So hopefully this week will be a little more productive than last week. I hope to have a new installment of my "Inspiration" series. I'll also preview another exhibition that I'm part of that will be opening this Saturday. I'll have information on how you can follow me on Facebook, and I'll also have a new local artist feature. So be sure to check back throughout the week to see what's going on.
This mornings work is taken from a series entitled "White Spaces". The photos that were used for this series were originally taken at a party a few years ago. This was my first series to drift towards the clean white look that I use quite frequently these days. The individual pictures themselves all feature different filters and composites, but they all feature a similar clean look.
This morning brings another piece with model Jen Britton. This one, entitled "Cut Out", was created using primarily, you guessed it, the cut out filter in Photoshop. Using that and a bunch of colour tweaks I was able to create the unique look of this picture.
So I've been a little negligent the past few days. A busy weekend, including my show on Saturday has kept me away. However, I'm back in the saddle this morning and I bring you "Whispering Red". This is the first piece of digital art from my shoot with Ally a couple weeks ago. This plays on a recent trend of mine of applying filters on top filters to get some unique looks.
This is the fifth and final piece I will be showcasing this weekend, entitled "Beastial". This is actually a self portrait. This is obviously a very heavily altered piece, utilizing a shadow plug-in I acquired somewhere along the way.
More great stuff from my shoot with Ally today. This is from a set up we did in Graffiti Alley down near Queen Street West.
I really like the high contrast and the side light. The graffiti makes the pictures very colourful and vibrant. I'm very much looking forward to working with Ally again in the future.
"A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one."
This is the third preview leading up to the exhibition I'm participating in at Studio 561 this Saturday. This picture, entitled "Waiting for a Train", is a highly altered photo from a photoshoot that I was less than pleased with. As opposed to other photos from the set, the original for this piece isn't terrible but it isn't particularly enthralling either. 
This is the first of several posts forth coming from the shoot I did last week with Ally. I'm fairly pleased with the results considering it was very much a last minute kind of thing.
Also this week I will have the remaining three previews for my exhibit this Saturday as well as the details for that event. Stay tuned, lots of exciting stuff on the way!
As a creative person I have a lot of influences. As an artist who works in a visual medium, shockingly few of these influences are visual artists. In mulling over how I would go about putting together the first of what should be a series of posts about the people who inspire me, I figured I needed a way to tie in what I do to my appreciation of what these people have done. As such I've decided that rather than gushing on and on about the works of these people, I would do a couple photo composites of these people using photos I found through a simple Google search.
The first of these segments is dedicated to my favorite author, Hunter S. Thompson, the creator of gonzo journalism.
This is a fairly old piece. The original picture was taken right when I first got my current camera. As for the rest of it? Well let's just say it's mostly the product of boredom. Essentially this piece shows what can happen from just playing around in Photoshop.
Bryant specializes in HDR (high dynamic range) photography which helps create the vibrant colours and stunning contrast present in his photos. Learn more about it here.
Hopefully every once in a while I'll have a local artist to feature like I have today. Meet Karyn Wong a Toronto painter.
I've recently become involved with this gallery down in Leslieville. It's a fantastic organization that runs free community art courses and free yoga classes. I'll be participating in a show there at the end of August so I'll be sure to post details as they become available.
In this case it is actually the third version of this series that I hang my hat on. It features a gold painted effect with bright red roses. But there are a few gems from the fourth version which featured a very bold black and white water paper effect, often with the red of the roses creating a bright accent.
