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When l feel like there’s nothing to shoot, I enjoy the visual hunt for the less obvious. Not only does the hunt for it keep me engaged moment, but knowing that my next epic shot could be (literally), right under my feet is exhilarating! As I walked along a jetty (on the Oregon coast), I noticed these birds sitting in a row in the distance, on the opposite and parallel jetty. They stood out so clearly and silhouetted against the bright ocean mist. What I didn’t notice (until I hand my camera up to my eye), were the layers behind the mist (the sand dunes, then the mountains and finally, the stormy sky). *I love the layers! The birds were quite far away so I used my Sony 100-400 zoom lens (at full zoom) to capture this image and then in post processing I cropped the top and the bottom to turn it into a panoramic image. Whether you think there’s a shot, or not… you’re right! Some of my favorite all time images are those I didn’t expect to find.
"The Contemporary Burro" What constitutes art, to you? Personally, I want to be able to meet the artist, hear the story behind their creation, and know that a human hand made it. :-) Although I don’t know a lot about Artificial Intelligence (A.I), I've read that it can produce award winning art within minutes; all from the convenience of one's home and with very little artistic history or knowledge. Unfortunately, that doesn't just affect just the art of photography but to all fine art; including paintings, sculptures and sketches. Gosh, I feel bad for the artists whom have vested their entire lives in their art careers and in their businesses. Yes, some may argue that photography isn’t art either, and that it competes with fine art too but (in my defense), it takes just as much (if not more) effort, creativity and knowledge to produce a photographic image, as any other art form. I had so much FUN creating these images :-) .... and although it’s not my typical imagery, I love the creativity that Photoshop allows me …but (FYI), I never produce images that aren’t real (that’s misleading, in my opinion). *Burro photo taken near Parker, Arizona.
I spent Christmas in Desert Hot Springs (with some dear friends) and although I wanted to travel home to my family I had to considered the implications; my tightening time frame (to the set up of the Arizona Fine Art Expo) and then of course, the threat of covid exposure. One of the most visually interesting things in Palm Springs are the 100's of wind turbines that cover the valley floor and hillsides; my objective here (besides Christmas!) was to get some "signature" shots of the Coachella Valley. It was late day when I noticed a sudden weather change so off I went, to my pre-planned photographic destination. With my tripod firmly anchored in the desert sand and my camera focused on a grouping of wind turbines, I suddenly noticed a change in overall color, and then I noticed why.... and you might say I changed my "focus"! The first thing I noticed was the complimentary colors of the hillsides and then I noticed the matching colors of the sky! "Really!" I exclaimed to myself! I was SO excited! It was (truly) so thrilling to witness this! I'm sure though, that most people wouldn't have noticed the colors of the hillsides but I'm so color intuitive that they "screamed" (lol) at me! With little time to spare, I removed my camera from my tripod, switched lenses and hand held this shot. I wanted a high quality panoramic shot of this scene so this photograph is actually comprised of three shots (that I later stitched together in post production). Sure, I didn't get the shots of the wind turbines I wanted but I got this shot instead; which made my day!
