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.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

New Bloom

I love giving my readers, viewers, and followers of my work different aspect ratios to view my work.  Some work just goes beyond that standard 4x6 aspect ratio.  The following piece is one example, I absolutely love the length and height of the original image, but I did not need the extra on the sides so I changed the look of the image by using a panoramic aspect ratio.  It gives the picture height and importance and says look at me!  Again, one of my favorite subjects... a flower.  Why a flower, because it always looks happy to see you!

This is a lily (don't remember the species) and it was shot about three years ago, I pulled it out of my archives about a month ago and did the work.  I think this picture would be awesome stretched on canvas in one piece or split up in three pieces....

NEW BLOOM (C) 2011

p.s. Sorry about the delay between posts.... pulled back!
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