Artist's Commute

An early morning commute to art class.

I took this shot as the sun rose over the city using a shutter speed of 1/50 and aperture of f/5. My ISO was fixed at 100 and used a focal length of 62 mm.

Once on my computer I increased the contrast, took out much of the blue cast on the snow, softened some edges and added a slight texture layer before I called it finished.

Artist's Calm

I snapped some shots of my sister's workspace while waiting to take some head-shots for her work as an artist. I loved this little area in her studio and couldn't resist shooting.

It invites me into her process of expressing to the world what she sees.

I shot at a speed of 1/60 with f/2.8 using only natural light. I bumped my ISO to 200.

After importing into Lightroom to do some initial processing of the RAW image, I added a layer in Photoshop. I used a canvas look with weathered edges that seemed to enhance what was already there.

Planet of the Arts

My son, Ryan, has had the wonderful opportunity of being a part of Artbeat for the past 6 months. Yesterday evening Artbeat held their 7th anniversary opening reception of an art show, this one called Planet of the Arts. Together with other artists, Ryan showed his work created over the past half year (acrylics, sketches and some sculpting pieces).

It was a wonderful evening, so full of hope and beauty.

Ryan's work

Ryan interacting with friends and supporters

I loved watching people study Ryan's work!

Live Bluegrass music filled out the evening

Father and son reflecting on the show