This week begins with showing off four new digitally matted pictures, using four variations of matting compositions which help to accent photo highlights, raise the quality of the content, and challenge traditional matting techniques with some unusual flair. Using a digital photo frame to display your matted photos gives you the ability to have an excellent showcase for your creative works at far less cost than matting and framing your pictures using traditional methods. If you are still not convinced that a digital picture frame is the answer, these compositions can be printed and framed using traditional frames, or as screen wallpapers on your computer. I use all three ways to keep my pictures out where I can see them. Well, it is time to deliver the goods.
My first picture of the week was used to make a birthday card for my brother last month, so I thought I would run it through the presentation cycle for this month. I took the picture in Overland Park because I thought the sculptor did a good job of capturing that mental state of children when they glide off into their imagination and spend time living where they want to be, rather than where they are.
Plane, bird, or rocket, this metal kid is on his own cloud.
Second on the list is a photograph with more subtle matting highlights, and the bright fall colors of a neighborhood walk on a sunny day. It is always great to watch the leaves turn vivid colors and think about somebody else having to rake them up when they finally come down. This year has not been so nice around here, so I got out one of my shots from the past.+
I am always a sucker for autumn colors.
The third matted photo was also one of my favorite past fall pictures. I did something a bit different with the combination of highlights, textures, and the accent lines around the outer matte edges. These kinds of simple variations would turn out quite expensive if they were produced using traditional matting.
Country Club Plaza - a nice place for colorful autumn shots.
My last photo in the sequence was taken on the grounds of the Nelson Art Museum in Kansas City. Some might immediately ask, “Where are the people?” My answer is that for some reason, I seem to live in the part of our dimension where I can get lots of shots with no people in them, even in crowded places. It might be somewhat related to all the time I spent in my younger years talking to people’s backs at parties. I just seem to be where nobody else wants to go for the moment. At any rate, the matting for this photo accents that unusual perspective with its nebulous outer limits quality of colors and blobs. You have just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.
Picture if you will, being alone...very alone.
