Don’t Box Me In

……………………………………………  dontboxmein

The word perception keeps coming up.  Is it because this art image is nothing at all what it seems?  It’s origins are from two different pictures, two different women, and not just what appears to be one?  Some would call it a composite.  I just call it a piece of art where I took from one image and another and another to combine things while paying attention to my minds eye.

The original image was shot some time ago.  It’s of two girls backstage at a fashion event.  Just a quick grab shot because I liked their hair and makeup.  I began working on it a couple of weeks ago, just fooling around, trying out some new techniques.  It’s how I teach myself– trial and error– and it’s the best way for me to learn.

I’ve stopped and started on this one several times now, waiting for the moment it told me it was done.  To get there I kept searching for and adding the next thing needed to move it towards completion.  Pictures do that.  They tell you what they need if you just listen and pay attention to your third eye it will happen.   The germination process.  Sometimes an artpiece just flows out like water at Niagara Falls.  sometimes it takes an entire season of waiting and noodling.  Either way its important to trust your instincts, trust the process.

 

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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.

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