"Art on the walls"

Last weekend I took out my 7D and brought one lens (24-70mm 2.8) with me to shoot some local graffiti. I was amazed at the artistic talent in some of these works of art. As a photographer you might think shooting another piece of art on a wall may not leave you that much creativity of your own but I’d have to argue that point. The shots below have all been processed afterwards to include my own artistic touch, whether it be a high contrast black and white shot, shooting different angles to take advantage of the light hitting the paintings, or cropping the shot in camera to emphasize a certain element, you always have options.

By no means should you be taking credit for the original piece of art but just like shooting architecture there are a thousand different ways to capture that image in order to reflect your style as a photographer. I’ll be definitely going back out to the streets to find more of these awesome paintings.

If any of the original artists of these tags land on this blog please let me know so I can give you the proper credit for your amazing work.

Have fun out there!

Marc

Comments

[Nick]

Hey Marc, you would love Graffiti Alley at Queen and Portland n Toronto.

[Marc Champagne]

Cool, next time I'm in town I'll check it out!