I really believe I need to know exactly what I'm aiming for, for my efforts to be focused and effective.
Its proved to be very difficult to get an exact defintion of Fine Art Photography - I can get a variety of somewhat non-specific definitions:
- Fine art photography refers to photographs that are created in accordance with the creative vision of the photographer as artist. Fine art photography stands in contrast to photojournalism, which provides visual support for stories, mainly in the print media, and commercial photography, the primary focus of which is to sell products or services. (http://www.answers.com/topic/fine-art-photography) viewed 10th May 2010
- Wikipedia defines fine art photography as "a high-quality archival photographic prints of pictures that are created to fulfil the creative vision of an individual professional." The site refers to fine art photography as synonymous to art photography.
Merriam-Webster broadly defines fine art photography as "art concerned primarily with the creation of beautiful objects". Based on this broad definition, anything can be the subject of fine art photography for as long as the subject is beautiful. But then, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. So that makes fine art photography as subjective in nature.Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/42796.aspx#ixzz0hlcfPw5o
(http://www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/42796.aspx) viewed 10th May 2010/
Some images I found very aesthetically appealing were:
- http://www.simonlewisphotography.com/images/Galina-photo.jpg (viewed 10th May 2010)
- http://www.steendoessing.com/UserImages/2/10175/1/7077_mediumlarger.jpg
- http://www.scottspeck.com/cover_pic_fade.jpg
- http://www.carlscofield.com/images/photos/fine_art/nature/006-A-BW-Bristle-Cone.jpg
- http://leelashley.com/images/fine_art_usvi_5.jpg
- http://www.laheadshots.net/TDK%20GRAPHICS/fine_art_photography/fine-art_photography_5.jpg
- http://www.danmassey.co.uk/images/entrance_carnation.jpg
- http://www.danmassey.co.uk/images/Osteospermum.jpg
- http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lostturtlestudio.com/images/seaoats_fine_art_photography_Auel.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lostturtlestudio.com/&usg=__Nt_NehuMFjcVtM73m_5okIx0mcY=&h=450&w=350&sz=64&hl=en&start=31&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=OA46PSXpFREzyM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=99&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfine%2Bart%2Bphotography%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
- http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lostturtlestudio.com/images/seaoats_fine_art_photography_Auel.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lostturtlestudio.com/&usg=__Nt_NehuMFjcVtM73m_5okIx0mcY=&h=450&w=350&sz=64&hl=en&start=31&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=OA46PSXpFREzyM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=99&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfine%2Bart%2Bphotography%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
- http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lostturtlestudio.com/images/seaoats_fine_art_photography_Auel.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lostturtlestudio.com/&usg=__Nt_NehuMFjcVtM73m_5okIx0mcY=&h=450&w=350&sz=64&hl=en&start=31&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=OA46PSXpFREzyM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=99&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfine%2Bart%2Bphotography%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
- http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lostturtlestudio.com/images/seaoats_fine_art_photography_Auel.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lostturtlestudio.com/&usg=__Nt_NehuMFjcVtM73m_5okIx0mcY=&h=450&w=350&sz=64&hl=en&start=31&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=OA46PSXpFREzyM:&tbnh=127&tbnw=99&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfine%2Bart%2Bphotography%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
- http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.marciatreiger.com/gallery-1/images/HO-101.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.marciatreiger.com/&usg=__k9sn3AmLty2KbhosJTpRbjFJuYQ=&h=291&w=300&sz=40&hl=en&start=34&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Mtrk0D8JMHTYdM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfine%2Bart%2Bphotography%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
- http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.marciatreiger.com/gallery-1/images/HO-101.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.marciatreiger.com/&usg=__k9sn3AmLty2KbhosJTpRbjFJuYQ=&h=291&w=300&sz=40&hl=en&start=34&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Mtrk0D8JMHTYdM:&tbnh=113&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfine%2Bart%2Bphotography%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
- http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/driftwood-bw-fine-art-photography-print-james-bo-insogna.jpg&imgrefurl=http://fineartamerica.com/featured/driftwood-bw-fine-art-photography-print-james-bo-insogna.html&usg=__BTghtZ7K-IkdERCtfgCZxdxHLGE=&h=358&w=600&sz=61&hl=en&start=5&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=pim3hw4djLWSBM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwhat%2Bis%2Bfine%2Bart%2Bphotography%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D18%26tbs%3Disch:1
- http://www.rubinphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Fine-Art-Photographer-0003.jpg
- http://www.michaelmironov.com/photo/1-69_500_c.jpg
- http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.williecolephoto.com/images/fine-art-photography.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.williecolephoto.com/willie-cole-fine-arts-photography.htm&usg=__7UCsu9IsLc4jG4aWqxj1qqAWTAw=&h=500&w=667&sz=93&hl=en&start=21&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=b0rmaXdFJ6TYwM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=138&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwhat%2Bis%2Bfine%2Bart%2Bphotography%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1
I think I'll organise to borrow a digital SLR and take lots of photo's of the following:
- Flowers, Leaves, Garden foliage
- Landscapes
- Usual/contridictory natural occurances (abandoned house with tree growing in the middle, cows near huge electrical tower)
Then I'll play around with the photo's in photoshop and then get a better idea of what my folio focus will be.
Now to get snappin'
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