Posted September 30th, 2011
September Woods
I made this image during last
Sunday’s field session of the André Gallant workshop put on by the
Whitehorse Photography Club. The painterly rendering was achieved with
a multiple exposure of 9 exposures made in continuous drive mode while
hand holding the camera with slight upward movement. In the past I have
experimented with a similar multi-exposure approach, as well as many of
the other abstraction techniques that André taught, with varying levels
of success. His instruction has given me valuable tools to improve on
my past efforts, including “recipes” that outline what works for him,
which I also will regard as a solid base for further experimentation.
André’s artistic approach addresses my first love in photography and
this was one of the most inspiring workshops I have experienced. Expect
to see a lot more similar, impressionistic imagery on this site in the
future.Pentax K-5, SMC Pentax DA* 60-250mm f/4 ED [IF] SDM @ 170mm
UPDATE: This
image won an honorable mention in the 2012 North Shore Photographic
Challenge, a Canadian Association for Photographic Arts (CAPA)
sanctioned competition for photography clubs. I further refined the
image in Photoshop before submitting it for this competition and that
updated version now replaces the one that was originally posted here.