We just love Black and White!
On more than one occasion, we’ve thought about limiting our output to just B&W, but the world is too colorful for that.
This post is just an excuse to post some B&W pictures we love from recent work. These started life as 21MP color digital files, but have our secret B&W conversion process, plus layers of grain added to mimic B&W printing techniques. Hmmm, probably too small to see on the blog – ho hum.

I was browsing through some photographs of flowers Mark and I had taken last year in our studio and decided to get a little creative with them. I love collaging my hand-painted images with textures, so why not throw in some photography too? I created a serene color palette, added some text and the end result is two new designs for greeting cards and fine art prints.

Here’s the new artworks:

and here’s the original captures:

Well, it’s been a fabulous and busy 2009, with lots of new artwork licensing, plus our first year of wedding and portraiture photography. To think 2009 saw the launch of the website, blog, and recently the client access proofing system, we’re excited to see what 2010 will bring!

This post is really to say thank you to the many people who have helped us on our journey. We’ve made some great new friends, met beautiful models, wonderful couples, and friendly fellow photographers in the Bay Area.

2010 is already looking exciting, with fashion projects and several weddings booked so far!
We’re also looking forward to seminars with real inspirations to us – Yervant, Jerry Ghionis and Bambi Cantrell! Yes, a mix of styles – but we’re looking to learn, absorb and continue to develop our own hybrid style of course… Simply can’t wait!

We’ve become affiliates of lynda.com, and can’t speak highly enough of this on-line training resource. With digital, the photographer really has to be the printer as well, so Photoshop skills are paramount. With this in mind, I’ve been reminiscing lately about some early fashion work I did back in the UK (I need an RZ67 again!). This was printed by Terry Cryer, who was simply the best B&W printer of his time. Check out his work and bio – quite a life!

We wish you all the very best for 2010!