets: £8/£6 from http://www.wegottickets.com/ (search 'never tell them')
Part of the OxFringe Festival, 2010

February Photoshoot: Hotrods and Pin-ups

A commission for a friend for something stylistically likened to David Perry's Hotrod Pin-ups. Vintag-orama!





Styling and Make-up: Gayle
Lighting and Photography: KT Lindsay

2009 Round Up

Following last years roundup I thought it only proper to do one for 2009! I still have passion...it seems that photography is not one of my passing phases, despite being a bit off the radar the past four months, I think I have a good excuse ;-)

I have kept with my trusty Canon 450d despite some quite forceful nudges to upgrade following the death of said photographic equipment back in May - apparently I had used it too much in just over a year. On the household contents insurance though it was fixed and up and running again. However I have made friends with some other cameras this year - I was bowled over by some pieces of fine retro plastic goodness and had a play with film, and I've also been surprised by the possibilities afforded to my by my new iphone.

I said this year would be all about light....I've only really touched the basics. I have invested in a Speedlight 430 EXII, but I have to be truthful - I haven't really taken it off auto yet, I plan to conduct a serious investigation into how to use it properly over Christmas. My photographic focus this year however has surprised me, but may be it shouldn't come as such a shock considering the amazing places I have been the past 12 months.

Travel photography, especially landscape photography has dominated my portfolio this year. I have visited some of the most amazing places... Peru, the Galapagos, Istanbul, SW Ireland, and most recently Yosemite National Park and the Sierra Nevada. I ache to be in Ansel Adams shoes, or have a place on the National Geographic team. The world is so full of beautiful places and beautiful people, I want my photography to capture that and show people how important it is to preserve them.

Part of that is getting used to exhibiting and competitions, getting my stuff out there. Last year I said I'd like to get in a magazine. I haven't quite been there but I did have a photograph in a fantastic Flickr Group exhibition in the Jam Factory, Oxford
back in October. I also have some photographs short listed for the annual Galapagos Photography Exhibition. I have my own web site now and I've sold a few prints from it and I'm also getting a few commissions for work which I always really enjoy. In May I'll have my own exhibition in central Oxford for Arts Weeks - I haven't quite decided what I'm going to put in yet but it will likely follow the theme of conservation.

On top of that I've masted the 'M' mode of my camera and by investing in some ND Filters I really feel I am becoming more confident in this art. But there is always so much more to learn. Unlike last year I'm not going to put a list of aims and objectives for 2011 - really all I want to do is stay in love with this medium and still have time to explore it - "sustain my creativity" as a wonderful post by aliteralgirl describes. I hope I can still find that time when I'm wading through nappies (reusable of course). The internet enables me to communicate with so many wonderful creative people and be inspired by them I must be careful to keep in touch.

My favorite take of 2009...again it's difficult. The black and white of Machu Picchu was probably a turning point for me, my first raw conversion, and a place that meant a lot to me after a hard 4 day trek! I also like Turkish Leather for the reason that I mustered the guts to ask a stranger to pose for me in his environment. I do very much like "And I a smiling woman...." as I believe it was truly remarkable to get my cat to pose like that and my new flash worked really well. This year you liked my portrait of Kelly best, I love that one too.

My blog has nearly reached 50,000 visits! Thank you! Please keep visiting and commenting. Happy New Year!

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I'm sorry I have been so absent these past four months inter-web-sphere - I do have a good excuse.

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Annual Galapagos Photography Competition

I have four photographs shortlisted in the Annual Galapagos Photography Competition. If you like please vote for me! (Numbers 14, 31, 41, and 43) Voting ends on January 4th.

Music Maestro

My self-portrait "The Clown" has been made into a poster advertising a concert for the Swedish band Piroth.



Thanks to _martinik for sending me a high res version of the poster to print out!

Sunset at Tyne Cot

I'm on the Western Front again with work. I've been to Tyne Cot Cemetery a few times now, but this time, on a cold November day, I saw the sunset bathe the rows headstones in a golden light. It was truly beautiful.





Photos taken with my iphone and camerabag.

On the road

The Orchard

Yesterday I found an orchard, I munched on a bag of apples and drank fruit juice. I couldn't resist snapping some of the produce on the heaving branches.

Made in Oxford Exhibition

Just over a year ago I blogged about a fantasy that someday one of my photos would be on an exhibition poster...looks like dreams can come true!