Photo Wins National Park Service Award for Dayton Photographer
Mon, Jan 5 2009 09:05 PM | nature landscape wildlife photography photographs prints Ohio Jim Crotty | Jim Crotty Photography News
Getting my week started off right. That's what happened this morning. First I was invited back as a guest speaker at Centerville's Driscoll Elementary School Career Day, scheduled for March 19th.
I find kid's sincere enthusiasm for my work to be quite refreshing.
Second, I received a call from my friend Andy Sawyer, the Director of Archaeology at Sunwatch Indian Village, informing me that a
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Best Dayton Photography of 2008
Wed, Dec 31 2008 09:18 AM | photograph photography Jim Crotty Dayton Cincinnati Columbus Ohio | Jim Crotty Photography News
The following are composites showing sample images from both sides of business for 2008 - commercial and freelance photography services, to include editorial, architectural interiors, corporate portraits, environmental portraits, products; and the fine art print sales of nature, landscapes and cityscapes. Plus there's the stock image licensing. Just this month both Ohio Magazine and Layers
A Season of Peace, A Season of Change
Wed, Dec 24 2008 10:17 AM | Pictures You Can Hear slideshow photograph photography Jim Crotty Dayton Cincinnati Columbus Ohio | Jim Crotty Photography News
Jim Crotty Photography Slide Show on MyArtSpace
Sun, Dec 21 2008 07:42 PM | architectural photography, black and white photographs | Jim Crotty Photography News
Black and White Nature Photography - Classic Beauty
Tue, Dec 16 2008 08:57 PM | black and white photography | Jim Crotty Photography News
The stinging smell of stop bath solution. Mixing chemicals in brown plastic jugs and using all of my lawn cutting money for Kodak paper at Malone’s Camera Store. Loading exposed Tri-X film in the film processing tank by hand and in total darkness. Hanging 8″x10″ prints to dry. Red light bulbs. Worrying that my brother would come down stairs and turn on the lights while I was in the middle of
Moving the Viewer's Eye through Handcolored and Tinted Photography
Thu, Dec 11 2008 08:15 PM | calm pictures, black and white photography, calm photos, handcolored, Jim Crotty | Jim Crotty Photography News
One of the more common digital editing techniques is that of “handcoloring” - the converting of full-color, digital image files to monochrome and then applying layers and the eraser or paintbrush tool to bring out the areas of color where the photographer artist would like to emphasize.
I don’t use this technique on a regular basis, but whenever I do there’s always a positive and enthusiastic
Fort Pulaski in Black and White Photographs
Tue, Dec 9 2008 08:21 AM | sepia tone photographs, black and white photography, calm photos, black and white photographs, Jim Crotty, fine art photography | Jim Crotty Photography News
Spirit in the Sky
Wed, Dec 3 2008 02:49 PM | Crotty, calm photos, beautiful photography | Jim Crotty Photography News
I was recently asked if the subject or technique of my nature and landscape photographs ever reflect a particular mood or feeling that I’m going through during the time period at which the images were taken.Of course the answer was yes. It would be almost impossible to remove the artist from the art and still produce a piece of some meaning and visual attraction.I’ve photographed throughout so
Hurtful Words
Mon, Dec 1 2008 08:40 PM | black and white photography | Jim Crotty Photography News
Hurtful words cause the most damage when they come from a place that was once considered home and from those of the original family. Walls are ripped apart. Glass is broken. And the time comes when one realizes there is no return, but only painful acceptance and a forceful step forward and away - forward to let nature slowly reclaim from the rot the truth that lies beneath the rubble; away to
The Joy of Seeing My Work in Print
Mon, Nov 17 2008 07:35 PM | interior photography, editorial photography, architectural photography | Jim Crotty Photography News
One of the hidden pleasures of doing editorial photography is that sometimes months will go by before the shots are published (editorial calendars are almost always planned six months to a year out). Even though I'm paid for the job right away, it's still a plus when months go by and someone mentions to me "hey, I really liked your photography in Housetrends Magazine." I scramble to find a copy