SHCreativePhoto: Black and White Photography

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, May 8, 2011

Black and White Photography

There's nothing more classic than simple black and white photography, whether it is portraits, landscapes, and architecture there is a certain level of classiness added to the photo when it is shot or changed over to black and white. However, when you shoot nature, most people tend to stick with color because there is so much color in nature itself. Gorgeous and rich hues of ambers, red, blues, greens, that most want to make sure is highlighted in their final photo. I decided to begin series of black and white nature shots to bring some of that class and simplicity to the images. Below are a couple of shots that I captured of a pine tree and I honestly feel that it is true to the black and white formula. There's the drama, classiness and simplicity in the images.