The Journey Into Art

The Clouds series

I was captivated by the clouds in northern New Mexico when I spent some time in Abiquiu. I always liked clouds and had wanted to do a series on them. However the more I gazed, the more I felt it was time to make that project a reality...

This post shows the evolution of original images into the final print. Three images were combined and worked on in various ways to achieve the final result. This took many hours of experimentation...

Stay tuned for more information over the next few weeks.

Bodie Textures Bodie Textures 5

Bodie is a preserved mining town and state park in the eastern Sierra part of California. I have spent most of a

day there....twice.

This project though has some interesting roots in my artistic journey as it relates specifically to Bodie...

Mono Lake grasses 6

Here are the steps that went into Mono Lake grasses 6. Some of the steps look very subtle, even without seeming change from the previous one...

Mono Lake grasses 7

Here is the process that went into the final image and print for Mono Lake grasses 7.

Image 1 & 2 from the camera

Combined image from 1 & 2

After initial color and contrast work

After further transformation

After final color processing and resziing

Mono Lake grasses 7

Mono Lake grasses 3

Many have asked from what images did my current work start. Since I have ventured farther and farther from the beaten path of traditional landscape photography, I have resurrected the Before and After series to show what I am doing with my work...

Mono Lake grasses

One windy June afternoon I was wandering along a boardwalk over a delicate grassland near the shore of Mono Lake. Laid down in the field was last year's grasses and up through them came this year's green stalks...