drphoto: 2010

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

This is a Sound Problem Assignment Challenge class Joffee

Assignment: Choose one or more sound(s) and translate this auditory experience into visual terms. That is, portray the

sounds pictorially. Keep in mind that sounds can represent emotions ranging from love and comfort to violence and fear.

They can be humorous and joyous as well as menacing and unpleasant. Any image that you feel represents a sound may

be depicted.

Title " The Sound of Music "

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

I began my journey trying to make perfect portraits of the Texas coastline. I have Photograph wildlife, sunrises, beaches, pavilions and people having fun in the sun. I sought to capture the beauty in our natural world in the most simplistic yet accurate of ways. But I wasn’t personally satisfied with the images I was producing. I found I was creating images that allowed others to look at them and say “I can do that. I can take a picture like that.” That wasn’t the response that I was seeking. I want the viewer to look at my images and not think “ I can do that.” But rather wonder “ How did they do that? Each step that brought me closer to my goal turned out to be a step in the direction of creating more abstract compositions of the natural world through the use of various tools and techniques. I feel the most important feature of my work is that my images maintain and even emphasize the compositional elements (line, form, color, texture) that are responsible for creating the beauty in the natural world while smoothing out and de-emphasizing the elements that make the ordinary ordinary. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. So I invite you to look at my images, read the story they tell and share my vision, if only for a moment.