Filed under: Music Posts | Tags: Artwork, broken light bulb, E.P cover, gimp, photography experiment, recording, silent lights uk, unsigned band, wolverhampton birmingham band
Last night Jamie and I did some experimenting with photography for an idea he had about the front cover of his bands up and coming E.P. The image below was created by putting a board over the bath and placing various lamps underneath to get the light effect (I would recommend being safe around water and electricity before trying this at home!) We then broke the light bulb and put it in place before taking the shot.
We edited the photo in post production in gimp. I am very impressed with how it turned out, as Jamie is too. I am very excited for their E.P recording which is in two weeks time (on the 10th of March.)
You can visit their facebook page by clicking on the image above, or their blog here.
Filed under: Music Posts, Other Posts | Tags: Art progress, canvas board textured, cats, home, jayme russon music, life, mothers day paintings, new band, silent light, unsigned band, what i've been up to today
Good evening, everyone!
I don’t usually like to do blog posts if I haven’t got something visual to contribute…. but today we didn’t get back from visiting family in Birmingham until after 6, so it was too late to photograph any of my art progress, and I was quite tired and cold, too!
So, after we got in, I tended to the cats with food and hugs and kisses… then started texturing some canvases and smaller canvas boards. I have in progress two mother and daughter paintings approximately 9×11 inches, and a couple of 8×8 inch and 5×7 inch canvas boards (which I’m not sure what I’m doing with yet.) The mother and daughter paintings will hopefully be finished tomorrow so I can get them out ready for mothers day.
The reason I have slacked so much the last couple of days is because I have been helping my boyfriend come up with his new band name. He left his old band about 3 months ago as he just couldn’t get along with them, and has now formed a new and improved one! His song writing has gone through the roof and (I know I’m biased) I am sure they are bound to get the crowds going once they start gigging.
Anyway, after 3 long months of trying to come up with a new band name, they have finally settled on ‘Silent Lights.’ It’s amazing that they have come to an agreement with a name, as every time a suitable name came along we realised another band had already snapped it up! I am so happy that they’ve came up with something, so now we can officially get the ball rolling! I enjoy helping Jamie with his band as much as I love working on my artwork (well not as much, but nearly!) and they will hopefully be getting into the studio within the next month and having a photo shoot at the end of the month.
Although they haven’t yet got any music up yet, they will do soon, so if you would like to become a fan of theirs on facebook just click the link at the left, or above, or here.
Jamie does have a myspace that he uploads his own recordings too, nothing too snazzy but just rough structures to his amazing songs. If you would like to check them out, click here!
I will definitely be having some art-related blog posts up tomorrow, but until then, good night!
Cally xo
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