wilson hurst

latent image intensification

A series of illusionary impressions coalesce into the stream of consciousness. Across the open fields, trees stand as markers identifying boundaries actual and imagined. Horizon segregation junctures between sky and earth, natural resting points are provided for roving eyes and inquiring minds.

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” - Soren Kierkegaard

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C ycling on the Katy several times per week all summer long provides much stimulation. There are many things to see, and many things to think about while traversing space and time. I am heading back out early today for another such adventure.

“There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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M ingling techniques to create impressionistic dreamlike images has long been a concentration, and infrared blurs are my most recent endeavors in this genre. Genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries, formed by convention sets. Like many artists, I enjoy working across multiple genres by borrowing and recombining these conventions. An appealing aspect of this particular procedural mixture is the unpredictability associated with the many variables in play. When the results are this satisfying, it stimulates the desire to make more. Creativity is a reiterative cycle.

“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.” - Shaquille ONeal

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G ood infrared motion blurs are first-rate and are greatly facilitated by using the newly converted IR camera. Yesterday I shot several from the passenger side of Tom's truck while returning from the Katy Trail, and really like the dreamy results. This is a technique I have sparingly employed in the past, but plan on pursuing more frequently. The smooth tonalities are just beautiful.

“It may be those who do most, dream most.” - Stephen B. Leacock

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S topping down the Zeiss 85mm F1.4 lens to F16 to slow the shutter and making six exposures of the same scene while swinging the IR camera along different axes produced a series of attractive motion blurs. Using all six exposured images as source material for an HDR tone-mapped assembly fashioned this ambiguous construct. Streaky smears fragmented in multiple directions to create a mysterious abstracted landscape.

“Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.” - Max Ernst

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T he box cars captured against the sky in this image is the result of another “drive-by-shooting” as can be identified by the motion blurred foreground. I like the dark shapes, shifted tonalities, and especially the detail. Using my Zeiss 85mm f1.4 lens allowed for a fast shutter speed rendering legible but cryptic train messages.

“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass through them they prove to be many colored lenses, which paint the world their own hue, and each shows us only what lies in its own focus.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A n infrared “drive-by-shooting” capture of the Galaxy Theater complex found on route 50 in Sedalia is a textured geometrical abstraction rendering. Without foliage in the composition, the use of infrared radiation is less dramatically obvious, yet still shifts tonalities away from the customary.

“A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places.” - Paul Gardner

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