When Nikon commissioned me to make images with every one of their lenses I had no idea how challenging it was going to be to use the extreme 8 mm fisheye lens.  I believe a lens should take a supporting role in the drama of visual storytelling.  When the viewer thinks, “wow what a cool lens”  then I failed in my job.  When the viewer thinks, “wow what a remarkable subject” and they become engaged with the subject then I succeeded.  The fisheye lens is a challenging lens for me because it always draws focus to its uniqueness.  After three months of photographing  I came upon a subject which was a match to the circular format of the fisheye lens, the spiral staircase at the Shaker meeting house in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky.

One of two spiral staircases designed by Micajah Burnett, Architect 1820. The staircase was built with cherry wood and is rock solid today. The staircase is in the Trustee’s Meetinghouse at the Shaker village of Pleasant Hill, Harrodsburg, KY.

From the beginning of my career as a photographer, I’ve always enjoyed observing shapes, lines and the way architecture engages light.  This image is one I am particularly proud to have made.

June 30, 2018, I will show a collection of my favorite architectural images. The collection illustrates the “art within architecture”.  The prints will be exhibited and on sale at my gallery, Eastep Photography, 1338 Central Avenue, Sarasota, Florida 34236.  The opening will be between 11 am and 4 pm.  The gallery is always available by appointment, so send an email and let me know when you’d like to visit.  WayneEastep@gmail.com

Painters Lucy Barber and Kathy Wright will also have open studios on June 30.

“Koke-dere” /moss garden in Kyoto is the oldest important garden of the Muromachi Period. The moss garden restored in 1868 was designed as a meditation garden and is organized around the shape of the Japanese character for the “heart” or “spirit”

This is one of the images being exhibited at Eastep Photography open studio Saturday, March 31, 2018, 11 am to 4pm.

A dozen prints expressing the feeling of serenity will be exhibited at my gallery this Saturday.  All images explore studies of water to express the feeling of serenity.

I join my fellow artists at CCC / Central Creative Commons, Artists Studios; Lucy Barber, Kathy Wright, and Brandy Eiger to show, discuss and sell original art from our studios.

Central Creative Commons Artists; Brandy Eiger, Kathy Wright, Lucy Barber, Wayne Eastep

Studios are located at 1330 to 1340 Central Avenue, between 13 & 14th Streets, Sarasota, Florida 34236.

We look forward to welcoming you to our studios. Wayne Eastep

Approaching storm at sunset along a canal in the Florida Everglades.

A powerful storm looming on the horizon combined with the low angle of warm light on the sawgrass created this dramatic image in the Everglades.

The “golden hour” is just before sunset when the sun is about 10 degrees above the horizon. The light of the sun in this position must pass through more of the atmosphere resulting in amore reddish and yellow color beautifully illuminating the landscape.

This image along with about a dozen other images of water from the “Serenity” series will be on display during my open studio at C-3/Central Creative Commons on March 31, 2018 hours: 11 am to 4 pm.  1338 Central Avenue, Sarasota, Florida 34236 (between 13 & 14th streets).

To see more images in the Serenity series visit: WayneEastep.com 

Mountain + Morning + Mist = Serenity.

I’ll leave this image to your imagination.

Mountain Lake in Switzerland

Another image in the Serenity series to be exhibited Saturday March 31, 2018 10am to 4pm at my open studio 1338 Central Avenue, Sarasota, Florida 34236.

http://www.WayneEastep.com

Ms. Tokko Nakamura at a traditional Japanese hot bath.  Mt. Hiei Japanese inn overlooking Kyoto, Japan

I am curious about the human story so my photography is focused on people around the world.  My presentation Jan. 23rd, 2018 at The Longhaus has been curated to show the way observing people via photography tells the human story.

The images will be grouped to show various ways photography illustrates stories about the human condition:

• Gesture 
• The human condition within 1/250th of a second 
• Ambiguity and the what we can learn from looking at peoples backs
• The person as a character within a dramatic setting
• A sense of the person within the  portrait 
• The role a person plays in the story of a place. 

Enrique Nunez owner of La Guarida restaurant in Havana Cuba

January 23 at 5:30 The Longhaus,

1878 University Parkway

Sarasota, FL 34243

(941)-952-8279 (Sarasota area code)

sorcha@thelonghaus.com

See you at The Longhaus, Wayne Eastep