From Camera to Wall: Three Prints Hanging in My Home
Most of what I shoot ends up living on a screen — in a Redbubble listing, in a blog post like this one, in a folder I rarely revisit. But a handful of pieces earn their way onto my own walls, printed and framed, something I pass a dozen times a day without really looking at them, and then, every so often, I actually stop and look and admire my work. Here are three of my photographs that made it to the walls of my home.
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| Fuchsia Flower — Sepia-Toned Botanical Photography |
My dad was a fuchsia enthusiast back in his day. I think he had something like 60 varieties spread over our half-acre property. In memory of him I grew one of the ones I remember he had ("Party Frock") in a hanging basket, so this one has a head start on sentiment before it even gets to the photograph. This is a double bloom, caught close enough that the ruffled petals go slightly soft at the edges, with the long pollen-tipped stamens doing what fuchsias do best — hanging there looking like they were designed rather than grown. The sepia treatment was a late decision. I shot it originally with the idea of keeping it true to color, but the warm, antique cast turned out to suit the flower's slightly theatrical shape better than straight color ever did. It's the smallest of the three on my wall and the one people notice last — and then don't stop looking at.
It's available as a framed print, along with canvas, metal, and poster options, plus the usual run of smaller items — cards, stickers, cases — for anyone who wants the flower without committing to wall space.
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| Mackenzie Country Barbed Wire Landscape — Golden Tussock, New Zealand |
This one celebrates my country of birth, New Zealand. The Mackenzie Country sits in the South Island's high country — big sky, tussock grass gone gold in the light, and fence lines that run for miles because the properties out there are measured in a way that makes an Irvine backyard look like a postage stamp. The barbed wire in the foreground does a lot of quiet work in this image: it's the one man-made element in an otherwise empty landscape, and it's what tells you someone has to manage all that space, not just admire it. I had it printed large — it's a landscape that loses something if you shrink it down too far.
It's available as a framed print, as well as canvas and metal prints for anyone who wants that high-country light at a larger scale, plus smaller formats for a more modest dose of New Zealand.
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| Red Dragonfly on Lotus Bud — Huntington Library Koi Pond |
The koi pond at the Huntington Library is one of those places I can go back to repeatedly and still come home with something new, mostly because it never holds still. This dragonfly cooperated for about as long as dragonflies ever cooperate — long enough to land on an unopened lotus bud and let me get one clean frame before it was gone. The red against the green is doing most of the heavy lifting here, but it's the bud itself, still closed, still waiting, that gives the picture its patience. It's a reminder, every time I walk past it at home, that the best shots are usually the ones you didn't plan for.
It's available as a framed print, plus canvas, metal, and poster formats, along with smaller items for anyone who'd rather have the dragonfly on a mug than a wall.
All three sit in my Fine Art Prints collection on Redbubble, alongside the rest of the pieces I'd happily put on my own walls. You can find all my work at my Redbubble shop, KornKob Art — or search Redbubble for kornkobart (one word).
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