The Tourists

It looks like a hot hot day up there at the lookout…..I want to crane my neck to see the view….simple and expressive, this image, Paul…..very nice indeed!

Yes this is nice actually. Like a film still somehow. The background is really well handled. Lovely.

I get it Paul. Nice concept and has started me thinking about a concept series similar.

I love the colours, the placement and the pink pants :)

This really is a stylish image. Placement, simplicity, colours – everything works well. Great!

It’s great, love the compostion and inclusion of space :)

really nice treatment, great image

Very nice

This is just awesome… Again you’ve taken your art to another level, one of your best!! A stunning piece, wonderful treatment.. your use of space is perfect,can’t get enough of this one.. V. Impressive!

I live in Penticton, BC, Canada…and the tourist are to much to handle….in the summer, winery tours, Ironman Canda, Elvis festival, Peach Festival…..etc.etc…etc.. but you have captured it very nicely,,,Keep on, keeping on…as we say.

this is beautiful. has a painted quality

Yes!!!The real world but not quite – it’s hard to define what gives this (and your work in general) the strange dreamlike quality….whatever it is, it works!!!

this is fantastic! i love what you have done with it… brilliant work – as usual…

Paul – another sensational contribution! I’m inspired.

Fantatsic – I’m still trying to figure out how you do this mate. Again its got that 1950’s caledar / painterly look that has become distinctly ‘Vanzella’.

Like a 1950’s postcard, nice touch with the oppressive undulating grey wave in the sky.

wow this is so fun – love the color that you did on this image and really interesting perspective! Great work Paul.

Really like your portrayal!

The colours are superb…well seen…

I think this one , for me at least , is the best to date.
Your work reminds me of Jack Vettriano, and i think it could be as popular, please give us some tips.

Regards Nick

This shot – quite apart from the beautiful composition – has a sensational look to it, unreal and retro all at the same time. Outstanding.

awesome shot paul. very retro!

The composition and the color is amazing. Brilliant work

Great image! – simplicity with a difference.

Nice.. I like this Paul

Another great image

timeless

This is great!

once again you have made the bannal an art form… true talent.

geez…what can I say about your work that hasn’t already been said….you’ve got the gift!!

Perfect….......

Gorgeous tone and colour – Fantastic

Love this Paul! Love everyone’s postures. They all seem like they’re standing just slightly exaggerated. It reminds me of Norman Rockwell’s art. Fantastic!

Great work paul ! This does have a very 50’s retro look and feel to it, also has that look of a very balmy day with a thunderstorm looming… makes you wonder what these people are talking and thinking about, brilliant work !!

what an absolute masterpiece, i just love the treatment you give your images…reminds me of a vetriano painting

Nice one Paul.
Were those tourists looking at a giant guassian blur?

Sweet. ...

Hi Paul great shot indeed.
We are all “Just Visiting”
This link even proves it ….http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf
This site made me realize that our planet is actually just an exchange point for souls in transit to many points unkown.

Excellent work as always!!

I’d love to see a life size print of this, the colour…one of those eternal works of art

Simple but brilliant! Lesley says she loves the bums!

fantastic! love the yellow bag

very cool!

Great composition. I love the way the view becomes unimportant and the tourists have a plastic, less than real quality and a a general attitude of not caring about what they are seeing. It is a good take on tourists in general. “Rubberneckers”.
I like this alot.

Fabulous. Looks sort of Cibachrome metallic and painterly too.
Great work, Paul.

Wonderful, love the soft tones, they definately give a ‘hazy’ summer feel. Great capture Paul.

Love this Paul!
Has an overall cinematic feel…
I sit here gazing at this image waiting for James Bond to stroll past! :D

I like how they all look glossy, like from a sixties futuristic film LoL

Santorini must of been a HUGE Blast LoL

Such a lovely shot, there poses are so individual, and the photo makes me want to see what there looking at….. good work

Oh my Paul. One of your best! Fantastic!
M:>

It’s a gem! I really like the “bronzed statue” effect that you have given to the onlookers…and I’m assuming the woman 2nd from left has been inspired by the salmon colored bathing attire and is reaching for her bathing cap also. Bravo on creating a classic piece.

Beautiful, stunning. reminds me of a Sam Toft picture.

simply wonderful, good catch :-)

What a shot, who would’ve ever thought that a simple shot would be so interesting. Great work here!!!

WOW and WOW again… thank you all for such wonderful comments… love how this has been received… makes me feel fantastic! All that I’ve intended in this image has been realised… Thanks a million!

OOOO Love this Paul, love the tones you have used for the sky – superb!!

