Photo Study: Leaf Catcher

This is a simple still life photograph of a pool skimmer in which good exposure and some brilliant light make for a striking photographic image. This photograph is technically a black & white image that was produced by using a photographic technique called split-toning.

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©2016 Leaf Catcher Eric Wells Hatheway All Rights Reserved

Split-toning is an effect which has its origins in the days of film and it involves tinting the highlights in a black & white image one color and the shadows another color. Split-tone effects make for brilliant tonal shifts and exotic colorations in a black & white image.

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Eric Hatheway is a formally trained fine artist, visual designer and photographer based in Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Eric successfully combined a marketing degree and an art degree to create a design studio that operated in Tulsa for 25 years serving clients around the world. Currently, Eric works by special arrangement and commission with an emphasis on designing brands, fine art production and photographic works.