john lund

PHOTOGRAPHY

Risk, Danger And Vigilance

Red sky in the morning...sailors take warning. Risk and danger require vigilance, a quality the sailor in this humorous stock photo does not have as he rows is small boat towards giant octopus tentacles rising up out of the ocean. The skies above the sea are full of vivid red skies in a homage to that idom "Red sky in the morning...sailors take warning". This is an image that can be applied to all kinds of concepts, ideas and situations including personal journies, transportation, business ventures and more. I can see the image as a humorous greeting card as well.

Monsters, Determination And Courage

The fisherman, or sailor, can show such qualities as determination, courage and daring...as well as a lack of vision and perhaps even common sense! A row boat in a storm is a great metaphor for overcoming adversity and rising up to a challenge. This image takes the row boat in a storm metaphor to a much higher level increasing the uniqueness and humor of the image by adding a giant octopus.  This image about overcoming challenges can be applied to both businesses and the lives of individuals as well. This dramatic stock photo can be easily cropped to square, vertical or horizontal formats while allowing ample copy space for headlines and text.

Creating A Sea Monster Stock Photo

To create this sea monster stock photo I began with ocean waves photographed off the coast of San Franicisco, California, a boat photographed on the Irriwaddys river in Myanmar, clouds photographed in Colorado, a self portrait in storm gear and octopus tentacles photoraphed in my studio. Then I spent the better part of a day using Photoshop to composite the images together...voila!  An attention-grabbing, memorable stock photo about adversity, challenge, awareness and much more.

Octopus tentacles make great metaphors for threats, risk and adversity!