One of the challenges of doing something artistic for a living is that it is easy to forget to follow your passion, or do something that is totally for you utilizing your favorite pastime. For myself, I get so caught up in delivering images that clients ask for that I set aside my wishes to do something creative just for me. Well, recently a group of us on 4 the Love of Focus (4TLOF) a forum for professional women photographers, were discussing how we were inspired by Nichole Van and a group she had put together called Fine Art Photography. One of the ladies on our forum thought it would be fun if we did something like that so here we are! I’m excited about it because even though photography is an artform whether you do it commercially, photograph weddings or portraits, etc, it’s still fun to let your creative juices flow and do something that is a little outside the box. Once a month, we’ll all be posting a picture for Fine Art Friday and will include a link to the next person in our group who is participating. This month, I’m linking you to Jenn Duguay, Valleyview, Alberta Photographer so be sure to check her out and see her take on Fine Art Friday!!
Here is my image for this month. When I was in school and took art classes, one of my favorite things to draw was still lifes. I loved trying to capture something meaningful from the assortment of things my teacher had chosen for us to draw that day. So my image this month is based on that with a singular item in focus. It was a lot of fun to take this image and then play with it in photoshop until it achieved the feeling I was going for!!
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[...] here is my photo for the january edition of fine art friday. i’m currently in the throws of co-chairing the mid-winter ball for the self regional healthcare foundation and this year’s theme is “a seaside soiree”. as hard as i may try, i just can’t seem to get all things beachy out of my head. so i found it only fitting that i photograph this beautiful sea shell that i discovered while diving in turks and caicos last summer. it wasn’t nearly this beautiful when i saw it on the ocean floor…but after many cleaning treatments, it’s full beauty has been restored. i hope you enjoy it. and don’t forget to click on through the blog circle to see what others have envisioned as fine art. you can start by checking out Evie Curley Greensboro NC Child and Family Photographer. [...]
very cool!
Nice! It was fun to play with the photo this month, wasn’t it? Mess with the lighting and processing. Shoot something different just for you.
Love this! I love the texture and soft colors!
Very magical! It feels as though the apple is floating. Love the texture and editing on this shot!
I love the soft colors and the lines in the apple, and how it sort of floats off the background. Very cool!
I love the tones in this image. Great use of texture!
This is so great. I love you took such a simple subject and made it something so cool. Great job Evie!
Ohh, so cool! Love the texture of this and I want that apple! Looks like something that would go into high-end supermarket’s produce section. :)
love how this turned out!!
What a cool shot. Love the way you processed this.
I love how this turned out. I really do. The color, composition, processing, background, texture. Everything. Wasnt this a fun project to start? I’ve enjoyed it and really look forward to what everyone comes up with next month.
this is lovely! beautiful fine art!!!
thanks for giving nichole a shout out. she is so inspiring!!
Fantastic shot! I love the texture!