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Katrin Ray's photostream
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Thank you for visiting my photostream.
I’m Katrin Ray, a Toronto-based artist, as well as my husband (Yuri Shumakov aka Julian Ray), who is also a composer, whose music inspires me continuously :-)
You can listen to his music at his website.
Well-known in Origami world as Katrin Shumakov, Yuri and I are internationally recognized professional origami artists. First introduced to origami in France in 1989, we developed this art in our unique way. We created the fantastic Oriland world, which consists of amazing creations: goblins and wizards, castles of magical wonder, dragons, princesses, trees and flowers, sailing ships and sea creatures, dinosaur skeletons and so much more including elegant floral arrangements we call Oribana. Our origami designs have been exhibited in different countries across the globe.
See My Galleries of Oriland Exhibitions www.flickr.com/photos/katrins/galleries/
Being mostly involved into paper arts and graphic design, I also explore the world of photography and find it quite flexible for artistic expression. It’s like a digital paintbrush!
All these digital capabilities, available now, allow experimenting with new techniques to create digital art works. So, I definitely will do post-processing where I feel it is needed, or just leave the photograph pristine, depending on my idea.
I love creativity and everything connected with it.
Je suis artistique et j'adore ca ! :-)
Have inspirational time here!
Inspiring Photo Art - www.katrinray.com/
Wanted to share a great news with you all - I have been chosen as a featured photographer at the most popular Flickr group "The World Through My Eyes"! I'm honored and happy :-)
Feel free to drop by to say hello and read the interview at
group's thread - Meet this weeks FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER Katrin Ray or
on THE WORLD THROUGH MY EYES: FEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER blog
My work "Spring. In Work" was selected for PHOTO-OP, a Juried Photography Exhibition
The show was at John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto , Ontario, Canada, September 3 – September 25, 2009
'Snow Queen's Mischief' by Katrin Ray
Winner of The City of Toronto Photo Contest "Building a great city - together", 2010
First /Best Overall in "Toronto by night" category.
www.flickr.com/photos/katrins/4289097793/
I'm happy to share a great news with you all. My Toy-ronto series was featured on the famous Toronto's blogTO!
I was interviewed by the editor Derek Flack and he put together a wonderful article on the series. You are welcome to see it and read some of "behind the scene" facts I'm revealing these about the series at www.blogto.com/arts/2010/12/toronto_turned_into_a_tiny_toy-town
These images were featured as Photo of The Day or in the articles on Toronto's sites:
Featured at articles of Toronto's sites:
My Green Planet appeared in Holland Herald magazine!
My Idyllic Planet made it on a Russian magazine cover!
One of my Astro Projection images on CM Magazine Cover!
© All rights reserved
All my works are copyright protected. You may not copy, download or use them in any way without my permission. Please, do not hesitate to contact me in case you want to use them any way. - Katrin Ray
View My Gallery in FLUIDR mode
Visit Hisako's gallery of our collaborative project "Toy-kyo"
My thoughts about the flashing glitter graphics, large awards and invites in comments.
I think that from aesthetic point of view, it detracts from the photography. Plus, I'm not an award collector.
I really appreciate thoughtful comments... So say something if you feel like, but , please, no volleies of invites or large flashing glitter thingies or self-advertising in my stream - thank you!
