Soul

•23 December,2009 • Leave a Comment

Soul!

Hope! One can only hope that things will turn out the way they should. You try not get your hopes up but sometimes you can help it!

Just keep wishing, loving and work hard for you deserve!

When we last had snow you couldn’t keep me in doors, I was outside every spare minute I had photographing but this year I have no passion to photograph the winter snow and this is disturbing me.

Today’s photograph was taken at 12.30am on Wednesday 23-12-2009. This is the rear end of Soul bar & Casino, Aberdeen.
Developed in HDR (High Dynamic Range) and this is the first time I have made an done HDR.
The red sky is the effect of light pollution on low clouds from the street lights of Aberdeen.

Enjoy

J

Love

•17 December,2009 • Leave a Comment

Love….

A strong word! A strong feeling! A strong emotion.

I have had a few girlfriends in the last 10 years but nothing like the one I just had.

I can’t go in to much detail or the relationship because that would not be fair on the person. I want to writ about my thoughts and feelings.

I was the best boyfriend in the last 5 years in fact I don’t think I have ever been the best boyfriend. I have been described as cold hearted and emotionless. This is not 100% untrue. I stuggle with emotion and feelings some time, especially with someone I care about.

I am still very much hurting from my last relationship and I feel I deserve this hurt! I was never violent and we very early had fights ( well she would say we did but I would say it was a heated discution :-) ).

I had everything any guy could have wanted in a relationship. A woman who was kind, caring, intelagent, passionate and loving. She put me first more time than she should and was always there when I needed.

You see my problem is I get something good and then feel I don’t deserve it and destroy what I had.

I find it hard to open up so I bottle everything up ( although some people would say I show feelings very well, this is true but not all my feelings) Untill I exploed. This has happened many times and has been very unfair.

I have not made life very easy for my self and very often my choices in life Have been very unstabe and challenging.
This has caused me to change into someone I’m not. I block out everything important to me and become very selfish.

You can only push someone so far till they crack and that is what I did. I ended my relationship one to may times and as a result I lost everything! I lost the only security in my life, the one person (apart from family) I could depend on and trust.

I orginally ended your relationship because of my insecruty and lack of faith my myself but if I had just stopped and listened to the one person I would have realised that she cared for me no matter what! She didn’t are about what job I did, she didn’t want to be shown off or popular. All she cared about was that we were together and happy. Unfortunatly I was blind and did not see….
And was to late to turn back.

Because of my actions, becase of my blindness I lost someone amazing.

After realising I had made the biggest mistake in my life I then realised that I could have spent the rest of my life with this person.

Because of my actions and the emotions I put the person throw I changed her but some people would say for the best. She became more stronger and more independent and I am glad but u fortunatly I also change the love she had for me.

I dread the day I find out she is with somoeone else but I also know that he would be very lucky.

But for now I have to deal with my feelings and own emotions. Anyone who has loved and lost knows the pain but also knows that one day it will subside. Right now I go throw the parinoia and jelouse but this is normal. It is also something I deserve for the many times I have caused this on her.
I am a strong beilever in Karma. What goes around comes around and I deserve everything I get.

Dream sweet & One day love will come around.

Photograph: a perfect day not just for the married couple.

A Night Without the Black Stuff

•9 December,2009 • Leave a Comment

Wednesday 09th December 2009

My head is all over the place today. I blame the lack of coffee. Did not get to sleep till 4:30am and forgot to set my alarm, did not wake till 11am! Gym for a swim then apentthe day in the office working on M-I and my portfolio.

Need to get in to the studio finish painting as I have shoots booked for next week.

Going to photograph in town tonight. This is becoming a habit. I do enjoy it but in s dose’s.

Got a huge event on Friday which is worrying me. The prowess of photographing people then displaying on the tv then to order is time consuming.

Got a free starbucks today which cheered me up. Been off coffee for 48 hours now and had. Chi latte. So fine.

I love the sauna. I sit there for 20 minutes and pounder life. That’s where I come up with most of my ideas (that and the toilet ;-) ).

I was thinking tonight that you get many paths in life and these paths can lead you to many adventures in life.

Just mow I feel my life has 3 paths. One has been tempory been blocked and not going in to detail. The second sees me building up my business and taking over the world (Ha!) an I hope this on leads me to traveling the world with my photography the last one is the one I fear. I feel I am on the line of becoming lazy, careless and giving up! I will end up chosing a job I don’t like and working to make ends meet! This path is the one that keeps me motivated and stayi g on the second path.

I have seen me on the third path before and this is my one scare in life, the one fear of my future.

Home from gym, had so much energy. Now I’m fooked!

Going to rest then head into town for some M-I….. ;-)

I have been trying to decide which photogrpah I wanted to add too today’s blog. I finally chose this photograph of Craig Ross which I took a few years ago. Craigs photograph was taken for a little project I did on tattoo’s. I love the photograph is all black yet it was taken in corny of some black papaer in my parents sitting room. How professional.
Imagin my mum and dad watching coronation street/emerdale while their son photographs a half naked guy on th side :-)

Studio Day

•5 December,2009 • Leave a Comment

Saturday 05th December 2009

A day I’m the studio, the first of many!

I had a long lie in today, did not get up till 11am. Went to the gym for a swim then headed down to the studio to start painting. Managed to get one coat of paint on and swept the floor. Can’t wait to get started photographing, I have loads of ideas I want to do!

Off out to my mate Ally’s flat for his birthday house part. Few beers and some nibbles then home for an early night and back to painting and a short break for some rock climbing

Ahh I love weekends!

