my work – Page 4 – Karyn Easton

Jun 29

Barcelona Graffiti #2

Hidden Away – During my recent trip to Barcelona, I was was mesmerised by the colour and variety of the street art both in and around the city. I briefly touched on this in part one of this post called ‘Barcelona Graffiti’. I still don’t know exactly why I was so drawn to the graffiti (street art), except to say that the colours were amazing! It seemed to relentlessly permeate throughout the whole fabric of the city, weaving a disjointed tapestry of colours. Indeed it could even be described in some places as a riot of colour on an otherwise typical traditional cityscape and its walls. All of this was in stark contrast to the walls of one of Barcelona’s most famous contemporary art museums, namely the MACBA. Here there was no graffiti. Everything inside was pristine with beautiful gleaming white walls. A Short Recap Below is short video recap from Barcelona Graffit part one. It helps to illustrate the scale of graffiti and street art that can be found in and around the city. In stark contrast to the brightly coloured graffiti in the video above, the following image gallery illustrates the crisp, clean, neutral […]

Jun 13

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Barcelona Graffiti

Barcelona – Graffiti Capital of Europe? Is Barcelona the graffiti capital of Europe? Within only a short walking distance, the 1.15 minute clip below exposes the shear volume of street art around the city. In many cases residents have turned what is obviously a problem into something much more creative. They appear to have given up on trying to clear the graffiti. Instead, there is a sense that it is not just part of local society, it is in fact now embraced by it. Below is a video short highlighting the sheer scale of the street art. Calling it graffiti feels almost unkind because many of the colour schemes and designs seem carefully crafted as opposed to simply scrawled. Interestingly, the famous street artist Banksy has his museum in Barcelona. I wonder how much the colourful street art/graffiti clad surroundings influenced his decision? Barcelona – Graffiti Capital of Europe? One thing that particularly struck me while photographing all of the graffiti were the times that people seemed to have matching graffiti with clothes or other items. Below are some examples where people’s outfits or items matched the graffiti surrounding them. Maybe the graffiti was affecting their fashion choices […]

Jun 13

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Little Wins #3

Gallery Interest As it’s a very busy time of year at work, I haven’t had a great deal of time to think about galleries. However on Saturday I wandered into a new contemporary gallery in Dartmouth. I had seen a large piece in the window which comprised stripes of colour. The piece was similar to a series of ‘Touch Designer’ works that I had completed earlier this year, but as the viewer moved past the colours on this piece changed. I was intrigued and wanted to learn more about the artwork and the artist who created it. I discovered that the artist was Lawrie Hutcheon who just like me enjoyed creating computer generated art. I began to chat to the lady in the gallery. I explained about my love of computer art and what I had done. She said she was interested to see it. As I was scrolling through my phone, she caught sight of some of my black and white weekly Zentangle work and asked if I had made any images into cards? I explained that I hadn’t, and she said that her husband (the gallery owner) might like to talk to me further about pieces to go into the […]

Jun 06

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Torbay Airshow 2023

Cockpit Shots – The beginning of June in Torbay has now become synonymous with the fantastic Torbay Airshow! As usual this year did not disappoint! Roughly 3 years ago I treated myself to a Sigma 150mm-600mm telephoto lens. I had partly purchased it so that I could shoot wildlife, but I was also excited to try it out at the Airshow. Last year I was really lucky, I managed to get a number of really photographically sharp ‘cockpit’ shots. One of them even made the Fotospeed top 4 for the week, which I was really pleased about. The fist image (Jet Pitts Sabio image) listed directly below is the one that made the Fotospeed top 4 for the week. Images from 2023 Below is a gallery of some of my favourite images from this year. I’ve also added a ‘jazzy’ video which proved useful for social media. Short Snappy Video for Social Media Below is a short video that I compiled for social media.

May 18

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MACBA

The Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona – The MACBA was a short 35 minute walk away from the Hotel Barcelona. Below is a short video of the route showing some of the surroundings. En Route to the MACBA Beautiful Light at the MACBA Before launching into a gallery of artworks at the MSCBA, I want to highlight both the beautiful architecture and light of the building. I was completely ‘taken’ with the stunning light that streamed through the huge windows of the building. Indeed I felt that the atmosphere created by the large windows, together with the clinically white interior, architectural angles and vaulted ceilings, warranted a mini photographic project all of its own. Therefore I decided to take some time out to shoot some of the beautifully lit interiors that were flooded with natural light. Below is a photo gallery of a photographic study of the light at the MACBA Self Publishing a Small Book of Beautiful Light at the MACBA On realising that I had produced so many interior images of the MACBA, I decided to try out a few page layouts. I felt that the images worked well together, so I decided to […]

