A Great Painting Comes From a Great Photograph

Frank Loudin is one of Orcas Islands most beloved and prolific artists. Although he is most renowned for his beautiful, poignant and sometimes amusing paintings of American life he is also a photographer. He uses the camera to compose most of his paintings. He will be making a presentation to the Orcas Island Camera Club (OICC) at their next monthly meeting where he explains his process. He will present photographic examples of the inspirational subjects he selected for use in producing paintings. There will be images of his photographs and the paintings he made from them. There will also be an opportunity to ask him questions.

His focus will be the selection of interesting subjects, such as: what is the center of interest and how can we enhance it by the camera point of view? What needs to be addressed in making a good reference photo with the idea of creating a well designed painting? How to look for interesting dark and light patterns, colors, shapes, foreground, middle ground and background. How to plan the borders of the composition by cropping carefully.

The presentation will be part of the OICC monthly meeting at the Orcas Senior Center at the regularly scheduled time of 7:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of the month, which this time falls on March 1st. OICC is a losely organized club of Orcas photographers. There are members of all interests and skill levels. For more information on the club and this meeting contact info@orcasislandcameraclub.org or call the director Paul Kamin at 376-2732.