Who woulda thunk it? I’m not sure exactly where photographer Brian Rondeau picked up this electric orange creature, but with the right background and lighting it is a near-translucent beauty! It just goes to show that you can photograph anything and make it art, if you do it well.
Another simple subject that Brian enjoys tackling is nature itself.
As you can see from this photo, Brian still has his eye for color (seen in a previous post). His choice of angle makes an ordinary (yet beautiful) magnolia tree into something almost ethereal, allowing the viewer of the piece to feel as though they are lying beneath it, toes in the grass. I can feel the breeze blowing, can you?
This photo has a lot going on, yet almost nothing at all. At first glance, it is a photo of a pile of dead brown leaves. Who cares, right? But then one notices the bright green grass, which still shows strong signs of life and contrasts with the dull left side of the frame. And as one focuses on the leaf in the middle bridging the two halves, and on the dew drops perched precariously atop it, one has found the subject of the photo. There are leaves above it, and that bright swath of color at the right, but Brian has managed to draw our eye to the fleeting drops of dew. Well done.
Try to get out into nature over the holiday weekend. Find something ordinary and make it extraordinary through your camera lens. Play with the colors and lines found in nature itself, and email me your best shots at darkroomdreams@gmail.com!
Happy Columbus Day!
The colors in these pics are amazing!
Any new posts soon?