William Oldacre Photography

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abstract expressionism, city street, urban, movement, motion, red, green, yellow, vibrant

Alternate Processes

Unnamed Five, 2017 — Side Slide :: (click to see more) I was speaking with a client yesterday about alternate photographic printing processes - gum bichromate, salted paper, and cyanotype. In the early 90's I took a bunch of different workshops at Gallery 44 where they taught alternate printing processes like these. Looking back on the ...
Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, blue, orange, vibrant, wedge, shape

Go For Launch

Yellow Wind, 2016 — Convergent :: (click to see more) Yep the first pour went ... well - kind of. LOTS of air bubbles that were hard to get out of the syrupy resin mix even after 25 minutes in a vacuum chamber but got most of them - with diligence. Then had some other ...
Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, red, blue, yellow, vibrant, wedge, shape

Big Time

Ball Lightning, 2016 — Convergent :: (click to see more) At long last I'm actually ready to pour the resin. Everything is levelled out so the resin will flow evenly. Got a way to clamp the form closed and another way to seal up the seams so resin doesn't drain out the cracks plus another ...
Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, green, blue, muted, wedge, shape

Print Some Layers

Pulse Storm, 2015 – Convergent :: (click to see more) I think this is it - corrected some layer issues and tightened up all the masks so all layers add up to a complete image - it's now 24 layers tall. Here is the second render. Printing is next! Glossy Orange Green Blue Candy Layers, 2013 - animated ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, mauve, blue, turquoise, muted, stripes, streaks, lines, pattern

Volumetric Prints

Private Discussion In Mauve, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) A friend recently showed me a kickstarter project that has some interesting similarities to how I was considering printing these images. Although they go about it by stacking together a series of clear plates with printing on them - whereas I was considering ...