Back to Cyberspace!

Hey guys,

First of all, I had not realized how long it had been since I have posted here, time has just flown by the past month as I have been busy wrapping up end of year photography projects for college.

All the hard work paid off as I was awarded the Annual Photography prize for my end of year show "Then & Now."

"Then & Now" - SERC Exhibition

It was a series of black and white images, created using a twin lens, medium format camera.  Influenced by capturing the past and mixing it with the present, inspired by old family images I had found.

Needless to say, I'm over the moon!  It's the cherry on the cake to the past few years devoted to photography at college.  So it was nice to put a very happy ending to the whole thing.

The Exhibition this year was a great success, there was a wide range of both artwork and photography, which is always great to see.  

In the meantime, here is a link to Professor Paul Seawright's website: 

http://www.paulseawright.com/ 

Seawright made an appearance at the exhibition to pick the winner and I'm lost for words to have been chosen by someone who is such a credit to the world of photography, and a key player in photography success from Northern Ireland.

I have been on location with a few shoots during May, and have another couple lined up for June.  As promised, there will be a bit on lighting techniques and how the images were created.

Will keep up to date now I have a bit more time to put into the blog!  

Keep posted, I'll keep posting!

Quick Update! - Current works

Hey guys,

Just thought I would hop on here and give you all a quick update on the blog, my works and other items in progess!

I have quite a few projects on the go at the moment.

The first and main one being, adding more to my works on Urban Exploration. 
My Final Major Project the end this year in college will be based around this - so needless to say, it is the priority at the moment.
I am hoping to travel out to Chernobyl, Ukraine over the next couple of months for a documentary photography project there.
I will be working alongside photographer Jan Smith, you can check out his website here:

http://www.smithjan.com/

He has done some really nice work on abandonment around the globe.  Jan also writes a blog that is definately worth a look at and read, it includes his own imagery along with his writings.

Check it out here:

http://smithjan.com/blog/

Other projects include various photo shoots on location for models.  This will be keeping the creative part of my brain on fire!  I hope to get a few lessons up on lighting on location also during these shoots - along with some photographs to show you how some images are created.  So expect a lesson on that during April.

Another project that I'm beginning (with much fustraion so far) is going to be a series of 4 sets of Polaroid images.  

Progress has been slow on this one and also costly, as sourcing worthy Polaroid film is a costly task, but once I find a few that give results, then that project will be fully in the works.

I'm heading to a lecture tomorrow in The University of Ulster, Belfast - The talk will be hosted by Sean O'Hagan and is titled "A Photographic Story."  I'm looking forward to this and will hopefully get a review up on the blog before the end of the month.

As for the future, there is one exhibition being displayed in Belfast that I'm really looking forward to seeing - "Open Shutters of Iraq" by Eugenie Dolberg is opeing in the Belfast Exposed Gallery on Thrusday 10th May 7-9pm.  This one is definitely on my list!

http://www.belfastexposed.org/exhibitions/index.php?show=future

As for updates of my own images, check out the Flickr page here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/suzitaylorphotography/

There's some black and white film work I have just submitted, along with some Polaroid tests and a few others from being out and about in Northern Ireland.

St.Patrick's Day, Downpatrick, Northern Ireland

Polaroid Tests

Black & White Film - St.Patricks Day

Enjoy!