Worth portraits

The portraits from the opening night of Ricarda Bigolin & Michael Spooner's current exhibition in gallery 3, For What It's Worth, are now up and ready for your viewing pleasure!

With just a few weeks left to go (and more portraits being nailed in as we speak!), the last thing we'd want is for you to miss this wonderful show!

Here's a sneak peek at some of the current portraits that are up:

Portraits by Antuong Nguyen

'Worth portraits' preview...

At our recent exhibition opening on Thursday, there was a 'spontaneous portrait' component to Ricarda Bigolin & Michael Spooner's exhibition For What It's Worth in Gallery 3. Here is a sneak preview of one of the portraits from the evening... expect more to come soon... very, very soooooon....

Mai and Lei Gryffydd

Photography credit: Antuong Nguyen

Photography intern callout!

Hello everyone,
Our beloved photography intern Alexia Skok has left us to go on exchange - which is sad news for us - but good news for you as it means that we now have a vacancy here at CVHQ!

We are looking for a new photography intern to fill Alexia's shoes. The successful applicant will start immediately at our next exhibition, Nathan Gray's attack sustain decay release, which is set to open Thursday 16 September.

You'll need to have intermediate to advanced photography skills, your own camera equipment and post-production program, and be able to spare some time twice every six weeks (per exhibition program). Friendliness and enthusiasm is a must!

To view examples of Alexia's work and to get an idea of the type of photography we are after, please check out our photo albums on Craft Victoria's Facebook page (or click here to view Alexia's most recent documentation of Dylan/Sunday Morning Design's collaboration in Gallery 3)

This is a great opportunity for you to volunteer your services in a wonderful organisation (ahem) and to gain valuable experience in a professional environment, so if you or a friend of yours would be interested, please email Kim Brockett for a position description.

The deadline for applications is Monday 31 August.

Book of The Month: 'The Fashion Photography Course'

April's Book of the Month is the very informative and well-written The Fashion Photography Course by Eliot Siegel. Covering a range of topics such as lighting, equipment, framing and of course, networking, The Fashion Photography Course is a great read for budding photographers or anyone interested in the business.

Here is a peek into what lies beneath the cover...

The book introduces a variety of framing and styling techniques, one of which is this tutorial on movement versus static modelling.

The book places an emphasis upon lighting, dedicating a chapter each to natural lighting and manufactured light. Each chapter is divided into sub-chapters which makes it easy to find exactly what you're looking for and even easier to digest! Want to learn about strobe lighting? Page 74. What about indoor ambience? Page 70! Too easy.

Integral to every practitioner's work is inspiration. The book does not disappoint, and encourages readers to do their research on prominent fashion photographers. The chapter highlights several photographers like Guy Bourdin and David LaChapelle (pictured above), to name a few. A very handy thing indeed, especially for someone who is just starting out!

We can't stress how great this book is to introduce anyone to the craft of photography, so do pop in and have a flip through it. The book retails at $39.95 and yes, we do have several copies in store at the moment.

PS. to those concerned with aesthetics of the body, the book also provides some very handy hints on how to digitally enhance form. Eyebags-be-gone!

Fresh! 2008

As promised, here are some images from current exhibition Fresh! for all of you who aren't able to make it down to CVHQ. Fresh! is also our last exhibition for the year and closes this Saturday, 20 December, so it's well worth dropping by for a gander!

For more images and information as well as a pricelist, click here.

Valissa Butterworth, Diploma of Arts (Ceramics), Holmesglen Institute of TAFE

Paddy Melons, black porcelain, nylon rope

Functionalitea series, porcelain

Stephanie Martin, Diploma of Arts (Furniture Design), RMIT University

Skirted Seating, sheet aluminium and leather

Alyshia Boddenberg, Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), VCA, University of Melbourne

Untitled (3 works using a variety of materials such as blu-tack, carpet, pins, paper clips, rubber bands and bandaids)

Crystal Dunn, Bachelor of Design (Fashion), RMIT University

Imagine Luxury (Part of Lifestyling Project), Supre singlets and book

Ka Ho Li, Bachelor of Design (Industrial Design), RMIT University

White Widow Jewellery Collection, teflon tape and silver

Robert Dumaresq, Bachelor of Industrial Design, Monash University

Switch Commuter Bike, aluminium and carbon fibre (it folds to a third its size in under a minute!)

Amanda McKenzie, Bachelor of Fine Art (Glass), Monash University

Stilled Life 1 and Polemic, cast glass

Kate Vivian, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), University of Ballarat

Modified Landscape

Aly Aitken, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art - Painting), RMIT University

Tobi Clark, Bachelor of Design (Fashion) (Honours), RMIT University

Tyvek garments

Chloe McColl, Bachelor of Visual Arts (Metal and Jewellery), Monash University

Untitled, found porcelain

Tim Smullen, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art - Gold and Silversmithing), RMIT University

Sarah Deed, Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture), RMIT University

From left: Resin Duck, Wax Bunny, Plaster Kitty, Bronze Bunny, Wax Kitty