My work is best described as the definition
of a kid that grew up on video games and fantasy novels. What really pushed me into shooting photography
full time was a motorcycle crash. I got hit off my motorcycle, and when I hit
the ground, I was run over by a vehicle. I spent five days in the hospital, and I spent the next six months learning how to walk again.
I could have let that accident destroy me
but you can't do that because life doesn't stop when you stop. Photography was that one thing that I could do all the time, and it was the one thing where I wasn't in pain. It's one of the many reasons why I do a lot
of composite art work because I couldn't get anywhere. I had to be able to bring the world
to me.
Composite imagery is just taking multiple
shots that were taken at different locations and you are putting them together into one
piece. It can be very demanding. It is very complex.
There's elements of color, there's elements of texture, there's foreground and background, elements
of the pose, the expression. When I'm out shooting backgrounds, it's very
much about being in the moment and bringing myself through the artistic process.
It's really about seeing the potential of
what is in front of you. So, not seeing everything for what it is, but what it can be. I love being able to look at images that I
create in the studio like sculpting. When I'm in the studio, I have control.
It's
a little bit more sterile but in that it's very creative. When I create shots and create images, I look at it, and I work on it until I'm absolutely in love with it. It's this almost obsession.
You just have to open up your mind and let the image speak to you. For that moment and for those hours, I live
in that world, and I can do whatever I want.
I'm the master of my universe sitting in front
of the computer. Being able to communicate that through post-production is the ultimate drug. It's the ultimate high. I think the underlying theme of my images
is "leave no rock unturned." Try as many things as possible.
I just love to create images. I love photography.
It saved my life in so many ways, and I think the only justice that I can do is to explore
it as fully and as in depth as possible. Yeah, I still ride. I rebuilt the bike that
I crashed.
When I ride, nothing else exists. There's
just the present moment, the next curve, the next bend. It's very free, and it's the closest that I can get to flying without actually being in the air. I want to live my life in every facet possible.
And I know that whatever time I wind up leaving this world, that my little book of life is dented and scratched and absolutely crammed full of memories because I saw the world not for
what it was in the moment but for how amazing it could be. See Renee Robyn's photos and get tips for
creating epic digital art at www.Smugmug.Com/films/renee-robyn..
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