Papa and his friend Phil went to the Samuel Summers Sizzle Show & Shine Car Show last week, and I got to edit a few of their images. These two old timers were my favorites from the shoot:
1936 Ford
Blue Details
Well, I really enjoy photographing things of and about Texas, as it turns out. Earlier this year I was driving around downtown Austin and came across a wonderful spot to capture the whole Austin skyline at dusk with a beautiful sunset and so I took the opportunity to photograph there for a while. I love the photograph! I actually have a larger version of this photograph hanging on display at the Lakeline Barnes & Noble (which is a wonderful place with beautiful art hanging in the coffee shop.)
But, the story gets interesting here; at least for me… I am a member of the Professional Photographer’s Association of America (PPA) and the local Austin Professional Photographers Association (APPA) as well and at the monthly APPA meetings we have photographic print contests. For the month of August we were allowed to enter a panoramic photograph that could be a maximum of 24″ wide (which is kinda small for a really wide panorama like this particular photograph) and I wanted to do some things a little differently from the original, large print. I ended up creating the following smaller print, squaring it up with a more traditional size (24×12) and creating an arching sky overhead heading out to space. The group of photographers voted and judged this print to be 2nd, so I was very pleased! The 1st place winner was of course a stunning photograph as well; you should be able to see that on the APPA website sometime in the next few days. All in all, I was gratified to be able to produce the kind of work that is recognized by my peers as having the qualities needed to be a “winner”!
The Space Above Austin
Sometimes when people see a photograph they ask the artist something along the lines of “did it really look like that?”. I get that question a fair bit, generally when the image is enhanced. I recently heard the best answer and it goes something like this: “Well, no, but that’s how I felt when I took the photograph!”. It is interesting that vision is a perception rather than an exact process; it’s different for everyone. We all perceive colors, light and shadow differently. So, I’ve taken to just saying something like “Yes! It looked just like that for me!”
Here’s one of my favorite examples of this kind of image; it has a very “cartoony” kind of look:
imageclectic Engagement Portrait in Downtown Austin
Recently we had the opportunity to photograph an extended family on the Crystal Falls Golf Course. It was a little warm, but we had a great time! The kids enjoyed themselves and we took advantage it that to capture so many great portraits. Here are a couple of my favorites of the group:
A Course of Fun
Family in the Park
Once again, the folks over at the Lakeline Barnes & Noble in Austin have allowed us to display some of our artwork as prints. We are very excited to be able to do this again and we’d love to have anyone who is in the area stop by, say hello to Lauren and thank them for allowing our art to be displayed in a local setting. We love it when an opportunity like this shows up; it gives us a chance to show some of the work we’ve done and hopefully gives the location a flavor of the local artistry available.
Here are a couple of shots of the set up.
An imageclectic photograph display at Barnes & Noble at Lakeline Mall in Austin. This is the long wall in the coffee shop.
An imageclectic photograph display at Barnes & Noble at Lakeline Mall in Austin. This is the short wall in the coffee shop.
