About Bruce
For more than 40 years Bruce Claypool has been exploring the American landscape camera in hand bringing back an immense body of work. Vivid colors, from the deserts of the southwest to the rocky coast of Maine, have been his theme and his passion.
At the same time another exploration has been taking place in the studio. This one involves extreme close ups of flowers and other natural objects.
But several things remain constant - purity of color and the beauty of nature. These are subjects that can take a life time to explore. And within these pages we hope to show you some of Bruce's thoughts on these ideas.
Bruce wants to enlighten those interested in photography and in their environment with the ability to teach themselves by recording what they see from their own cameras and to give you the license to see and explore the beauty in every shot.
Key Take Aways to Capturing a Great Shot
- Waiting for the light and the day to develop.
- Use of different types of light during the day. (list day light variations)
- Use of state of the art technology in the studio
- Use of state of the art technology in the filed
Bruce Claypool shooting large format on location.
Artist's Statement - Patience
I've contributed my entire life to the colors and color critical accuracies by waiting and being there when the colors are just right. This results in all elements coming together at the precise moment the photo is captured. Perhaps it is all just GOOD LUCK and a lot of patience.
It’s all about patience. It’s about the patience to wait for hours for the few minutes that the light is perfect – and then being prepared for the exact second when nature matches the image in my mind’s eye.
It’s about the patience to craft the print without resorting to cheap digital manipulations. The color you see in my prints matches the colors of the original film.
It’s about the patience to wait for technology to catch up to my vision. The glicleé prints we're currently producing not only match the results of more traditional ciba chrome prints – they surpass it.
Creating these works has enriched my life in ways that I'd be hard pressed to express in words. I think the work speaks more eloquently then I ever could. It’s my hope that these images enrich your life as well.
Enrichments
- Philosophy of photograph
- Encourage People
- Expose people to the beauty of nature
The joy of photography is spending the extra time with the shot to exemplify the image.
– Bruce Claypool, photographer.
About Zone 10 Studios
Zone 10 Studios is Bruce Claypool's facility for the creation, production, and distribution of his photography. Using state-of-the-art computer systems and the finest quality camera's, both digital and analog, he creates and prints images from his on going exploration of the natural world.
Our experience to conceptualize the view in your home from any Bruce Claypool photograph allows you to work with the artist personally. We don’t hire or work with interior decorators.
- Arts are produced in limited quantity
- Prints can be outsourced at a reasonable price
- In house printing can produce cheaper inexpensive prices
During the studio production process, each photograph is tested and reviewed multiple until they are exactly right. In the tradition of fine art dark room printing, real skills and real experience have become important practicing factors.
Hardware Equipment
- Types of cameras
- Types of lens
- State of the art technology
- Artificial Intelligence for paintings generated from original photographs.
Showing the best selling images, but sometimes picking other related shots may be more applicable to the room to be fitted. Simulated images available to clients.
- Custom installations
- Careful attention to detail goes into every size print
- Handmade individually
- Personalized attention
- Not limited to presentation
- We crop to any size
- We control all aspects of the process – beginning to end
- Large palette of colors available
- Matching colors available: Earth Tones, etc…
- Match by color, style, room type.
