San Miguel Art magazine/ MAY EDITION | Page 15

Tenerías. Kissing. Ah, love! lamps, removed objects that burdened the photo, and gave the scene a late night feeling which I couldn’t achieve with a photo taken at night. Color in San Miguel? It doesn’t get any better. The photos “Tenerias,” “Aldama” and “Looking down Umaran” are examples of how I envision the colors of San Miguel architecture. These photos were taken during the day and converted to a night scene then areas of the photos were digitally brushed and highlighted with white and tonality added to bring out the detail and shadow of walls, doors, streets, curbs, cobble stone.. I love lighting the street lamps. SMA and fantasy? “Aldama” at night is an exam- ple to me of a fantasy street. It’s magic... out of Disney World... I see it as a magical street lit at night. It’s not the same during the day. This too, is photographed during the day and converted to the night scene with added moon and birds. The “Parroquia Complex” is an attempt to repli- cate a painting created during the 14th century... I took out the tv towers and antennas, changed the sky, added a filter to give the image a canvas