SHCreativePhoto: The Flip Side

About The Artist.... Simone Hester

Simone Hester was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised on the far south side of the city. She found an interest in art at an early age. At the recommendation of her teachers, she began private art lessons at a small art studio in the suburbs of Chicago. She was tutored, mentored and exposed to a variety of art mediums from calligraphy, etching, Chinese watercolors, acryllics, and oil painting. There she developed a love for drawing and painting. She broadened her art education by taking a variety of elective art classes in high school and college. Upon college graduation, her first professional position allowed her to work in graphic designs and further her knowledge of computers. Once given a digital camera, she combined her love of computers, painting, and photographs to develop her very own technique in creative digital photography. The computer has become her paintbrush and allows her to stretch the natural boundaries that a typical photograph is held to. She recently left the traditional workforce to work on her art full time and contribute to her website (http://www.simonehester.com/) and write her blog on photography, art, and everything else she finds creative.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Flip Side

There are some pictures that I shoot and love to create multiple versions of the image, so when I shot the picture below, I knew that I would eventually present multiple options.

I absolutely love rich blues, glasses in that cobalt, navy, midnight blue hue. I have been a fan for a while and love to collect and shoot object like that. So when I captured this shot, I knew that I wanted to give that blue a richer color and make it a little artistic reflecting my personal style.... so I created this version....

Brought out more of the purples.... and altered the pic a little. I also wanted to do something even more creative and that is how I came up with this version....

So the rainbow hues came out totally cool.... so as you see you can create two works from one. Just as a portrait photographer will offer a picture in it's original color and add a sepia and black and white version.

Enjoy!