Stop Motion

This Stop Motion Animation was a recent project of mine. I am myself not 100% sure what it says, but I know that it expresses what I want it to.

I suggest you watch it in a larger size to get the intended impact.

Vintage Action

I browsed around and found some stunning actions for Photoshop that create an old vintage look similar to pictures taken years ago. I played around with some and they are in fact amazing.

Here and example of my favourite action:
Image taken by me (Karolina Rupp Photography)

Unedited Image

After Vintage Action

This should indicate that it is in fact incredibly easy to improve an image "just like that". You need no skill of colour nor of editing software. It's just automatic. I guess what makes me feel a little better about using these actions is that I understand what they do. This doesn't make it better but in fact just quicker. Welcome to the 21st century. 

If you are interested in this action I applied above just use the comment function below to let me know and I'll gladly share it.

Seasons of Creativity

After a rather restful time away, I realised that the posts on here either support my frustrations of being lost and uninspired or the breakthrough moments of enlightenment. This blog is missing the in between stages of how creativity is developed and explored again after a phase of blankness and how it feels when it flows out of you faster and faster just after a high of inspiration. I will try from now on to include these seasons of inspiration and creativity. Then analyse the pattern, and try to change it again to something that can possibly increase it. Or maybe not, maybe it will just be interesting to see. 

Writing this I realise a slight decrease in excitement over the last couple of days but with a good chance of recovery. Is creativity as unpredictable as the weather?

Today's shoot

A new time has come. A time of fine art photography that is expressive. Finding a style of shooting is really difficult as you want to avoid copying others but still find inspiration in work you find relevant. I guess that's the curse of a student. This year though I feel like I'm coming a little closer to my creative expression executed in the way of 'me'. How else would I define that inner pattern that is overlaid onto every image?

This image below is from today's shoot. It doesn't have a title yet. It deals with not wanting to realise that one is boxed in, but also the feeling of a possibility of escape.

By Karolina Rupp Photography