Fall Branch</h1> <article> <h1>Fall Branch</h1> <p>Walt Roycraft — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:42:05 +0000</p> <div id="attachment_193" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 609px"><p class="wp-caption-text">Fall Branch. Archivaly matted ready for framing 11X14 $75., 18X24 $175., 20X30 $275.</p></div> <p>After a very early wake-up call, I drove the three hours down US 27 to Oneida, Tn. and then proceeded to the Leatherwood Trail along the Big South Fork River.The river was well out of it’s banks and quite full.This was taken early afternoon,after several hours exploring good photo opportunities,at Fall Branch heading towards Angel Falls. It was very peaceful yet loud with the rushing water. </p> <p>A Nikon D700 was used, with a 24-70 2.8 lens @ 28mm set to f22 @ 1/8th of a second. The digital file was processed using Lightroom 3. Care was taken when converting to B&W making sure there were no overexposed highlights while still maintaining details in the shadow area.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Favorite Quotes</h1> <p>Walt Roycraft — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:07:41 +0000</p> <p>There have not been many great photographers in history, but the great ones usually turn out to be masters of the vocabulary of these two utterly different languages in black and white photography. For most would-be photographers these languages are mixed together and never disentangle, like the babble of voices at a cocktail party. <strong>The breathtaking competence of the great photographer is to “cause</strong>“<strong> the object of his choice to be revealed with symphonic grandeur, meticulous in detail, majestic in illumination.</strong></p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_H._Land" target="_blank">~Dr. Edwin Land~</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>First Snow</h1> <p>Walt Roycraft — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:55:10 +0000</p> <div id="attachment_153" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 609px"><p class="wp-caption-text">First Snow_Archivaly matted ready for framing 11X14 $75., 18X24 $175., 20X30 $275.</p></div> <p>This was early morning in December 2010. The air was very still,the snow silently falling. It felt like a blanket was being laid down for the upcoming winter.</p> <p>A Nikon D700 was used, with a 70-200 2.8 lens@82mm set to f8 @ 30th of a second. The digital file was processed using Lightroom 3. Care was taken when converting to B&W making sure there were no overexposed highlights while still maintaining details in the shadow area.I used the dodge tool extensively to lighten the snow on the tree branches.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Jessamine Creek Gorge</h1> <p>Walt Roycraft — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:19:11 +0000</p> <div id="attachment_139" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 910px"><p class="wp-caption-text">Jessamine Creek Gorge_ Archivaly matted ready for framing 11X14 $75., 18X24 $175., 20X30 $275 </p></div> <p>With permission from the land owners, I crossed private farm land and descended down to the gorge. There was a little rain but not enough to prevent some great opportunities for a photograph. This was in April 2010.</p> <p>A Nikon D700 was used, with a 24-70 2.8 lens set to f11 @ 60th of a second. The digital file was processed using Lightroom 3. Care was taken when converting to B&W making sure there were no overexposed highlights while still maintaining details in the shadow area.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen</h1> <p>Walt Roycraft — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:41:31 +0000</p> <p>In my pursuit of creating great art, I applied to be a member of the <a href="http://www.kyguild.org/" title="Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen" target="_blank">KGAC</a>. This entails more than simply paying a membership fee. You must first submit 5 samples of your work to be judged by a panel of artists. I am happy to report that I have been accepted.</p> </article> <article> <h1>the art of photography</h1> <p>Walt Roycraft — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:33:23 +0000</p> <p>I have consciously started to educate myself about Fine Art Photography. I say consciously because over the last 40 years working as a photographer I certainly have learned a lot about photography. No, this is different, fine tuned maybe. My goal for my “Fine Art Photographs” is for them to be more than a nice photograph, but rather a great piece of Art. To that end, I have started reading a book on black and white printing by master photographer and printer <a href="http://www.georgedewolfe.com/gallery.html">George DeWolf</a>. I came across his work reading about the <a href="http://www.santafeworkshops.com/">Santa Fe Workshops</a><br /> In his book, George quotes Dr. Edward Land (think polaroid land camera) and I love this quote…<br /> <strong>“The breathtaking competence of the great photographer is to cause the object of his choice to be revealed with symphonic grandeur, meticulous in detail, majestic in illumination.”</strong><br /> Have you ever seen a photograph that has made your heart sing?</p> </article> <article> <h1>Spring Rain</h1> <p>Walt Roycraft — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:19:52 +0000</p> <div id="attachment_150" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 609px"><p class="wp-caption-text">Spring Rain</p></div> <p>Spring in Kentucky can be an exciting time. Tornado warnings, thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rains. The silver lining is warmer temps. and nature coming alive again after a long winters sleep. “Spring Rain” is part of a series I am working on depicting the Barns of Jessamine County. This beauty lies on the south side of 169.<br /> <strong>Update:</strong> “Spring Rain” was chosen for the Governor’s Derby Exhibit to be displayed in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort April 1-May 10.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Captive</h1> <p>Walt Roycraft — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:13:58 +0000</p> <p></p> <p>This is an unusual image for me. One early morning when I was out shooting in some fog I had one camera mounted on a tripod and another over my shoulder. I was concentrating on shooting a barn scene with the tripod mounted camera and was unawre that my other camera was being “accidently” triggered. When I got back to the studio I was surprised to see this image. To be honest it looked terrible and I almost sent it to the trash. My instincts told me to work on the shot, and I’m glad I did.<br /> I think this speaks to my desire for freedom. To escape the captivity of the soul held in bondage to sin.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Infusion</h1> <p>Walt Roycraft — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:37:04 +0000</p> <p>I shot this during my Butterfly series using a specialty lens, Nikon 500mm Mirror lens. I love the ethereal look of this photograph especially when printed on Archival Watercolor paper!</p> <p><div id="attachment_88" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 730px"><p class="wp-caption-text">Infusion</p></div><br /> </p> </article> <article> <h1>Butterflies</h1> <p>Walt Roycraft — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:39:05 +0000</p> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p> ]]> </article> </main></body></html>