Abandoned Barn Near Cream Ridge New Jersey by Richard Lewis 2014 All Rights Reserved Recently more of my photographs contain a subject that I used to stay away from, old and abandoned buildings. Why they have suddenly become the darlings of my eye can be attributed to inspiration and evolution. Inspiration Over the last couple of years I've collaborated more and [...]
Sunset Near Vincentown New Jersey by Richard Lewis 2014 The number one subject of photography is a sunset. Why not? They can be absolutely beautiful and they happen at a time that doesn't require getting up early (like for a sunrise). However, that popular of a subject can become a cliche. To avoid creating another cliched photograph, you need to [...]
First Snow by Richard Lewis 2013 Textures added to a digital photograph can create surreal, impressionistic, grungy and abstract images. Usually a texture is added as a layer in a photo editing program like Photoshop. But sometimes snow and rain can naturally add beautiful textures to a photograph. These are 100% all natural, organic, textures from nature itself. How I [...]
More of my favorites of 2012. Farming is a big part of the South Jersey landscape and I've wanted to spend more time photographing our "farmscapes" but for some reason it is coming along very slowly. Here is an example of a wheat field which is a large crop that is grown around here. I had noticed this wheat field one day driving [...]