Rolf Hicker Photography

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes"



This statement was said by Marcel Proust and is Rolf Hicker's motto. I think this is a beautiful and extremely true statement that is wonderful to live by. Just being in this class and expanding my photography has changed the way I see things. I notice more intricate details and begin framing things with my eyes as if it were a lens. I feel like everything should be photographed now. I've always carried my point-and-shoot camera with me at all times, but now I actually use it everyday because I notice more thing that I was to document. I have new eyes!

This photographer definitively has a good eye. He has so many different categories of photographs, but I really loved his architecture photos because I'm really drawn to that subject matter. I loved how he framed this building in Spain with the multiple arches. They lead you to the end of what seems like a tunnel and guide you where to look.

Look at more photographs at: http://www.hickerphoto.com/

dose of Deviant Art

So I had to browse deviantArt for some awesome amature photography. For anyone who doesn't know deviantArt is a social network for people interest in art. They can post their work, comment on others, and share techniques. So as I'm looking at a page full of beautiful photography; still life, nature, sky, and a lot of miscellaneous, I chose the one photograph that is not traditionally "pretty". At first I couldn't ever tell have it was but once I looked closer I saw the photographer in the destroyed building and thought about how interesting it would be to photograph that rundown building. It changes your mind to the what is pleasing to the eye and what details to notice. I think this photograph has more personality and interest than the other photos of pretty girls and skylines.

Here's the link to the photo and profile:

My Book is Done!!!

Unspoken Truths

A Collection of Nat...

By Jessica Lee

Book Preview

I can't explain how excited I am about my book! I sent the link to all my friends and I actually got calls from people I haven't talked to in month telling me how impressed they were. I felt so validated in all the hard work I put in. Here's a little sneak peak into "Unspoken Truths"

This is the Into:


Have you ever wondered what a historical building or beautiful flower might say to you, given the chance? I believe they would tell the tale of eternity. The story of our connectedness and livelihood; reminisce of beauty, friendship, and adventures in their midst. This is the essence I sought to capture with the photography in this book. Please keep an open heart and mind as you explore the pages. Imagine yourself in the mortar of the buildings or the greenery of the plant life. If you are a native Californian as I am, I’m sure you will feel right at home. Breathe in the rich history and ancestry of the architecture. Give thanks for the hard work on dry soil that has cultivated so many lovely varieties of native plant life. Notice also as you gaze at the pictures, the evolving life.

Personal Fieldtrip

Hey, i'm not sure of the name of the place where I took these photographs. But it's right down the street from school and it's beautiful. Right behind the residential area in Discovery Hills there's a nice park and lake and trails everywhere with native plants, most of which are labeled. I was so impressed with myself that I new most of the names of the plants that I passed without looked at the labels. I'm such a dork. It was sooo hot and I was so not dressed right for the weather. so I have to admit I only made it half way around the lake because i was melting from the blazing sun. But I did get on my hands and knees and climb in the bushes...so it wad quite an experience. All in all and I got a few nice pictures that I used in my book, hope you like them.

Long Time no see...

Hey friends... Sorry I haven't been writing. I've decided to combine my book of native flowers with my book from artist books which will now be native Californian architecture. SO i've been a little detracted and crazy busy, like I'm sure the rest of you have too. But I wanted to share some pictures I took while I was in Santa Barbara for a few days. I'm not sure everything is native, but there were sure more beautiful plants. I think the purple one is the Arroyo Lupine and of course the California Poppies.

Camp Pendleton Photos

Pechanga

So let's begin with the basic events of the day. i wake up, go to work, drive straight to school to get my camera....ya know, the normal start to my week. I was having a little "case of the mondays", but i still had a smile on my face and a good attitude. When BOOM, I'm almost to the field trip site and i get hit with the worse allergy attack I've probably had in a year. Now I've been fight your everyday cold for weeks now, so maybe that was a little contributor. but really, i was feeling the best I've felt in a while, rested, no headaches, good attitude; and now my day is ruined. i say ruined because this allergy attack didn't just pass by,.... i was sneezing and itching my eyes and blowing my nose so much that if my sinus' weren't screwed up then,they sure are now..cuz it's 2:30 in the morning and i still can't sleep because i can't breathe. somebody put me out of my misery.

OK...so now that i got all the whining off my chest, let's talk Native Plants. In all honesty, it was hard of me to enjoy the scenery and take in all the information with my head feeling like a balloon. but i did get some picture i like. I loved those tiny little purple flowers. I'm a sucker for anything pretty and colorful (wow i sound like a bee or something), but it was so interesting to me that since the flowers were so small everyone had to get really close to them to get a good shot. it's nice how we have a chance to notice the details of something once we're that close. after seeing these little buds in such detail, i realized that the similar purple flowers close by were really not similar at all. Each one had a different tint, size, and shape...it's own little personality squeezed into that 3 centimeters of beauty.