Greg Sharpe Digital Artistry

Things Change When You Get Down Low Enough... Recently I've been obsessed with creating perspectives in my photos that are very unique and different.  Actually getting those perspectives takes an eye for the creative, visualizing a perspective and then getting in position to get what you want.  Over time I have tried to continuously challenge myself, not with the technical, but to challenge myself with the creative.  Like using a fill flash to correctly light a subject is too "technical" for me, and I've faced the reality along time ago, I am technically challenged.  So what I do is work with available light and try to create a uniquely appealing, yet different image, with different perspective.   Sometimes, I must admit, they turn out all wrong, bizarre, or just plain. I am learning that if you can get a perspective that, just by walking by an object, you don't and in many cases, can't see, then that is what I am after.   I don't do this on...

In focus, the middle and the back... Sitting atop a fence post appears this painted, rusted, weathered form in wrought iron.  I stood back and took a few snaps, only to find it was just okay, but not amazing.  So I started looking through the lens at different focal lengths and soon began to see other aspect of this composition.  First you see whats in front of you in immediate focus.  Then as you move through the image, you see aspect of figures in the middle and then finally you see beautiful bokeh in the back.   Although many famous photographers didn't do much of this back in the day, mainly because of the lenses used, but I am sure that some dabbled with double, triple exposures to attempt to create what they were seeing.  I am so fortunate to be able to have learned from other great photographers, some on G+, and some on blogs to follow pieces of what they do and incorporate it into my work.  So when you take a picture look from th...