Darren Clark Photography

Snowy Foggy Morning (hard to come by this winter)

Darren — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:19:31 +0000

We got a nice little snow storm last night (maybe 3″). It’s not much, but this has been a mild winter, so we’ll take it. As it started to warm up this morning, it also started to get foggy. I ran out for a couple of hours this morning and made a few photographs. It was really a beautiful morning.

Subaru on Snowy Road, Rexburg, ID 2012

Birch, Beaver Dick Park, 2012

Birches, Beaver Dick Park, ID 2012

Clearing Fog on the Henry’s Fork, Beaver Dick Park, ID 2012

Henry’s Fork Foundation 2011 Annual Report

Darren — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:26:56 +0000

The Henry’s Fork Foundation approached me about using some images for their annual report. They published the report today and I’m really happy with the design and the use of the images. Here’s a screen shot of the front page. The report can be accessed here – http://www.henrysfork.org/annual-reports

Henry’s Fork Annual Report. Image – Harriman State Park, 2011

Salted Paper Prints – Henry’s Fork

Darren — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:11:24 +0000

I’m teaching a few historical processes to a few students in an independent study situation this semester. Yesterday I demonstrated Salted Paper Prints. For you non-photo history types salted paper prints are among the earliest of the processes. Basically you paint salt water on paper, dry it, then paint silver nitrate on top of the dried salt water and you have a light sensitive piece of paper. You place a negative on top of the sensitized paper, expose it to UV light, and you end up with an image. Anyway, I haven’t been happy with many of my results in salted paper thus far, but I made a couple of tweeks to my negatives and am pretty happy how the demo prints turned out. Here are some scans.

Angler’s Lodge, Last Chance, ID 2010 (negative), 2012 salted paper print

Bear Gulch Overlook 2010 (negative), 2012 salted paper print

By the way, scanning some of these historical processes does seem to flatten out shadow detail, nevertheless I think you get an idea of the quality of the prints.

Art 125

Darren — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:38:31 +0000

I’m taking/sitting in on a class this semester. The class is called Art 125 – Computer Art. I know very little (nothing really) about Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign. I’ve sort of wanted to learn a bit about those programs for a while. My hope is that I would be able to learn a bit about these programs by taking this class. It’s been a good experience and I’m learning quite a bit.

Here is an illustration I worked on this evening.

Tree Illustration 2012

The illustration was based on a photograph I posted to the blog a couple of weeks ago. Here it is -

Magpie Nests – Market Lake

Darren — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:16:37 +0000

Snowy Foggy Morning

Darren — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:46:21 +0000

This morning we woke up to that foggy, thick winter light that I like so much. It’s one of the few things that make the long cold winters bearable. We really haven’t had much of it this winter. Anyway, I took my time getting to work and made a few photographs.

Young Conifers in New Subdivision, Rexburg, ID 2012

Clearing Fog with Tree, Rexburg, ID 2012

Winter Night Light

Darren — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:42:30 +0000

We’ve had a really mild winter so far. Today we got a little snow. There is nothing like the light in town during and shortly after snowfall (I’ve missed it). Anyway, I was happy to get out for a bit. I’m not convinced the photographs are very good, but I had a good time.

Pizza Hut Parking Lot, Rexburg, ID 2012

Neon-lit Tree, Rexburg, ID 2012

Snow Fence, Rexburg, ID 2012

Computer Art Assignment #2 – Design Principles

Darren — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:43:03 +0000

So, I’m taking a class (sitting in really) this semester. It’s called Computer Art. Basically it’s an introduction to Photoshop, Illustrator, and In Design. Most of the Photoshop stuff is review, but I know very little about In Design and Illustrator. Anyway, our second assignment was to take digital photographs this week that illustrated the basic principles of design. It was fun making photographs while consciously thinking about design (I don’t usually work this way). Here are some of the better photographs from the week.

Rhythm

Emphasis

Scale and Proportion

Balance

Unity and Variety

Space

Mud Lake – Frozen

Darren — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:24:24 +0000

On Saturday I drove out to Mud Lake to look for birds (pretty quiet) and make some photographs. Mud Lake is completely frozen, which is no surprise. There is also no snow at all on the ice, which is pretty cool. I walked around on the lake for a bit and made some pretty fun abstract compositions.

Abstract Compositions, Mud Lake, ID 2012

Potato Harvest Landscapes (Scans from 2008)

Darren — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:59:08 +0000

These Photographs were taken in Potato Fields in the Moody area during the potato harvest of 2008.

Tree in Potato Field, Moody, ID 2008

Pivot Track in Potato Field, Moody, ID 2008

Potato Harvest, Moody, ID 2008