Adding the element of time

The Cubist painters created works that illustrated space volumetrically by moving through it to reveal alternate views of the same scene. This splintering and rearranging of the elements of a scene add to it the element of time -- the time it takes for the artist to spend with a situation, explore it from various angles, break it into components, think about it, and reassemble it into a cogent compositional whole. The idea was that this presented a more comprehensive experience of the event. 

I have been working with that concept for the past year and creating photographic works with the same idea in mind.  Below are just a few of the images I created with this theme. More examples can be found here.  

Saguaro sunset - 60" x 34"

Lone tree in Bryce Canyon - 60" x 27"

Above and below the Everglades - 60" x 27"

Wind patterns, Death Valley - 60" x 30"

Six sunsets Walden Pond - 60" x 34"

Tropical leaf abstraction - 60" x 30"

The birthday photo

Every year on my birthday I try to go someplace in nature to photograph. This year the coronavirus had other plans for all of us and closed the Everglades, which was one of the places I had in mind. So, instead, not having any particular plan, I picked up a Fuji X-Pro3 with a single lens, the Fuji 35mm f/2, and went out walking to a nearby nature area with some interesting tropical areas to it.

I took a series of photos with the CC color profile and came back to edit them into a single image containing multiple viewpoints of the same scene. This image is a composite of four separate images from the morning walk combined with some graphic elements to tie it all together into a single composition. Working this way is the new theme I have been developing for a while now. You can see more from this stylistic series here.

Fuji's 55-200mm saves the day.

Recently, I stumbled upon an opportunity to photograph some commerical jets on the tarmac at sunrise and sunset.  I only had the Fuji's 55-200mm zoom with me. When I'm packing my camera outfit and don't really think I'll need a really long lens, I usually toss this lens into my kit bag -- just in case. Being able to stretch out my focal length to an equivalent of 300mm has often saved the day for me.

I took all the photos below with the Fuji X-H1 with the thought of doing some graphic manipulation work later in Photoshop.  Everything was done hand-held with some ISO's pushed up to 1600 to achieve higher shutter speeds for stopping the action.

  

Dawning of a new year

My new favorite Fuji lens is the 16-80mm f/4. I take it everywhere. It covers a really practical focal range that has me leaving everything else at home. Plus it's 5-stop image stabilization works miracles with short shutter speeds. 

This photo was taken at dawn at 1/8th second exposure to blur the waves. 

To increase the flare and enhance the colors, I intentionally over-exposed this shot taken directly into the rising sun. 

Florida Holiday Spirit

Happy Holidays from Sunny Florida!

Happy Holidays!

Wishing you all a Happy Holiday!

Art Deco of South Beach

Miami's South Beach area is known for its historic display of Art Deco buildings. It is one square mile comprising over 800 significant buildings that led to the area being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Most of the buildings were build in the late 1930's. I have always loved this area and have photographed it many times from the air in helicopters and from the ground. The images shown here were taken on a recent early morning visit to the Ocean Avenue -- strong early morning light being best because it hits the buildings square on, all helped by a deep blue western sky.

This entire series was photographed with a Fuji X-H1 and 16-80mm f/4 lens, my new favorite lens to have for travel photography.

In the late 1990's whimsical lifeguard stations were added to the Miami beaches and were a perfect complement to the colorful look of the South Beach Art Deco area. 

Parked in front of one of the South Beach hotels, this 1955 Oldsmobile  fits in with the Art Deco style of the area.