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.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Street Scene Revisited

As I had previously touched on.... I have a painting background in my education in art and use my computer to "paint" my pictures when I am editing them.  This particular shot, I cropped significantly to illustrate the street aspects.  Whenever you take a shot, always save it because you never know when there is an interesting perspective that you can focus on within the image.  So here is the before picture...


and next is the finished piece....



I applied several of my favorite techniques to get this finished product!

Enjoy..... this print, along with many others are available for purchase on my website www.simonehester.com, you can browse the site, leave comments and recommend it to family and friends. 

Have  good day!

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