Vidya Wolton

Requiring some fresh air inspite of heavy showers, hubbie and I were well placed at lunchtime for a walk along the coast at Seaview with a brief excursion to the nearby birdhide. There is the welcome presence of Brent Geese feeding at the water’s edge and even within a deluge of heavy rain and hail stones we are able to get this shot of the Brents with the Spinnaker Tower of Portsmouth in the background. The light was actually quite interesting for photography and colour in the gloom seemed heightened after a morning stint of photo manipulation in Photoshop.

For the past few weeks I have been attending a course on photomanipulation using Photoshop. I have enjoyed refreshing my knowledge and at the same time am aware of my desire to go back in time to ‘old technology’. To this end I am now the proud owner of a second-hand electric typewriter. I relish this experience in a different and contrasting way to Photoshop. I see my Fine Art practice as embracing the new alongside the old and to this end  am definitely keeping all my options open as well as annoying all around with that relentless tapping of the keys in keeping with traditional forms of communication.

Here is an example of what I did today at the class, based on some photos at the allotment when we were a bit keener to get our hands in the soil.