Winter projects

Fine art

Creative art, especially visual art whose products are to be appreciated primarily or solely for their imaginative, aesthetic, or intellectual content.

Serious thought has gone into the future direction of my creative and (subjectively) artistic shoots.

Fine art photography took sometime to define in my own mind.

It is about a personal detraction from the subject.

It isnt about the person in the image, but the image itself.

Therefore the image has to be stunning.  The image itself has to be flawless.

I want to be known as a photographer, not a photoshopper.
All images are 'touched up' to a degree, but it is to enhance what is already there.  Photography is all about problem solving, I am good at that.

It was commented on a image in 2015,

"I dont get it. Its just a pretty picture with a pretty girl'

I am beginning to understand what that person meant. I need to push myself.

Anyone with a cellphone can take a pretty picture (of a pretty girl).

It is about evoking emotion, perhaps provoking a reaction. 

It is about the viewer wishing it was them (and it can be you).

It is about being bought by a stranger to hang on their wall, just because they like it.

It should appeal to the masses.

The appreciation has to extend beyond the subject's social circle.

But I am not trying to do that either.

My creative work is not aimed at 95% of the populace.

It is the other 5% that is important to me.

The magazine editors, other photographers, large organisations that have the funds to finance my dream.

That has begun, I have been noticed.

I need to provide consistency.

I need to produce volume.

I need to stop hiding behind the excuse,

"I will get better".

I just need to do it. 

It is a case of trying to hit the home run.

In doing so you have already covered all the other bases.

The risk is striking out occasionally, but there is always another ball game to play.

Not all your fans will appreciate the failures, but people will remember the home runs.