CreativeMornings/Edinburgh

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Findr

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Morning rave!

Skip the gym, forget that hungover lie-in and join us for 4 hours of electrifying beats guaranteed to kick-start your day in an uplifting way!

Dance your way into the day with our early morning breakfast rave featuring the finest tech-house sounds from DJ Adli Ymeri (Explicit)!

WHEN?
Friday, 10 June 2016 from 07:00 to 11:00
WHERE?
Gayfield Creative Spaces, 11 Gayfield Square, Edinburgh

Tickets here

Ladies, Wine, Design

Drink wine (or any beverage of your choice!) and have casual conversations on a wide variety of topics relating to creativity, business, and life. It’s free and reservations are first come, first served.

WHEN?

June 9, 8pm

Ask us Anything
Bring along your portfolio and any questions you might have about design and working in the creative industries. Maybe you’re a professional with a project you need some help on? With no number limit on this event, everyone’s welcome!

For more details visit: http://ladieswinedesign.com/edinburgh/

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Are you working on a side project, looking for collaborators or want to get the word out? Are you looking to hire somebody for a creative position? Are you looking for creative work? Community minutes are for you!

Interested? Email us a slide for what you want to pitch to our wonderful attendees at the end of the event. You’ll get one minute and a Keynote slide (widescreen) of your design. We can only have a few people speaking per event so if you have something to share get in touch sharpish at edi@creativemornings.com or our Facebook Page.

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Our RISK event will be photographed by Edinburgh based photographer Claire Watson. Read on to find out more about Claire’s work and visit her website to see more.

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

I’ve always been a photographer. Mostly I think because I much prefer being behind the camera than in front of it.

I have been a full time professional photographer in Edinburgh for over 4 years now. My focus is on photography for business. Capturing the people, events, products and services provided by my clients, so that they can better communicate their USP, message and personality to those they want to speak to.

I’m mostly self taught with a few great courses thrown in thanks to Stills, the OU and a couple of amazing wildlife photographers that thoroughly put me off. Turns out I’m too soft and lazy to do wildlife or landscape photography.
Prior to taking the plunge into self employment I practised my photography skills in Mexico and China while teaching English, New Zealand while playing rugby, and Namibia and the Caribbean while doing environmental research in what could be referred to as a career venn diagram more than a path. My much neglected Flikr account is testament to how learning is diverse, constant and ongoing process in my opinion.

What inspired you to first pick up a camera?

I honestly don’t remember. It’s something I’ve always done, as you can see from the picture. I’m from the era where your mother cut your hair, though I think that might be my sister’s own work and feral brothers were kept in cages.
What I take pictures of has changed since becoming a full-time professional. There is much less frustratingly bad pictures of family pets, but the joy of capturing images continues to inspire me.

What subjects are you most drawn to?

I’m always drawn to photographing people. Especially those who hate having their picture taken. I love the challenge of capturing how people want themselves to be seen. Demonstrating that photography isn’t down to the equipment.

What is your favourite gear you’re using at the moment?

I’m not much of a gear head. My first DSLR was a Canon 40D, which served me well, and now I work with two 5Ds with 24-105mm & 70-200mm lenses. I find they are resilient enough to handle my slightly cack handed nature. One may or may not have some scratches from being knocked off a bench in the Botanics, but after my heart started beating again it proved absolutely fine. My definition of excellent gear!

Can you list a few of your favourite creative resources?

My inspiration usually comes from my clients and the great light and locations Scotland (and occasionally further afield) has to offer. I’m a bit of a traditionalist with my other resources: Magnum, National Geographic on Instagram and COOPH on YouTube for fascinating ideas.

Please tell us the story behind one of your favourite photographs.

These questions are hard! My favourite photographs and their stories are constantly changing. My favourite project is always the next one. However if pushed I’d probably pick this picture as one that continues to make me smile. It goes back to 2013 and the Rock Trust SleepOut in Festival Square. The weather was terrible, but that didn’t stop the hardy volunteers and sponsors having a great time. This picture captured the positive feeling and enthusiasm of everyone involved in raising money and awareness to help young people struggling with homelessness in Edinburgh and beyond. I’d like to think my photography has improved since then, but it does capture my desire to always look for images that tell the story that the client needs told.

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Our CHANGE event will be photographed by Edinburgh based photographer Katarzyna Branicka. Read on to find out more about Katarzyna’s work and visit her website to find out more.

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

I am an Edinburgh based photographer, passionate about contemporary arts, technology, architecture and design.

