tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post5017228258848540462..comments2024-01-11T18:39:50.665+00:00Comments on Painting With Shadows: Scottish Tattoo Convention – Part 2Kim Ayreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-43404771850419497762011-04-10T20:48:54.296+01:002011-04-10T20:48:54.296+01:00Mary - but if you were 20 years younger, you'd...Mary - but if you were 20 years younger, you'd be tempted, right?<br /><br />Carole - send me a photo of you revealing a bit of skin where you would have the tattoo (arm, shoulder, back etc) and I'll photoshop one on for you :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-85582717450934343622011-04-07T19:18:37.731+01:002011-04-07T19:18:37.731+01:00Amazing artwork, those tatts. I am pretty sure I ...Amazing artwork, those tatts. I am pretty sure I wouldn't be brave enough for the littleist bit of a butterfly, but I enjoy seeing what others do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828426520214270655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-72294534775976477042011-04-07T09:30:29.022+01:002011-04-07T09:30:29.022+01:00Great photos, Kim. I'm not going to rush off a...Great photos, Kim. I'm not going to rush off and get this done myself, but Sakura's wee silicone horns and studs still make me smile.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-63013333292989430282011-04-05T20:43:04.740+01:002011-04-05T20:43:04.740+01:00Ron - whatever you do then, don't look up the ...Ron - whatever you do then, don't look up the piercing known as a Prince Albert...<br /><br />Emma - I think it's a more original use than the usual kind of silicon implants :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-44118630944677347842011-04-05T19:22:37.307+01:002011-04-05T19:22:37.307+01:00Silicon implant horns... Well I never.
Love the p...Silicon implant horns... Well I never.<br />Love the photos. :)Mimi and Tillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538674717041795218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-50881595320899882652011-04-05T15:13:04.038+01:002011-04-05T15:13:04.038+01:00Excellent photos Kim. I couldn't tell that yo...Excellent photos Kim. I couldn't tell that you took them under 'limited' circumstances. Your talent always comes across, regardless of any 'circumstances.' Piercings, that is something I don't get. Does anyone think they are attractive? Perhaps to intimidate? Get attention? I find them revolting. Oh well.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161930319264523497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-85272084804953965552011-04-05T14:34:49.889+01:002011-04-05T14:34:49.889+01:00Roschelle - she was lovely, and if she lived close...Roschelle - she was lovely, and if she lived closer I'd take a lot more photos of her :)<br /><br />Falak - thank you :)<br /><br />Theanne & Baron - Not having the lighting and set up I would like has meant I've had to spend a lot more time in post-processing, darkening, blurring or removing backgrounds that were interfering with the important part of the image.<br /><br />Guyana-Gyal - every world is strange when you are unfamiliar with it. I find your world - a place of perpetual warmth and sunshine - completely fascinating. And if the opportunity ever arises, I would love to photograph you and it :)<br /><br />Allen - I look forward to that day :)<br /><br />Pat - I can always add one on afterwards in photoshop :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-29423005891056629582011-04-05T10:07:35.025+01:002011-04-05T10:07:35.025+01:00Not bloody likely!Not bloody likely!Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-34377900756561790862011-04-04T03:01:43.186+01:002011-04-04T03:01:43.186+01:00Cool photos Kim. As I was reading what you said ab...Cool photos Kim. As I was reading what you said about the reactions to your requests to photograph them I thought, this is not surprising to me. I equate it to surprisingly pleasant bikers I know. <br />One day either your in California stop by or I'm in Scotland...it's a promise I'll do a portrait.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-69147978900015888442011-04-04T02:52:32.455+01:002011-04-04T02:52:32.455+01:00YIKES. NEEDLES! I feel faint when I have to do any...YIKES. NEEDLES! I feel faint when I have to do any blood test. <br /><br />You were brave, Kim.<br /><br />I felt as though I'd entered a very strange world here.neena maiya (guyana gyal)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01358313821005038118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-13322865828294850682011-04-03T18:08:53.895+01:002011-04-03T18:08:53.895+01:00Don't want a tatoo...but your photographs are ...Don't want a tatoo...but your photographs are as usual incredible you might not have had your lighting equipment and been able to set a mood but hey the mood got set anyway. Awesome! Checked out your flickr!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-58931895430073861282011-04-03T17:46:29.520+01:002011-04-03T17:46:29.520+01:00'Ouch!' is the only thing I have to say af...'Ouch!' is the only thing I have to say after seeing all those pics especially Sakura's. Loved Laura's picture though. Amazing photography as ususal :)Falakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321524864693512771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-55855602863485673332011-04-03T15:59:41.504+01:002011-04-03T15:59:41.504+01:00amazing work and extraordinary subjects. the horne...amazing work and extraordinary subjects. the horned girl would have truly freaked me out. Whoa!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02577780679140276988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-10742680001031398092011-04-03T12:16:40.244+01:002011-04-03T12:16:40.244+01:00Emma - thank you :)
Hope - Yes, the tattoo was en...Emma - thank you :)<br /><br />Hope - Yes, the tattoo was entirely blue-black. Because the lighting was poor, in most cases where ever the colour of the tattoo was irrelevant, I put the image into black and white<br /><br />Sandy - I think the line crossed is body-modification. Once you are prepared to get a permanent mark on your body, it's then just a matter of degrees - how much of the body is covered, pierced or implanted<br /><br />Matt - welcome to my ramblings. Now there's a coincidence that you know the first guy I photographed - I didn't know him. I've sent him an email of the image, but haven't heard back yet.<br /><br />Adila - now that sounds like a tale worth telling - what was it, where was it, why did you have it, and why did you get rid of it?<br /><br />Ponita - thank you :)<br /><br />Jayne - once you remove colour from an image, the brain has to focus more on tone, shade and line. Additionally, black and white images were around for more than a hundred years before colour ones, so our cultural idea of art-photos is influenced by that<br /><br />Pat - do you not have one - a butterfly on your shoulder, or a Chinese dragon on your thigh, perhaps?<br /><br />As for where it stops, what became clear at the convention is for some people, it just doesn't. For some, I think it is only lack of money, or lack of remaining skin that will cause them to slow down.Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-6161565999497305472011-04-03T11:18:03.535+01:002011-04-03T11:18:03.535+01:00Very interesting and puzzling. Why would people ...Very interesting and puzzling. Why would people want to do that to themselves? And when does one stop?<br />With all your restrictions you still pulled it off with your usual aplomb. Stomach knots not withstandingPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-8875030236844044102011-04-03T08:09:05.660+01:002011-04-03T08:09:05.660+01:00Excellent photos Kim & I have to admit the b&a...Excellent photos Kim & I have to admit the b&w ones come across as far more emotive than the ones of colour. I shall definitely make a turn at your flickr site :-)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546956519928584352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-22955616204563853482011-04-03T03:34:08.841+01:002011-04-03T03:34:08.841+01:00Excellent work, Kim. I think you have done a wonde...Excellent work, Kim. I think you have done a wonderful job! Really interesting composition... and all the tats really add an element of visual texture. :-)Ponita in Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886875733169389887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-78538768205996952812011-04-02T22:36:02.583+01:002011-04-02T22:36:02.583+01:00Great photographs Kim. I really like them.
I had...Great photographs Kim. I really like them. <br /><br />I had a tattoo once. Until I had it lasered off, which I must tell you was far more painful, and way way more expensive than getting the tat in the first place. <br /><br />:)AAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877649219630910144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-89672467506430705082011-04-02T22:27:41.490+01:002011-04-02T22:27:41.490+01:00David (in your first picture) used to have a daugh...David (in your first picture) used to have a daughter at the same nursery in Glasgow as me. Lovely guy - he came over for tea one night and one of those piercings in his chin fell out and onto his plate.Safe to say his was the only red mohican and pierced chin at the Montessori Nursery!<br />David - if you read this..big shout to you all (you'll be pleased to know that Marly is following the true path and has a portfolio of her nail designs)<br />Nice work Kim, BTW<br />MattThe Commontyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11779226061470567913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-66822230499471615332011-04-02T20:11:07.014+01:002011-04-02T20:11:07.014+01:00I have to admit to finding tattoos a bit fascinati...I have to admit to finding tattoos a bit fascinating (not that I'm rushing out to get one). Some of them are definately works of art. (can't say I view implanted bit and piercings the same though they seem to wander along as part of the same scene)Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-10114386728763622252011-04-02T19:22:10.420+01:002011-04-02T19:22:10.420+01:00Wow! I can see why you might've been hesitant...Wow! I can see why you might've been hesitant to approach in some cases.<br /><br />Curiosity getting the better of me: the man with the "face maze" done in B&W...was the tattoo also a simple black design?<br /><br />You never cease to amaze with your photographic wonders. ;)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15322620.post-7827850149675387212011-04-02T18:43:14.507+01:002011-04-02T18:43:14.507+01:00So many cool photos on your flickr account don'...So many cool photos on your flickr account don't know where to begin!! I definitely recommend taking a look.emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04195918097785592926noreply@blogger.com