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\"Ghost<\/a>
Ghost in the Machine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We can all spend a great deal of time in the kitchen. If you\u2019re anything like me, more often than not you\u2019re in a rush to get the evening meal underway after a long days work, you\u2019re washing dishes, or tidying up benches, hastily putting away the ingredients after baking a delicious chocolate apple cake \u2013 my speciality!<\/p>\n

While the kitchen is undoubtedly a culinary creative hub, the results of which are praised and enthusiastically devoured by family and friends, it can also be a source of inspiration for many photographic adventures!<\/p>\n

One day, when I hadn\u2019t managed to tidy things away quite as promptly as I usually do, I noticed the can opener lying next to the cheese grater. What caught my attention was the oddly shaped and somewhat distorted reflection of the can opener in the curved metal surface.<\/p>\n

\"Reflections
Reflections in cheese grater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Always on the lookout for potential abstracts, I couldn\u2019t let this one pass me by. In the hope of garnering some additional reflective possibilities, I moved my grater and can opener over to the stainless steel section of the bench and then began to play.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s always a \u2018settling in\u2019 period when I first begin a photo shoot \u2013 when I\u2019m getting a feel for my subject matter and what can be revealed. Manoeuvring the can opener around in one hand while photographing with the other, I began to explore the different shapes and patterns I could create in the reflection.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t long before I was beginning to see a face in my images. A strange, angular and disturbing character began to manifest itself \u2013 my \u2018Ghost in the Machine\u2019 was trying to escape! I loved the material I was getting and followed this direction, gathering multiple images of my sorrowful looking phantom.<\/p>\n

\"Original
In Camera Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To the left is the original, \u2018in camera\u2019 shot and the one I thought best captured the expression of this tortured soul.<\/p>\n

My decision to do the photo shoot over the stainless steel section of my bench top paid off. The extra light from this surface helped to highlight the red sleeve of the jersey I was wearing. Reflected in the grater, this gives the ghost a strange, serpentine \u2018neck\u2019.<\/p>\n

To present the final image, I\u2019ve worked on enhancing the colours, particularly the golden tones, and cropped in tightly around the \u2018face\u2019.<\/p>\n

Finally, I must confess to indulging in a little creative licence. In the final presentation, the eye on the left has been cloned in from the right, partly to provide balance to the image, but mostly \u2013 I just drew the line at having a one-eyed ghost!<\/p>\n

\"Abstracts
Cheese grater meets can opener meets abstract photographer!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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