C&T Publications REVOLUTIONS II - April 2015 | Page 52

Up Close with Tim Hacker
By Cindy Nunn

Tim is a semi-retired physician with a longstanding keen
interest in photography. He has been photographing for many
years. He has also been juried into many art shows and he has
won many awards in various contests he has entered.
Additionally, Tim has had several works at the Collectors
Corner gift shop at the Toledo Art Museum and has pieces on
display in several art galleries.

His photographs are all actual photographs, some of which have been 'altered by
photopainting' or manipulated for special effects on the computer rather than in the
darkroom since they are digital. He processes the images with a variety of software
programs, including Adobe Lightroom 5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Corel Painter, Photomatix,
Helicon Focus, On One Software suite and a multitude of PS plug-ins, etc. He presently
uses a Canon D1 Mark III and a Canon 5D Mark III after many years of 35mm Canon EOS use.
Tim is not just a photographer, however. He also does acrylic paintings which he started
when he retired from the office. He actually spends more time painting now than on the
photography.
Tim was actually a place winner in our Fast Vehicles & Sexy Women contest, but we felt
that some of his close-up photography of cars, both vintage and modern, were so superb
that we wanted to offer him his own feature in the magazine.
Tim has an exceptional talent for capturing provocative close-up shots of a car's
personality and features, giving us a whole new and exciting perspective.
Utilizing filters and manipulations through specialty software he also adds a wonderful
touch of flash and bling, while also pulling out the rich colors and making them pop with
showroom pizzazz.
Between great-grandpa's dignified 1930's Packard and grandpa's rockin' hot rod, to the
modern day Red Lexus LFA, Chevy Miray Concept car and the Falcon F7, you just might need
a napkin, or even a large bib, because these metal miracles are going to leave you
drooling!

If you enjoy the work you see here and want to see more, Tim has many more images on
www.timhacker-docshots.com and at http://timothy-hacker.artistwebsites.com/ so stop by
for a visit!
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