Andrew Kelly Art & Photography: Glasgow

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4 May 2013

Quick street photo upload.

Probably my favourite street shot I have taken in years. Needs to be viewed on computer, not gonna get the full thing looking on a phone. It's not often a photo works out like this with the sun setting between the buildings, the passer by with the umbrella on the street and the reflection of the wet ground in the alley. I've been doing photography long enough to know that these don't come a long that often.

Glasgow.

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12 Mar 2012

My Time With The Iphone 4 So Far (Photography)

Recently I decided to upgrade from my old Sony mobile phone which I must have had for around 4-5 years as it was done. Everyone around me either has an iphone or some kind of fancy android thing. I wasn't really into getting one as all I did was text but then I saw all these awesome photographers getting great results from their iphone it seemed like it would be fun to just shoot with a phone and process on the spot rather than get home, load the images on to the computer and process in photoshop. Don't get me wrong I love my Canon 5D MK 2 and get great images from it but sometimes its a bit over kill to carry around and I've gotten a little sick of sitting in front of the computer for hours at a time looking through and processing images. So this iphone seemed like a good idea just to have as a pocket camera that would free me up from carrying around my SLR all the time. Yeah I could have bought a compact camera but I really didn't want to as they are overpriced for what they really are. With the iphone I could text, use the internet, send emails, shoot photographs, network and oh yeah don't forget about actually calling people.

Anyway I went for the Iphone 4, downloaded instagram and have since started to use it as my compact camera and I have to say I am very impressed, of course the quality is not good but for some shots who cares. It is so liberating being this restricted when it comes to controls and processing options. It kind of reminds me of when I shot a lot of film with my Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim camera which had no controls but I always liked the results as you had to get really creative.

I haven't really shot too much yet with the phone but I am having a blast so thought I would post my results here as a sort of Iphone photography diary thing.

So here's some of the images so far:

Sandend beach as the tide is coming in.

A dull day at Sandend beach.

Sandend beach through the long grass when the tide is fully in.

This is to the right of the beach. I love just wandering around here.

The highway at night.

Trees at the side of the road.

A very misty sunrise on the way to Glasgow.

Couldn't resist shooting this sunset.

Part of an abstract painting I did.

Last light.

Rainy day on the way to Glasgow on the megabus.

Rain clouds with the sun trying to battle through.

Rainy day giving way to some better weather.

On way home from a great weekend in Glasgow.

Cat just after the Mark Lanegan concert.

Ewan in The Moorings Bar, Aberdeen a few weeks ago.

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16 Dec 2011

New Mark Lanegan Painting

Mark Lanegan Painting. This is a new black and white painting I did of Lanegan. It's loosely based on a photo that Steve Gullick took of Lanegan a few years ago but with my usual expressive stamp on it. I did a small sketch of Lanegan a few years back that ended up oin his Myspace page where I didn't give him any eye's so I thought I would carry on that tradition in this piece.

The Original framed piece will be available for sale soon with a limited print run to follow. So if your a Lanegan fan or know someone who is, this could be an awesome gift or wall filler.

Cheers folks.

Oh also available for artwork commissions if you would like something similar to this.

20" X 16" on Canvas Paper. Watercolors, inks.

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14 Dec 2011

Red Fred Original Painting (Framed) For Sale

New framed ink and water colour painting up for sale in my online store, have a look folks. This was a fun painting to do, I actually filmed it’s process so may post that online very soon, not an instructional video by any means, just me getting back into painting after a lengthy arm injury.

See the painting in my online store here.

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7 Dec 2011

Red Fred (New Painting)

His name is Red Fred and he is a stand up comedian, a very funny guy. Just a regular dude from a different dimension.

Print will be available soon if you are interested.

I also shot a video on how I created this that I may put online at some point. This was originally a quick exercise for me to get back into painting after injury but I ended up getting into it and really liking it. Was good fun to create.

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8 Nov 2011

DIY altered 50mm lens

Some people have asked me about this altered 50mm lens that I have been using so thought I would quickly write a little abut it, here it goes.

It's basically a cheap 50mm lens that broke. After initially being annoyed that it broke I decided to play around with it, taking it apart, putting it back together, moving things and so on. I can now use it in such a way that I can control (well semi control) the surreal nature of the results and to be honest it's the most fun I have had with photography in ages. It's amazing how the most fun things in this world come out of nothing. In my life all the best things have happened like this, either coming out of nothing or stumbling onto it by complete accident. That 50mm lens that cost me £100 about three years ago and you know it was alright for the price, it did the job but after breaking it is now a lens that gives me something special that I never would have bought.

I have yet to use it regularly as I have other new lenses that I have been testing out but I plan on taking it everywhere with me from now on. It just makes everything look interesting, lets be honest a lot of stuff in the world is just plain boring to look at but this lens can capture the scene for what it is but also gives a surreal view on it, kind of like how I see the world I suppose, I love it.

Here are some images I have taken with it so far.

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28 Oct 2011

Halloween

Hey! So it's halloween weekend. I love halloween, it's my favourite part of the year. It's one of the only times of the year that you can just have fun for the sake of it and not take anything seriously. Don't know what i'm doing yet, could be going out, could be just sitting having a few beers watching horror movies, I have no idea.

So have a good halloween folks. I hope you enjoy my lovely sketch, it is me in my costume.

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11 Oct 2011

Catriona In The Studio

A recent shot of Catriona in the studio. Her hair and look is awesome in this one.

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Keep It Positive

Cheered me up when I saw this outside a pub in Glasgow. A message we need to keep in our heads much more with the way the worlds going at the moment.

22 Sept 2011

Kayleigh & Kenny's Wedding

"Me and Kenny were looking for a photographer to capture our special day in August 2011, we didn't have to look very far as Kenny had told me all about Andrew and how brilliant he was.

Needless to say he did not disappoint, such attentions to detail and focus.

We were very lucky to have such a talented photographer.

He caught all the emotions of the day, providing us with ever lasting memories.

The pictures were absolutely fantastic, left me speechless.

Andrew made me feel so comfortable that I forgot he was there half the time.

Thank you for making our day that bit more special"

Kayleigh Samantha Richardson

Kayleigh and Kenny got married on the 26th of August in the beautiful surroundings of Haddo House and whoever picked that date deserves a pat on the back as they couldn't have asked for better weather. The venue was an amazing place, you could have chosen anywhere in or around the venue to photograph and it would have looked great with the huge gardens, surrounding trees and the stone building, it was a perfect setting.

It was a truly great day filled with great moments and great people. Congratulations again to the newly weds. I wish you all the best and I hope you like the photos.

Above is the slideshow that tells the story of the day and turn your speakers on and volume up as there is music. Below are some of my personal favourites from the day.

The gardens at Haddo House were stunning. I could have spent hours photographing Kayleigh and Kenny in all the different locations.

We did some more shots out the front of the building which had a lovely big stone staircase that made for a really nice backdrop. The rough concrete textures of the building contrasted with the beautiful long white dress to make for some great almost fairytale like images.

There were some treats in store as the evening kicked off with Kayleigh and her brother performing one of the coolest and funniest dance routines I have ever witnessed, I could hardly photograph it from laughing. It was a work of genius. I hope someone filmed it?