CHRIS KAYLER
Chris Kayler considers himself a photographer, naturalist and an all round lover of nature. He takes photographs of American nature, experimenting with colour and occasionally long exposure. Kayler generally avoids editing his images - not wanting to take away or add to much to the natural context - except for cropping or minor colour and contrast alterations. I found Kayler's work on a blog containing a vast amount of landscape photography, along with captions that describe and give meaning to what he has created.
"...photography allows me to create art in my own way by depicting nature as I see it..."
Beech Forest Impressions.
In this photograph by Kayler, he has clearly used a long exposure setting whilst panning his camera up and down to create the effect. In the frame there appears to be a number of pale brown coloured tree trunks - both in the foreground and background - and there seems to be only some leaves in the back. The lack of darker colours - only one column of a darker brown is particularly prominent - would suggest to me that there wasn't much contrast in light and shadow at the time of day that this photograph had been taken, or not much editing of the colours had been carried out. Similar to that of Dave Allen, Kayler's image is made up of columns and blocks of colours - mainly browns, greys, white, and greens. Although I still like this effect and want to try it out in my own project, I am not keen on the colours here, as I believe them to be too pale - almost as if there is a lack of any colour in the image whatsoever. I don't think that this is eye catching in anyway, and what I would hope to achieve with my own work when trying out this technique would be the bold reds, oranges and yellows merging together.
In this photograph by Kayler, he has clearly used a long exposure setting whilst panning his camera up and down to create the effect. In the frame there appears to be a number of pale brown coloured tree trunks - both in the foreground and background - and there seems to be only some leaves in the back. The lack of darker colours - only one column of a darker brown is particularly prominent - would suggest to me that there wasn't much contrast in light and shadow at the time of day that this photograph had been taken, or not much editing of the colours had been carried out. Similar to that of Dave Allen, Kayler's image is made up of columns and blocks of colours - mainly browns, greys, white, and greens. Although I still like this effect and want to try it out in my own project, I am not keen on the colours here, as I believe them to be too pale - almost as if there is a lack of any colour in the image whatsoever. I don't think that this is eye catching in anyway, and what I would hope to achieve with my own work when trying out this technique would be the bold reds, oranges and yellows merging together.
Foggy Autumn Oak Forest.
In this photograph, Kayler has included more of what I aim to capture in my work - the colours of the leaves that are associated with the change from summer to autumn, the reds and the oranges, and how they stand out. In the image, Kayler has captured a foggy landscape, but in the foreground, there are large trees covered with brightly coloured leaves. I like how there is a contrast between the greys and browns of both the foggy atmophere and the tree trunks, and the orange and reds of the clusters of leaves. However, I think I would have liked a lot more of the landscape engulfed in the haze of the fog, with maybe only one or two trees clearly visible. To me it seems that you can almost tell that there has been a lack of editing used here - even though there are some clear colours, the photograph still seems somewhat dull. Even if the dullness would be due to the fog, I think that if this was my work I would want to make the tree trunks look sharper, and make the leaves stand out even more - possibly by brightening the colours or increasing the contrast of the image.
In this photograph, Kayler has included more of what I aim to capture in my work - the colours of the leaves that are associated with the change from summer to autumn, the reds and the oranges, and how they stand out. In the image, Kayler has captured a foggy landscape, but in the foreground, there are large trees covered with brightly coloured leaves. I like how there is a contrast between the greys and browns of both the foggy atmophere and the tree trunks, and the orange and reds of the clusters of leaves. However, I think I would have liked a lot more of the landscape engulfed in the haze of the fog, with maybe only one or two trees clearly visible. To me it seems that you can almost tell that there has been a lack of editing used here - even though there are some clear colours, the photograph still seems somewhat dull. Even if the dullness would be due to the fog, I think that if this was my work I would want to make the tree trunks look sharper, and make the leaves stand out even more - possibly by brightening the colours or increasing the contrast of the image.