Christopher J Wesley | Fine Art and Fiction Artist
Chris Wesley is an award winning author, fine art photographer, musician, music producer and poet.
I want Expressionist Photography to become a movement of self-expression that’s accessible to everyone.
We all carry an art studio in our pockets and purses, and the truth is talent and creativity are boxes that we don’t have to self-identify with to take great photos. There are simple rules we can all follow and the first is that we all feel, therefore anything we make that expresses that feeling is valid.
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I speak about my journey and my experience in the Leadership Pasadena course.
I have to wait for some photos to reveal what they want me to do with them. This one’s been sitting on my phone since my visit to the Los Angeles County Fair in September, 2017.
Like usual, I opted not to bring my Canon camera since I was there with my wife and didn’t want to spend the day looking for shots, which I tend to do if I’m lugging that camera around.
Besides, I had my cell phone to take photos and it can be argued that I wouldn’t have shot this better with a DSLR camera, regardless of the lens.
That said, tgis was taken and processed using a #galaxys7 using free apps. I call what I do #expressionistphotography.
I took this shot of the representation of the Echo Mountain House in the Fairplex Garden Railroad which depicts various scenes from California history from the 1850’s to present day.
The Echo Mountain House resided above Altadena, CA in the late 1800’s and the Mount Lowe Railway that brought the outdoor enthusiasts up to the hotel.
It featured a sweeping dining room that could seat 200 people, had hiking trails that led to a variety of romantic vistas and a pony trail.
It’s less about where you go, than how you get there. It’s the journey that creates the story behind the dream.
Months before going to Paris, France, my wife and I had gone to the top of the mini-Eiffel Tower in the Las Vegas Strip as a kind of precursor and buildup to the real thing.
Then, we got to Paris, France and were unable to reserve tickets to go to the real Eiffel Tower. We learned too late that we should have made our reservation months earlier.
This is how we made our way to the summit of the Eiffel Tower.
The Muses Affecting My Next Book.
The song holds the distinction of holding the top two slots on the British singles charts simultaneously. You’d never guess while listening to the brilliantly orchestrated “I Am the Walrus” that when John Lennon first played an acoustic version of his song “I Am the Walrus” for his bandmates and their producer George Martin, the room went ominously quiet until George asked him, “What the @#$% am I supposed to do with that?”