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Art Gallery
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The founding of ZaZa Gallery is a story that began in 1998 when Hugh and Senta met, but really, it goes back a little farther.
Senta discovered her passion for photography when in high school while taking a course in the study of black and white film photography and there began to develop her craft. While attending school she also began working for a prestigious wedding photography company based in Santa Rosa, California. Over the next two years, Senta expanded her understanding of the various aspects of photography while working for Sylvia's Photography Company. Following their marriage in 2000, Senta Parker Photography was born and an interest in developing their own photographic style was under way.
While Senta kept busy with wedding photography, Hugh started a company called Eclectic Oils that specialized in the distribution of oil paintings. He became adept at helping people choose just the right hand painted oil to decorate a particular living space. This experience afforded him an opportunity to become familiar with artistic compositions and to develop an eye for color management. It also gave him a first-hand understanding of the type of art the greater number of people were desiring.
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Senta enjoys wedding photography very much, in addition to wedding photography she began to expand into the creative freedoms that come with landscape photoraphy.She relished the beauty and serenity that comes with landscape photography and as she began to explore this avenue of photography she began to feel a new and different sense of creative fulfillment.
Transformations were abounding. As Senta was getting a handle on her creative goals, Hugh's long range view was becoming ever clearer. Although he had gained a measure of experience from his art company, future growth appeared very limited do to the issue of supply and demand. It was at this frustrating juncture when they began to conceptualize a new company that would meld their two different, but complementary businesses into one harmonious and well-balanced entity. Photography on canvas. What a novel idea. |
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By way of technique, Senta and Hugh's photographic style started to take on a painting- like quality. At first glance, many have thought that their art pieces were, in fact, oil paintings and have assumed that it must be due to their being printed onto canvas. While this most definitely adds to the effect, it is their belief that their photographic style; that of capturing light values for the foreground, middle ground, and background, that is the element that makes the largest contribution.
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Image is King!
Ansel Adams created the famous"zone system" and by witch through this complex system he was able to control exposure and development. He felt that if you could creatively visualize the tonal contrast of an image, that you could create an effect that matched your visualization using his "zone system." To learn more about Ansel Adams process please click on “Zone System”
So then with appreciation for Ansel Adams we will continue to bring to fruition our creative visualizations.
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The pictures on this page are just some fun shots that we captured on our journeys. The first image is of Senta and I. Since we were alone, the picture was shot with the use of the camera's timer.
The second picture was taken in the area of the Grand Tetons by Senta's mom with a point and shoot camera. If you look closely, you will notice that Senta has a packing blanket wrapped around her. It was all we had for protection on that very cold morning.
The next photo was taken by Senta's brother using a point and shoot camera. This picture might look familiar to some who have been to Yosemite National Park. That is Half Dome in the background.
The following picture was taken in Yellowstone National Park and the last two are in the Grand Tetons National Park.
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