Oh, the beauty in nature...
Ann at the Waterfall
Click on photo to enlarge - © 1974 jim otterstrom
Click on photo to enlarge - © 1974 jim otterstromWhat can I say about this one?
Inspired by Ann's stunning beauty, and my love of nature, I combined those elements in an attempt to capture the essence of a classic nude painting in a 35mm photograph.
I still find the result to be breathtaking...
Annie was my girlfriend 33 years ago, and half a lifetime away, so this picture is one of my treasures.
She was also the model for the 1973 photo illustrating my 'Cave Dweller' essay a couple of years ago.
The above photo was taken along a secluded little stream in the Santa Monica Mountains in October of 1974, and the diffused light beneath a canopy of trees allowed for a lovely exposure, no pun intended.
I was 28 and Ann was probably 21 or 22. Today, she is still a beautiful human being, inside and out, living with her two sons and a daughter in Northern California.
Original image taken in October of 1974 with a Nikon F2 Photomic using Kodachrome slide film/exposure data long lost & forgotten. Digital image copied from the original slide with a Bower High Defintion II slide-copier attached to a 5 megapixel Canon S2IS.
Labels: art, nudes, photography
posted by Jim at 12:07 AM
6 Comments:
Jim,
Love the photos. Did you ever work as a professional photographer, or was this purely a hobby?
And you've certainly known an awful lot of lovely ladies in your life!
Hi David-
No, I was never professional, but I dabbled at selling my photos before discovering that I'm a lousy businessman.
My art always came from my heart, so I enjoyed giving it away more than selling it.
And yes, I've known some incredibly beautiful women, including my wife of 28 years, I'm a very lucky man...
I'm glad you like the photos David, I love sharing them.
The light really is gorgeous, and so is she.
I'm longing for mountains now. With waterfalls. And a dose of summer thrown in, much as I love fall.
The camera really loves that scene and the model. I'm glad you're posting some of your old photos.
madcap-
Sometimes I miss those cozy little streams and canyons down in that coastal mediterranean climate where I grew up, but there's just way too many there people now.
There's way too many people here too, but not in comparison to the L.A. area.
pablo-
I thought of you when I was posting this picture.
I remembered that you liked the previous picture I posted of Annie.
;~)
How's everything at Round Rock?
I'll have to check in on you, I've been a bad blogger lately, again!
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