Featured Artist On BLUECANVAS, The Artist Network, June 2011

Lisa DuBois' Poster for my first art show, June 2011

My Creative Corner

Photography has been an obsession since I was 13 years old and went off to Italy clutching my mother's accordion style 1940s roll film camera. I had a darkroom years ago but pouring evil smelling chemicals in and out of containers and waiting for that timer to buzz was not my idea of fun. I've been fooling with computers since I bought an Amiga 1000 back in 1985. My first chunky pixelized images were digitized into that machine using a black and white CCTV camera by making 3 exposures through the green, red & blue cells of a color wheel. At last, with today's software and hardware I feel that I can create the images I see in my mind's eye. Three years ago I retired from the 'real' world and bought myself a new Canon 5D and now I'm using a 5D Mark II. (If y'all buy a picture or two maybe I can get a Mark III) I would love to visit exotic locals to photograph but simply can't afford such it, so I have to settle for the things and places that the universe is kind enough to put in front of me. I'm constantly on the lookout for new material for my pictures and I'll point the camera at anything that interests me. Most of the magic happens, of course, in Adobe's fabulous Photoshop program. I spend many late nights with my butt parked in front of it's wondrous arcane interface! (see below for a secret peek into my workspace) I hope that you enjoy the results. So Pixies! Why Pixies? Well I grew up in England and, when you are in the English countryside, there is almost always two or three Pixies hiding just outside of your peripheral vision! You can sense them even if you can't quite see them and you can be sure they are dreaming up some kind of gentle mischief! There is also an expression in parts of England to describe someone who seems in touch with different realities (!) or perhaps just a little eccentric as being "off with the Pixies" or simply pixielated! I rather like that so maybe I'm "off with the Pixies" So, what's a Pixie anyway you ask? Check out Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixie. My mother's family came from the west country and somebody in that wiki suggests that Pixie females mated with humans so who knows maybe there is a little Pixie blood running in my veins as I like so much to introduce a little "gentle mischief" into these images whenever I can! Pictures here are set up to show at the largest size possible for your display. This is for your viewing enjoyment but please excuse any delays this may cause in the images showing up on a slow connection. Pick a Gallery and click on the SLIDESHOW (top right) button for a quick & easy full-screen tour through the gallery. This is the best way to see the galleries and the pictures, it's really a great feature. Check it out. Don't forget that if you like an image on this site that they are all available for purchase in many sizes, formats and price ranges right here on the site. Just click the >BUYVisit my Artist's Links page for other sites where my images are for sale. © COPYRIGHT NOTICE All work is protected by international Copyright with all rights reserved. Copyright holders are named as: © Chris Lord and/or Pixielated Pixels. If you wish to use any picture, please contact me and apply for a licence. My images do not belong to the public domain and may not be posted in or linked to another web page on the internet or intranet, published in any book, magazine, newsletter or newspaper, duplicated, used in a derivative work of art, used as illustration for musical, dramatic, and/or literary works, or used for commercial use of any kind whatsoever without my express written permission, including but not limited to resale of my images without a license for use. The reproduction, publication, modification, transmission or exploitation of any work contained herein for any use whatsoever, personal or commercial, without my prior written permission is strictly prohibited.

Chris Lord