Category Archives: David’s Private Collection We’re closing shop from December 22nd to February 12 so here’s wishing anyone reading this a relaxing festive period and a great start to the new year. To all those who have taken the time to visit this blog, I trust it has provided some insight into the world of a professional travel photographer and that...  I’m always drawn to strong black and white pictures. Here, Peroni (apparently only his mother and I call him by that name) and Harry – both seasoned Vaka voyagers – helped me out with a photograph that works for me better in monotones than it does in colour.  But, playing around in the studio has inspired me to incorporate more flash photography in my travels (something I’ve avoided with a passion in the past as it’s always been too harsh and unnatural).  This is five month old , SilaMoana, the daughter of Eileen and Rob who featured in the Cook Islands shoot (Grandma accompanied us and looked after her while we cooked in the sun). I could never be a wedding or a baby photographer but, if I was, I’m sure I’d want every child to look...  But I have a sense that the style which will define me as an artist (more so than a photographer I might add), is yet to come. It may involve mixed medium that marries photography with painting on large canvasses. It is this same sense that directs me to keep collecting images and to keep playing with different techniques, confident there will be a time when people will look at my work and say “that’s obviously David Kirkland’s photo.” |
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