I’ve come to realize that managing a blog and web site in conjunction with each other is rather challenging. I’m hoping to find more time in the near future for updates on this blog. For the time being I will try my best to post as often as possible with quality content.. I recently spent a few days in Austin texas.. Here are a few of my iPhone snaps!
1:Tasty Homemade bread, 2:Beyond Bread in Tucson, AZ.. Tasty and Hearty, 3:Bored in Silver City, 4:Flying home from San Diego
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Great new look to the website!!! I truely enjoy all the new edits. Your an awesome photographer. You have a vision and a gift for pictures!!!
Over the Christmas break I was lucky enough to travel to San Diego and spend about a week on the beach with my family. I have several cousins that live in the area that are avid surfers. I’ve never shot any aquatic sports including surfing. However, I embarked on a shoot with my cousins and a few of their friends. I was lucky enough to get a good location and got what I hope are some fairly descent shots. However, I’m having trouble with post editing process. What follows below is three copies of the same image. The first is the most minimal of the edits, the second has a bit more post processing and the third has the most of the bunch. I’m curious if anyone has feedback on which of these four they like or dislike the most. Thanks in advance and like always thank you for looking!
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I understand your dilema. The edits have turned the surfer into a golden god of sorts, very different from the minimal edits version. I think in the minimal edits version the water is the focus and the surfer is the focus in the others.
Thank you for the comments.. I agree with you there is a dramatic difference. My cousin who is a very serious surfer didn’t like the picture because he can tell that the surfer in this image is not going to land.. I like the dramatic element of it, however he is correct.. Thanks for looking. Let me know if you have any questions about anything.. SF
The titles for my work are perplexing at best. Many times I find that I don’t know where to start. Usually though what shines through, with my titles, is a combination of what my experience was like when I captured the image, who I was with, how I was feeling and then also I usually incorporate a goofy post perspecitve. This isn’t always the process. The image below is titled “Fruit Loops and Frosting,” look below for how this title was developed.
I’ve spent three summers living and working in Denali National Park in Central Alaska. My first summer in 2005 was from the middle of May until the beginning of August. It wasn’t until 2009 that I returned and was able to stay for the entire summer. The very first time I was able to experience the autumn colors in Denali was when I took this image. The vibrant oranges, reds, greens and yellows contrasted by the blue skies and snow capped peaks was an experience I will never forget. While riding into the park the bus driver told me, “it looks like a bowl of fruit loops out there,” I will never forget his simple yet utterly accurate metaphor for the park colors. When I saw the landscape above laid before me I knew I had found my own bowl of fruit loops with a clean layer of frosting on top. Not all of my images have such a direct path to their title but many times it’s experiences such as these that aid me in finding how I remember and experience an image after it has been captured. Thank you for visiting my site, I hope you enjoy all that is here to be seen. Silas
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Welcome to my blog.. This blog will be an extension of my web site, a place to more deeply explore my work and also to keep tabs on what’s new with my photography. Thank you for visiting and please don’t hesitate to contact me with inquiries, questions or comments.
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