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All the images on this post are in the format called "Artistic." I have been painting in photoshop with photos as the vehicle for transformation of images. This is a direction I want to go ahead in as it is far more than photography. It is a means to express the creative urges rising from the heart space where they reside.
Here is a list of photographic styles put forth by Harold Davis, a "Fine Art" photographer who does exceptional work. He says there are four styles of photography:
1- Straight photographs with corrections in software or the dark room.
No artistic changes are made to these images.
2- Photo journalism - documentation of events, etc.
3- Partially creative. Photos are still present and recognizable in some form.
4- Fully artistic. Painting is the basis for this format and technique.
The photos presented in this posting are all in the styles of 3 and 4. Computer software is the means of technique only. As I find myself having learned the computer programs fairly well I mostly allow the images to unfold, revealing their nature much the same way Michelangelo spoke of his sculptures - that they were there in the marble to begin with and he only uncovered them. This process for me is more meditative than simply adjusting an image
If you find something that appeals to you please send me an email with your feedback.
Full speed ahead in embracing creativity.
This train travels to distant horizons
where the ordinary presents itself
in different dimensions and new directions.
View from Winter Harbor, Maine.
To see Nature in its simplicity,
often overlooked in casual glances,
reveals a treasure of delights to the heart's eyes.
Grass grows, water flows, and spending time where we are
offers insights that are often not available in the busyness of the day.
A small Winter tree reveals its interior life.
What is there, is there -
all it takes is time to see.
Stay, look for a while, and a something new will be revealed.
The rocks at the tip of Schoodic Point
have learned to hold back the crashing ocean
for our lifetimes, and perhaps for millennia
before transforming into pebbles and sand.
This was taken in Fall,
and upon closer observation
the events of next Spring can be seen.
Schoodic Point, Maine.
The waves are artists,
painting the water before them with beauty.
Then impermanence arrives
and sweeps up the colors and shapes that they created.
Winter trees seen with new eyes at Schoodic Point last week.
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Here are two images of cows taken a few months back and reworked to show something different.
The Three "Moogi" following the star to the stable
where Jesus was born.
(I am already reprimanded for this pun.
No need to add to the pain.)
Cows on LSD and what they see around them.
(An exercise with texture being applied to the photo. )
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Some Humor: Why we practice staying in the present moment -
Peace until next post,
Bill Lagerstrom