Photos of Katrin Ray (128)
Katrin Ray's favorite photos from other Flickr members (222)
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Contacts (201)
Groups (50)
- Texturized Thursdays... 17 photos, 9 members
- Snowy Ontario 300 photos, 24 members
- orange and blue 2,930 photos, 860 members
- Photo News Gallery 18,130 photos, 1,413 members
- Toronto / GTA historic buildings 512 photos, 39 members
- * making planets * 6,460 photos, 1,264 members
- Project Weather 8,476 photos, 2,594 members
- Photographic Impressionism (Seeing Creatively) 6,879 photos, 519 members
- ICM - Intentional Camera Movement - 14.000+ great submissions! 14,508 photos, 2,082 members
- Seasonal differences 849 photos, 71 members
- 11-11-11 Flickr Project 647 photos, 261 members
- Misty and Mysterious Landscape Art 7,644 photos, 769 members
- CreatEDGE 60 photos, 2 members
- Fall Into Autumn 71,729 photos, 7,022 members
- Flickr Ideas 0 photos, 10,400 members
- Origami HALLE 76 photos, 20 members
- Project Wall52 151 photos, 37 members
- upon that wishing star 10,148 photos, 1,411 members
- 3D Cross-view only. 16,463 photos, 564 members
- I ♥ Toronto 301 photos, 20 members
- Tree Photos 66,391 photos, 5,029 members
- Fog & Mist 5,845 photos, 729 members
- Trees 218,003 photos, 17,305 members
- TREE PICS 135,524 photos, 12,645 members
- Still Life Art 2,628 photos, 649 members
- Creative Photography 184,150 photos, 8,771 members
- Black Holes, Time Warps and Mushrooms! 1,002 photos, 74 members
- bikeTO 700 photos, 14 members
- Canon Imagination 159,533 photos, 8,894 members
- Fireworks - Just Fireworks 92,767 photos, 15,078 members
- Fireworks 61,835 photos, 17,030 members
- Circle of lights 1,249 photos, 148 members
- Light Painting with Zoom 180 photos, 26 members
- Lightning 26,361 photos, 10,986 members
- Time Lapse Videos 4,966 photos, 2,225 members
- CityNews.ca (Toronto) 2,188 photos, 153 members
- Discover Paper 1,020 photos, 111 members
- The Ladies' Lounge 1,607 photos, 85 members
- :::~BOKEH (ボケ) LAND~::: It's VOTING time! 46,310 photos, 2,978 members
- Best VIDEOS on Flickr! 19,502 photos, 5,927 members
- Clip City Video 1,538 photos, 517 members
- The shutter divas 5,473 photos, 851 members
- **pastel impression / 淡色印象 40,540 photos, 4,235 members
- 1000 Cranes for Japan 1,258 photos, 710 members
- Vistek's Photo & Video Pool 1,884 photos, 151 members
- Dreams of Light 13,607 photos, 808 members
- Zooming technique 2,126 photos, 825 members
- Long Exposures 189,831 photos, 20,960 members
- Zoom Explosions & Bursts 2,238 photos, 763 members
- The Blue Hour 3,481 photos, 423 members
Galleries (9)
- Creators & Visitors, ORILAND Exhibition, NY, USA, 2007 (8) 18 photos
- Goblington, ORILAND Exhibition, NY, USA, 2007 (7) 18 photos
- La Magic, ORILAND Exhibition, NY, USA, 2007 (6) 15 photos
- SunCity, ORILAND Exhibition, NY, USA, 2007 (5) 14 photos
- Papertown, ORILAND Exhibition, NY, USA, 2007 (4) 14 photos
Testimonials (3)
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RiaPereira says:
"I always enjoy visiting Katrin's stream. Her style and whimsical images are artistic, playful, inspiring and pure beauty. When viewing her magical tilt-shift images I feel like I'm stepping inside a fairtytale. Her talents and creativity never cease to amaze the viewer that comes across her stream - fantastic range and just pure talent! I am truly honored to have found such a wonderful flickr contact and friend and appreciate your conistent and thoughtful encouragement you give me. Much love Katrin."
18th February, 2011
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⊰s ⊱ says:
"I am so impressed by Katrin's inspirational and wonderful creativity that I felt it was time to write this talented and lovely lady a testimonial that is long over due. Her recent work is so astounding she leaves me in awe with each wonderful inventive image.From her series of the blue hour and the painting with brush images to my most favorite of all her fabulous city tilt shift images which I could just sit for hours looking at them all.
Thank you Katrin for your beautiful photography you share on flickr every week loading one brilliant work of art one after the other.Ive also enjoyed the links to your album images for your Julian's wonderful music.
Your dear and sensitive comments on my stream and support is very appreciated. Thank you for being a sweet friend and contact."24th May, 2010
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Karin A ~ says:
"Katrin is such a talented person and it's hard to describe her work in just a few words. Her origami for Oriland is simply amazing and so is her shots. I especially enjoy how she displays her series. It's artistic, poetic, inspirational and always fun to see!
Over the months Katrin has become a true friend. She is such a sweet person, always generous and warm and it seems like she really puts her soul in everything that she does. Thank you for sharing your beautiful world with us!"23rd March, 2009
- Name:
- Katrin Shumakov
- Joined:
- April 2008
- Currently:
- Toronto, Canada
- I am:
- Female and Taken
- Occupation:
- Artist
- Website:
- Oriland: What Origami Can Be!
- Email:
- Katrin [at] oriland.com