Category: Nature

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Art Lighting Nature Photography

Wind I, II & III

Sometimes it feels as if all the elements in nature just try to please you.

It was a wonderful and exciting afternoon, and by the time I left the scene, I had these three Images. there is no digital compositing or complicated photo manipulation here, these compositions needed only a few minor darkroom enhancements (dodging and burning).

These images appeared in my Venice, CA exhibition named “Consummation – Where Mother Earth and Father Sky Meet”

Wind 1
Wind 1 – 16in x 38in – $520
Wind 2
Wind 2 – 24in x 41 in – 600$
Wind 3
Wind 3 – 30in x 30in – $560
Proportions for the Wind series
This is a diagram I made to figure out the sizes and the way I wanted the images to be hung.
wind gallery Crop
This is a photo I snapped with my phone for documentation purposes, after hanging the prints in the gallery.

Here’s a glimpse at some of the other images from the exhibition.

Koi pond
Point of view
Heaven's pipe
Point of view
A city dreamscape
Before the storm
Around the corner and up the hill

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Adobe Art Nature Photography Photoshop

Synthetic and natural patterns

Synthetic: Pink haze 1999
Synthetic: Pink haze 1999
Natural: Stained glass leaves 2009
Natural: Stained glass leaves 2009

Since I started experimenting with Photoshop around 1996, I was fascinated by blending modes and the patterns I can make using them.

A natural progression to studying graphic elements through the artwork I drew myself, (that’s when photography was still chemical-based, and scanning was reserved for paid projects), Was starting to us patterns from natural elements I shot.

It’s pretty clear why natural patterns are so inspiring, unlike an empty canvas, they already contain rhythm, flow, and direction which makes them fun to explore.

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Documentary Film Lighting Nature Photography

Closest you’ll get to nature without leaving home

I was introduced to this movie a couple of years after it came out. I have not since watched a movie that was so beautiful and fascinating as Microcosmos.

This movie not only brings you really close to nature, but it is lit and shot so beautifully that I’m still glued to the screen every time I watch it. if you love nature and photography, especially macro photography, and you missed this one somehow, do yourself a favor, get this disk and watch it, this is the real “A bug’s life“.

It’s a French film and though there’s not much dialog in it, an English soundtrack is available from the menu.