For my last artist post I chose to highlight artist, Chris Whittington. The piece below is entitled, "Bahama Calm Shore." This caught my attention because the Bahamas is one of my favorite places. I love the grey overcast tone of the whole piece because it's so unexpected when the subject is a place a beautiful and vibrant as the Bahamas. The artist comments were very interesting, where Chris says, "I use a pocket-size 21 megapixel Sony, shooting everything in the Raw format, then every picture gets its edge in Photoshop."
Unlike most of the other artists I've chosen throughout the course, Whittington starts with real photos he takes himself and as he says, enhances them using Photoshop. Most of the other artists I've chosen have used digital images or images they've "manufactured" using some sort of digital application. The glowing ring in the middle of the water is mysterious and beautiful at the same time. I would love to see the original version of the photo and compare it to the final product below.
Mostly it would be lighter, especially the sky... the drama comes from darkening the sky and having the light glow out of the darkness, especially the ring on the water...
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