Ann Robertson – Artist and Illustrator

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52Frames  Nature  Week 14

52Frames Nature Week 14

  The challenge for 52frames this week (https://52frames.com/albums/2022/week-14-nature/challenge) is nature. This is a very wide brief. I would normally do a bird or maybe a reptile or insect.  One of the options suggested is landscape. This is something I...

52Frames  Emotion   Week 13

52Frames Emotion Week 13

  The challenge for 52Frames this week is to show emotion in your image. I looked at ways of displaying emotion; colour is important and in portraits you are advised to concentrate on the eyes.  A lot of images showing emotion seemed to concentrate on sadness or...

52Frames   Long Shutter Speed    Week 12

52Frames Long Shutter Speed Week 12

  This week the challenge set for 52Frames is Long Shutter Speed. I thought it would be interesting to have a go and see if I could depict movement in some way, the sort of blurring you can get with long shutter speeds. Some years ago at Festival at The Edge I...

52Frames  Low Key  Week 10

52Frames Low Key Week 10

  This week's challenge from 52Frames is Low Key. The idea is to create moodiness and drama with shadows, and only the subject being lit. I have wanted to try out ink and bleach for a while, but the last time I had a go it did not do what I wanted.  Surely this...

52Frames Reflections!  Week 9

52Frames Reflections! Week 9

  This weeks 52Frames challenge (https://52frames.com/) is Reflections! I really like this subject and I had a few photos options to choose from. I decided to use one I took at The National Botanic Gardens of Wales some years ago. It has been in a folder called...

52Frames Rule of Thirds  Week 8

52Frames Rule of Thirds Week 8

  The challenge for 52Frames this week is "Rule of Thirds". This works well for art and, historically, has been used by many artists. As the creator I have the ability to manipulate an image and place objects where I think they will work best. I wondered about...

52Frames Unexplored  Week 7

52Frames Unexplored Week 7

  This week's 52Frames challenge is unexplored, to visit and photograph somewhere you haven't been before. I had a couple of ideas, but one was quite complicated and this week I was a bit short of time. On Thursday friends took me out for breakfast to Ernespie...

52Frames Depth of Field   Week 6

52Frames Depth of Field Week 6

  This week's challenge for 52Frames ( https://52frames.com/)  is Depth of Field. I feel this is more of a photographic technique than an art one. I decided to do the equivalent of a macro; a real close up of something. I looked around and found two things I...