Blue Sky Photography

Greetings. I go by the name of 'Tyger' after the name of my favorite animal with the spelling from William Blakes poem 'The Tyger.'   In short, I am the partner in Sly Horse Studios part-time professional photographer (my full time profession is not photography) who enjoys working on a range of projects.  As much as I enjoy working with experienced models, I am also willing to work with less experienced models to help them develop their portfolio.  Overall, my photography tends to falls across the range of beauty, fashion, editorial, and nude (most commonly, implied, partial, and artistic nudes).  With regard to nude work, I tend toward images with a classical, editorial, and/or sensual edge as opposed to a pure sexual edge (cf., art nouveau, editorial, film noir, and sensual eros rather than the more typical and run-of-the-mill come-f-me glamour).  In addition, I have a growing interest in body painting and natural accessories (from modern-experimental to tribal).    In terms of inspiration, I began my artistic pursuits with pen-and-ink, pencil, oils, and watercolor though made the transition to 35-mm black-and-white photography in 2000.  As a result, I still tend to draw my inspiration from the figure, form, and sensuality as captured in Art Nouveau, Classic Pin-Up & Film Noir, Greco-Roman Sculpture, Modern Fantasy Illustrations [19th & 20th Century running the extremes from Sidney H. Sime and Aubrey V. Beardsley to Boris Vallejo to Maurice Sendak], and Renaissance Masters (Michelangelo, Botticelli, etc.,).  I made the transition from fine art to film photography not long after the inheritance of my grandmother’s Pentax Super ME when time, studio space, and cost of materials for fine art became prohibitive.  Similarly, I made the transition from film to digital photography when the darkroom, film, and production costs and time demands became prohibitive.  Presently, I photograph in digital medium using Nikon D70 (with expected upgrade to Nikon D300 or D700 before January 2009)