Ballarat Arts Foundation Eureka Art Award 2016 Wed 23 Nov – Sat 24 Dec 2016 Please join me for the announcement of the $2,500 Eureka Art Award and exhibition opening on Thu 24 Nov 2016 @5.30, for 6pm. Winner announced by Anthony Camm, Director, Ararat Regional Art Gallery. Guest speaker, Dr Lisa Anderson, Adjunct Professor, Arts…
Photography Gift Voucher Life is moments. Learn to capture it well. It’s sometimes as simple as to sit down with someone who can teach you. Ask one of my students, Kerry from Sebastopol. She learnt so much about her camera in just one hour. After she left, I sat there for a moment and I…
Picture This! is an exciting Art Exhibition by SHAC – Soldiers Hill Arts Collective opening on November 12th 6pm at Fairbanks Gallery in Ballarat. My photographic landscape print on canvas titled ‘Fields’ taken at a location just outside of Clunes during Jessica Andersen’s photoshoot is probably one of the biggest artworks in the show measuring 130cm lengthwise.…
Polish Arts Foundation (PAF) members are presenting another exhibition called Impressions. Victorian Artists Society Gallery 430 Albert St, East Melbourne Gallery Hours 10am – 4pm Monday – Friday 1pm – 4pm Saturday – Sunday Exhibition Dates 10 November – 15 November 2016 15 November 10am – 2pm only www.polishartfoundation.org.au
Here’s a list of useful Art of Photography Books you may find helpful in your art practice. The list was collated by my former photography tutor from London Metropolitan University, Merlin Hendy back in 2005 www.merlinhendy.com Historical & Contextual Useful Photography Books Art Photography Books Author Published Title Publisher Adams, Robert 1996 Why People Photograph Aperture Adams,…
2016 Hawaii IRONMAN event photos More Ironman event photos on Ironman website here
Editorial photography for Ballarat Lifestyle Magazine Spring edition of the BLM mag is out! Check out the Ballarat local success story of Gekko Systems, which features my portrait of a Co-Founder Elizabeth Lewis-Gray as well as an environmental portrait of one of the most prolific romance authors Marion Lennox. www.ballaratlifestylemagazine.com.au
Huge thanks to everyone who came to my Street Photography talk at the Ballarat Mechanics Institute, we also saw a fabulous collection of vintage cameras by collector Roger Burrows and Max Harris Photographic Collection. Liberty or Liability? These are not easy times for street photographers, for whom acting suspiciously is an occupational hazard and loitering…
Back in 2013, I facilitated a series of installations of large format paste ups, designed to combat tagging in known graffiti hotspots. Black and white posters were displayed in more than 9 locations and featured portraits of hundreds of Ballarat residents. Working with various community groups was very rewarding. During the five months long project,…
THIS IS ME: Examination of the art of self-image Lost Ones Gallery exhibition 24 Aug – 11 Sept 2016 GROUP SHOW THIS IS ME: Examination of the art of self-image We’re taking a look at the self portrait and asking if the selfie is the natural evolution of self portraiture. Exhibiting artists; Aldona Kmiec, Ali Afzali, Fabrizio Biviano,…
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world Coming back from Melbourne after a great weekend of eating and making pierogi with friends, I’m writing this while I sit on a VLine bus, less glam than the train, but train’s will be back operating from tomorrow. Catching up with friends.. lots of interesting conversations,…
Wedding Albums If you’re looking into turning your wedding images into a book, here’s a great product worth recommendation. My Deluxe Wedding Photography Albums are ideal to showcase your professional wedding day photographs in a lasting beautiful product. This album is not limited just to wedding photographs, but your family portraits and so on.. Below are…
Melbourne Wedding on Polka Dot Bride One of my favourite weddings was featured on Melbourne’s must-visit online bridal portal Polka Dot Bride. They were after a unique Melbourne wedding photographs and decided to select Cam & Jen’s beautiful wedding images as part of the story. Polka Dot Bride have interviewed the couple about all aspects of their wedding day: from the…
North Fitzroy love ceremony
Gekko Ballarat turns 20!!!! Anniversary celebrations event photography Aldona Kmiec Gekko is a world leader in gold processing technology, and energy (processing) efficient modular plants, designing, construction and operation. The company was established in 1996 by husband and wife team, Sandy Gray and Elizabeth Lewis-Gray in Avoca, Victoria Australia. In addition to its head office in Ballarat Learmonth…
Ballarat is a vibrant city best known for its architecture, the Eureka Stockade, Sovereign Hill but also a thriving arts community. Aldona Kmiec, a Professional Photographer and a Ballarat local invites you to join her for a photo walking tour around the city while learning invaluable DOs and DONTs of photography! Get active, see the city from a different…
Dreamscapes are Aldona Kmiec’s new photographic series. Aldona’s use of photography brings the viewer a unique dreamscape perspective of the Australian landscape and explores the feminine psyche. Limited edition photographs of staged performances with romantic scenes of local art heroes emerging from an ever-changing landscape are part of the Dreamscapes series. Elusive unicorn in a dreamlike walk…
Dreamscapes are Aldona Kmiec’s new photographic series. This body of work explores her love of the Australian outdoors and conceptual portraiture created by photographing her artistic friends in regional Victorian landscapes. Our experiences are heightened when we travel outside of our comfort zone. Although my photographs are staged, all were photographed in quickly changing weather conditions in winter 2015, therefore the process of…
The Ballarat International Foto Biennale (BIFB) is a month-long festival of contemporary Australian and international photography. Held every two years in the beautiful and historic city of Ballarat, the BIFB presents two major exhibition programs. The BIFB Core Program is a curated exhibition of 20 leading photographic artists, while the BIFB Fringe Program is an…
Ballarat is a beautiful place to visit and live in so it’s no wonder the city is experiencing a mini boom! If you are planning to visit, consider staying at arty Greenfield Place in Soldiers Hill, stone’s throw from my home studio. Located just a block from Ballarat Train Station on historic Lydiard Street, Greenfield…