Friday, May 20, 2022

Thing Itself, Detail, Frame, Time, Vantage Point

 The Thing Itself: Lesson learned first, able to deal with the actual, to be treasured and not just dealt with. Can defeat a photographer. It gives the real world the opportunity to show the thing itself through the camera lens and can show what in the world is around us. 

"Only those who know"
"Concentration at its finest"

The Detail: Unable to escape the small truths of a photograph. Truth telling facts are a must. Critical to the detail and attention put into it. 
"Growth"
"Frontal display"

The Frame: Never fully contained his subject at hand. Emotion and thought should be evoked. Making sure to exclude certain elements to allow other elements of the photo to be evoking. 
"Endless Adventures"
"Entangled view"

Time: Develop time can be short or long in duration but is required for all photos. Allows for each part of the time to be described. Measured in a single photo or by a series or photos. 
"Running free"
"Where has time gone"

Vantage Point: Allows us to see different and varied vantage points within the photograph. Used at times to allow people to see and be able to experience the variety of things through places unable to be seen or gone too. 
"Unknown homes"
"Wondering free"

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

The Photographer's Eye

 

Artist: Larry Beard

Title: Fire and Ice

Taken: 5/03/2013


Title: Foam Bones

Taken: unknown

- National Geographic photographer

- Profession surfer for 12+ years

- From San Clemente, CA



Artist: Ansel Adams
Title: Juniper Crags

Taken: 1963


Title: Shore, South of Timber Cove

Taken 1962- 1963

- American landscape artists

- Drawn to nature's monuments

- regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself

 believed that photography could give vent to the same feelings he experienced through his music


Artist: Imogen Cunningham

Title: Canna 2

Taken: 1920


Title: Cornish School Trio, 2

Taken: 1935

- Photographer for 70 years

- Founding member of the f.64 Group

- From Portland, OR

- Resided in San Francisco, CA


Artist: Eliot Porter

Title: Shad Tree, Spring

Taken:1957

- Started photographing birds and landscapes

- In 1930 received a Leica

- Inspired by Ansel Adams



Title: Spruce Trees in Fog, Maine

Taken; 1954

Artist: Eliot Porter







Artist: Thomas Heaton

Title: The Narrows, Zion National Park

- Became serious about photography at 16

- All of his images are about the outdoors, and all tell a story

- From North East England





Artist: Thomas Heaton

Title: Rio de la Cascada





Artist: Ted Gore

Title: Oceanside Swirl

- California- raised landscape artist

-Was the USA Landscape Photographer of the Year in 2015

- His portfolio is his testament to the incredible range and his ability to translate scenes with unconventional features.



Artist: Ted Gore

Title: Maui's Pearl


Artist: Daniel Kordan

Title: South Greenland

Taken: 2016- 2017

- Nature is his inspiration

-Currently in Bali, Indonesia

- Loves Lofoten islands




Artist: Daniel Kordan

Title: New Zealand 

Taken: April 2015




Artist: Max Rive

Title: Future Memories
- From the Netherland

- Landscape photographer

- True and deep passion for mountains and landscapes






Artist: Max Rive

Title: Dolomites Autumn




Artist: Mandy Lea

Title: Unknown

- Conventional photographer for 17 years

- Last 5 years has been teaching landscape photography workshops and guides backpacking trips

- Brand ambassador for several products that she believes in, uses, and shares similar values.





Artist: Mandy Lea

Title: Unknown







Artist: Callum Snape

Title: Unknown

- From Vancouver, BC, Canada

- Commerical, tourism, outdoor photographer

-Work reflects his passion and layered with landscapes, lifestyle, travel, adventure, and personalities that have a meaning




Artist: Callum Snape

Title: Unknown




Monday, May 16, 2022

This is me.

 ShaLee Maree Smith

Hard working, independent, and supportive.

Daughter to two wonderful parents.

Who loves my daughter, husband, and family.

Who feels admiration, courageous, and fortunate.

Who finds happiness in the children I teach, co- workers I mentor, and seeing my child grow.

Who fears loss, defeat, and heights.

Who likes to wear green, black, and blue.

An native of Montana.

ShaLee, who some day wants to be able to see the changes I have been able to assist in. 

The Journey of a Dandelion.

For my non- linear narrative, I choose the journey of a dandelion. The journey can start in many of places and end the same way. This choosi...