For most of my photography years, I've photographed landscapes and nature. They were good. They were technically accurate. But...they lacked inspiration. I've always been an artistic-type of person. I've dabbled in just about any creative or artistic medium you can imagine. For a while, I even (shockingly) put down the camera.
In that time, I worked with paint, pastels, beads, paper, fabric, yarns...you name it, I played with it. I've always created portraits, but never thought of it as my "art." It wasn't until I started drawing and painting people that I realized how much I was inspired by emotions and the human form.
Then, my son arrived. At that moment, I found my muse. I photographed every moment I could, documenting his infancy, his stages, his cute moments, and his not so cute moment. I was so inspired by him that I painted an image of him in a fantasy world, framed it, and hung it in his room. It is still there, 8 years later, capturing that short-lived whimsical toddler stage. He's frozen in time as a little sprite playing a flute, sitting among flowers and mushrooms.
He became sick of my camera, yet at times, he still likes "hamming" for it. The sporadic moments of him humoring me for a shot weren't enough. So, I looked for other forms of inspiration. I still find beauty in nature. I still love photographing it. And from working in other areas, I can say those images have improved. But after all these years, I have a passion for portraits that has only grown stronger.
Friends and family have liked my images and appreciated my talent. So I was able to turn my lens on them. The images that they liked are more documentary in style. I wanted to take images further. I wanted to somehow combine the artistry of photography with the qualities of art. I wanted to take realities and create fantasies. That's when I entered the world of model and fashion photography, and yes, photoshop.
After my first workshop with a model, I was hooked. After several, I knew I had found something where I could collaborate with other artist: models, make up artist, stylist, hair stylist, and other photographers. The fantasies that we've created are the art I've dreamed of creating for years. After capturing our initial ideas, I come back to my digital canvas.
Some images are perfect as creative images. Photographs capturing an emotion or a story. Other images fair better as digital art. I fought myself about digital art. Maybe because I paint and draw, I felt that digital art wasn't quite the same. I wasn't getting my fingers dirty with pastel particles or paint drips. I didn't get graphite under my finger nails or inhale eraser shaving.
It was inevitable, though. I was bound to find my way to digital art because I work in both worlds. They had to meld at some point.
In that time, I worked with paint, pastels, beads, paper, fabric, yarns...you name it, I played with it. I've always created portraits, but never thought of it as my "art." It wasn't until I started drawing and painting people that I realized how much I was inspired by emotions and the human form.
Then, my son arrived. At that moment, I found my muse. I photographed every moment I could, documenting his infancy, his stages, his cute moments, and his not so cute moment. I was so inspired by him that I painted an image of him in a fantasy world, framed it, and hung it in his room. It is still there, 8 years later, capturing that short-lived whimsical toddler stage. He's frozen in time as a little sprite playing a flute, sitting among flowers and mushrooms.
He became sick of my camera, yet at times, he still likes "hamming" for it. The sporadic moments of him humoring me for a shot weren't enough. So, I looked for other forms of inspiration. I still find beauty in nature. I still love photographing it. And from working in other areas, I can say those images have improved. But after all these years, I have a passion for portraits that has only grown stronger.
Friends and family have liked my images and appreciated my talent. So I was able to turn my lens on them. The images that they liked are more documentary in style. I wanted to take images further. I wanted to somehow combine the artistry of photography with the qualities of art. I wanted to take realities and create fantasies. That's when I entered the world of model and fashion photography, and yes, photoshop.
After my first workshop with a model, I was hooked. After several, I knew I had found something where I could collaborate with other artist: models, make up artist, stylist, hair stylist, and other photographers. The fantasies that we've created are the art I've dreamed of creating for years. After capturing our initial ideas, I come back to my digital canvas.
Some images are perfect as creative images. Photographs capturing an emotion or a story. Other images fair better as digital art. I fought myself about digital art. Maybe because I paint and draw, I felt that digital art wasn't quite the same. I wasn't getting my fingers dirty with pastel particles or paint drips. I didn't get graphite under my finger nails or inhale eraser shaving.
It was inevitable, though. I was bound to find my way to digital art because I work in both worlds. They had to meld at some point.
So not only can I offer beautiful documentary pieces of moments in your life, I can also offer artistic images. I want to give this experience to anyone who would want to be a star for a day, who wants to become art, who wants to give the gift of themselves and art. These images can hang proudly on your wall next to the family portraits. These images can start conversations and evoke additional emotions from you and your guests for many years to come.
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