This is an image I have always loved. Abstracts are a lot of fun to work with sometimes, I love being creative with light and shadow. I hear people talking about recovering shadow and I often wonder why as the shadow can also be part of the story. Maybe my tastes are just a little darker than some, not sure.
Photo of the Week #160
“The Tree” has lived in this field for a very long time. It shows signs of distress but that’s character, right? I’ve observed it for my whole life and noticed all it’s different looks depending on light or weather. I find it interesting how things change when it’s environment changes. Different people see different things of course, but when I look at this tree, I see a character. This was made during a freak snowstorm in April when everything became white for a brief time again. I love the feel and the textures and with the soft processing, it is a pleasing portrait that I was very pleased to be there to capture.
Photo of the Week #159
This is yet another long forgotten photo from my archives. In these complicated times, a lot of people have been looking through some older folders and re-working some older stuff that didn’t get used for one reason or another. I look at it as a chance to learn new techniques.
Photo of the Week #158
I was playing around with a studio strobe and found a good little model, one of my granddaughters. This is a one light shot, using a small umbrella. I definitely need to get some other modifiers to use but I still like this shot. I think it captures her personality which was the intent.
Photo of the Week #156
Back at the beginning of the pandemic I decided to use my extra free time at home wisely and do something that made me happy. I took a Master Class of Joel Grimes and a class with Matt Kloskowski as well. I signed up for a course through Phlearn to gain the basics of Photoshop. After all these years of photographing, I had never learned anything more than a couple of very basic things.
I wouldn’t say I am exactly a power user now, but I do feel quite comfortable working within Photoshop now and could easily process a photo from start to finish. I find that after learning the basics, I am understanding far more and even trying my own things. This image is a complete composite I put together for a contest and it did ok too! For a first time I think I did pretty well, not completely happy but I learned and that’s the main thing.