Collecting Fine Art Photography - A Primer

Posted by Marc Michel on July 18th, 2008 at 10:32pm

For me producing a fine print that expresses my feeling about the subject will always far out weigh what ever value the photograph might have as a historical or journalistic document. Yet, they are documents, of places, landscapes and people that will not much longer remain as they are. During the creation of the fine art prints, the processes he employs are intended to accentuate that feeling and connection. My finished works have roots in film and digital based original images which are printed on various archival media including paper and canvas. On my site you will find standard fine art photographs as well as artistically rendered original works.

A friend and collector who’s seen my prints was quite emphatic that I shouldn’t show them this way, saying my photos are too dependent on depth and scale to show well via computer. The truth is, I agree, but the potential to reach so many people who wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to them is so great that I have to give it a try, and I think by now virtually everyone’s aware that a photographic print, and an internet representation thereof, are horses of entirely different colors.

Others note how their collected images of Nature relax them each time they look at the print, which is why many people hang my images at work. When they look up they see my nature image they are gently coaxed back into a relaxed state of presence. This course in Digital Photography is designed to develop skills in pixel based photographic design and printing. The course emphasizes the use of digital cameras and photo editing software (Photoshop). And yet, almost all of the Cole Thompson fine art black and white photographs on this website are digital, captured and printed digitally. It is for you the viewer to decide if Cole Thompson has maintained that tradition of the classic masters of fine art black and white photography.

Seattle is demarcated by water, but on a clear day we become a valley between the highlands to the east and the archipelago filling the Sound, our three national parks show themselves. There are many not so clear days, however. Masking is hiding areas of the image, so that you can work on other areas without affecting the hidden areas. Typically one might mask the foreground so that the background (BG) can be worked on. Software uses small changes in each successive image of the video stream to calculate an image with much higher resolution.

However, all artists, art galleries, art consultants, private dealers and artists reps will benefit from what we offer and provide. Our goal is to help artists become successful in selling their artwork. A collective serial-gallery devoted to photographic writing, with or without words. Short stories or unspeakable poetic series .

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