{"id":5347,"date":"2015-05-12T10:11:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T14:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aboutrc.com\/?p=5347"},"modified":"2015-05-12T10:11:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T14:11:08","slug":"flti2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aboutrc.com\/?p=5347","title":{"rendered":"Getting Images Ready for the Gallery Show!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning everyone! \u00a0Reporting to you live from the top of Guanajuato, Mexico! (Cell phone shot by my buddy Alex). \u00a0Things are in full swing here for me and that Canon \u201cFrom Light to Ink\u201d show happening on June 12-13 at the Joshua Liner gallery in New York<\/a>. \u00a0I figured this would be a good time to talk a little bit about \u201cEmbrace\u201d and how the theme has formed the images that I am submitting to the gallery.<\/p>\n

Photographically speaking \u2013 \u201cEmbrace\u201d to me feels like a call for a viewer to become immersed with the image that I\u2019m trying to make. \u00a0When a viewer sees my image printed as big as it will be, I want the work to feel like it wraps them in the experience. \u00a0I\u2019d love the user to feel that the scale brings them in \u2013 the environment surrounds them and makes them feel like \u00a0they\u2019ve walked into the scene rather than staring right at it. \u00a0I think that\u2019s the one thing that appeals to me when I\u2019m using the Canon imagePROGRAF printers \u2013 the overall scale of the print and the attention to the detail in the picture.<\/p>\n

Let me share some thoughts of what I\u2019m trying to shoot here:<\/p>\n

Old City \u2013 Guanajuato Mexico<\/b><\/h3>\n

So. \u00a0When you need an epic shot of something \u2013 you need to travel somewhere epic. \u00a0I can\u2019t think of a better place than Guanajuato Mexico. \u2013 right here in our own backyard!<\/p>\n

Whenever we think of old world cities \u2013 but little do we know that there is a gorgeous palate of color and texture right here in North America. \u00a0I once heard Guanajuato Mexico referred to as a \u2018tiny Italian hillside village in America\u2019 \u2013 and staring at the vista from afar it\u2019s very easy to see why.<\/p>\n

The problem with this shot is that you don\u2019t really get a full scale of what you stare at with your eyes with a smaller lens choice. \u00a0This image screams to be shot wide \u2013 but a wide lens would really not do it justice. \u00a0To best capture this, we want to eek out as much detail as possible by shooting multiple shots and having them set to a panorama. \u00a0In doing so, we get a great amount of detail and the opportunity to go large. \u00a0Very \u00a0large. \u00a0This print can be made easily over 3 feet high!<\/p>\n

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Communion: <\/b><\/h3>\n

There\u2019s something to be said about sitting in a structure that was made hundreds of years ago that just speaks to me. \u00a0Whenever I walk into a house of worship, I feel like you are stepping through time \u2013 the hundreds of years of visitors that have come through it generates this historical energy that just surrounds you. \u00a0Physically speaking \u2013 it\u2019s also impossible not to feel like history envelops you when every space you turn has a great amount of texture and detail \u2013 and that can be something that can be a little daunting to experience.<\/p>\n

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Black Hat<\/b><\/h3>\n

Not too long ago I went to check out some locations in the area and ran into an abandoned mansion from the 1920\u2019s. \u00a0There was this one room in the house that was a half circle \u2013 old trees circling and creeping into the windows. \u00a0I saw the color and the room to be almost a little haunting \u2013 as if someone was there to meet with you. \u00a0I figured this would be a great location to make a haunting portrait with an unknown man. \u00a0You\u2019ve stepped into this office \u2013 and you don\u2019t know why \u2013 but the colors and textures appear to wrap themselves around you.<\/p>\n

There are some other shots that I am going to include in this \u201cEmbrace\u201d campaign that I think really get into the spirit of enveloping you in the picture, but we can talk about these more later.<\/p>\n

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Have you Submitted Your Picture?<\/b><\/h3>\n

I\u2019m even MORE interested in how you guys are doing? \u00a0Did you want a chance to have your shot in the Gallery in NYC with me? \u00a0What kinds of pictures would YOU want to include in the gallery. \u00a0Remember, I\u2019ll be picking TWO images from the ones that are submitted to fit in the campaign. \u00a0To do so, make sure you go here: \u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/rcFromLightToInk1<\/a>\u00a0. \u00a0Thats the original post that I made talking about the contest. \u00a0If you want go straight to submitting a picture, you can do it one of two ways:<\/p>\n