James Hurley

James is BOLD and direct, this is reflected in his art. He doesn’t let other peoples actions or approaches to life corrupt his mind or attitude. He is his TRUE SELF and has learned to follow his own path brushing himself off and carrying on when he stumbles or has taken a wrong turn, he learns from mistakes or failures. James has turned his negative thoughts about his dreams and ambitions, “its impossible”, into his reality “I’m Possible” this was achieved when he realised he is his most underused and undervalued asset. When asked to describe his work James responded as follows:

“I am an Artist. I am a creator. I am a creative entrepreneur. I turn Love, Joy, Passion, challenging emotions into art that makes connections between fantasy and reality to make photo-art that feeds the creative mind and generates happiness at a subconscious level.

I LOVE who I am and I POUR this love, my compassion and raw emotions into my photography and Photo-art as a way of sharing my LOVE with you. My sole aim is to leave a lasting impression on people that I meet, that interact with me online or choose to invest in my work, either my artwork or the magazine.

In short, if you want artwork that resonates with an emotion you have experienced or that fuels your thoughts then look no further, but remember, emotions should be observed and recognised for what they are they should be learnt from and not drive your choice and decision making.”

This month James has focused on developing his portrait techniques and incorporating the photographs into his take on frustrations and emotions.

“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” Ansel Adams

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The damage one person can cause to a community, no matter how strong its roots are, is mind blowing. The glee and pleasure some people take from causing pain and emotional chaos is totally beyond me. I see it daily on social media, I see it at work, I see it from friends and family.

Where are the values, where is the compassion?

For this image I used one light a PixaPro Lumi 2 200, its a super easy low cost strobe and perfect for the “pop-up” home studio. I used a silver beauty dish but covered it with a difuser. It was mounted on a light stand and placed approx 45 degrees in front of my model (my granddaughter) at ceiling height so it was pointing down towards her face. I was looking for a soft butterfly effect with shadows to give some depth and picked a costume that would ensure the the colours of her hair and face were dominant and draw the eye.

The insert photograph shows the out of camera image, the main image shows my edited fine art portrait of a “Princess in training” Note, I have not smoothed the skin, I focused on softening areas, brightening the eyes and adding further depth by replacing the background and making some hair shadow.