Mark Gray is an artist that bases his photography work on landscapes and panoramic landscape photos are where he really portrays his artistic ability. I like his artwork because it is based on Australia and New Zealand mostly, where I really enjoy travelling and have lived before. I have chosen option 1 where I think that my pictures resemble something similar to his work in that they are on the same landscapes (Australia) and that they are sunsets and of historic places.
The first picture that I chose is a landscape view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. I like this picture because of the sunset and the colours that the sky changed too. I really like the work that Gray does because he enhances the images of the landscapes that he takes. I think this is similar because it can easily be pictured as a panoramic view.
Sydney, Australia
Seductive Sydney, Mark Gray
This photo shows the similarities in my version and his. You can see how he enhances the colours by making them more vibrant for a more appealing image. Mine is from a different view but also has both the bridge and opera house that his has.
Fraser Island, Australia
Like Mark, all of his pictures aren't only images of a landscape. I like this picture because I think that the water splashing up looks as if it is happening in slow motion. Once I realized that the waves hitting this old abandoned ship looked so neat, I waited for the best time to grab a cool shot of the water. I think that this picture is similar to Grays because it captures a real moment in time like his photos do.
Fiji
I think that this picture is the perfect reflection of a photo by Gray. I like how the colours contrast against the black of the hut and bridge in the foreground. I think that this gives off a peaceful feeling in the picture. I like taking pictures of the landscape and sunsets because I think that they are beautiful and the real beauty of nature cannot be altered.
East Point, Australia
Fiji
The sunsets in Fiji were the most gorgeous sunsets I have ever seen. This picture looks surreal because the sky was literally divided. To me it looks like this picture was pieced together, however it was not. This type of sunset happened a few nights while I was there, and it just seemed so unrealistic to see the sky split in two different colours. This picture resembles one of Grays because it looks as though it was manipulated in a way to make the picture more unique.
Phillip Island, Australia
Phillip Island is one of the best places that I was able to go to in Australia. Everywhere on this little island full of penguins was so picturesque. The rolling green hills to the edge of the cliffs surrounded by ocean. While I was living here, I never got tired of the sunsets along the eastern coast. This image shows the similarities that come from the inspiration from Gray. Though some of the images that Gray takes are altered to enhance colours, I don't think that pictures of nature should be changed.
I think the most important aspects of Grays work are to illustrate the natural beauty that the landscape photo he takes have. Though he does some alterations, the real beauty is there too. The reason that I took the photos the way I did at the time was because I thought I was capturing a moment that I would like to look back at and have it bring me back to the place I was at in my head. I think that when I look at these photos I have from my own gallery it allows me to revisit the place where the photo comes from. I think with Grays version of the photos he likes to add a piece of his mind to it by changing the colours to make them more extreme and vibrant but also keeping a bit of the reality of the image. This is what I appreciate most with Grays photography and I think that I can relate to.
References
http://www.markgray.com.au
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