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Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, blue, orange, yellow, vibrant, muted, smear, wedges, shape

Dark Wet Cold

Warm Front, 2014 – Convergent :: (click to see more) Its getting more difficult to get interesting images given the dark wet cold weather and I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to keep this up before my camera freezes up. So far the temperature has been staying close enough to zero that ...
Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, blue, turquoise, yellow, vibrant, building, cars, smear, streaks, wedges

Slight Problem

Light Showers, 2014 – Convergent :: (click to see more) For the first time ever, I dropped my camera - yesterday... and cried. So far the camera body seems okay but the lens is another matter. Busted lens So I'm back to shooting with the pinhole in the meantime - which isn't a bad thing. But ...
Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, green, yellow, muted, smear, shape

Dialectic

Mix of Sun and Cloud, 2014 – Convergent :: (click to see more) Cloudy Skies, 2014 – Convergent :: (click to see more) It seems this body of work is polarizing into two categories - Light and Dark. The very first image was very full and rich - perhaps in keeping with previous bodies but ...
Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, green, orange, yellow, muted, smear, wedges, shape

Discovery

Summer Thunderstorm, 2014 – Convergent :: (click to see more) Someone I know saw me early in the beginning of working on Convergent and asked me about the unusual camera rig I was carrying around. I shyly mumbled something about it looking more interesting than it really was and changed the topic. And yet if ...
Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, orange, blue, yellow, muted, reflection, boxes, cubes, smear, wedges, shape

Interesting and Unexpected

Clear Skies, 2014 – Convergent :: (click to see more) I'm beginning to see some interesting and unexpected results from shooting this series. It seems I'm willing to let go of some preconceptions about how I wanted this to look and how I was going to execute it. Ironic, considering how tightly I hold on ...
Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, orange, blue, yellow, muted, reflection, buildings, smear, wedges, shape

Edge of Recognition

Cold Front, 2014 – Convergent :: (click to see more) I've been having some interesting conversations about the Convergent images and my photography in general which has led me to think more about recognition.  In the urban environment there is so much visual information everywhere you look. And yet there are larger, subtler rhythms and ...
Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, red, orange, muted, smear, shapes

Daylight Savings

Distant Weather, 2014 – Convergent :: (click to see more) The daylight savings time switch has completely changed the times when I shoot and consequently the lighting is drastically different. It's much brighter in the morning and almost night when I ride home after work - no more sunsets. Because I'm shooting with a pinhole ...
Convergent series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, yellow, orange, muted, cars, trees

Movement

Weather Fronts, 2014 - Convergent :: (click to see more) I've been thinking more about movement in my images. This is a long standing theme going back to my early days in black and white. There's something about swift passage that's slightly hypnotic and releases my creative right brain. This new work is entirely about movement ...

Convergent

I had a recent conversation with my grandmother (on her 92nd birthday) about the direction I'm taking - or rather figuring out the direction TO take. At the time the conversation didn't seem to really help but I think it served to pry something loose. Later as I was driving home, I recalled an element I've ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, yellow ,muted, division, pattern

The Shape

Sun Shadow, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I tried another idea today and explored some variations in an attempt to present the shape of the city. I don't think this is it - not quite yet at least. It's an elusive feeling I'm reaching for. I want to present a sense ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, green, blue, muted, split, pattern

Blocked Tests

Sky and Field, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) I'm struggling. I'm at the end of Light Signatures and trying to work out what my next project will be about. I've had some ideas and done some tests - but, they're not working. I'm not happy with the results. Too cliche, not ...
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, yellow, blue, vibrant, rays, pattern

Flow

Draining Water, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more)
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, yellow, pink, brown green, blue, muted, split, overlapping, layers, streaks, pattern

Thinking

Merging Tributaries, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) Thinking about what to make next. A few ideas percolating but nothing concrete quite yet.
Light Signatures series, day, colour photograph, art, abstract, abstract expressionism, creative, city street, urban, downtown, cityscape, speed, blur, movement, motion, orange, blue, vibrant, overlapping, streaks, pattern

Music’s Influence

Orange Coruscate, 2014 – Light Signatures :: (click to see more) As I've mentioned I listen to music all the time and particularly while I'm working on images. It has a profound impact on my work probably in part because of my past musical training but likely too just because that's how I'm wired. I ...
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