Autumn colors

The golden hour is the period just after sunrise or before sunset when the light is special.

 She runs (purchase print)

In the fall of 2011, Anna and I collaborated on a shoot to capture the fall colors that went best with her colors.  I have made the full size images available for printing at Redwoodtwig.com.  The image hosting service I'm using is Smugmug, and they have a wide variety of excellent products on which to put the images.  Both photographer and model would love it if you would like to decorate your wall with our images.  The captions under the photos have links to to purchase that photo and to explore the other images from this shoot.

Creating fine art images in which the nude figure appears requires a special kind of collaboration between the photographer and the model.  This is also true of any kind of image creation work in which there are human or animal models, but in most cultures around the world today, the naked form of a human has a multitude of cultural strictures.  Some strictures against nudity in art have been around for thousands of years but others have shown up recently, even after a long cultural tradition of nudity in art.

When you hang an image on your wall, you are making a statement about what you consider pleasing to your soul.  Well, maybe.  It might also be that you are making a statement about your wealth and happiness -- "That's a signed original, printed by so and so and worth lots of money."

The images in this blog are currently offered as decorative art rather than limited editions.  When I am doing the entire process from exposure to print, I will be able to offer signed originals.

For this blog entry, what you see are essentially original images, just as they came out of the camera.  The post processing included cropping and once in a while a bit of dodging and burning.  Instead of the cardboard cutouts I used to use under an enlarger during the print exposure, I have only a circular and a full frame rectangle tool to work with in Lightroom; however I can do more with the digital tools than I could with the darkroom set up.

Autumn colors 1:  she listens  (purchase print)

Photographing the naked form requires only two things:  a naked form and a background in which the form is presented.  Here I chose to use a stand of late autumn grasses in the foreground, the figure in the middle, and a hint of the forest in the background.

The color of the light in the late afternoon on a fall day brings extra warmth to the scene and the figure.

Still photo and movie makers gain special pleasure when able to work during the golden hours near dawn and dusk.  The golden tone of the light brings out things otherwise not seen.

Autumn colors 2: she looks (purchase print)

Autumn colors 3:  oak leaves  (purchase print)

The golden light of autumn also brings a special glow to the oak leaves, which only turn brown much later.  Instead they begin a gradual transformation from light green to darker and darker hues, mixed with the red veins that later turn the whole leaf brown.

Autumn colors 4:  she starts to approach, with a hint of a smile

We hope you have enjoyed your visit here, and if your soul should happen to resonate with an image, we hope you will consider purchasing a print.

(Note:  for commercial or editorial use of these images, please contact me.)

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