A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

This post isn't about me using a thousand words to describe a photo, but about how there is a story behind every image/photo/sculpture/painting/or any other form of art. Some people may just see a picture as just another picture or an abstract painting assomething they could do by throwing paint at the wall (even though I don't understand the story behind the splatters). But what I'm garbling at is that no matter what, an art form has some type of meaning, story, or explanation behind it. Some are more complex meanings and then some aremore straight to the point or superficial if you will.

Anyways I just recently went on a hiking trip with my friends. It's somewhat of a tradition and we do it every year when the leaves begin to change and turn brilliant oranges, yellows, and reds.

Here's a picture of my friends amanda and l

auren, on top of Hawksbill Mountain Summit. (You'll e seeing more of them...I'm sure)

They are Awesome people!

After we made it to the summit we ate our Subway subs, THANKS JARED, and lauren had her salad in between two buns of bread. Then we started our decent.

We then hiked down another trail and saw some pretty cool waterfalls...

Anyways we were driving around Skyline Drive and pulled off to the side of the road because i saw a glimpse of something out of the corner of my eye. Yes! i said to myself. Clouds were mostly covering the city/town down in the valley 3,000 feet down. But something special was happening... the clouds were breaking and letting sun rays shoot down onto the little town. This is what I got. One of my favorite and surreal pictures I've ever produced.

Street Art

This just goes to show that creativity is never limited. Just look at what Joshua Allen Harris did (video Below). Making simple, one-off art out of trash bags. Amazing. They even have a deeper effect within them. Each one of them has a life and death. Each time the subway passes they inflate and then die. This is the type of thinking I like to see...Outside of the Box.

Food For Thought

A good friend sent me this video today that I haven't seen for quite a while and so I decided to post this up. He was a guest photographer on Chase Jarvis's blog, one of my favorite Artists if not my favorite of all time.

Anyways, this guy Zack Arias... gives it to you straight. He lays out all of the cycles a photographer/artist goes through everyday, hour, minute and second. This is straight up motivation for me. Knowing that I'm not the only one that questions his work or thinks my art sucks sometimes keeps me striving to produce more.

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.”