"Walk Into the Picture" #1

Life changes.  Goals change.  Your brand changes, hopefully, over time as you change, learn, grow.

I'd like to more intentionally and strategically share some of the photographic images I've created in the past and new ones as I create them.

Since I've been told numerous times that my photos "make me want to walk into them" those are the images that I will focus on.  Besides, for years my Instagram name has been @wendywalks.  So I'll leverage my pre-existing brand and deepen the experience. Play to your strengths, right?

The series name is a work in progress but let's start with

"Walk Into the Picture"

    Fine Art Photography
by
Wendy Blomseth

 
Why: I wish to share with a larger community my passion for photography that reveal a special memory for me, the photographer, or a "public" variation of an image made for a client's purpose, both with a universal appeal that "makes you want to walk into them."

When: Scheduled weekly on Wednesday's, at the minimum, possibly more as creativity strikes.
Where:  Social media platforms:  blog WendyHBlomseth.com, Facebook and Twitter, occasionally at LinkedIn if it seems appropriate to that community.

What's for sale? Some will qualify as limited editions for sale, some not, but the details will be shared as appropriate.

For the launch, I'm sharing a favorite image that Mark Roberts, master photographer and one of my photography mentors loves.

Come Into The Woods With Me, May 2016.

Available for purchase from my new account at Fine Art America. 

Link:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/come-into-the-woods-with-me-wendy-blomseth.html

Still Life en plein air

Still Life en plein air,  #3198,  2016, 

Floral Portrait #2, 2005

In 2005 our photography business, InBeaute Photography purchased its first digital camera that we thought would be a good professional quality camera that we could use for weddings.  So, being the former girl scout I started to practice making portraits.

As our mentor, Monte Zucker said, "you don't practice on a paying client."

I found flowers/floral portraits the best subject for countless reasons and so the journey into digital portraits began.  I started making photographs on the front porch of our home.  Little did I know that I would come full circle and arrive back to the front porch studio in 2011 when we left our 1,400 sq. ft. studio in St. Paul, MN.

     “We shall not cease from exploration
     And the end of all our exploring
     Will be to arrive where we started
     And know the place for the first time.”

                                T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

Floral Portrait #3, 2005

Floral Portrait #3, 2005

In March 2005 I still had a lovely collection of hand made papers carefully wrapped in plastic that I would use to create laboriously crafted, multi-layered greeting cards, often with my BFF Karen Bryan.  On long winter nights she would gather her card stamping materials, inks and hand made paper materials so that along with my paper collection we could create some awesome layered greeting cards.

When I created this floral portrait on the front porch, I didn't have a selection of professional photography backgrounds so I thought I'd try the heavy black paper with the thin gold threads in them. It would be perfect practice for a floral portrait.