A Collage of Three Purple Leaves Canvas Print

A few weeks before I created this photo, there was a bounty of so many colorful leaves. The leaves were really this mottled purple and required no effort on my part to get to this lovely color. I took many leaves and photographed them for "future" use. Since it was bright and sunny, I just used the laminate floor for this photo background. Expanding the photo in Photoshop and changing the opacity of the floor made for interesting layers.

I love to tell stories. About twenty years ago I had my first freelance travel article accepted by a magazine. Much to my surprise, the magazine expected photos along with words. I had not taken any during the preliminary work for my article. I drove back to the site and took the photos for the article with my little Olympus digital camera. The article was published with those very amateur photos. In time, I bought an Olympus OMD-EM5, a great camera for nature and travel photographers and discovered that I enjoyed telling stories with pictures more than I did with words. The last twenty year have been an incredibly exciting time as resources for photographers have exploded. I have been lucky enough to have some great teachers along the way...