Analog and Polaroid

I am working on two new series of images.  The first series is that of producing images that have an old school look and feel, that of analog photographs.

The second is the look of a polaroid.  

Both have been extremely fun to do and I plan on expanding the series of each.

I have just finalized my second book titled "Abstracts".  It will be available

on Amazon in a day or two.

 

   

 

Abstracts

 

By Skip Nall

Fall On The River In North Carolina

This image was made in the fall a 2017 and originally edited for a very normal stock travel photograph.  Today I brought it into Photoshop and edited in a new way to give it more of an abstract feel.

Upcoming Shows

In the month of January I have two shows coming up in Sarasota, Florida.

One is a solo exhibitions at the Sarasota Orchestra where a portions of the proceeds from sales will go directly to the Orchestra.

The other is at the Hyatt Regency and is a benefit for Southeastern Guide Dogs and the Alzheimer's Association.

Steel Wool

The first image was created from a painting done in red and blue in Photoshop with 7 layers of various blending modes.  The base layer is an old baking sheet.  Once the final painting of the abstract was done I used Silver Efex Pro to change it to the BW image

Hoi An Boat

This image was photographed in Hoi An, Vietnam in 2006 and I recently re-edited in a series I am working on the produce more of a painted look when printed as well as the feel of looking through old negative film.

This particular image has four layers, one of which is an old baking sheet.

Red Shutters

Yes, I did take a slight hiatus from posting to my Blog.  As a single dad my daughter who is about to turn 13 came before anything else.  Now with her being close to grown, or at least that is how it seems I have gotten back to producing new images and re-editing to older ones for fun.

This is from a series of images I originally photographed in Vietnam in 2006 and recently have re-edited to produce a more abstract image as the final result.

The image has ten layers using various blend modes to come up with this result.

It is titled Red Shutters.  

Trash Abstract

Sea Oats In Florida

Fishing Pier Abstract

Panama City Beach, Florida

Landscape Abstracts

Available at FineArtAmerica

Psychedelic Chrysanthemums

Available at Fine Art America at the link below.

Buddha In Chrysanthemums

Buddha on Black

Available at the link below.

Golden Buddha

Part of a new series of photographic images

of the Buddha.

INTERIORS WITH HDR THAT LOOK REAL

On a trip to stay in the mountains of Georgia a few weeks ago I promised my sister I would do a couple of interior photographs to show the new look of the main room to help her rent the cabin.

I decided to do it with multiple exposures and blend them later rather than taking the time to light the rooms which I am not a fan of and honestly think unless you have a crew with you requires too many lights and then can look lit.

I photographed nine different exposures of each angle and then blended them in NIK HDR EFX Pro 2.  It was my first time to use their HDR application and I have to say I was very impressed with overall ease of use and the results.

Below are two images with a couple of exposures of each I pulled to show the best exposures I could produce in a single photograph for either the lit side of the room of the side of the room in shadow and what I was able to produce with NIK. 

After blending the seven exposures I then cut out and pasted the fire from one of the exposures and put it into the final HDR image using the transform tool and blending it normal at about 80%.  You have to play with the blending a bit so that it matches the rest of the photograph but usually 60-80% with give good results.  

The final move was to add a slight contrast curve and the results as you can see are natural and light.

Oak Tree

I photographed this majestic tree at Point Park in 

Chattanooga, Tennessee and then processed it in

Color EFEX Pro 4.

It would look great in any room in home, office, 

hotel or business.  It can be purchased at the link below:

Jungle Journey - The Path

This is the follow up image to my world famous

image Jungle Journey.  It took me ten years 

to find the image that would convey the

same emotions and feelings as the original

but this one surely does so.

I hope this image will bring as much happiness and hope

to people as the other has throughout the years.

It is available at FineArt American at the link below

and will be the perfect addition to any room 

decor.

Sunlight on the Ocean

This photograph is sunlight reflecting off 

very calm water in Florida.  Using Photoshop I distorted 

the image and then applied a motion blur

filter to achieve the effect.  

This photograph would look great on any wall in the home, office, restaurant,

business lobby, hotel, in fact just about any interior.

It can be purchased at Fine Art America on both photographic paper and canvas

 at the link below up to 38.5X84 inches

 

Old Hands With Wrinkles

These are the hands of an Ifugao Indian womn in the 

Infugao Province, Philippines.  The province is located in 

far north on the main island of Luzon.

To me when I met her and looked at her hands they told

me a story of he life, how hard it was to work the rice

terraces, to survive.  

Originally I produced this is color but later decided 

to produce it in black and white which in ways gives 

the image more depth.

Below are both the black and white and color version.

This photograph would look great on any wall in the home, office, restaurant,

business lobby, hotel, in fact just about any interior.

It can be purchased at Fine Art America on both photographic paper and canvas

 at the link below: