BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS Being born in the Hawaiian Islands has its distinct advantages! It means that I come from a perspective of having a love for this place that none other than a local born Ohana could. However, with it, I know there is a love for island life that I know undoubtedly is shared …
Best Landscape Photography of 2022 I Marlon Holden Fine Art
Every year I like to look back at all of the Fine Art Photographs I have created and select a small handful of my personal favorites. Capturing a unique perspective and a powerful image often takes many failed attempts in order to finally get the shot you’ve been after. On other occasions, you get lucky and everything works out on …
CAN PHOTOGRAPHY BE FINE ART?
This is an age-old question that I hear from time to time and although it seems to come from the baby boomer generation much more than any other, it is worth talking about, as I still hear from time to time, “How is a photo art”? As a gallery owner myself I have seen this line of questioning firsthand and …
COLORADO FALL COLORS – BEST PLACES TO SEE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
There are few places on this earth that have a shot at rivaling the towering peaks and fall foliage colors of Colorado. Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut and a few others along the Eastern Seaboard also have very pretty autumn color changes and I love the reds that the maples bring out during that time of the year. However, did you …
A VISIT TO THE REDWOOD FORESTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
With giants for trees looming thirty stories into the air, shrouded in fog and an air of mystery, it is no wonder this place is called the lang of giants and the enchanted forest! The Redwood Forest or Coastal Redwoods along the Hwy 101 in Northern California is a place that still hides from the masses and yet each year …
CANVAS VS METAL VS ACRYLIC FINE ART PHOTOS
Before you decide on which you are going to invest in, think twice! Did you notice that I did say the word “invest”? Ahhh… Yes, I did. While Metal prints are somewhat easy to come by and very inexpensive, be very weary. As the words “archival” and “metal print” will never be in the same sentence. At the very least, …
NFT FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
With so much going on around us, it can be difficult to keep up with it all. Often times, we wake up and according to routine venture out into our days based upon ritual alone. In all honesty, how many of you reading this now aspire to shake yourself up and do something entirely different each day? As I talk …
ANSEL ADAMS LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY AND ITS INFLUENCE IN ART
To my recollection, I have never once heard of any other landscape photographer on Earth that hasn’t heard of Ansel Easton Adams and if there is, I am not certain what rock they’ve been living under over the last century. Proclaimed by many as the pioneer of landscape photography, his work has spanned several decades and, in many ways, he …
THOMAS KINCADE STYLE FINE ART
For decades many of us have come to know artisans such as Bob Ross, James Coleman and most noteworthy Thomas Kincaid. Painting dreamworlds out of the freedom of expression within our hearts and minds. For as long as I can remember I can recall seeing Bob Ross on public television as a young boy painting happy little clouds, trees, rivers …
THE DIGITAL DARKROOM
I was born into a time where photography was fairly accessible to most of us quite readily. Much of my youth was spent traveling abroad to places and destinations where I was taught to capture light. Back in those days, you really had no idea of how these images would come back looking like. Oftentimes, you would have to do …