Paul…for me this has almost a creepy,ominous feeling-just what ARE they looking at behind the mist? Great job.

magic light!

very casual stance/love it

HI Paul, Chris is right, it does remind me of a 50’s postcard…love how they appear to looking out into nothingness;)

Love the image, very atmospheric! Obviously a sunny day but no blue sky just an odd sense of forbodding!

It has a surreal aura about it, Paul,i love it!!!

Very nice photo Paul – well spotted and executed.

i have always wanted to take photos like this. you are a true talent.

woohoo! inspirational!

what could I possibly add that hasn’t been said already…
this is a brilliantly composed and executed image..
your signature warm tones are exceptional as ever
love the selective burning and dodging on the clothes
beautiful smooth gradients and a powerful finished product
great work…. !!!!!
:)

I have no idea how you do this Paul but it’s awesome!

Ditto AB’s comment. I just adore your images Paul..

Great image, really involves the viewer.

That sky is really somethin else!! You have executed this shot brilliantly!

Very neat looking!

hey paul!
thanks for the advice! yes i am an architect and yes i have checked out PSC and ICPP. i am not sure which one to do…. dont really want to go back to uni full time (5 years was enough for architecture!).... but i really want to be doing more photography on a career level….
paula :o)

looooove all the subtle highlighting, esp on the shirt of the man on the left. Do you paint as well??

Light, colors, composition…Beautiful

wowoooooo w wow yeah.

this is fantastic – i love the brightness of the clothes against the darkness of the sky. Sorry to take so long to comment – I have been away for the past week so have missed all the RB action – thanks for all your comments on my work – really appreciate it.

thank you paul i loved the feeling it has a ver meer to it i did a painting of it in his style and gave it to my grand daughter seem i don,t need to say your art is good or great looks like every one else HAS but it was a pleasure to give all your photo,s a good look

Love this. Its like movie.

Its amazing how you get that painterly old post card look!

SnowDog

im lost for words but thank you for this image

Yeah, Jack Vettriano… couldn’t think of his name and saw the comment . Your style is amazing, as are your compositional skills. I really love this! BB

Gosh, have to do some serious scrolling to make a comment. Fantastic shot! Love your choice of framing, and the tones…so unique. Can just feel the heat of the sun on the backs of their legs.

Stunning Photograph…This one a real winner! rgrds

It’s like I’ve gone back in time…
I really love the tones in this.. I would’ve liked it to be square with some more sky but that’s also cause I love square crops :P
I love the atmosphere it sets! :D

Ooo – I love this! It almost looks painted, just beautiful. Thank you for your lovely comment recently – made my day! I would love to see my work hanging in a gallery taking on momentum also…

Superb. You certainly accomplished what you set out to do.

Composition,light & colors are excellent,Paul

Love the simplicity, and the shinyness you gave the tourists…

What a great capture, everything seems so serene

That is what I like to do. I try to take everyday life and turn them into art. Do you have any suggestions for me?

Well done

This image is so clean, which gives it so much power. Love it. Beautiful work.

Paul—-the way you’re using colours really fascinate me….incredible with a magical feel.

This is a great shot – it almost seems real on my computer!!! Great work, lovely colour and setting…

i like it , perfectly done.

Good quality image, nice tones.
Great shot, well done

Stunningly beautiful Paul
I love that sky effect…it’s brilliant

Barry

kinda simple – but that what makes it interesting. probably we walk by situations like this a hundred times each day, but we hardly ever really see them!

The figures look 3d and almost pop out oft he screen. Interesting work.

Excellent work as always Paul 10/10
R

Beautiful. “Edward Hopper Takes a Holiday,”

sooo warm, love it. Want go for holiday now!!!

Fantastic – a great great image.

Hi Paul, this is a fantastic work!

thanks for yr comment on my ‘girl from lakey’ pic. its my favourite shot i’ve ever taken!
awsom story to go with it.
sorry i didnt like yr latest effort w/ jo, but it looks too animated and cryptic?
i like the rest of yr stuff but, like this especially, found memories of summer!
i might try more negative feedback on pics i dont like cos,, i have two new ‘watchers’ seconds after i made that comment…
peace pj

Hi Paul, your shots are awesome, i love the motel one, but this one really captures a timeless element as well..

I can’t believe that this is not a painting! It is just brilliant!

i clicked the link to thank you for the comment{ i just signed up.. no idea what i am doing here}... and holy photo batman!..I am honoured to be commented by such a wonderful photographer… this is brilliant….. just.love.it

wow! amazing shot!! aha i love the oldies :)

This is fantastic! I love that you made the tourists the focus, instead of what they were touristing at =) Such a unique and visually pleasing image. Very clever and well-done!

How funny, I was just thinking Hopper, and someone else mentioned it. great colours!!

Classic image. Well done indeed.
Sheila

Stunning image, Paul! Very mysterious and “shivery”. Not sure I want to know what they’re looking or waiting for.

