James Harper Fine Art Photography
Exploration That Leads To Beauty
I attended Camp Deerhorn in the early 1970s as a camper. Recently I had the pleasure of sharing the camp experience with my son. He/we had a blast! Normally at home I wake up early (4:00AM) each day and while at Deerhorn it was no different. I captured these images while the camp was still... Continue Reading →
David Travis (Dave) taught me how to print colour and in particular Cibachrome. I worked with him for about two years at Elmi Graphics. He taught me how to make contrast control negatives and in doing so I learned a lot about the colours in an image. We working in Magenta, Cyan and Green. As... Continue Reading →
This will be a series of audio posts where I discuss the compositions of seven images from my very first one-man photography show at Kent State University in 1981. I'll talk about what makes for a stronger image. How we read an image. How cropping your image is as important as when the image was... Continue Reading →
I have yet another grouping of images I captured while I was in Monterey CA. As I was walking back from capturing some surf images, I noticed a section of sand with some great natural flow patterns. Very graceful and organic. JSH
I think most photographers are compelled to capture images that interests them, if not why photograph it? I live in a neighborhood that was developed in the late 1970's. I call it the Brady Bunch Hood. The following are images I captured on a recent weekend. It had rained lightly before dinner and the air... Continue Reading →
