I was wandering around the web last night and early this morning searching for a photo/art quote that would work for and found myself uninspired with the quotes I was encountering.
So I gave it a break and decided to check in at a Mastermind Forum I belong to and Lo and Behold!, there it was. Edward Zemba of Robert Charles Photography had posted this little gem from one of my favorite artists with the comment “Michelangelo had it right!”
“The greater danger for most of us is not that we aim too high & we miss it but that it’s too low and we reach it.” Michelangelo Bounarotti
How do you decide what your artistic photographic goals are?
Step and Repeat Level 2 is a continuation of Photoshop Tutorials using repetitive individual photo elements in a geometric pattern to create artistic images. Although this tutorial stands on it’s own for advanced Photoshop users you might want to check out the Step and repeat videos Level 1. You can start here. Then also view Levels three and four.
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Step and Repeat – Step and Repeat – Step and Repeat…
Oh wait! It’s the individual elements in a photo that I’d like to ‘Step and Repeat’ not the words themselves.
This is an interesting way to take your images to another place. I’ve been sharing it with my ‘Photo-Synthesis’ class attendees and because of the interest expressed by my students I’m going to share a series on how to use the idea in creating photographic artwork
I hope you enjoy and will share your efforts with me. Please when sending images for me to peek at make the longest dimension 600 pixels and save as a jpeg…
Enjoyed sharing some ideas with the Prescott Arizona Camera Club Great group! After I spoke I had a chance to see their print competition and it showed they have quite a few very talented photographers. Looks like they are in growth mode with a push for new members and improving their meetings and organization.
Prescott Camera Club meeting. (thanks to Bruce Roscoe for grabbing this image for me)
Here’s some feed back from my presentation…
“Bob – great presentation last night. By the time you’d finished the initial slide show I was ready to try about a dozen new things in Photoshop. I love your layered work. Please send me your presentation slides. There was a great deal of terrifically valuable information in there. Thanks,” JB Burke
“I enjoyed your presentation Tuesday night and am impressed with artistry. Please send me the samples and links you discussed. I am also interested in the site you demonstrated for watercolor effect. In addition to the nice images that can be produced I found it is a perfect way to save a nice subject that I have photographed but is flawed.” Pat Fiedler
“Bob, really enjoyed your presentation at our club last evening. You mentioned that you would e-mail any info that would help to become a better photographer with the subjects that you covered in your presentation. I would really enjoy some of those websites and articles. Thank You, and again really enjoyed your presentation.” Jim Naumann
“Good Morning Bob, I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation last night. It was entertaining as well as inspiring. I love what you are doing with the layers, blend modes and textures. Your work is awesome! Please send me the “sticky notes” from last night. I like your idea of learning one technique a day. It makes learning Photoshop much more manageable. Thank you for sharing,” Bill Zombeck
Lumix helped make it possible with sponsorship for me to speak to this group. Need a speaker for your group or organization?? Get in touch.
Had a chance to experience this quote by Henri in action at the North Central District Professional Photographers of America imaging competition.
“Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.” Henri Cartier-Bresson
Two full days working with Thirteen other people viewing print images and digital files. Talk about being immersed in photography. Here’s the way it works. Six people are on a panel and along with a jury chair are working to see that each image gets a fair shake at be judged as impartially as possible. And therein lies my tie-in with the quote.
Being exposed to the shear number of images created and seeing what makers can envision makes me proud to be part of this industry. Moments in time preserved for families. Stories crafted. Fantasies brought to life. Emotions captured and far-off vistas shared. All of these images passed in front of my eyes and were created by photographers sharing their vision captured through the lens.
I salute those who put their images out there for review and to learn how to become better image makers and show what might never have been seen.
For infrared conversion of my cameras I use LifePixel. Infrared allows you to put an older camera to use and opens up a new time time of day for productive image creation.
Learn Photoshop in a fun environment. Aaron Nace applies the right amount of fun with easy to understand and follow tutorials. Actions and brushes are included with lessons!
Lightning, waterdroplets, sound, time-lapse, HDR sequences, smiles and much more control for your camera!
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