I will be displaying four pieces of my color pictorialist work in the Photo-Sensitive Exhibit at Olson-Larsen Galleries in West Des Moines, IA. The exhibit runs from July 27, 2018 to September 22, 2018.
I enjoy early Spring in our woods which have a monotone color scheme with little pops of color. Plant matter returning to the Earth, building soil to nourish future plants.
Many of these images could fall into a series I began when I still lived in Colorado which was called Nature's Decay. That series began using large format black & white film, yet these digital color pieces also draw me in. The muted colors tell the story differently than the story would be told in black and white. Perhaps I'll continue with that series.
I've added many new images to my print shop on Jim Sincock Photography, and still have many more to add. That site will eventually hold my entire collection of images that will be available as open edition prints. Limited edition or one-of-a-kind prints and art pieces will be available here on Interrobang.
If you've visited this site in the recent past you may recall I also had my antique & vintage business here. I've decided to keep that separate from the art & photography and reformed that business as Relic Antique & Vintage www.relicantique.com.
Antique objects from my collections have long been the subject of my still life photography, and those photographs will continue. Many of my still life images are shot on traditional film, paper negatives, gelatin dry plate, and tintype (wet plate collodion.) My antique bottle photos have been popular at many of the art festivals I've done over the years and I will be offering both open edition prints and unique one-of-a-kind prints of those images soon.
Lastly, art festivals. For 2018 I have decided to stop doing art festivals and will only be selling my prints and art online or through my art studio.
As the saying goes, the best camera is the one you have with you. Which was definitely the case today when I decided to take the long way home so I could drive past the lake after being in the the studio all day.
Have I mentioned that I'm enjoying color photography again? Yes, I am!
I feel that life is about refining your visions, learning, growing and generally moving forward instead of staying stuck or moving backward. What works for you, and what doesn't? With the things that do work for you, how do they work with people and things around you?
This website of mine is a great example of refining my visions as it has changed and evolved constantly over the twenty years I've had it. My photography and art has also changed and evolved and improved over the thirty or so years that I've been doing it.
As I refine my visions of my direction with photography I keep seeing how much I am fulfilled by doing landscape photography. I'm happier when I spend more time nature as opposed to in the studio or at the computer. There is a deeper connection I feel out in nature and it seems important to nurture that connection.
Feel free to follow my journey as I refine my vision and explore.