Since I graduated in 2013 from BA(Hons) Photography and Film course I have been doing lots of crazy things from organizing events, VJ-ing, collaborating with scientists ,working for some bizarre art festivals and travelling a lot!

I am currently working on a collaborative installation project (23:23 project) so watch out the space!

What inspired you to first pick up a camera?

That was old, good Zenith and I was probably 16, I simply wanted to document event I went to. Most pictures were unsharp, underexposed and badly cropped. I try to take better pictures now!

What subjects are you most drawn to?

In photography I believe that less is more so I always search for simplicity.

I love architecture-especially Brutalist and Minimalism style and of course I love to photograph people-so many lovely stories still to tell!

What is your favorite gear you’re using at the moment?

Hard to say since I totally love to experiment with new gear, mainly as this is part of my job working for Calumet Photographic in Edinburgh but if I had to pick two that would be new wide angle 11-24mm Canon lens – absolutely beautiful quality, and Instax Polaroid camera – simple to use and lots of fun with instant pictures! I am also still in love with my analogue , medium format Mamiya c220.

Can you list a few of your favourite creative resources?

British Journal of Photography, Der Grief, Vice, Ignant, Saatchi Gallery, Snatchitecture, Jase Charvis live, AskGaryVee show.

Please tell us the story behind one of your favourite photographs.

This photograph was taken for one of my first conceptual projects based around the idea of replication and simulation and perhaps is the best example of my photography style.

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Designer Milton Glaser (famous for the I ❤ New York logo) appeared via Skype in front of more than 200 people at Edinburgh Napier University and talked about some of his work and his design philosophy before delighting the audience with a lively and honest question and answer session. Worth a watch.

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creativemorningslosangeles:

“Never take the shortcut. ” — Sonari Glinton.

Enjoy more at http://creativemornings.com/talks/sonari-glinton/1

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Meet Jon Davey, an Edinburgh based photographer, specialising in portraiture and events photography. Jon took photos at our birthday event at Whitespace in January 2016.

www.jondaveyphotography.co.uk

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself.

After twenty plus years in IT at two of Edinburgh’s biggest companies I decided there was more to life than the office 9-to-5. I went back to college and got a degree in Professional Photography at Stevenson College (now part of Edinburgh College). Since graduating I have been working as a freelance and been re-invigorated since moving to Portobello a little more than a year ago. I am involved with a number of local initiatives down there, including TEDx Portobello and Art Walk Porty.

Photo of Jon by Petr Nehyba

What inspired you to first pick up a camera?

Although I got my first camera - a Kodak Instamatic that took those little film cartridges you just dropped in - when I was six, I slightly fell out of love with photography in my thirties when digital cameras first arrived. Although I had one, I was frustrated by its weaknesses and it wasn’t until affordable DSLRs appeared that the passion returned. After quitting work I determined to get to know my D70 inside and out, which led me to search for a course, which led to Stevenson and three and a half years of studying photography…

What subjects are you most drawn to?

Pictures of people, usually candid reportage work that aims to tell a story. I like quietly capturing events as they unfold in front of my lens. In contrast I also like to photograph the everyday details all around me. And since moving to Portobello I have taken a lot of pictures of the sea!

What is your favourite gear you’re using at the moment?

Is it too cliched to say the best camera is the one I have with me? Some days that will be my trusty Lumix in my coat pocket. Other days, and always when I’m working, my Nikon D700 - getting on a bit now but still a great camera - with either of my two workhorse f2.8 lenses - 24-70mm or 70-200mm.

What are your favourite creative resources?

There are pictures everywhere and frequently people I follow on Twitter or are friends with on Facebook bring things to my attention. I like to follow the links to the artists’ personal websites rather than just make do with the few selected images in the online article. And I am a Blipper - sharing a photo a day, every day on the Blipfoto site. There are images there from all over the world, from the super commercial to the super ordinary. All may be inspiring.

Please tell us the story behind one of your favourite photographs.

Assuming you mean one I took, rather than merely like. Telling stories are what I like best and frequently a story of an event involves a series of images rather than just one. Still, often in a set there is one image that stands out. For example, when photographing the Pedal on Parliament cycling event I got an image of a young boy at the head of the procession of cyclists going down the Royal Mile.

I chose a spot where the Royal Mile flattened out but with a view up the hill and using a long lens and a wide aperture to blur the following cyclists into splotches of colour looked out for someone to come into view. The young lad on his bike was perfect, cycling on his own, with an event tee-shirt and a little banner on the front of his bike. The PoP organisers clearly thought so too as they asked to use it to promote the next event.

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