Cruisin'...

                                                                         

 Earlier today I went driving around with a friend. We drove through the countryside and explored scenic routes that might work for good photographs. I've noticed that I enjoy taking pictures of nature and then "spicing" them up. The picture above is one example. This is my all-time favorite from today. The vertical position of this image really pulls me into the pictures through the contrast between the stretching sky and the stretching road that meet in the bottom right of the photograph. I added a sort of sparkle effect to create a dreamy essence to it as well as to break up the solid color in the sky. I'm really pleased with this and think I'm making gradual progress as an artist because this picture demonstrates my best work of leading lines yet.

The Beautiful North...

I'm currently on my way up to my cabin near Hurley, Wisconsin. I'm one lucky girl, because the ride has been beautiful. Not only is the scenery naturally gorgeous and perfect for photographs, but the sky looks amazing this afternoon. The clouds don't seem like much from this car window, but I knew with editing that I could create a striking image, like I'm aiming to do. The two images here are the same, but I couldn't decide which form of editing I like better. The top is more of a vintage-looking photograph, but the bottom is a kind of retro, tie-dye photograph. I appreciate the bottom one, because I consider it a metaphor. From the light sky to the dark sky, it's a metaphor and a foreshadow for bad events. I'm proud of these photographs, especially since I created two copies, because I feel like I stretched myself a little farther instead of leaving a bland photo.

And It Begins...

I'm really excited to expand my artistic abilities over the course of the summer. My past works of art have been good, to say the least, but I'm hoping to go outside of my comfort zone and create new and striking pieces of art instead of dull, cliche images. I hope that I will find these new styles to be enjoyable and hope that they will turn out well.

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