Flirty Bantam, the Movie!

[youtube width=”780″ height=”420″]http://youtu.be/5J1Ga5fqM3Q?list=UUaXalrBmmXVbx2WqoDfTkYA[/youtube]Not too long ago I posted about the super fun Flirty Bantam I met at the California State Fair and was inspired to create an art piece of.  Well, here he is again– but different! Lately I’ve been toying with making movies from some of my iPad art pieces– capturing them in progress.  Chris, my amazing musical husband, has begun writing original music for me for them, which thrills me!  Now I’m even more inspired to keep this series called “The Making of…” going and posting them for you to see.  Of course my intention, as always, is to inspire people, possibly to create their own art.  I’m someone who loves the behind the scenes view so this is kind of what I’m creating. “The Making of…” series is the literal process I go through when creating an art piece–  specifically the ones I create on my iPad because I’m able to record the process.

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In a long series of small moves you can see how this image, Flirty Bantam, went from something pretty plain in a pretty messy and bleak location.  I was shooting through the bars of the birds cage with my iPhone. When I looked back at what I had captured what inspired me about this charming bird was his attitude, his bravado.  And I loved his profile body stance with his head tuned directly my way.  Finally, the capper– his intense and steady gaze. Sold!  I knew he had to be immortalized.

This kind of image transformation is being able to see beyond the obvious.  It’s about taking a few steps forward in the minds eye to conceive of a new realm of possibility for the image you are working with.  Sometimes it takes courage to imagine something new, elevated, different.  In my experience the minds eye never lies.  It’s tough to capture what the minds eye may reveal in the form of a vision or a brief insight perhaps and it may take a bit of practice.   But if you’re open to it it is always a great guide into what can come next.  It has many many times led me to just the right place– or at the very least just the right starting point.

Thoughts?  Comments?

Watch The Making of Flirty Bantam HERE.

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About charr

Charr Crail is a Northern California photographer and artist with an avid passion for creating unique digital imagery. Charr, a full-time freelance photographer, spans the divide between photojournalism and extraordinary art via photography and can trace back her evolution as an photographer/artist from three dominant sources. Her father made his living as a newspaper photographer and as soon as he could, was taking young Charr, then four, on assignments to capture a lifetime of experiences and images. He instilled a sense of adventure and curiosity in her as they would often meander down unknown country roads of the South – just to see and capture what was out there. Soon after, Charr would develop her eye for photography and journalism as “the river that runs through everything she does”. Charr’s mother blessed her daughter with the ability to appreciate art in its various mediums. Further, her mother was able to pass along the joy, satisfaction and excitement one can experience in actively creating something beautiful. It’s no surprise, then, that Charr would become a photojournalist and later a photo editor spanning two decades working for Northern California publications including The Sacramento Bee. Often, her assignments would include community events with a “close to home” theme woven into every image and story she captured. Her photojournalistic experience has therefore been nuanced through everything she produces. She’s also drawn to the wonder of color and the beauty that can be found in the composure of a face and the make-up of the human bodyscape. Charr has won countless awards for masterful pieces including; the Professional Photographers of America LOAN Collection for two consecutive years, WPPI Grand Award and her work has been featured in the Di Rosa Museum in California’s beautiful Napa Wine Region and is also part of the permanent collection. Separately, she instructs digital photography workshops that teach students how to blow out the creativity of their photography in simple methods using programs like Adobe Photoshop and how to market using mobile devices-- Visual Content Creation using Mobile Devices.. Charr lives in Sacramento with her husband Chris and kitties Leeloo and Sadie.

2 Responses to Flirty Bantam, the Movie!

  1. gapatton says:

    Nice!!!

  2. cgoslow says:

    Awesome! ‘Twas a pleasure writing for this 🙂

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