Hoover Dam Under Construction | Friday Jan 02, 2009
There are many, many reasons why I am in love with photography... but this photo is an example of one of them. I stood in front of this Hoover Dam a few months ago, took a photograph then gazed out upon the scene and in my imagination a completely different picture composed itself in my mind. It was a black and white dramatic scene...this resulting photograph. It is so exciting to me, that I can sit in front of my computer and take a photo and use computer tools coupled with my vivid imagination to create a new photograph that expresses what I saw in my mind. This is the Hoover Dam in Nevada which is currently under construction as engineers build a bridge across the Colorado River to help alleviate the 2 hour morning commute of community residents. Just seeing the scaffolding involved is a pure marvel of engineering. I turned this photo black and white, darkened the entire photo and "painted back light" on key elements in the scene, and added storm clouds that had passed through my neighborhood this summer. "Making Art"... that is how I spent the first day of this year...a good sign for the year to come!
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