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, April 10, 2011

Just A Touch

Whew.... it has been quite a week and I humbly apologize for not getting to post any sooner, but sometimes life can throw you a curve or two.  Anyway, the title this time around is "just a touch" because sometimes in creating a piece of art work that is all you need to finish it or to add to it.  The following piece was taken right outside my window after I installed a bird feeder to attract local birds.  In particular I wanted to get photos of cardinals and bluejays, in addition to the elusive red tailed hawk and my favorite yellow finches (whom still remain at-large).  The original photo looked like this....


With creative cropping, because you never want something so red lie smack dead center of a piece of work and the removal of all color except for the bird (my just one thing) I was able to create a stunning piece of work and one of my most popular pieces.  So remember, just one thing might have the greatest impact. And you get this as an end result....


Little Red Bird 2010

2 comments:

Simone Hester Creative Photography said...

http://flic.kr/p/9c9kRu

Jeni said...

This is so beautiful!!! I have a special place in y heart for the little red bird! he showed up on the day my sister died and has never left my side......
I have a FB page called: www.facebook.com/littleredbirdchirps