Blue Jay & Yellow Aspen, Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado, USA (2004) Photography by Nadim Yared
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September 2004, we invited my parents to visit us in Colorado. My father has never visited the USA prior to this trip. We selected the month of September, assuming that they will enjoy seeing the aspen trees turning yellow.
Our first weekend, we headed to Rocky Mountain National Park, about 45 miles north of our home in Colorado. Fall was early that year, some of the Aspen trees started turning bright yellow. We stopped at a picnic area, right under some yellow aspen trees, and as everyone was busy preparing for lunch, I noticed these blue jays that were also interested in our lunch. I grabbed a long lens, decided on a direction to shoot where the yellow foliage, backlit by the noon’s sun, would show up as a totally yellow background for the bird. Blue on yellow is always a pleasing contrast: blue is a cold color, yellow is very warm.
The first pictures had very high contrast, due to the sun backlighting the yellow foliage. Few minutes later, some clouds provided an opportunity to shoot the same setting under a nice even overcast light. A blue jay decided to stop right on the branch where I needed it: a couple of shots later, he left, and the clouds disappear. That was the only shot during that entire day that benefited from a soft overcast light. And it was worth the wait, and definitely worth the trip. This shot has become my signature shot, appearing on the cover of my portfolio.
Born in Lebanon, a beautiful country that was torn by a 17-year war, I spent my entire childhood and adolescence learning how to survive. I discovered photography at a younger age, and by the age of 10, I was already the main photographer at a local wedding... actually, my cousin's wedding!
In 1990, I left Lebanon for Cyprus, a small island in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. When the world around me was readying for Desert Storm, the first Gulf war, I was joyfully discovering the beautiful single mountain in Cyprus, its beaches, its cliffs and its historical landmarks.
I moved to Paris in 1991, to earn an engineering degree in computer science and image processing, at l'Ecole Nationale Superieur des Telecommunications, one of France’s most prestigious engineering programs. I started touring France that year, taking thousands of photos from different locations. In 1992, Europe opened up its borders, and my trips started getting wider, to parts of Spain, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and the UK.
After graduation, I joined General Electric, in their medical division in Versailles, 20 miles southwest of Paris. As a software engineer developing medical imaging products, I was able to satisfy my need for visual creativity, and combine that need with a mission of creating products that saved lives around the world.
I moved to Salt Lake City, Utah in 2000, where I discovered the unique beauty of the American West. Upon moving to Colorado in 2002, my exploration of the area has intensified. No matter what type of voyage I am embarking on, my photography gear is always at arm's reach.
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Nationality:
FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1967
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary French Artists
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