something a little bright and happy on Friday the 13th!
sumi filter and a linear dodge to bring back the sparkle
original image i took a little dark and moody, but I was really feeling brighter and happier today!
georgeMetzler Photographer.
putting the Hot back in photography.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Jan 12 Edges
This is a pic of the waterbulb - you know the ones used to feed plants? I used it for texture on the canopy pic a few days ago, this time, I added a glowing edges texture to get more of an automatic painting kinda feel. It reminds me of some of my oils on canvas!
and the original below.
When it comes to
painting, as I imagine most art forms, you have to be able to do the real
before you can do the surreal. That didn't sound right. Let me tell you a
story;
When I was 11, I was
over at my Aunty Donna's house, I was taking dance lessons and Joey, my cousin
was in grade 8 piano and practicing 'the entertainer' non-stop and he always
had the metronome going, tick, tick, tick, in perfect rhythm and harmony. I remember
dancing while he played piano. Anyway, my point is, it was always noisy, rhythmic,
and dynamic environment. I loved it. One day, I think my Aunt went to the store
and Joey wasn't there. I was sitting on the couch, all by my lonesome staring
at a decorative chair in the corner. (You know the one, popular decor in the
70's, straight back, small, solid wood that no one could sit on.) No TV, no
Radio, no noise, just silence. I decided to sketch it.
I grabbed a piece of
paper and a pencil and a book to draw on and curled up on the couch and got to
work. It took me 4 hours, but I had a perfect sketch of the chair. I think I
gave it to my Aunty, but I don't remember. I just remember that when she saw
the finished sketch, she said 'wow'.
At 11, was the point
in my life when I was able to sketch photorealism, with perfect balance and
light, and I did it all the time...fast forward to age 12.
When I was 12, my
family and I went to Europe. An 8 week back pack trip through 7 countries. We,
of course, visited museums of great artists. They had displays of the processes
the greats took to achieve their works. I didn't know before that that you
could sketch it out first. I also didn't know that almost all the great
modern/automatic/impressionist artists started in realism and then moved to the
alternate style. You can see the progression in their work. You can see Picasso’s
decent into madness as well as van Gogh, Monet, etc. That's when I realized,
that an artist must be able to do the basics, realistic, how the light moves
and plays with the colours on a visual level. He or she must be able to see the
light for what it is, see the colour for how it is, see the balance of actuality
before he or she can start to interpret it into something else, something more.
Don't get me wrong, artists who can do realism to higher levels are
awesome...but I've always loved the surreal.
My epiphany; I
realized that by drawing my technically perfect sketches, I had now earned the
right to paint from that part of you that is emotional and not logical.
In other words; you
have to be able to do the real, before you can do the surreal.
Oh, and before I
digressed, I wanted to say that, I like how in automatic paintings, everyone
sees something different.
take care!
George.
Jan 11, 2012 Barometer
Slight angle...I know, cheating...but only a little....I really liked both of them... :)
taken on a tripod.
I tried to do the zoom thing, but I seem to have lost my touch!
I'll keep practicing.
Jan 9 Canopy
Jan 8, 2012 Orange
Sorry! Had to redo everything, my point and click...well...I lost the cord and have spent the last few days searching for it. Le sigh, I guess those particular pictures will have to wait until I can get my hands on a new one!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Jan 6, 2012 Snow Star
had a little ps fun with an outside decoration. it involved layers and a fibre filter...
original shot:
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Jan 5, 2012 skull
Here's a different shot I took.
Still having issues with the point and click! Should have used the SLR at the game and for the examiner article.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Jan 4, 2012 the mask
Pic of the day is a mask I have hanging in my room. It's a souvenir from an excellent industry party I went to 100 years ago!
no examiner article today.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Jan 3, 2012: the daytime moon
If you happened to look east this afternoon, before the clouds came in, you would have seen a daytime moon!
and some more daytime moon shots.
Jan 2, 2012 Tatted Hen and Chicks
When I was 12, my Great Grand-Mother taught me how to tat. Here's a pic of a string of Hen and Chicks I'm working on in silver thread. I'm going to make and trim something and suprise someone close to me with it!
I also did an examinar article on 'how to'.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Jan. 1, 2012 Amaryllis Angel
Hey everyone! Long time, no post. Inpired by one of my photography profs, I've decided to do a picture of the day! Here's my first!
Photo of the Day Jan 1 Amaryllis Angel
How in the world did I get to that? You ask.
Well, we have this beautiful Amaryllis plant that just came into this beautiful full bloom with two flowers.
From the side, I kind of think it looks like a butterfly. Originally I was going for something like this, in black and white.
Because my shutter speed was quite low in order to get the glowing petal effect that I was looking for, I ended up with this blur. And loved it. I duplicated the blur on the same settings, 1/2 sec at f5.6 while shaking the camera quickly back and forth.
I ended up with a 4sec shutter with an f10 in order to get the final image, I used the on camera flash in order to freeze a bit of the flower and held as still as I could for a second then did very small jiggles to get the final glowing/butterfly effect that I was looking for.
I posted a little article and slideshow about Amaryllis' on my examiner page.
Enjoy!
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