Welcome To Ed's Imagery
Professional Photographic Services and Artist's Gallery
Thank you for visiting Ed's Imagery web site where you will find an exhibition of my photographic imagery and a menu of services I provide. My objective is to not only display my artistry, but to inspire the viewer to create and to explore the possibilities of expression that have exploded in the digital age. Many proclaimed the end of traditional film photography and the obsolescence of career photographers. Film photography is far from extinct. Granted it is no longer a part of every home, and has often been replaced with the phone-camera or the inexpensive point and shoot digital. Now, an unskilled photographer can now see his failings immediately and correct them rather than be disappointed after having his film developed. The artist with a camera too has the advantage of being able to make adjustments to his composition on the spot, and wild ideas no longer cost him in film and processing. The power of software designed expressly for photo manipulation is utterly amazing. Flawed photos can usually be fixed and functions that previously required an artist with a pen or brush are now within reach of those who could not draw a circle on a piece of paper. My objective is not to impress anyone with what I do, but to inspire those with graphic ideas to make them a reality.
Please view my Art Galleries for a glimpse of my creative side expressed with my camera, helpful models and Adobe Photoshop. The quality of art is subjective and my tastes are varied much like anyone. I have been influenced by the era in which I grew up. I watched with great relish the classic films of Golden Hollywood and the stars greatly impacted my view of beauty. The great photographers employed by the studios such as George Hurrell and C.S. Bull had a tremendous affect upon my use of light and shadows.This is evident in many of my portraits of Melissa (with blonde hair) and of Jessica J. See their personal galleries under " Portraits".The music album covers I was exposed to and sometimes bought were a wonderful outlet for creative artists and they too manifest an influence on my own art. The innovative works of the 1960s "Pop" artists with sometimes surreal and often abstract interpretations of the world were absorbed by me more by subconscious means and though I rejected cubism and nihilistic art in the galleries, I admit to spending many hours in The National gallery of Art contemplating all I saw. Sometimes my work was planned and then executed like the image titled "Mask off" and other times the inspiration of the moment seemed to lead an image to compose it's self and I had only to photograph it. More often than not the finished image was a result of time spent in front of my computer developing my ideas over the course of hours or sometimes days. I have a deep appreciation for the girls who modeled for me, attempting to interpret my ideas and directives. Some liked the finished images and others just dismissed my projects as a minor eccentricity. In the end I am proud of what I have created and I hope the visitor to this site enjoys my work. Another Gallery but fewer Girls. Gallery 2
Fantasy Galleries
As a child, my sisters and the neighborhood children would often act out scenes from movies or television shows we had recently viewed. It was more role playing than any attempt at acting, much like playing cowboys and Indians or "Army". Children look forward to Halloween when one time out of the year they can dress up and play the character from a movie, comic book or video game. We never out grow the enjoyment of dressing up and I observed the fun my models had when choosing costumes and props for the photo shoots. Often these sessions magically transformed the girl into an alter ego character, unrecognizable to her day to day friends and family.
I am still in awe of the "Bloodrayne" inspired shoot I did with Melissa. She seemed to take on the persona of the character, presenting a dangerously alluring, sexy and frightening heroine.
Month's later we teamed up again for a shoot inspired by the first "Underworld" movie. She was once more in the role of a vampire, only this time in more leather and brandishing twin Beretta 9mm hand guns in place of those massive swords. We captured the ominous feel of the movie in the few sets I used and though there was no real purpose behind the shoot we had great fun. Again Melissa fell into character and was quite believable reliving the opening bell tower scene, the subway/hallway shoot-out and the room in the mansion lair. I captured an intense look in her eyes that made me believe she was making vital decisions and again fighting a formidable foe.
On this new and updated Web Site I have a page and Gallery dedicated to the person responsible for my re-entry into the world of photography. If this site is a summation of the last 10 years of my journey through life with a lens in front of my eye, it must begin with one person. Be sure to visit "The Face that launched a Thousand Photographs"
