Valentina Expressions

This week new photo challenge at WordPress is about anything Saturated – http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/photo-challenge-saturated/
I should be ever so happy to talk about my world in colors.

Grass in the wind

Captured at night

Park In purple

Dead Branch

Grass plant

Trunk

Grass

Tree in color

(All photos by: ©Valentina Cirasola)

This  is a park I often go to for long walks two miles or more. The park is very green, luscious and full of flowers. Can I leave well enough alone, YES, nature is beautiful just as it is and needs no correction. I don’t ever see this park in an orange sunset or a silver moonlight, I see it in the morning light only.  During my walks, I enjoy imagining how it would look in different times of day and in a totally different texture. The question is always: What if?

What if I see nature in different colors? What if the park was an abstract painting, I am sure nobody would question purple leaves or purple ground. The eyes of an artist see things in his/her perspective and manage to convey new emotions not yet felt.
Well, I know my passions and limitations and even though I can take great photos,  I know I will never become the greatest photographer on earth. I don’t get up at 2:00 am to go catch the right light at sunrise, because often I go to bed at 2:00 am and I don’t stand on the top of 100th floor building to get the right depth of field, because I fear height. With these limitations, just to name a few, I can only be the greatest manipulator of colors. I can do that very well and Photoshop is my friend.
These are my attempts to change nature according to my eyes. Now, I have found a new thing to do and I will turn these photos into prints.

This takes me to another thought. The ability to see things in a different light is also the ability to make and welcome  changes.  What do you see differently in your life that other people don’t?  I am curious. Post it here, we will make a party. Ciao,
Valentina
http://www.valentinadesigns.com

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Valentina Cirasola is an Italian Interior Designer working in the USA and Europe since 1990. Often people describe her as “the colorist” as she loves to color her clients’ world and loves to create the unusual. “Vogue” magazine and many prominent publications in California featured Valentina’s work. She also has made four appearances on T.V. Comcast Channel 15. Author of three published books, the latest ©RED – A Voyage Into Colors is on the subject of colors.
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