My artistic inspiration has always seem to come from the things that are directly around me. Everywhere I go I find myself framing certain areas wishing I had a camera handy. Whether it be grand industrial architecture or moss growing on a tree, I always seem to find something I would like to have a picture of. I suppose growing up in small-town Iowa has a lot to do with the things I see as inspiration. Spending much of my time outdoors I’m sure helped me have an eye for the little things in nature that most people ignore. I like to get close to objects that I find intriguing and often times this results in macro photos focusing on objects that people don’t often see the beauty in.
Another main source of inspiration to me also happens to be my most prominent hobby which is automobiles. It all started when my older brother turned 16 and began purchasing auto-related magazines. I always found the customization aspect the most interesting. There are so many different things you can do to the same model of car to make it totally unique from everyone else. While some might argue that concept vehicles are the most “artistic” of vehicles, I have just never found them very interesting. It may sound like an odd concept when thinking of autos and art, but I have always felt that function over form produces some of the best designs out there. Although someday I do dream of being able to build some of my “dream cars”, I think I would be content photographing them.
One of my favorite automotive photographers, Son Mustafa: http://www.hasback.com/helloeveryone.htm
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This guy has some great work! I looked around the rest of his site, pretty sweet stuff.
ReplyDeletethat sounds like a pretty cool dream to have. Go for it when you can. also that son mustafa stuff is cool. his use of angles in his shots are interesting
ReplyDeleteI grew up immersed in nature too. My back yard was a forest. My playground was the hills and meadows. I too find a lot of inspiration in the beauty of nature.
ReplyDelete(brandon r) very cool. one of my photo teachers was the photographer for the national hot rod association and one of the better (at least technically) photos that i've ever taken is of a detail of a packard that happened to be parked perfectly in front of a building with black tinted windows. thank god i had my camera. it's on the index page of my website if you'd like to see it: http://www.bjrichey.com/ Always carry a camera!
ReplyDeleteI also always am wising I had a camera handy, it seems like perfect moments are always around and just need to be captured to be shared. I liked that some of Son Mustafa's photos were of what I would consider pretty average looking cars as we were clearly able to see how he was able to make them more interesting through how he photographed them.
ReplyDeleteSuper cool!! I wish I had my camera with me all the time too. I actually started to carry a small one in my purse, but its just not the same without a decent lens!!!
ReplyDelete(Emily N.)That’s awesome that your inspiration comes from the things around you. I think it’s cool that you find beauty in small things that people sometimes don’t notice. Also Son Mustafa has some amazing photographs of automobiles.
ReplyDeleteI'm not much of a car man but recently I've been taking a lot of photos so I think that's great u do too...keep it up, that's awesome!
ReplyDeleteI really like all of his different detail shots; especially the those two with the sprays of water. Unfortunately I don't know a thing about photography...
ReplyDeletei used to be really into auto magazines when i was in high school. sweet photographs!
ReplyDeletethis guy got some really impressive shots, especially those of scenery
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