Archive for September, 2009
The simplicity of a face is lost many times with a color portrait. Now, I know that sounds counter-intuitive but when you remove color and you’re left with black and white and shades of gray the drama comes out in portraits. Black and white can be formal or informal. I have had the pleasure of shooting many interesting people and have always had a love for black and white so I thought about merging the two. In the new digital world there is much attention to color and color management that the art of black and white seems lost somehow – and if we are honest b&w may seem a little too simple for many. With b&w there is still subject and composition to make it either interesting or not. I just love b&w portraits and I hope you do as well.
Mac Powell of Third Day
David Nasser asked me to shoot the event at Shades Mountain on August 30, 2009. It was their homecoming show where the families of the artists would show up. I found myself in between shooting the event and worship and being touched by the music and the emotions that were brought out inside of me. My mother always sang hymns to me and when the musicians sang those I thought of mom. “Bringing In The Sheaves” was her favorite song and I am still not sure what a sheave is.
Thank you guys for a great evening.