© Karen McRae, 2013
layered photograph
The Turning
The cold is seeping into the fragile bones of the garden, things can get strange out there.
[Layered photographs, and strange ideas]
© Karen McRae, 2013
Inside, Outside
© Karen McRae, 2013
Etched
An almost etching. I keep coming back to this photograph; adding layers, shifting colours. It intrigues me for some reason, and it bothers me too. I can’t quite put my finger on it. If an image wants your attention what are you to do?
This is what we’ve agreed upon, this photograph and I. For now. Maybe it will leave me alone for a while but I feel like it’s trying to show me something…
[An image made from two photographs, both of which were made from a moving car.]
© Karen McRae, 2013
A Small Gathering
I made several photographs of these Great Egrets quite a while ago but I never felt like the images really expressed the extraordinary experience of being with these graceful creatures. I say ‘being with’ because I was standing in the water not too far from them – there was no long lens in my camera bag that day so I was pushing my luck.
Anyway, I have played with this image a little, adding a layer of … recollection, I guess. This what it feels like to wade with the egrets.
© Karen McRae, 2013
draw and shoot 