Posted in Engagement, tagged Fine Art Photography, Gary & Lorissa Engaged, Southern California Wedding Photography on June 28, 2011| 2 Comments »
I met up with Gary & Lorissa a couple weeks ago to nail down a few things before their big day (July 10th) which is fast approaching. Can’t wait! We ended early and I was itching to shoot so I grabbed my gear and we walked around the block looking for good light. (We found it.) 2 more weeks…
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Posted in For Photographers, Textures, Weddings, tagged Actions, Filters, Fine Art Photography, Making Something New, Nick & Katie, Textures, Wedding on January 21, 2011| 5 Comments »
To many photographers, “Fine Art Photography” means something slightly different. Like different shades of a color, they are all similar and different at the same time. For me as a photographer, fine art photography is taking an image and making something new. Each expression may be similar to the original but a slighly different shade or variation. Sometimes its extreme and sometimes subtle, but each time its new.
Ok, I feel like someones standing over my shoulder wispering, “deep thoughts by Jack Handy”… Stop that! I’ll blow out the candles now and stop being gushy. Anyway, I wanted to take a picture that I liked straight out of the camera and create something new. So below is a shot I loved from Nick & Katie’s wedding that I kept fiddling around with. Nothing too extreme, but each variation is different from the others. This would be my idea of fine art photography. Thanks for stopping by and if you can take a minute, please tell me which one strikes your fancy in the comment section below.
Image 1: Original Image (Straight out of the camera)
Note: On each variation of this photograph I used actions from Jesh De Rox Colorshift Actions, some from Boutwells Totally Rad Actions, and a few of my own. Also used a texture from Jessica Drossin Textures.
Image 2: Basic Edit
Image 3: Muted Tone
Image 4: Cool Vintage
Image 5: Cool
Image 6: Texture
Image 7: B&W
Image 8: Vintage B&W
Image 9: Cool Vintage B&W
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Posted in For Photographers, Post Production, Textures, Weddings, tagged Fine Art Photography, Post Production, Using Actions, Using Textures, Wedding on January 15, 2010| 5 Comments »
Ok, so I just wrote this long post about using textures, re-read it and then deleted the whole thing. I then re-wrote it… and yes, deleted it again. It seems as though my brain is a bit farty on this wonderful Friday. So I will just say this. I am inspired by photographers who use actions and textures to turn a really good photo into a work of art. That’s not to say a photo can’t be a work of art without these, but it’s one great way to add so much to a photo and transform it into something new. So many photographers are amazing at it and when I look at their work, my eyes are drawn through their use of actions & textures, blurs and vignettes, light and color…and so much more. These artists allow the person viewing their image to see it through their own eyes and be drawn into the emotion and depth of the photo.
These photos are my attempt at what I was trying to describe above. With each look, I am giving you the before and after (please note that the before is edited but without texture and in some cases other various brushes have been added (dodge & burn, blur, sharpen, vignettes, etc.)
I am extremely interested to hear your thoughts, comments, and suggestions. I want to hear both what you like and don’t like. I’m a big boy and can take it but constructive criticism is what i’m looking for. I have been trying to use textures and actions for a long time and I have learned so much through studying other photographers work. Thanks in advance and enjoy! See below for a list of textures and actions I regularly use.
Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate it! In addition to some of my own actions and textures, here are a few links to some incredible actions and textures that I regularly use. There are tons more out there, some free and some not-so-free but I am only listing those that I use. Feel free to tell me in the comments about some other actions and textures you may use in your photography. Take care
Jesh De Rox Fine Art Textures and Color Shift Actions – Absolutely amazing, I use them on almost every photo
Boutwells Totally Rad Actions – Also amazing, I use them all the time
Jessica Drossin Textures – Resolution is not super high but they are very good and can be enlarged
this moment captured photography 