Art is Kinda Dead

Icy Blue Wilderness I love landscape photography. It is a form that anyone can do, but it takes a trained eye to see the inner beauty. Stephen Alkerie has this talent. Stephen Alkire is a photographer/pastor based in Washington. The cold mountains and green pines of the Pacific Northwest jump out of his photos. His photos have this quality and effect to them. They evokeing a specific feeling, like you can feel the chill on your skin. Again, I am drawn to strong visuals. While Alkerie's photos don't feel like specific scenes or events, his photos evoke strong feelings of setting. Alkerie has a strong eye for location. The way he picks up color and light create really beautiful work. You can view more his work on his website  stephenalkire.com . Follow him on social media:  Twitter ,  Instagram .

As I said before, I love cinematography. I am a huge film buff. I love watching, reading about, and just talking about movies. One thing that I love to do is just pause the movie and find all the little details I have missed on my intial viewing. A director who constanlty slips small details in scenes, and who happens to be one of my favorite directors, is Edger Wright. Wright's filmography includes films such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End, Baby Driver,  and my personal favorite, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Because Wright includes so much visual information in each sceane, each frame could be taken a presented as a photograph. Wright works in the movie industry, where there is hardly any single frames. A movie is supposed to fluidly link each frame together to make a coherient scene. But with Wright's direction, the story is still rolling along even if the film is paused on a frame. The reason I am drawn to visual storytelling is how a pictu