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June 27, 2022
We are proud to feature 2 artist this month in our ongoing Heart of Art Blog series. Here we start with Alaskan Photographer Ed Boudreau. Not only can you see his work in our store or online year-round, but you can also meet him in person during our First Friday Art walk this July 1st, 2022 from 6p-8p.
Hailing from Eagle River, Alaska, Ed is a landscape and nature photographer who spent 28 years in the Air Force here in Alaska. During that time he always had his eye focused on her beauty. After retiring in 2010, his wife bought him his first DSLR and pushed him out into the great outdoors. He has been having a blast running amuck throughout Alaska since, trying to stay one step ahead of the bears. Below we interviewed Ed about his experieicne and work. We hope you enjoy and are inspired by Ed as much as we are.
Can you tell us about your "process" / if there's a certain way you go about deciding your subjects/compositions - or favorite things to capture?
-Deciding my subject matter and composition happens to come easy to me as Alaska offers such a wide variety of material to choose from. I can think of no other place in the world that has a larger canvas of opportunities and beauty that Alaska offers. Deciding which way on the compass I feel like going is the hardest part.
My Favorite subjects to capture is probably Sunrise/sunsets followed by capturing the Auroras (most challenging)
What is your favorite art form?
-Photography, more specifically, Nature Photography
When did you first start creating?
-Soon after I retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2010
What inspires you to create your work?
- The light! No matter where I go I am always looking to see how the light of the scene makes the image. That and being outdoors even if it's bad to shoot.
What’s your favorite thing to see/do in Alaska?
- Favorite thing to see is when a sliver of light decides to break through the clouds and transcends over a mountain range and I happen to be there to capture that one moment in time
What advice do you have for aspiring artists?
- Practice, Practice, Practice. The more familiar you are with your equipment will pay huge dividends later when getting “The Shot”. It will come second nature so you won’t be spending precious seconds fiddling with the camera sitting and rushing yourself or missing the shot
Anything else you'd like the world to know?
- We’re only on this marble for an instant and that instant is wasted if you do not stop and “really” appreciate the beauty that surrounds you… As Henry David Thoreau said “"It is not what you look at that matters, it's what you see".
Thanks Ed!
Again, Ed's work is available in Store or online at our website. If yo uare in Seward Friday July 1st, 2022. please come out a meet Ed in person from 6p-8p. He is a thughtful and kind man always ready with a story.
The FTT Family
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