Fantastic image. I love the composition and the humour in this work.

Absolutely Stunning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

my girlfriend and i repeatedly return to this picture. we casually ignore tourist and automatically assume that standing around is mundane. yet you’ve taken this simple moment and have enriched it with complexity.

.... by “complexity” i mean: each tourist has his own story to tell.

very cool. love the simplicity, the composition, colors! nice work.

Beautiful texture, so smooth and lovely and old-school.

Good contrast between fore and background :)
Extra dodging on the people too. ?

You have a way with capturing just everyday images, that chance every second. I want to know this one thing, I captured a shot of what looks like a couple holding hands, do you have to have permission first, just in case it not husband and wife. I am not sure which way to go, I don’t want to break anybody up, or get sued. Can you advise me, Please?

This is so perfect it doesn’t look real. Great job.

it seems as if the whole thing was built out of models..great job!

Woooow i love this image really cool! x

I liked this when I 1st saw it/wonderful!

I’ve just spent the longest time browsing through your portfolio, wondering how on earth I’d have time to comment on every one as they deserve! I love them all…such every day images with extraordinary perspective and effect.
I picked this one however, because of it’s sense of peace. Here are some people not in a hurry to do anything or be anywhere. Enjoying the moment…not something the rest of us do enough.

Hey, I am new, I was going through and this really stuck out to me. Great job, the simplicity is what drew me to it.

Very cool!

I see that someone else already compared your work to Jack Vettriano…that was my first impression when I saw this shot. Fantastic shot! Very inspiring.

Love this. A real feeling of Kitch to it. Fantastic colours and composition. I also love the way you cant quite work out what they are looking at.. Great work!

this so nice, well done!

I love the highlights, it definately made me look twice…and then view larger…and think, “Wow, how did he do that?!”

really good image

Very painterly, very very nice and something that should could would be hung. I really like it, sort of thing that could be reshot/repainted with different characters again and again.

This is fantastic. What a beautiful capture and I love the colour. Very very beautiful..

This is a great shot Paul – almost surreal. Briliant!

This shot is full of charisma. It is just so interesting to look at, really that is stating the obvious I guess.

beautifully frame, and the this is perfect of tourists… the color is good, and the background just makes the tourists stand out. Very nice!

amazing colors, i feel like 3d

Beautiful colors and light! (Thanks for your comment.)

I’ve been coming back to this image a couple of times now.
The fascinating treatment has turned the everyday into a piece of fine art.

love love LOVE this picture!

absolutly superb image.. really like the feel from it…..

I love this photo. something funny and rather cute about it too

the warm cool contrast is striking here

love the colours. well done.

Oh I just love this shot – the colours are so warm, soft and it really sings of a glorious warm holiday. Well done!

Years ago I did a painting with the same subject matter. I love this!

Amazing! very surreal!

Fantastic Paul ~ it seems to me to have a European feel to it

This is very skilful photography. The light, the composition – wonderful! And it really puts a smile on your face.

this is sooo cool and what a fantastic treatment

Wow…by the time I get to the bottom…there’s not a whole lot left to say :) Great job and I really like the metalic feel to the people…very cool!

LOVE THE EYES WATCHING THE TOURISTS. KILLER WORK

another good example of “less is more” and that beauty needs not beautification, well balanced and impressive.

.. yes they come in all shapes and sizes… people that is….

I have no idea what FX you use-(the dreaded impossible layering I presume?!!)
Ugh…someday. :/ Anyway..this is fantastic. The free space at the top adds MUCH
to this..by just being there. The 2nd woman on the left is scaring me though..
(little too close!) A+++ :)

Love the soft tones on this one Paul. Brightens up a cold winters day here in England!

I keep on discovering more great art treats on RedBubble and this one is right up there.

I agree stunning. What caught my eye is the lady, 3rd from the left looks like a friend of mine! Where was this taken?

I like this Paul, I wish you’d have shouted and got a shot of them looking at you, to put alongside it.

amazing…love to see these
one of the very best i have seen in a long time
very inspiring..(and..sigh…wondering how on earth you did this)

still like this one the best

Superb shot! Absolutely perfect!

Looks as if time has stood still here, plenty of atmosphere.

what amazing pic and fantastic edition…so professional!

cool treatment, they look plastic..first impression it looks retro then you see what they’re wearing. really enjoying your colour choices across all your work.

Fantastic composition and retro look!

wow! this is just Amazing…

Classy.

You captured this scene so well!

How simple and brilliant. Makes me think of Edward Hopper and Jack Vettriano. Great Work Paul!

