50. Fifty. Five perfect tens. Terrified & excited for this new decade of my life.
Inside Out
Changing up my process. After 20 years of photoshop, finding fresh images working on my iPad with some lovely/quirky apps. Fun & frustrating at times. When you are used to working with a tool, and then don't have it, it can be scary, and exciting. Getting out of my comfort zone and loving the head rush. Inside Out - digital painting.
Darkroom
Very excited that my work, Drive (above), has been accepted into DARKROOM, a juried photography exhibition at the Visual Art Exchange in Raleigh, NC March 6-26, 2015. Accepted entries are posted on flickr.
Slow. Escape. Fast. Desire.
More iphoneography. Capture and edit on iPhone. I love the blur. Find me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/tricia.darling
Less is More
I've sold my DSLR.
It was a beautiful tool and I loved it for years. It was just time to pare some excesses from my days.
Now shooting with a crop sensor mirrorless Sony A6000 and my iPhone. Less gear feels like freedom. So much less to haul around. Fewer decisions to make -- which camera, which lens, which gear to pack. It feels wonderful.
This shot was taken with the A6000 (now my big camera) and a lensbaby edge. Joule coffee shop in Raleigh, NC. Fred had a possibly life-changing espresso. I had the Reverend Parker. Bourbon + black tea + lemon. Perfect.
Gifts from Unexpected Circumstances
I've crawled out from under my rock and have discovered shooting + editing + posting of photos all from my iphone. Sometimes difficult circumstances gift us in unexpected ways...
My life has been busy and disorganized lately as I take care of an aging parent. Many days & nights in the hospital, at my mother's apartment, away from home, away from my camera, away from my laptop has actually given me the gift of discovering my phone's camera and all the unbelievable apps to EDIT photos on my phone. This idea (shoot + edit + post all on the phone) was not in my universe a couple of months ago.
Photo taken and edited on my iphone.
Fog + Street + Slow Shutter
Busy with life and taking care of an aging parent, but found an hour in the morning fog yesterday with my iPhone.
This shot is blurry. On purpose. I have a slow shutter app on my iPhone and it gives me the most delicious blur. To my eye, blur is mystery. A reminder of of our lives in constant flux. Blurred images look like pieces of a dream. Fragments of thought. Things I'm not quite sure about. Blur draws me in.
Photography Exhibition at Litmus Gallery
in Exhibitions
I am thrilled to be invited to participate in Crossroads, a photography exhibition at Litmus Gallery in January 2015.
Crossroads: Organic intersections of stumbled upon wonder
Teresa Stephens & Tricia McKellar are two photographers who ran seemingly parallel lives until recently when they were lucky enough to be at the same place at the same time and started chatting. Women, mothers, spouses, daughters, friends, artists; viewing the world through ever changing lenses, knowing that each step brings something new. Not all crossroads are monumental and heralded, but every one impacts who we are and where we are headed.
Exhibition opening Friday, January 2, 6-9pm, Litmus Gallery, 312 West Cabarrus Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, tel (919) 571-3605. Exhibition hangs through January. Gallery open by appointment.