May 07

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Blue Reef Aquarium

Well Worth a Visit – This weekend was the first weekend of the double bank holiday. The family decided to visit Newquay in Cornwall. One of the highlights of the visit was a trip to the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay. A few years ago I had visited the aquarium and shot a few short clips but I wasn’t very satisfied with results, so I thought I would have another try. Below is a short video that I created during our visit. A Quick Edit This time I was much happier with the resulting video. Whenever I visit somewhere or see something new I always like to record it because you just never know when that footage may just come in handy. Although this video doesn’t really have much bearing on my project overall I still wanted to record it as it’s quite calming to watch. It could be something to use or reflect upon at a later date perhaps? The Blue Reef Aquarium Visit Digital Art Fish have always fascinated me and on playing back the video I particularly liked the clip of the fish from the opening sequence. So I decided to take a […]

May 06

A Temporary Distraction

The Annual College End of Year Film – Each year for the last few years I have been invited to produce our college end of year film. It’s a long and quite complex task because it has to really showcase our department. It needs to appeal to parents, staff and students alike. Unfortunately because it is such a massive undertaking, my research has had to go on hold for a little while. However in a couple of weeks I am due to fly out to Barcelona, so hopefully I‘ll have plenty of travelling time to catch up on my studies. In the meantime, I thought it would be interesting to document my film making process. Each year I write all of the script, edit all of the video and use character animation software to enable animated characters to read the story’s narrative. Often I also need to shoot my own video in order to help with the story and to fill in any gaps. In fact I’m responsible for it all! Over the last two years I’ve used a character I named ‘Horace ‘Boris’ Hedgehog’ (trust me, by watching the previous 2 films, his name becomes clear), this year it […]

Apr 04

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Time of the Signs

A Physical Derive – Shortly after we had our Zoom Session 18 I decided to try out the concept of a physical derive. My DSLR camera was at work, so I headed out armed with only my smartphone. I had no preconceived ideas about where my walking or my thoughts would take me, I just decided to physically wander. On reaching the end of my street I was greeted by the huge sign for our local Funeral Director plus a plethora of road traffic cones and more signs around it. I began to wonder about signs? At first I thought about taking photographs of purely negative signs, but then I thought, what about information overload? Even in a short walk to the end of my street I had already encountered many signs packed with information. I began to wonder what the ratio would be between negative and prohibitive signs and more positive and informative signs? Brixham is a small town and in my opinion ‘rammed to the rafters’ with signs, would a busy city centre be better or worse as a comparison in terms of signage? Then I began to wonder if there was a correlation between the variety and […]

Apr 04

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Visit to Salisbury

Clocks, Magna Carta and Old Sarum – This year I had the opportunity to visit Salisbury shortly after returning from the Low Residency in London. Apparently there is a pretty amazing clock (😳), but I was much more interested in both the Cathedral and one of the copies of the Magna Carta housed inside. I also wanted to take the opportunity to visit Old Sarum, a ruin of an old Medieval site. Salisbury Cathedral Below is a short video compilation taken both inside and outside of the Salisbury Cathedral. Not only was I interested in the Cathedral, the Magna Carta and all of the history surrounding them both, I also wanted to gather both historical and interesting imagery as part of a wider project that I have planned. Shortly after my visit to the Cathedral I visited one of Britain’s oldest Saxon Churches (Circa 675 AD). I found the contrast in these two places of worship very interesting. Salisbury Cathedral is a very ornate and beautiful space, but there is also something very special about the simplicity and peacefulness of the Old Saxon Church in Escombe. Video Compilation of Images from Salisbury Cathedral Replicas […]

Mar 29

Zoom Session 20 (Low Residency)

Low Residency Part 2 – This is part 2 of the Low Residency. This blog covers the second week of activities. To see what happened in the preceding week please see Zoom Session 19. Low Tech Photography (Monday 10.00am with Felix Loftus) I was very torn about taking this workshop as opposed to the printing workshop. Printing is something that I’ve always been very interested in, but I’ve never really had the opportunity to explore it to any great degree. However the pull of photography coupled with tech had way too much of a ‘pull factor’ for me. Indeed, having taken the workshop I knew I had absolutely made the right choice for me! It was nice to see both Trisha and Ester at the workshop too. When we entered the classroom there were a variety of Rasberry Pi processors on the table. these were hooked up to a variety of lenses. Some were native to Rasberry Pi and some were off the shelf smartphone camera lenses. I hate to admit it but I was in tech heaven! Although I was sad to miss printing I don’t think anything could ‘top’ me messing around with programming and kit. The […]