Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a calm, restorative holiday season.
For some years now, I’ve shared a bit of holiday magic at Christmas time. I choose a photograph and reimagine it with a little sparkle. If you know my work, you know how much I care about portraying nature honestly. But this time of year, I allow myself a few shenanigans.
It’s become a holiday tradition that I really enjoy. A chance to have a little fun and step outside my usual self-imposed rules for a moment. Do you give yourself permission for a little creative mischief from time to time?
Thank you for being here and for spending time with my work.
Warm wishes,
Charlotte
P.S. Below are a few photographs from Christmases past.
Often photographed, much beloved, this little wooden chapel was designed by San Francisco architect Charles Geddes in the Carpenter Gothic style in 1889. It continues to serve the community and public to this day.One of my favs to this day. It reminds me of two little ones holding hands in a snowy forest.There’s nothing like a snowy day in Yosemite at Christmas time.I made this photo in early 2017. In December, I decided to mess with it for my annual Christmas greeting. This is the photo that started my annual tradition. I missed a couple of years since for various reasons. Covid, for one. But for most years I’ve enjoyed creating new images to say “Merry Christmas!”I used my new Hasselblad to make this image. It is about 20 separate exposures layered in Photoshop. Lots and lots of shenanigans were going on behind the scenes in the making of this one!
Charlotte Gibb is a contemporary fine art photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area specializing in landscapes of the Western United States. Her images are often taken in familiar places for the well-versed landscape photographer, but she prides herself on her keen eye toward the subtle and sometimes overlooked beauty of the natural world. Growing up among the beautiful mountains of Northern California, she considers herself a student of life, learning about people, nature, music, and photography along the way. But always, her life-long passion for the wilderness shines through it all.
Charlotte earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and has exhibited her work in several solo shows throughout California. Her darkroom, long gone now, has been replaced with digital darkroom tools, and her style has evolved from a somewhat journalistic approach, to one that pays tribute to the natural world.
3 Comments
Susan
Beautiful renditions, my friend. As always, you captured the spirit of place and time.
Susan Beyerle
Beautiful renditions, my friend. As always, you perfectly captured the spirit of place and time.
charlottegibb
Thank you, my friend.