Sometimes You Have To Get Your Feet Wet

Robert Cornelius December 1, 2014

As an artist there's bound to be times when I'm faced with challenges that I'm not quite used to. For me one of those challenges was shooting outside. It's definitely a lot of fun, and I've been SO pleased with my first several attempts, but for me I guess I'm just spoiled by the studio. The fact that normally I'm shooting tethered, meaning after I snap a picture I can immediately see it on a big computer screen, really makes shooting outdoors quite nerve-racking. When I take a picture in the studio I never have to play the nail-biting guessing game of, "Is this tiny image on the back of my camera actually in focus?" Or the ever present worry of, "Did I get all the pieces I'll need to pull this edit off?" Usually if I miss something or think of a detail to add later, I can go back to the studio and shoot it. However, when photographing on location I kind of have to get what I get, hope for the best, and deal with it in post.

Self Portrait Artists Make Great Models

Robert Cornelius November 21, 2014

Dear internet, meet Alex Currie. Ok so MANY of you have already heard of this young man because he is a flippin genius photography protégé who's been making us all look bad since he was old enough to push the shutter button. Seriously people, this Alex character has some mad skills and he's been creating a truly whimsical, gorgeous, story-full, and fantastically artsy portfolio for years now and he's still only 17. In the world of art I don't think age make a difference; talent is talent no matter what.

Get Out Of Your Head & Into Your Art

Robert Cornelius November 13, 2014

I was having some major internal struggles with this image, and by internal I mean in my brain space. I've been thinking lately about how a lot of the "fine art photography world" is starting to sludge together. At a glance, the work being churned out is seeming to look rather repetitive. Obviously there are some wild cards, but so many artist are doing the same exact thing. It's like every picture I've seen lately seems to be of a pretty girl flinging her hair in the woods. No pointing fingers here, because um, hello, I'm right there with you...Off in the woods, with a beautiful girl, a flowing dress, and flying hair. Crap. Don't get me wrong I LOVE a good hair flip, and how can you not drool over a beautifully "windblown" dress? It's just that I want to be ever changing, growing and learning. Yet, there I was, sitting at my computer looking at the raw files from this shoot and feeling that it was exactly the same image that's been created a thousand times.

It's All In The Tiny Details

Robert Cornelius October 31, 2014

Today I'm going to be delightedly babbling on about one of my very favorite Photoshop techniques. I use it on every single image in one way or another. First though, I'd like to do some babbling about two really fantastic humans. As you may have discovered by now, earlier this month (October 2014 for you future people), I attended a Flickr gathering. At this meet up I met several of my new favorite people, aka everyone there. Two of these artists in particular happened to be Sarah Ann Loreth and Joel Robison. For those of you that don't know of these fine people, first of all I'm sorry, and secondly GET ON IT! Not only are they both incredibly talented creative image makers, but they, along with Shane Black, are wonderful enough to dedicate their time to spreading art, learning, and love to artists all across the nation through their traveling non-profit photography workshops called The Wild Ones. Basically what I'm trying to say is that they are super rad people to be around. I was lucky enough to have had some Flickr-meet-up-bonding-time with these crazy kids and can now officially call them my friends. (Life goal achieved.)

I call this picture "Restoring Balance." This happens to be the host of the Silver Lake Flickr gathering, Valerie Kasinski!! She. Is. Awesome.

Make Internet Friends. Now Go Meet Them.

Robert Cornelius October 24, 2014

I was invited by the glorious human Valerie Kasinski (pictured above for those of you that skipped over the caption), to a Flickr gathering at her family's cottage in the small town (village?....area?) of Silver Lake, in upstate New York. What is a Flickr gathering you ask? Well friends, it's this odd phenomenon in which you meet a bunch of strangers on Flickr.com and decide that it's a good idea to gather together and take pictures of each other. It is a good idea. It's actually the best idea ever. Period. The End. (Not the end of the blog post, please keep reading.)