Color and Smoke III – Dance

Color and Smoke III

“I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance” — e.e. cummings The third in a series, this is two different photographs combined into one image.

Color and Smoke II – RGB Triptych

“There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.” -Vincent van Gogh As promised, here is more smoke!

Color and Smoke I

Color and Smoke I

“Our world is a magical smoke screen.” –Catherine E. Coulson as The Log Lady, Twin Peaks One of the keys to becoming a better, more accomplished artist, is to explore new things, new techniques, new processes.  Through playing, much like a child, we learn and grow.  

Fretboard

Fretboard

I wanted to find an interesting shot of my son’s Hohner Ukulele and thought the fretboard would be cool.  So I slapped my nifty 50 onto my macro extension tube, placed it in front of my desk lamp

Ice Crossing

One of the benefits (can you call it that?) of the old, relatively un-insulated windows in our house is that when it gets really cold outside, in the morning, we get this really cool window ice frost.  The crystals form fascinating intricate fractals patterns all over the glass.  This is image started as a simple… Continue reading Ice Crossing

Abstract Tones

Abstract Tones

I call this image Abstract Tones.  Can you guess what it is?  I’ll admit to using Topaz Glow and Topaz Impression in the creation of this image, but both of those plugins were used at the end of the process in the final touches.  The spiral/ concentric circles you see here is straight of the camera.

3-Way Mirror Selfie

3-way Mirrored Selfie

There is a cool wall of convex mirrors at Discovery World along the lakefront in Milwaukee.  I was there with the family (we have an annual pass, SO worth it).   Anyway, the mirror wall.  I’d love to set up my camera with a tripod and get a cool HDR pano of the whole thing… Continue reading 3-Way Mirror Selfie

With Open Eyes

With Open Eyes

“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” –T. E. Lawrence