April 21st 2011

James Casebere Embodies similar themes to my style. His work is of miniatures, mostly, devote of human life. This particular piece was depicted based on the foreclosure epidemic that hit, this was one community that was subject to very hard times. This is one of James most detailed miniatures. jamescasebere.net

James Casebere, Landscape with houses (Dutchess county NY.) #1, 2009. Digital Chromogenic print, size varies.

The concept of this image is capturing a moment in time. Something that takes but a blink of an eye is now immortalized forever, frozen in time at what some consider a spectacular moment.

Ty Giebel, TTC6494, April 2011.

Another idea I am playing with for the time being. Based on childhood fantasy and something of boyishness. The interaction of toys and what we consider our world, no longer to do only live in their world of fantasy but have crossed over as toys to our own.
Ty Giebel, "Where are the droids?" April 2011.

Another image from a recent event. getting up close and personal has always been something I have liked to do, allowing the subject to spill out of the frame always letting the viewer want a little more, and affecting the scale. Just as James does I like the audience to wonder if its real or not, letting the eye wonder around the image looking for details that will lead to the answer of real or not.

Ty Giebel, TTC5892, April 2011.

April 14th 2011

Ty Giebel, 5528Yo, April 2011.

Ty Giebel, 5596Yo, April 2011.

Ty Giebel, 5566Yo, April 2011.

April 7th 2011

Ty Giebel, 5035, April 2011.

I shot this image of a recent creation of mine set up in my "home studio" I chose this image based on the simple composition, and the way the light plays on the white on white imagery. 

Ty Giebel, Tim's abduction, March 2011.
This series of UFOs was fun, creating a reaction from nothing at all is a task in itself, but the playful element it adds to the photo shoot was well worth it. There was no shortage of laughter, which is apparent in some of the outtake photos from each shoot.

Ty Giebel, 4042, March 2011.

A recent event held locally allowed me to brush up and some camera technique working with composition, aperture, shutter speed and over all lightning. Its always fun and a challenge at the same time working on the basics again.

I chose this quote not based on any significants to one image myself or anyone has ever shot, but rather to a point of view that is not only part of my own philosophy of the arts, but something that makes perfect sense. Its the perfect thing to say whether someone loves an image or not. In relation to the image directly above, I may see a fully custom built radio control vehicle, whereas someone else may see  "some truck in some water" or just some toy and so on. Its been said in many different ways; "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", "perception of reality occurs in ones own mind" and so on. However I believe the book says it best.

"All photographs will be viewed by different people in different ways."