Today’s photograph is of Rebbeca Curran, these photographs were taken for Fibre Hair Salon. Really love the angle and the black and White.

Studio has Arrives

•2 December,2009 • Leave a Comment

Wednesday 03rd December 2009

New Studio!!

Started the morning really energetic! Went for a run then a swimm! Now at 10pm I am pooped!

Started the working morning with a present from Shelly at the Office Bar, keys to my new studio room. Now it’s not huge but perfect for doing portraits and product photography.

I have a few weekend plans that I will want your help with :-D

So will start sorting it out and painting on Friday.

Got the wedding album sorted and off to print today but way a farce I had to begin with and had to call the company three times. So the album is uploading which is going to take 14 hours! Ha…

So been to the gym with Muff and once again I am sore.

Tonight I am having a relaxig night with home made burgers and chips and South Park then out of Egypt ( I’m a geek)

In celebration of having finished the album and sending it of to print I have picked a wedding photograph of Craig & Eilidh Nicol.

Enjoy

Tuesday Blues

•1 December,2009 • Leave a Comment

Tuesday 01 December 2009
24 days till Christmas!!!

For the love of god I could not get up today!! I set my alarm for 6am then re set it for 7, got up went for a run then fell asleep again when I got home! Was back in the bar at 9am.

Been a good morning thought. The Dell tech guy came to fix my screen and notices that it was cracked which I new nothing about ;-) so he is returning tomorrow (Wesnesday) to replace about 90% of my computer happy with that but also pissed cause I was planning on going to do some photography out in Alford of the snow. Gutted.

Finished work, chilled for 30 minutes then head down to my office to final the wedding album before second preview.

WEDDING ALBUM FINISHED!!! now I just have to wait for it to be printed which means I will be nervious till then.

Just about to sit down to a nice Curry an beers! Can not wait!!!

The early night and up early to take photographs and hit the gym.

Today’s photograph is of Chaz who was the singer of Diablo who are sadly no more. I love this photograph, this is possibly my favorite music photograph and I have this printed 30″x24″inches

Monday Morning

•30 November,2009 • Leave a Comment

Monday 30th November 2009

Cold winter morning.

The last day on November. This year has gon by so fast. it has been a weirs month but will reflect later in December.

7:00am I managed to get out of bed and go for a run, it may have only been a mile and almost killed me! Then I went and did 30 lengths in the pool. Have felt so good today. I am now 90% finished Eiligh and Craigs album and I entered a couple of photography competitions and got caughtub up on emails.

So far it has been good.

Just now I am preparing food for dinner. Going to try my burgers and chips. If I don’t write tomorrow you know the burgers killed me :-)

Working in to bar tonight which should be fun.

It has been a long night in the bar but drunken Shelly is funny.

To days photograph is a panoramic of Oldmeldrum I’m Winter. If you were to blow this photograph up large and look at the front by the large stones you see Jemma and my dog lying looking up at the sky! I love it. I have sold six of these prints and the owners don’t know ;-)

01:14am
Sleepy!

Sunday Sunday

•29 November,2009 • Leave a Comment

Sunday 29th November 2009

Sunday Sunday!!!

I had a long lie in AND it’s shit weather outside! Happy.
Dragged myself to the gym, as of tomorrow I Start running again, then swim, off to work and weights at night with muff.
News a goal, need something to push me!

But as for today I am treating someone to a mcdonalds and a day of watching family guy!

Ohh a bit of hail just fell on me!
BRING ON THE SNOW!!!!

I am all for people from other country’s working in the uk (well sort of) but when the person behind the counter at McDonalds can’t under stand any English and manages to mess up my order THREE TIMES then the manage f*ucks it upfor a FOURTH TIME!! Mcdonalds need to tighten up their recruitment system! Just my thoughts.

Got our McD’s and headed back fo the flat. te that then we headed out to Oldmeldrum. Had a relaxing afternoon just watching Family Guy then xfactor.

Was winding my mum up, she left her Facebook on so as her son I thought I will type a few thoughts :-D

“I’m a bumble Bee”

21:30 and we are heading back to Aberdeen. I plan to finish House then get an early night with my book. I pLan to be up at 7am.

I have been thinking lot about traveling. I really would love to spend a year traveling Rural China. Would love to learn the language. Need to start making goals.

Start Modern-Image fulltime again next week. Can not wait to put my all in to it again. Plan on doing a lot more of my own photography so expect to see daily photograhs soon.

With traveling Being in my head I have today uploaded a photograph I took at Tiger Temple in Thailand. This monk owns a tiger sanctuary. An amazing man and true heart for helping wildlife.

http://www.tigertemple.org/Eng/index.php

Test Prints

•4 September,2009 • Leave a Comment


Prints, originally uploaded by modernimage84.

New set of prints arrived to day. These are only test prints. Not happy with the panoramic, lacking in colour so need to work on this.

Over all Happy. Make some adjustments, reprint with better paper then off to the shops and my website to sell.

Copyright James Kelly Photography.com 2009

www.jameskellyphotography.com

Strum Me

•4 September,2009 • Leave a Comment


Strum Me, originally uploaded by modernimage84.

Sitting chilling and felt the need to take a photograph!

Been a weird day.
Me and Jemma were driving to see my parents and we drove past my old house where my sister was killed, she was knocked down by a car in 1991.

Anyway, We past the house and on the left was a lady standing waiting to cross the road, freaked me out because she looked just like my sister.

What made it worse was is was in the countryside, late at night, dark and raining! Jemma just grabbed my thigh and asked if I was OK. Bless her!

Thought I would share is