FINE ART & ILLUSTRATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY

Putting together illustrative and artistic photography pieces is something I've done for a while now and love to create.
It is always fun to put together various images and make a unique one of a kind photographic artwork. I'm looking forward to expanding my skills and boundaries here in the coming months and years and create some artworks that are truly special and full of story and illustration.

HEART OF THE LOTUS

This illustrative piece was created as both a personal piece and with a book cover in mind. The black swan is a graceful reminder to move from any position where you feel powerless and into a place to reclaim your personal power - from victim to victor. The hidden cross symbolizes the death of whatever is plaguing you, as your hope takes flight (the three birds) and new opportunities and life blooms (as symbolized by the lotus).

The entire image and its elements are 100% photographic - produced from a number of individual images shot independently.

A CHRISTMAS WISH

This beautiful image was created as part of a very special project..... the Christmas Wish Project, founded and overseen by Karen Alsop from StoryArt. Every year myself and a group of photographers visit Hummingbird House and give the gift of photographic memories to children with terminal and life-limiting conditions.

Dusty-Mae visited us in 2020 with a wish for Santa. Photographed on green screen

EMPTY VESSEL

This piece was created after both suffering loss myself and supporting other women through the loss of their babies - through either miscarriage or stillbirth. It depicts the sadness and loneliness of an empty womb.

Hidden features in the image include a butterfly (top left) which is the symbol of pregnancy loss,
a cross formed by the tree branches (top right) smbolizing the passing of a life, a weeping flower (bottom left) which symbolizes the fact that others cry with you, and the darkness that comes with loss (the purpose of the sillouette).

The image also contains a sign of hope. In the bottom right corner is also a seed.....this was deliberately placed behind the heartbroken woman blowing in - to symbolize the presence
of unseen hope for the future.

HEART OF THE LOTUS

This illustrative piece was created as a personal project. The black swan is a graceful reminder to move from any position where you feel powerless and into a place to reclaim your personal power - from victim to victor. The hidden cross symbolizes the death of whatever is plaguing you, as your hope takes flight (the three birds) and new opportunities and life blooms (as symbolized by the lotus).

The entire image and its elements are 100% photographic - produced from a number of individual images shot independently.