SUNSHINE URBANIAK

"When taking my photographs, I try to blur the line between photo and painting, while capturing bold shapes and texture to create abstract art."

As an abstract painter (www.sunurbaniak.com), I've always been drawn to flowers for their amazing color, texture and light. They've always been my favorite subject matter to photograph. Over the course of my life, I've been trying to capture what I feel when I look at flora and now, finally, feel ready to share my vision with the world.

I look at my photographs as pieces of art, abstract art made by nature. Just like a painting, every flower is an original piece in that moment in time, and I try to capture it in all its beauty. I use a Nikon D60 digital SLR with a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 lens. I do minimal photoshop enhancements. It's not my intent to change Mother Nature's creations.

I chose macro flower photography to become one with the petals, to feel enveloped by it's form and mostly to prove that art can be seen in everything around us—you just have to look closely. It's this closeness that allows flora to be abstract art with its captivating form, texture and color. It's about perceiving something that its not and using your imagination to mold it into something mysterious that speaks to you. That is art.


Sunshine is the owner of SunDesign Studios, a creative graphic design firm located in Collingswood NJ. She provides photography services to her clients on a project basis, ranging from architectural to food and beverage.