We are trying to step outside the box here at TAIF and our prompt is:
TEXTURE
They are so many ways to interpret this prompt...so take a picture and use a texture over it, use texture in your home decor, scrapbooking, or how our guest designer did by taking photos of the interesting textures around you. Have fun!!
And without further ado...I would like to introduce Will Vastine. I ran across his work via flickr and immediately loved his eye for detail and interest in photography. We are honored to have him. Welcome Will!
Hello friends, I'm a photographer based out of the Southwest Missouri area, and I am really excited to be the guest designer for TAIF this week! Not only am I the first guy to be featured, but I think I am the first only photography based artist to be involved! I got really excited when Kimberly contacted me about taking part in this because its something that I have never had the pleasure of doing before and it really helped me push myself to look at the world around me in new and creative ways. I was asked to play around with the prompt "texture" and it gave me a unique challenge... take a three dimensional concept and some how convey it in the two dimensional world of photography. With other forms of art such as scrapping, painting, sculpture, you can easily create depth and texture by adding different materials and elements, but it's sometimes harder to convey that in a photo. So I started looking around my world, and began to see an incredible amount of beautiful examples of texture in some very simple places. The sides of buildings, the ground that I walked on, nature, weather-worn paint... it just kept going and going. So I decided to shoot some very simple photos, straight on and pretty geometric, so that I could allow the texture to be the main focus of the photos. I hope that as you look at my photos, you are inspired to look at the world around you and observe the simple beauty that it provides. I bet if you just took some time and walked around your house or neighborhood, you'd find something new that will completely inspire you. Have fun creating!
You can find Will's websites here:
"I have always been inspired by Ansel Adams photography even before I became a photographer...they always have a variety of textures. This was my attempt at that style of photography. I loved the texture in my couch with the landscaping and the second photo is the actual fabric."
Dani's take:
Kara's---
Check back throughout the week for everyone's creations.
Our sponsor is Smarty Pants Art, the winner gets the Christmas kit, and the Christmas mini-kit goes to the runner-up.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5051967
http://www.smartypantsart.blogspot.com/
How cute is this RAK?
Have a great time with textures and don't forget to link your work...we love to see it!
