Photography - Winter Woods

For digital art I chose to photograph the outdoors. I focused on things like light and texture in our snowy area. I was particularly interested in the view looking into the forest: the shadows and forms among the trees. I also captured some focused shots of things that may be common, but are beautiful. Sometime we forget to notice the details because we have walked the same trails many times, and seen similar woods in many other places. So walking out into the forest with the purpose of trying to see and notice, I may find unexpected things.

Some faceless thing in my grasp

Back to the snow

I have been away most of the summer, either in Maine or Michigan, and I'm leaving for the North Cascades for my third field season with the North Cascades Glacier Climate Project early tomorrow morning! After that, I only have a little over a week until I will go up to Maine for school :-)

some type of water-snake in Lake Dennison

Macatawa, MI

Long Lake, ME

Niagra Falls

a wet walkway in Niagra

Sunset over Lake Michigan

the pit

Niagra

Sand Dune right off of Lake Michigan

Sail boat race on Lake Michigan

Me and Megan on the red right-hand pier "tower"

Baby otters playing

Salmon Boy

 Above is an illustration I did a few months back. It was originally intended to be part of my AP concentration, but I don't think it will go along with my other pieces after all. There are so many places around the world where the people depend on melt water from glaciers. One of the reasons they do depend on it is because of the salmon that come upstream every year. With this piece I tried to portray that the stream had retreated, leaving a dry bed, and that because of the lower water levels, the salmon were struggling to make their journey, and even get up the small waterfall. The boy is supposed to emphasize that was is happening is sad, as well as the dead salmon on the side that died because they were unable to make it farther upstream.

Art class!

I miss winter already!

My panel, showing part of a flower and plant. Last semester in art class we each created a panel in different medias of a larger picture, then put it together!

Show me the world

Show me the world that's inside your head..

I've been managing my work fairly well recently, despite having track after school. I'm currently in week 29 of 33 for Calculus, so close! I'll be able to post some new artwork for my AP Concentration soon! Below I posted the almost finished product of my Inspiration portrait, I just need a new photo of the completed one!

Silly dreams, or imaginations

Jolly Joe, approximately 9 years old

Chip on the run in our back field