Something Different

I’m fascinated by those artists that combine a photo with a texture to create an image. I like the concept and when it works, wow! I’ve been attempting to process a few images using this style (I’ve done one or two in the past but used a preset in a program). Yesterday’s image was intended to be one of those combinations but I failed miserably several times before giving up and posting the photo.

I’m reading A Beautiful Anarchy by David duChemin and it has reminded me that in order to learn you have to fail. Let me rephrase that, you have to try something new in order to learn it and part of that process is failing. Rarely is a new skill learned on the first attempt. Apparently, I’ve forgotten how many bad images I’ve captured when I was learning to use a camera (and to be honest, I still capture plenty of bad images). Learning to do this is no different. I need to stop worrying about creating a “bad” image and simply create.

So, yesterday afternoon I sat down at the computer to put more effort into my image. The result is OK, but I have a better understanding of what I need to do. Now I have to go out and capture the scenes that will support the images swirling around in my head…