Alaska When The Fog Rolls In is a fine art photographic print on glossy paper or available as a canvas painting.
Fog is amazing! In Many cases the fog horn on the cruise ship was used every few minutes with zero visibility . As a photographer you need to watch and wait for that ,moment when it rolls in or rolls out.
In this case fog hit the vista in multiple locations creating what I would classify as a movie poster look. Maybe a Harry Potter or Lord Of The Rings feeling.
The 500mm lens I sue requires a faster shutter and film speed. I shot this at 500 speed and 400 film speed and put the aperture on automatic. The reason for the faster shutter speed is to eliminate shake while hand holding the camera. You can tri pod the shot but the ship is moving fast and the environment changes in all directions quickly. In a football game you see most everyone using monopods but the players are predictably running in easy patterns. I was always scanning the shore, mountains and water for anything .
Hello My name is Michael John Valentine and I have been involved making art for over 55 years. I started off at 10 years old at an art institute in Ohio and completed my education at Kent State University with a Bachelors of Fine and Professional Arts Degree.
I have always beed fascinated by photography and spent a great deal of time doing things in the old school dark rooms.
I love the way acrylic paints set up vs the long dry time of oils. Canvas is my go to mixed media surface since it lets me gallery wrap or send out my work in a tube.
My studio is located in Cornelius North Carolina next to Lake Norman. I work part time creating digital at my home and finish things off by going to my studio to paint and finish the creation process.
Lately this new series features plenty of palette knifes of all sizes and colors that jump off the canvas. Splatter technique is one way to categorize this newer collection. Mixed Media suggests that photography, canvas and acrylics all meet up for original abstract works of art.
It’s not uncommon for me to blend 3-8 photos together of places I have traveled with my cameras. The work you are seeing always starts with my original photography. I have had numerous awards and magazines publish my work. My website uses this catch phrase ” Imaginative Photography to Abstract Modern Art”.
Just one original priced at $3795 and two sizes of prints that I render on canvas and sign the back. Every artist I have ever met digitizes his or her work at some point to allow prints or giclee paintings. You have a choice but I only offer one original.
I print in house on a commercial canvas printer and control the entire process from beginning to end. You can expect this print to be on the same exhibition quality canvas as the original. It will be signed on the front in a giclee/print manner and I will also sign the back.
If we talk I can also add acrylics over top the print in select areas making your print one of a kind at the same cost.
Once the painting is complete the canvas is glazed with a subtle sheen to protect the painting so that it lasts a lifetime.
It is not framed because it goes in a protective glassine sleeve and ships in a heavy duty tube. This process assures you that it arrives undamaged . By shipping this way you can take it to a framing shop and have it mounted and framed to your liking. A certificate of authenticity accompanies this acrylic painting.
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