Ken Fortie
Profile
When most kids get their first camera they start taking pictures of themselves with friends doing crazy things. My first roll of film has images of sunsets through icicles hanging from a church roof, ice covered streams under a canopy of snow laden branches and the orange glow of a sunset reflecting off an old mill. My desire to capture images of a beautiful world has been with me my entire life. Many times in our travels, my family has waited patiently because I happened to see the perfect picture just off the road or just off the trail and I had to make my way through tangled branches or up steep embankments to capture that short-lived moment when the perfect lighting settled momentarily on a beautiful scene. A few shots and the magic is gone, a two dimensional image in my camera is all that’s left of that magical moment. Not only do I like to capture images of the world as I see it, I like to create new and unusual images by taking pictures of lights in the city and manipulating them to create a colorful, flowing picture that causes one to pause momentarily during a busy day to meditate on the incredible shapes and colors that are all around us if we will but perceive.
Groups
Ken Fortie is a member of # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE , ! 100% !, "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 photo per 24 hrs; 3 drawings or paintings per 24 hrs, *A Beautiful Blur, 1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period), Abstract Art, Abstracts from Nature, All About Rodeos, All Around the Styles, All the Fun of the Fair, Amateur Photographers' Association, AMERICAN PATRIOT, American Southwest , Americas ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free, Animal Kingdom, Architectural Photography, Artistic Motion Blur, Candid Photography, Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Canon Vs Nikon (1 per day!), Cars, Motorbikes and Motorsports, Classic Cars Worldwide, Country Bumpkin, Cowboy / Cowgirl Art, Dawn and Dusk Light, Dilapidated Buildings, Everything Winter, Exotic Mammals, Eye Contact (Animals Only), Fabulous Flowers, Falling Leaves, Farms and Countryside, Forests, Globes, Spheres and Curves - 2 per day, High Desert Life, Horse and Rider , Horses at Work - Geared up.., Icy Cold, Idaho Landscape Photography, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Inspiring Blend (Words IN Your Image), Landscape Photography, Light and Reflection 1/24, Light In The Darkness, Light up My Life (all about lamps), Lightning and Storms, Livestock in General, Montana , Mother Nature's Finest, Nature's Wonders, Night Photography, Painting with Light - not sun/moonlight!, Parallel Dimensions, Pencil Drawing (2 per 24 hrs), PixElations - The Art of Photoshop, Rain Drops & Water Art - Fresh Water Only!, Religious Art & Photography, Rustic, Seasonal Greeting Cards, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Shoot The Moon, Shots in the Fog, Silhouette, Skyscapes, Snow! Glorious Snow!! 2 a day, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Stop and Smell the Roses, Sunrise, Sunset, That One Great Shot, The FENCE group, The true beauty, The Wild West Show, Trees - 2 images per day with trees as the focal point, United States, Untouchables, Utah Landscapes, Vibrant and Vivid Color, War , Waterfall Photography, Waves, Welcome To Utah, Western United States Artists and Photographers and Zoophoria (2 per day, approval required).
Journal Entries
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Art
Writing
The Christmas Story
Each Christmas we read the story anew. / A story that brings us closer to / The babe born in a manger far / Beneath a bright new shining star. / Where shepherds first beheld His face, / The Savior of …
The Last Leaf
What did that old leaf have to say, what stories could he tell, / We’ll never know, we had no care, when with us he did dwell.
The Life of Autumn Leaves
A nudge from winter’s waking breath sends shivers through the trees. / Leaves dawn their travel colors for a flight on autumn’s breeze. Their summer job of shading from harsh sunlight is now do…
