Trey Ratcliff
Born: July 7th,1971
Personal Background: Trey Ratcliff was born on July 7th, 1971 in Dallas Texas. Trey was born blind in one eye and has never gained vision in that eye. He attended the Southern Methodist University and has a degree in computer science and math and worked in that field for 35 years. He currently lives in Queenstown, New Zealand with his wife and 3 kids. Trey gives frequent public speeches through Google and TED Talks.
Style: Trey Ratcliff takes extremely colorful photos. He mainly takes landscape photography. Trey typically takes photos from a top down perspective. The photos Trey takes are extremely vibrant and high contrast. The photos have a very surrealist look to them, the locations look like they’re taken out of a fantasy world.
Philosophy: Trey’s hopes his photography will help spread consciousness and presence to the world. He hopes to teach people to be more creative and inspire them. He even runs his own set of photography workshops to help people get started. Ratcliff believes that being creative means being fully conscious and that being fully conscious is one of the best things that humankind can do.
Influences: Trey’s work has greatly influenced the style of photography I take. I have taken much more vibrant photography after seeing Trey’s work. I also have an increased appreciation for landscape photography after seeing the photos he took. I learned how to take photos from new and interesting angles after seeing Trey’s work and the perspectives he used. Trey has been one of the biggest influences on my work.
Sources:
http://www.stuckincustoms.com/trey-ratcliff/
http://www.treyratcliff.com/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00/
Born: July 7th,1971
Personal Background: Trey Ratcliff was born on July 7th, 1971 in Dallas Texas. Trey was born blind in one eye and has never gained vision in that eye. He attended the Southern Methodist University and has a degree in computer science and math and worked in that field for 35 years. He currently lives in Queenstown, New Zealand with his wife and 3 kids. Trey gives frequent public speeches through Google and TED Talks.
Style: Trey Ratcliff takes extremely colorful photos. He mainly takes landscape photography. Trey typically takes photos from a top down perspective. The photos Trey takes are extremely vibrant and high contrast. The photos have a very surrealist look to them, the locations look like they’re taken out of a fantasy world.
Philosophy: Trey’s hopes his photography will help spread consciousness and presence to the world. He hopes to teach people to be more creative and inspire them. He even runs his own set of photography workshops to help people get started. Ratcliff believes that being creative means being fully conscious and that being fully conscious is one of the best things that humankind can do.
Influences: Trey’s work has greatly influenced the style of photography I take. I have taken much more vibrant photography after seeing Trey’s work. I also have an increased appreciation for landscape photography after seeing the photos he took. I learned how to take photos from new and interesting angles after seeing Trey’s work and the perspectives he used. Trey has been one of the biggest influences on my work.
Sources:
http://www.stuckincustoms.com/trey-ratcliff/
http://www.treyratcliff.com/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/95572727@N00/
The photo on the left was taken by Trey and the photo on the right was taken by me. The photo taken by Tray has mountains but, obviously, there are no mountains in Ann Arbor so I was unable to get a nice background. The field in my photo was much greener than Trey's and has a slightly colder feel to it.
Unfortunately, I couldn't get the same level of reflection as the photo that Trey took. I aimed to get the same color blue as the building as well as a high level of vibrance and contrast. In the process of taking this photo, I discovered just how difficult it is to take photos of reflections.
I am very pleased with the way these photos turned out although sadly there are no bamboo forests in Ann Arbor. The low angle was extremely difficult to try and get because of the scale. The colors were difficult to try and find with the green merging into a yellow and orange.