Alen Sislen is passionate about photography; not just the finished photograph, but also the photographic process of visualizing and then creating the printed image from the millions of pixels, that when combined represent what he experienced when looking through the camera's lens. For him, the photographic process is not complete until he tries to convey to the viewer his excitement, whether produced by the play of light and shadow, by bold colors, by subtle tonalities, by rich textures, or by the intensity or even the calmness of the overall image. His goal is for the viewer to be moved or intrigued by what they see, regardless of whether their reaction is the same as what motivated me to make the image.
While he uses the most modern digital photographic equipment, his style and technique are traditional. In the digital "darkroom" it is not unusual to spend hours "processing" and printing an image that may have taken just 1/30th of a second to "capture." Although he takes advantage of state-of-the-art equipment, digital manipulation is kept to a minimum.
Through photography, he tries to communicate what motivates him to press the shutter release. The writer uses words; the musician uses musical notes; the painter uses brush strokes; the potter uses clay. Photography enables Alen to present the world around us in a way that stimulates more than the sense of sight, but hopefully, also evokes our emotion and imagination.
His greatest influences have been those with whom he has studied, including the well-known British landscape photographer Charlie Waite, widely published former National Geographic photographer Bruce Dale, digital expert Thom Hogan and fine art photographic artist and Photoshop master John Paul Caponigro.
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