Thursday, February 26, 2015

Weekly Artist Post - Devin Escalante







1.  Jason seems to prefer taking pictures in a low light setting with no flash, probably indicating a larger aperture and slower shutter speed with a high ISO.  In this series, he seemed to use a longer shutter speed so that the movement of the water or fog would be blurred to give the boats their eerie feel.

2.  Since the name of this series is Lonely Boats, his obvious thematic intent was to showcase a single, sad lonely boat amidst beautiful surroundings.  Some boats perched on a beach with a beautiful sunrise in the background as they know they are prideful and use, others in the cold fog who have been soaking up the salt below them and cultivating barnacles.

3.  I absolutely loved this series from Jason, not only because each photo holds so much beauty in itself, but also because I have a lot of my own photos that are similar to these Lonely Boats.  Every photograph is so gorgeous, from the sunsets, the reflections of the water, the elegance of the lonely boats, each one has a story to tell and you can get a feel of the lives of the boats just from the pictures.

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