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.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

When It Rains...

The wonders of weather is simply that it can provide the perfect backdrop for your images.  Perfectly sunny day shot with kids jumping about conveys a happy mood, an leafless tree standing all alone in a bed of snow will make you feel cold, and then there's rain, wind, overcast and so on.  One of my favorites has to simply be rain, the kind that falls in the summer and gives off that awesome scent and soothing sounds.  There is nothing like hearing the pitter patter while you are drifting off to sleep.

Recently, we had a truly rainy day, the kind that goes all day long and wakens up the dormant spring flowers.  What to do on a day like this? Pull out your camera!  Increasing the shutter speed I was able to catch the rain in action and in particular grab a shot of the splash that a raindrop caused in a puddle.  What an impact.  The end result is a piece that is quite soothing, yet conveys that truly wet and rainy feel.

"Rainfall" (c) 2011

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