Corey Gardner
Artist | Hobbyist | Photography

United States

I’ve been honing my photography skills for approximately seven years now. Urban areas are my favorite places to shoot; I love taking one of my cameras for a walk downtown to capture whatever I happen upon. Shooting still-lifes is also enjoyable as this allows me to create an entire image from subject and composition, to lighting. Still-lifes present me, not only a great amount of control, but also a good photographic challenge.


My final photographs are produced from a combination of camera work and editing in Photoshop. The computer is my darkroom, and photo editing software is an essential tool in this process. I often use Photoshop to adjust the values of the photo, add sharpness, and convert to black-and-white or alter the colors to my liking. I prefer black-and-white photography over color as it is an abstraction from color. Unless color plays a role that adds to the finished photo, I remove it. By removing the visual distraction of color, I am able to focus on making a stronger image through value.

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