May 22, 2012

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Memory Lane – Southern California

Memory Lane. Southern CA forest, Corral Canyon, Spring 2012.

It’s that peaceful time just before sunset in the hill country. Warm breezes and insects flying in the evening air. That gentle flair of the sun peeking thru the trees before it recedes into night.

I can almost taste the peaceful feeling we had that evening, my four year old standing next to me with his little camera and a cool mountain breeze drifting over the valley. It was in a remote forest near one of our favorite camp spots of the winter 2012 trip.

I’m finding the simple scenes often have more impact to people than the grand iconic landscapes. Say Arches or the Grand Canyon. Don’t get me wrong, I love the grand landscapes of America. But sometimes the simple idealistic scenes evoke something more. Each person adding their own experiences and emotions into a scene, triggering memories, sights and sounds.

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March 5, 2011

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Entrance to Death Valley.

Entrance to Death Valley. Gavin Seim.

This is one of those photographs that I overlooked for awhile. It’s not earth shattering and it may never be seen as one of my best, but the more I look at it the more it tells a story. The harsh afternoon sun, the heat waves fading into the distance. The approaching car, escaping from the clutches of the tortured hills.

The long line of the road leads my eye in and then it curves away. I know the place beyond is dry and barren. At least I think I know. But at the same time, my sense of adventure wants to go there anyways. It senses there’s beauty (and perhaps water) just over those mountains.

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May 28, 2008

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Road To The Past

I really like the feel of this dwindling road. The old truck that’s for sale makes me feel like if I were to drive up the road I would go back in time.

Road to the past

Continuing my digital fine art project, here is my latest work.  I intend to keep posting these to build a collection that will eventually be available for sale on my site. If you want a copy now, you can contact me.

I actually took this last year in 2007.  It’s a side road off of Highway 12 in Washington that leads to a Mount St. Helen’s lookout.  It was not until this last week that I finally got it finished. Alas, time is a fleeting thing.

I used a new effect I made in Photoshop–and plenty of painstaking editing–to finish with a cross between a painting and a photo. It really shows up well in a large print.  If you want to learn more about how it was done, I’ll post more about that soon on my Seim Effects blog.  Have a wonderful day everyone…

Gav

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