California landscape art12/2/2023 As soon as I had packed up and finished my exposures for the evening, a large wave crashed against the rock to my immediate right, which would have drenched me along with all of my gear. in order to add more contrast to the scene, I decided to use a Red 23 filter, which also helped me lengthen the exposure to around 12 seconds to ensure the smooth texture of the waves. I captured this photograph on Kodak T-Max 100, which has been my favorite black and white film I've tried so far. The cloudy evening fit the mood well as tide was rushing in over the rocks in the foreground. I very rarely shoot in black and white, mainly because my eye is drawn to color images, but I've been trying to learn to see in monochrome. On Saturday evening, the thick marine layer stumped any chance of golden hour light, so I decided to try to photograph a composition I had found the evening before on black and white film. Montana de Oro has an incredibly rugged coastline with incredible texture that I can't wait to explore. With the small pops of fall color in the distance, you can almost feel the peaceful, crisp autumn morning when looking at this photograph.Īfter visiting Montana de Oro State Park for the first time this past weekend, I feel so fortunate that it's located right at my back door. Clouds add texture and interest to usually otherwise dull photograph, but this particular scene worked quite well with clear skies. Typically, I don't photograph many scenes with clear skies. In the photograph below, the calm twilight of sunrise sometimes known as "the blue hour" was reflected by the bright white granite foreground. Because of its silvery / white color, the stone reflects nearly every quality of light, especially during the twilight hours. The white granite in the Sierra Nevadas is an absolute dream to photograph. I loved how the textures and colors stacked into perfect thirds, the brown grasses, the almost purple brush, and the pine trees, with that pop of fall color directly in the center. I composed this photograph intentionally symmetrical. They can be incredibly unique and have so much to say if you let yourself into the image. I have been forcing myself to see more "intimate landscapes." These scenes are quite difficult to compose and photograph, but I find that as an artist, I strive to search for these compositions. As the sun sank well below the mountains behind me, the warmth of the sky above reflected a gorgeous light onto the grasses and aspens. I set up well before sunset and waited for the calm twilight to come. The aspen scene above, I've entitled "Autumn's Grasp." I spotted the scene earlier in the afternoon on the day we arrived to the area and knew I needed the perfect low contrast light to photograph it. Two of these were the aspen scene from above and the the third was from the scene below. The 8x10 got some good use on this past trip, and not including my evening through Yosemite on the way home (post to come later) I ended up shooting 3 sheets of film. He had the chance to approve a couple exposures, meet some tourists, romp around in the wilderness, and even got to drive a little bit - his four favorite activities.
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