The Heart of Art

Artistic Photography.

When I grow up I want to be Mutua Matheka! No, honestly. He’s the fine artist/ illustrator/ (designer-i-suspect)/ architect turned interior designer and awesomest photographer. I know there can only be one M.M….

….Ok, maybe Not in this case, but in him I see Eugene of the future.

I know I will take up photography at some point. But until then when I buy me a camera, Ill just better the other arts.

I could have posted here his complete blog – (everything is just so damn good), but now that we cant have 50+ images..

Savour these! You can also follow him on twitter, facebook, view the rest of his works at behance and flickr

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Professional Photography is a fast- maturing industry in Kenya and again, NKT! They say in Swahili “Kizuri chajiuza” (Good things sell themselves *direct translation* : ), and that’s how I came to know of Leon Muli. When Talent meets Hard- work, miracles take place. I honestly think this is the case with Leon. His work is waaaaaay overboard, despite his age (he’s in his 20′s). He’s one of my favourite photographers I must say, a person I look up to.

So I collected some of his photos from his site and blog, which I thought were outstanding. If you like what you see, you can join his group on facebook. Enjoy : )

I think this last piece was ingenious. If you liked this post feel free to share. Thanks for visiting.

Dan Magothe is a Contemporary Artist in Nairobi, Kenya. I met him on facebook, well first through his art. The following is part of a collection he’s exhibiting, dubbed “Peaces of my heART”. He’s primarily a dry- media artist, uses pencil for most of his work.

I think its incredible the way he captures detail and emotion. Have a look at his work. You can follow Dan Magothe on facebook.

Disclaimer: I am not a photographer, I don’t think I should qualify as an amateur coz really, i don’t yet know how to operate a camera.. Well at the least I can press that button up there and take a steady image. I don’t (yet) know what strobes are, and those other cool names applied to photography.

However; I’m a Graphic Designer, pretty good at it and I know how a great photo should look like, I work with them.. Thus my knowledge of light and the effect it can/ should create on an object and make it beautiful. But now I want to learn photography. So my bro “borrowed” a Camera last week from job. He needed photos taken for Lele their band, for promotion bla bla bla.. So am at their practice session and they decide to do the shoot and that I will conveniently direct the shoot.. I don’t really like showcasing to the world skills that I know I lack and thus embarrass myself; but due to lack of options on my side I decided to proceed with it. Unfortunately it was at night and we had to do the shoot using natural light (street lamps etc). Those photos will be coming up soon.

I got carried away and decided to do an entire shoot by my self at home; especially with the kids- i love kids.. These are what we came up with:

Another of my Photoshop experiments I have to admit..

…Most of my works on Photoshop are very experimental, just playing with the brushes.. I think this piece was incomplete, I kind of lost interest in completing it, though still looks good..