Upper Falls & Wine Cellar Entry

Upper Falls

7x5 75 lb high gloss photo paper

By Tom Willa

Wine Cellar Entry

5x7 Photograph 75lb high gloss photo paper

By Tom Willa

Hi all. Photographic edited is time consuming. I woke up this morning and decided to work on the Upper Falls photo an hour or so later I was ready to print an image. I am working up some of my photos as fine art images. I am going to be selling them online in the near future. I am driven to strive for excellence working in digital images. I have a tendency to take it to the pixel level. I guess it is about understanding the relationship between final creations size and print characteristics which determine final product qualities. These two images one with an hour plus of editing and the other "as is" are a good example of that. The Falls probably could have a few pixels, I might want to chase down and work on, the cellar door has a extension chord which if I were going to print as a large image, I would Photoshop away. I just wanted to share some of the realities of a modern professional photography with all.

O'DELL CENTER

O'Dell Bridge

O'Dell Pond

Photographs By Tom Willa

This week South King County Event and Wedding meet up group did a show case event at The O'Dell Center. The Center consists of 180 acres of facilities and Grounds honoring the beauty and diversity of the Pacific Northwest. The serenity of this venue for a wedding or reunion is hard to comprehend so I am posting a couple of images of it. I didn't do any painting this week so enjoy the photos, have a great weekend. Stay cool Tom

Twin Falls Summer

Twin Falls Summer

By Tom Willa

Soft Pastel on Art Spectrum

7x12 $75 Framed

Twin Falls Trail is a very popular 2 mile trail in the Snohomish area. It is moderate trail with two hills leading up the bridge where you can see the falls. It is a great trail for younger hikers unfortunately during the summer many adults feel it is a playground. The number of children who are unsupervised or not informed that going off the trail will cause serious long term consequences is a little sad.

Enough of that, year round the trail transforms with the seasons. I have hiked it twice with family this year. Once in the spring and recently this summer seeing the falls is wonderful but observing the transformation of the seasons is inspirational, reminding the hiker what a dynamic lovely planet we live on.

River Stream

River Stream

9x12 Pastel $75

by Tom Willa

Wow, more than two weeks have flown by since I last posted. Miki opened her show at the Cormerstone Coffee Cafe in Bremerton last Friday. Her paintings will be showing there through the 31st of July. Stop by check out original paintings of the Northwest, her glass blowing series and some great still life priced to be very reasonably for all.

This is a painting from last summer road trip. I remember we were in Maine's Mountains very close to Canada at a camp ground that was a canoeist favorite launch site. I was thinking about the water in some of the eagle images that I hope to create and decided to continue working on the water in this painting for practice. Now it is done.

During my sister's visit we talked some about the joy of artistic creation. She makes beautiful quilts which are inspirational unique. I think she has a lot of fun with the challenges that are required in that process. I've decided to paint some more flowers(not a big surprise). I am going to go big and bold while sowing some fun for myself. So stay tuned and for now "That's All Folks."

Rose Bloom

Rose Bloom

5x7Photograph

By Tom Willa

Here's the rose by another name, June is filled with opportunity for me to make cards. Everything from family birthdays, anniversaries, etc.. I sometimes just can't resist the temptation to do some digital editing so this is June Bloom being prepared for use on a card. It is a little more in your face, I used some channel mixer adjustments to bring out the yellow while posterizing after cropping it to format it for a card.

This is the week:

TWO DAYS left in the Tulip Image Giveaway Contest.http://tomsimages.blogspot.com/search/label/Floral-tulipsYou have to enter to win, one of these FREE original images, it would make an excellent gift for a friend or family member. They range in size from 5x7 to12x16. I will post and annouce Friday who the lucky winner is of one of these images.

June Bloom

June Bloom

5x7 Photograph

by Tom Willa

Tulip Image Giveaway only Eight more days left. Today was spent editing photos for real estate David Edwards had me shoot a new listing in Kent yesterday before my indoor cycle instructor audition. My focus today was very random but I managed (imagine is more fun than managed) to get the project completed. I snuck out sometime this morning capturing one of the roses in the backyard. I am little tired out, I did some yoga this afternoon which slowed down the internal chatter. I am considering this as an image to print on canvass and touch up with the oil pastel but that's another day. I wish you all well. Peace

Pink Bloom

Pink Rhododendron Bloom

12x9 Soft Pastel on Art Spectrum Color fix

by Tom Willa

$60

Ten days left in the Tulip Image Giveaway . Painting is like life, letting going sometimes it is hard. I was trying to use an more abstract background for capturing this backyard beauty but, I didn't quite go completely down that road. It is funny because the sketch and notes I did looks a lot like the painting. What you plan for sometimes is what you get. Painting rhododendrons is a challenge after years of painting hibiscus in Hawaii. The similarity of the process works both ways, I did a lot of large floral in Hawaii, so I decided to paint up a smaller image just to keep my brain from using symbol of hibiscus. I think that worked for me but the challenge of the background may have to addressed in another painting. Sometimes you have to accept what you made, going with the flow and knowing when to move on.