Giedrius Varnas

Giedrius Varnas has a simplicity to her work that is very captivating. All of her prints are very spacious and serene. She uses digital and prefers black and white. She does use photoshop on her prints however, she tries to keep it within the traditional controls such as dodge, burn, contrast, and retouching. Her photos are very clean and evoke a sense of peacefulness. Each photo highlights a specific object and the rest seems to float away in space. The calming simplicity works very well in her images; I could not see them being in color. The black and white tends to be more mysterious with the contrast. Though black and white seem to appear in each image, there are no sharp distinctions which creates flow and balance. I really enjoy her use of white/blank space. I tend to not make my images very busy because I like the way that it looks and feels open and clean. 

Simoendli

Simoendli is a digital photographer that I found on deviantart.com. I was not able to find much information on her, however, she does have quite a few pictures on the website. Her work is very sensual and delicate. She does a very good job of zooming in on objects and blurring out the background so that ones eye is focused on one exact spot. I really like the way she uses water droplets and makes them the focal point. They are very crisp and clean images with a mystical feel to them. She also has a very strong use of color and space throughout her compositions. Her use of photoshop to enhance her images is also very strong in that it is not obvious, and could pass for an actual photo with no work done to it. I really want to try and shoot like this for another project. I researched an artist last week with a similar style and I really like the soft, and minute detail that is depicted from looking at these works of art.