Final Rendition

Uelsmann

Hunt

Basically, my process of recreating one of Jerry Uelsmann's photos didn't go as I had originally planned. Rather than recreating one of the many images he has created, I decided to reflect upon his entire style so that I could experience the true Uelsmann style for myself. Overall, my creation is composed of a total of six photos that I took during the spring break shooting session. The mother duck and her reflection, the lake with the trees on both sides, the sky and the sun, the bird feeder, the duckling, and the reflected bark are all separate images placed ontop of one another using difference foregrounds and backgrounds. Each individual photo was desaturated before being placed onto the canvas for the final rendition. The levels, along with the brightness/contrast of each photo was slightly altered in order to bring out Uelsmann's great talents using black and white. After the images were compiled onto the final canvas, the levels, brightness/contrast were all slightly altered once more in order to get the detailed lighting effects just right. It was difficult to come up with an original idea for my rendition on my own, but there was inspiration from many of Uelsmann's photos. I attempted to express every aspect of his unique style into this single image.