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Mexico
Photography, Color on Canvas
Size: 24 W x 20 H x 0 D in
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This photo is actually two photos merged together in Photoshop. This is difficult to do, to merge two so that you can still see both photos, but that they also together make an interesting composition. Then too, there are a lot of little corrections to make (ajusting color and brightness and contrast), more than usual. The inspiration for this photo came when the gallery owner where my photos are here in Mexico told me that, for the average buyer of photography here, boats and birds sell. So I was determined to make a photo art piece that combines the two If you look hard at the top of the photo you can just make out the boats. These photos were taken at Lake Chapala, Mexico. One was taken at San Luis Soyatlan on the west side of the lake and the other was taken at Petatan, a peninsula fishing village that sticks out on the south side of the lake. Each year, from November through March, thousands of pelicans make the journey from Canada to the shores of Lake Chapala. At the end of the day, the fishermen throw out the useless heads and tails of their catch and all the pelicans scramble to get a piece of fish. I have listed the size as 20 x 24, but the photo could be much larger, so if interested in a larger size, check with me for a price.
Original Created:2015
Subjects:Landscape
Materials:Canvas
Styles:Fine ArtSurrealism
Mediums:ColorDigitalManipulated
Photography:Color on Canvas
Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1
Size:24 W x 20 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
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Ships From:Mexico.
Customs:Shipments from Mexico may experience delays due to country's regulations for exporting valuable artworks.
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Mexico
I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, but moved to Mexico in 2003. I had been vactioning in Mexico for some time and although I love Chicago, there was so much more interesting to me to photograph in Mexico than in the flat lands and skyscrapers of Chicago. **************************************** Although my father started to teach me how to draw when I was 5, it was not until I got my first real camera that I knew I had found my art. I shot millions of photos. I was learning what makes a good photo and what doesn’t. I studied photo books, magazines and exhibits and critiqued what I saw, because studying other people’s work helps you decide what kind of photographer you want to be. I spent endless hours in my home darkroom and then 5 years at the Evanston Art Center near Chicago, studying advanced darkroom techniques, some of which I still use in digital photography. ************************************** Using a film camera I learned to SEE in black and white, but when I moved to the Ajijic/Lake Chapala area in 2003 it was easy to be dazzled by color in Mexico. In 2007, as darkroom supplies became difficult to get, I started using a digital camera. I began to explore the use of color using Photoshop to create all sorts of myriad enhancements not possible in a dark room. However, I believe the knowledge gained in making black & white images (form & structure & intensity of tones) can also produce better color photos. I have returned to my black & white “roots”, but let the photo itself determine if it should be a color or black & white print. **************************************** I spend an immense amount of time in adjusting and enhancing my photos with Photoshop and other software. The world of photography is changing. It is not enough anymore just to take a nicely composed photo. We photo artists can do so much more with our work than a simple “snap” with an iphone. Although having a “good eye” is necessary, it is only the start of the photographic process. You must have an artistic vision for this photo and know how you want to achieve this using the endless assortment of Photoshop tools, brushes and filters as well as paper selection. *************************************** I have been featured in many galleries and museums in the U.S. and Mexico and have been included in 4 different Special Issues of Black and White magazine (the premier photo magazine in the northern hemisphere).
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