Through the Lens: Fine Art Photography Explored

This version of Through the Lens is a homage to the photographers that deliver some additional creativity, inventive imaginative and prescient and private flare to their work. While images will be perceived as simple documentation of an individual, place, or second in time, nice artwork images introduces some additional creativeness and magic into the photographic course of. Through this strategy, viewers can see on a regular basis objects in fully new methods, and deeper tales unfold that we would in any other case miss. We see a few of the most interesting examples of this style throughout Flickr. We reached out to photographers who encourage us each day with their nice artwork images and requested them to share their ideas on creating photos with artwork and creativeness on the forefront.

Meet micke vmix

Photographer and Flickr member micke vmix recurrently shares attractive photographs on Flickr. Their creativity and talent to attract viewers into scenes that appear captured from magical otherworlds is strictly why we wished to find out about their inventive course of.

Flickr: What position does post-processing play in your inventive imaginative and prescient versus capturing it in-camera? 

micke vmix: I might say it’s a good portion. Most of the time nature does an excellent job offering the temper already however I identical to to go a bit additional. To do this I solely use raw-files as a result of the whole lot is finished in “the moment” and there’s normally no time to change issues greater than aperture and shutter time. To fee the way it largely works for me, it’s first topic vs background. Second is lens traits. Third, post-processing and fourth the digital camera. In share, 30%/30%/30%/10%.  Post-processing is barely achieved in Capture One from uncooked file to jpg. 

Flickr: What’s your relationship with “rules” of composition – when do you observe them versus break them deliberately?

mv: I want to say that I don’t care concerning the “rules” of composition. But in actuality I appear to make use of them quite a bit with out enthusiastic about them…When to interrupt them? Sometimes it’s not attainable to make use of them and generally it simply seems higher with a special composition. Live view and a flip display on the digital camera is a pal right here. 

Flickr: What do you hope viewers take away out of your work?

mv: I hope to only deliver somewhat totally different view of the extraordinary issues in nature.

Meet Catherine Sienko

Catherine Sienko, aka coyotecat on Flickr, is an artist, photographer and print-maker situated in Arizona. She’s been featured in lots of esteemed publications from National Geographic Magazine to the Smithsonian Magazine. As an artist and artistic, Catherine’s work embraces that nice artwork strategy that evokes us, so we requested her a number of questions on her course of.

Flickr: How do you strategy lighting to serve your conceptual targets somewhat than simply technical wants?

Catherine Sienko: Year spherical, throughout the day in Southern Arizona, I strategy lighting utilizing a broad spectrum SPF 70 sunscreen and I put on a large brim hat. I’m an outside photographer. 98% of the images I take are taken on my acreage. The shade of a Palo Verde or Mesquite tree is all the time good. A wet day could be a blessing. I by no means considered conceptual targets. Truthfully, I needed to search for “Approach lighting to serve conceptual goals, photography.” It doesn’t apply to me.

Flickr: Do you’re employed on a number of tasks concurrently, or concentrate on one sequence at a time?

CS: I’ve been working erratically and eccentrically on a number of movie and digital images tasks for over 65+ years. I simply got here throughout some photographs I took of my canine with my Dad’s Rolleicord. I needed to be 8 years previous once I took it. Here it’s 60 years later and I’m nonetheless taking photos of my canine. I nonetheless have the Rolleicord. 

“Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion… the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.” Dorothea Lange

Flickr: How has your inventive imaginative and prescient advanced over time?

CS: I actually dislike the phrase “Artistic Vision.” Too many people with cameras use it to justify pictures that aren’t superb. If that floats their boat, so be it. So, “How has my photography evolved over the years?” I’ve develop into way more disciplined. I’m very selective with the subject material that I {photograph}. I don’t crop. I don’t use photograph enhancing software program. I proceed to print my very own pictures. I consider its crucial to have a palms on portfolio.

Looking to seek out extra photographers who spark creativity by way of their nice artwork images? We requested Flickr Social members to share their nice artwork impressed photographs and listed here are a number of that had been shared within the dialogue thread together with some ideas about their photographs.

From Flickr member DEDAL_Jaro – Icy floor of frozen methane lake like on Titan moon floor.

From Flickr member Frog Eye Fotos – Beginner photographer right here educating myself, however right here’s one I’m happy with. When I take a look at it I see an amazing instance of the physics at work on the earth, whereas additionally being one thing lovely to have a look at.

From Flickr member  José Miguel Soler Aguas – translated from Spanish – Between Threads and Dreams –In the privateness of her shelter, Selina is seen wrapped in scarlet threads. Each is a concern, a whisper of uncertainty that silently accompanies her. The threads intertwine, forming a community that appears to comprise her, but additionally connects her with one thing bigger than herself.

Selina is aware of that each thread has its counterpart, its reverse. The duality of her existence is manifested within the vibrant tonality of the threads: on the one hand, the concern that holds her again; on the opposite, the power that pushes her to defy it.

We’ve created a bigger Fine Art Photography Explored gallery, so you possibly can proceed looking extra of the gorgeous photos shared in Flickr Social. Until subsequent time!