My first love in photography has always been night photography. I love capturing the scene at night so that I can offer something different than the usual blue skies on a bright sunny day. It still comes back to the fact that I love landscapes. When I use to paint I always preferred landscapes. Just go to a remote location and sit there hours at a time, sometimes even going back a few times to finish the piece. A lot of my paintings are from places I visited and some I paint from memory. Painting was so much fun but unfortunately I don't have that much time now just to sit and paint. 
In Feb 2006 I decided to teach myself photography... I just thought that I will just apply the disciplines I learned from painting. In the most part it was very seamless transition but I do need to learn how to control the camera and understand exposure. Exposure is key in creating a photograph...well you can always set your camera on AUTO or PROGRAM mode and just worry about composition. In the early stages I realized that the camera can't really decide 100% on the exposure, specially for more creative effects. There's a lot of my earlier images that the composition is good but its just too dark or too bright. Composition is the art of laying the scene but controlling exposure beyond AUTO modes can give you a much more dynamic photograph. With months of experimenting and just trial and error I understood light... and now I have more control of my photographs.
Another aspect that I learned is post processing... how to make subtle adjustments to make the color as how I saw it and make everything prepared for printing. Since the final stage in a fine art print is printing itself... I had to prepare the file myself for my printer to print it as how I intended it to be. With this I have total control of my images, I choose to feature most of my fine art prints on Metallic Paper so that I can have those luscious colors "pop" and have my black and whites develop tri-dimensionality. I tested different kinds of paper to get the look I want... but in some photographs I do have to print at home to use Fine Art photographic paper to bring out my intended look. Some of my choices of fine art surfaces are Fine Art Baryta, German Etching and Bamboo. These specialized papers can provide the feel of the object or the place...adding texture through the paper gives me control in the final output. You just have to see my actual fine art prints to appreciate my work even more. Most of my collectors that view my websites to order their print just loves the photo way more printed than seeing it on their computer screen.
Fine art is such a strong word, it is easily open to criticisms. For me fine art is way beyond looking at a computer screen, the prints reveals the true story. If you are in Winnipeg, feel free to visit Birchwood Art Gallery and the Wayne Arthur Gallery to view a selected collection of my fine art prints.
Fine art is such a strong word, it is easily open to criticisms. For me fine art is way beyond looking at a computer screen, the prints reveals the true story. If you are in Winnipeg, feel free to visit Birchwood Art Gallery and the Wayne Arthur Gallery to view a selected collection of my fine art prints.
Here's a link to my dedicated Art website, featuring my work as an landscape and art photographer. Separate galleries features my Winnipeg, Canada, International destinations and Lowlight collections.
Photographic Art - ( you need a fast internet connection to thoroughly enjoy this site)
