"Deep in the Woods"
property of Jude McConkey
Searching for a photographer I want to feature on Etsy Wednesday is tricky business. As I stated in my last photog feature, it's important to me that the entire shop excites me. There are a lot of amazing photographers out there but very few can hold up shot after shot after shot after shot.
That is clearly not the case with Jude McConkey's work. Every single photo in her shop has a story to tell...or of course the room to make up your own (which as you may already know is extremely important to me). Every picture is carefully composed and later beautifully post-processed to create a fantastical feel.
"Deep in the Woods" immediately caught my eye while I was scanning through the zillions of photographs. When I was a kid, I used to fantasize all the time about little villages hiding under tree trunks. I would make forts, craft forks and spoons out of twigs and make tables out of mounds of dirt.
There's something about the woods that always made me feel safe and with a never ending supply of imagination, I was always entertained.
Jude's ability to take a photograph and use her imagination to create something more is amazing. A simple shot of Queen Anne's Lace becomes something magical, a snowman can take over the world, and trees bow down in exhaustion. Anything is possible in her world.
The shot you see above, like many of the others, is available as a 4x6 for $10 or 8x12 for $30. For that price, you could easily buy a number of her photographs and create an entire story on your walls.
Please do check out her shop and of course, if you can't buy today, you can always leave a little note to let Jude know how much you like her work.
That is clearly not the case with Jude McConkey's work. Every single photo in her shop has a story to tell...or of course the room to make up your own (which as you may already know is extremely important to me). Every picture is carefully composed and later beautifully post-processed to create a fantastical feel.
"Deep in the Woods" immediately caught my eye while I was scanning through the zillions of photographs. When I was a kid, I used to fantasize all the time about little villages hiding under tree trunks. I would make forts, craft forks and spoons out of twigs and make tables out of mounds of dirt.
There's something about the woods that always made me feel safe and with a never ending supply of imagination, I was always entertained.
Jude's ability to take a photograph and use her imagination to create something more is amazing. A simple shot of Queen Anne's Lace becomes something magical, a snowman can take over the world, and trees bow down in exhaustion. Anything is possible in her world.
The shot you see above, like many of the others, is available as a 4x6 for $10 or 8x12 for $30. For that price, you could easily buy a number of her photographs and create an entire story on your walls.
Please do check out her shop and of course, if you can't buy today, you can always leave a little note to let Jude know how much you like her work.
Have an idea for an Etsy Wednesday monthly theme? Please let me know by emailing me: Ry[at]ArtsandDafts[dot]com. And of course, if you have an Etsy shop you'd like to see featured, send that along as well!
I love her work and this photo of the woods that you are featuring might be my favorite (I looked at her blog and she has some there that are pretty wonderful, too). It's very dreamy and full of stories.
wow... I'm so honored! What wonderful words to hear today and any day. What I like is that you "got" what my photographs are about - emotion and story. I love what I do and I hope that shines through. Thank you so much for your blog. I'm a mite speechless..
jude
Wow, that picture is amazing. Seriously talented!
You are right -- her store is full of mystery and story.