Category: Art
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Toyota Chinook
The best camper there ever was. I have many fond childhood memories, traveling all over the country in that adventure mobile.
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Snowy Shed
Got the flu over Christmas break, but at least I had a decent view :)
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How I See Things – 3
This one is pretty simple and straight forward, which most compositions should be.
I keep my eye out for ying yang relationships. Characteristics that balance out, in an equal but opposite manner.
Not everything will always line up, but I think it helps to favor these relationships when you spot them, which led me to crop this photo the way I did.
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How I See Things – 2
In the peril of a power outage, my survival instincts kicked in and I built a fort. Next of course, I needed to take a picture of my awesome fort.
As candid as it may look, I actually put effort into capturing this scene. Used my phone for wireless control over the camera, a remote flash concealed behind the book, and a couple out of frame flashlights to fill in the environment. I took my time to craft this image.
First, I situated the pillows so their lines would lead to my face. I then pulled the curtain to counter those lines and add to the look of coziness. Next, I was conscious of keeping everything fairly monochromatic; with exception to the red and green (color compliments) at the center of interest. Though I wanted to fill out the environment and tell the story of what is going on; ultimately, I aimed to hold the viewers attention tightly — keep them visually as cozy as I was :)
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How I See Things
Something I’ve really enjoyed about getting back into photography, is that I find it refueling my creativity. When producing artwork from your imagination, it’s not just coming out of thin air. You have to rely on your past experiences, observations, and understanding of how things work. When I take pictures, I’m looking to observe and Identify what it is that makes something appealing.
I’ll use this image of train tracks I took in the rocky mountains for my first example:
I’d bore us both just using text to explain what it is I think is working well in this shot. Instead, I made this gif, illustrating How I See Things :)
Your eye naturally wants to follow paths and anything it can visually connect as lines when looking about an image. Knowing this, I pay attention to where the lines in a scene are directing the viewer to look. I don’t want them to slide my audience right off the picture. You know that photo that doesn’t hold your attention? It’s often because the image itself is telling you not to look at it :)
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Flying Contraptions
I let my brain wander on the topic of UAVs, Drones and such:
I really think they should all have a giant eyeball. Help people connect with them better…
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The Book of Life
In theaters this Friday, ReelFX’s second feature animated film, The Book of Life.
This movie was both very challenging and very rewarding to work on. As it turns out, mechanical rigs are quite tricky when they need to move organically :)
