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The Struggle Between the Inner Artist and Inner Engineer<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Fading Winter Light by Richard Lewis 2017<\/p><\/div>\n

I love going out on New Year’s Day to\u00a0hike to get a first photo of the year. This year the first photograph of 2017 was made on January 8. Why? Because I’ve been feverishly preparing for a solo exhibition of my New Jersey Pine Barrens photography showcasing the 10,000 acre Franklin Parker Preserve that\u00a0opens January 20. You can read more about this exhibition by clicking the link below. Consider yourself invited to the opening!<\/p>\n


\n<\/a><\/a>Richard Lewis’ Franklin Parker Preserve Photography Exhibition<\/a><\/p>\n


\nTo the right is the actual invitation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Exhibiting your work is time consuming. Don’t get me wrong, I love exhibiting, it is just that the\u00a0preparation photographic prints is\u00a0the least creative part of\u00a0photography. After planning, setting up, shooting and editing a\u00a0photograph, the creative part is pretty much over. Once the\u00a0final image file is saved, the process becomes mechanical. Creating files for web and printing, calibrating monitors and loading printer profiles means my inner artist needs to step back and let my inner engineer take over for a while.<\/p>\n

For the last few weeks that pesky inner engineer has been ruling the roost as I’ve been preparing and printing photographs.\u00a0That ended for a while on a Sunday afternoon. It was very cold, it was windy and it had just snowed, but\u00a0the artist in me had enough. I bundled up and headed for the Franklin Parker Preserve to remind myself why I’m doing all of this work.<\/p>\n

Hiking in frigid weather can be a challenge, but creating is even harder. However, I let my far too-restrained lately artist out to wander around and this is the result. After the sun set and I was making my way back to the car it became really cold. It still felt good that\u00a0some balance had been restored.<\/p>\n

Art\u00a0is a balance of creativity and mechanics. While mechanics ensures what\u00a0is in your soul makes it to the medium you want to express it on, creativity will always be\u00a0the ultimate driver that moves your art forward.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Enjoy<\/strong><\/p>\n

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