Back to my Roots

I've been fooling around in photoshop for a few weeks now and I think I've come up with some decent stuff, but I don't think its a good idea to forget where you come from so I'm coming back to my beginnings as a photographer. I started out using an old film camera and focused mostly on black and white film. There just seems to be something about the medium that enhances mood, and often the impact of the subject. At least in my opinion, much of the time the removal of color is equivalent to the removal of distraction. It allows a greater focus not only on shape and texture but on the symbolism behind the subject. I really need to get back to work on things that will get me a grade but I wanted to put this up during my break. Enjoy.

New Ads

Just finished work on another ad for the business that won't ever sell anything. Hope you like it...yeah, I do a lot of stuff with my dog.

Business Card

Well since 50% of the people who read this requested that I post the ol' business card I thought it might not be a bad idea. Let me know if you need to give me money to do this...yeah, I'm talking to you again South Africa.

New Beginnings

This is the first of my posts, hope there will eventually be more than just my sisters reading this but for now that's good enough...as long as they choose to commission some huge projects. Either them or, as you may be able to see to the left, some country with a burgeoning tourism market. The original photo for this one isn't mine, but it took me quite a while to rework it to this point. Especially since I have about that same amount of time in experience with photoshop. I'm sure no one reading this knows what a gannet looks like but they certainly don't look like this. I reworked it with the colors of the South African flag and I'm pretty happy about how it came out. I think the white is a bit understated but since I decided on a white background I didn't want to lose the chance to lose some of the more vibrant colors. I tried out using the South African flag as a background but it didn't work as well as I'd hoped. Maybe when I'm a little bit better at this it won't be a problem, but at this point the white was a better choice. I certainly appreciate the work it takes to do some of the more commercial photography and editing but it was a lot of fun. Give me some feedback.