Featured Artist: Natural Beauty Photography

You all know I love photography! I had the opportunity to talk to another photographer about her art and business. Anne DeLorenzo, Natural Beauty Photography, was gracious to give me a few minutes of her time to answer some questions about her business. She has beautiful portraits of families, children, weddings, musicians, and more. Many of her pictures also feature the beautiful Arkansas mountain landscapes.

Q: How/Why did you get started in your artistic endeavors?

A: I started taking pictures of my boys. I wanted to have lots of pictures of my boys. I started my business when I started taking photos of my sister. People would tell me these pictures looked so professional. I went to buy a professional camera and started my business to get out of my day job sales position. (Natural Beauty Photography was born!)

Q: How long have you been creating?

A: My business has been going for over 2 years. July was 2 years.

Q: What are you most common models or subjects of your crafts?

A: I take a lot of pictures of families and children. My most common pictures are family portraits or child portraits.

Q: What advice would you give starting artists/crafters?

A: Just shoot what you love-take those types of photos!

Q: What has been your favorite project you have worked on?

A: I once took a picture of a mother and a child through a kitchen window. I am proud of this one because it looks so professional; you would never notice it was on a kitchen table! I also love to use the Petit Jean Mountains. The view is right out my front door, many people drive hours to take photos of this landscape but it is right out my front door.

Q: If you could be any color, what color would you be and why?

A: I would be purple because it reminds me about God and royalty. God’s majesty created earth which is natural beauty. This is my business name!

  

Visit her website at: http://www.naturalbeautyphotography.net/ and do not forget to sign her guestbook!

Featured Artist: Adnascent Photography

I have always been a fan of photography; I have dabbled with trying to take some artistic, abstract pictures but cannot touch the skill of some professionals.  I recently had the opportunity to speak with one of my favorite photographers, George, at Adnascent Photography.  It is obvious George has an eye for beautiful images and a sense for making the mundane interesting.

     

       

Q: How did you get interested in photography?

A: In high school, several years ago, I saw a Polaroid digital camera at a local Wal-Mart and impulsively bought it.  I was also prone to walks along the Ohio River in the small town that I lived in and found myself carrying the camera with me.  I was surprised how easy it is to capture a beautiful moment with your eyes and translating into another medium such as photographs.  I was hooked.

Q: How long have you seriously been taking photographs?

A: About seven years but have been taking pictures longer.

Q: What are your favorite subjects of your photographs?

A: I like to photography places that feel strange and isolated; something that does not have an apparent meaning but evokes an emotion.  I am inspired by music, lots of music.  I constantly listen to music.  The Ghostly International label is by far my favorite.  Did I mention I am always listening to music?

Q: What have been some of your favorite projects that you have worked on?

A: I love to take pictures of my dad: his beard, his pipe, his hands.  Also, I love to take abstract pictures of Chicago: the streets, buildings, skyline.  I also very much enjoy taking pictures with my Fujifilm point and shoot film camera because I worry more about the picture I am taking rather than image quality.

Q: They still make film?

A: (laughs) Yeah, it is sad that its use is decreasing because it is so organic.

Q:  Do you have any advice for amateur artists?

A: To find something that inspires you that you do not fully understand because it will challenge you to keep pursuing your art.

Q: If you could be a color, what color would you be and why?

A: Black because I used to go to a peat bog in the middle of the night where it was completely dark and I could not see anything and I could open my mind.  It was complete freedom.

A huge thanks to George for his time and for sharing his art.  Check out Adnascent Photography at www.adnascent.com.