Nice style, interesting and beautiful…

Been said already but Hopper or Vetriano were the artists this work of art made me think of straight away. I have long wanted to be able to do this to some of my photos – never managed it so am incredibly jealous lol – but pleased to know it can be done ;) Now all I have to do is find out how lol

Fabulous BTW lol

Very interesting – great compositiion

This is a case where less is more. The candid photos of real life are often the best as reflected in your wonderful photograph. I love it!!!

Not much left to be said… But it’s so superb, brilliant, and perfect , I HAD to say something…

Hey, Paul, just re-visiting one of your superb pics. Your talent must, at times, be a cross to bear! LOL…......(still laughing). If I were you – I wouldn’t be able to get my head through the door! :))

Nicely done…

Brilliant as always Paul. I can pick your images so easily from the feature pages – you have a great style which just jumps out at you.

an interesting shot! fun atmostphere full.

Beautiful work Paul. It has a wonderful feel to it & such a unique style!

SWEET SHOT

This one draws heaps of people in the flesh, so many have commented on how amazing a painting it is, they cant believe its a photo. Draws a lot of people into the gallery as well.

i love it

...and the postwork is awesome

Very nice effects. Reminds me of a Rockwell in some aspects. Good job!

Wow..what a pic….amazing moments captured by your creative photogenic skills….loved the title

Fellini’s minions seem to be enjoying the smog. Immagine de Nizza!

Paul, I saw this at Gallery 26 and not only does it look bloody good on screen, but fantastic on canvas.

Feeling hot, hot, hot! Very few images can convey such a strong feeling of hot to the point of torrid. Almost oppressively.

Oh, it’s so nice to think of summer in the winter – at least here in the northern hemi.

This is meant as a compliment, very Jack Vitriano & my spelling may be completely wrong but I hope you know who I mean. Superb image.

EXCELENT WORK.

like the colors of your photos, very stylish.

great image! shiny people.

Spectacular!

fantastic capture, great tones and lighting

this is simply stunning….v.expessive as to wat u have titled.i luved it.! v.inquisitive shot..!

creative concept and well seen!

i love this, it’s so alluring. i love that while they’re looking at something that obviously has their rapt attention, for us they are the object.

the looming sky in the background and the pastille-y beachy colours in the forefront are wonderful. definitely has a very humid feel!

Where can I buy one of these fabulous Alex Colville filters?
Beautiful work Paul; stunning.

Great shot,very hopperish..

This works for me, very nicely done ;-)

Go to the top of the class please Paul.
Cheers
Rock

Stunning image. I love the treatment and the light

Amazing colours and composition…

Wonderful. I enjoy the soft warm colors in contrast to the looming grey clouds, as well as the irony. ‘The tourists of nothing’. Tee hee. That had happened to me on a trip once. You climb to this great vantage point, where you are supposed to be able to see for miles and miles, but then it decided to get cloudy and you couldn’t see anything. Great work! ;o)

Fab colours, comp and slice of life. Well done.

This image is so stunning! Everything about it is perfect!

Great shot Paul! The creaminess of your tones are gorgeous here and the unusual sky is just perfect! Wonderful image.

It has a painterly quality and it’s almost as if you color tinted the clothing and skin tones as seen in an old photograph. Did you use Photoshop? It looks like you airbrushed the people and I love the sun drenched lighting and brightness of the colors in their clothing. Did you gray out the background, as well? I’m sure you’re a gifted painter/artist to have gotten that lovely end result. It makes me want to create a story around the scene, so they’ll have somewhere to go when the boat docks, but then it would disturb the utterly wonderful feeling of total relaxation.

stunning shot and treatment, the colour palette is lush

How did you make this? It looks as though you took a picture of this and completely re-made the picture with model people (clay, wax, or something else) and used the original photo as the background. I’m not too sure, but that’s just me observing. This is very good, I was interested in how you composed this. (It’s very good!)

Hi Paul,
The light, colors and composition are sensational, reminds me of swap card images we had as kids.
Should be shown as a mural on a large wll of the new development at St Kilda Beach next to the Palais.

Simple and wonderful.

Lovely! Beauty takes many forms!

what filters are you using there? crazy shine / light :D

ROFL! This one’s sooooo cute! Excellent work.

good inspiration!

hey paul, I really love this one..
the tones and the vintage approach.. it’s great :)
instant fave :)

Awesome shot!

awesome

this is so amazing, they all look like they are dressed in silk…. you have such a wonderful eye for just the right capture xxxx

another amazing work

Not many folks would have seen this shot, and thus would not have caught this image. Excellent eye!

omg … soooooo masterfully composed and executed!!!! Speaking of stalking … forgive me if I seem to be stalking YOU in the next few days. Not enough time today, but I LOVE your perspective on the world and must come back to visit longer. Don’t mind me … I’ll be the one over here in the corner going oooo and ahhhhhh … and I always bring my own coffee.