Drone fine art photograph — aerial photography by Xynn Tii

We sure do love us some color, do we not? A woman applying scarlet red lipstick to bring out her skin tone. An editor using warm temperatures to color grade a film. Color adds depth to the visual information we receive through the element of light.

After capturing millions of photographs and a handful of films in South Florida, I am convinced more than ever that color is responsible for disseminating messages to persuade humans of an idea, subsequently resulting in paradigm shifts.

Translation? The present-day American is infatuated with content. And it is because of color that makes it so. We just enjoy staring at things that are visually enjoyable. Clouds rolling by at sunrise. Intricate architecture. Tyson Beckford. See what I did there?



Clearly, I have no business at The Breakers unless there is a camera in-hand.

True. I did not even feel worthy of touching their perfectly-manicured grass.



Strawberry sunrise at Fort Lauderdale. Intracoastal waterway in the foreground.

And West Palm Beach as viewed from Trump Plaza. Samantha Curry, I see you.



Oh geez, the memories of dangling my feet from the rooftop of Vue at Brickell. 425.

Before commercial drones, one had to create DIY aerial vantages from strange places.



I surely remember when I was in love with Miami Tower, formerly BoA Tower.

My view of the tower from Vizcayne, formerly Everglades on the Bay, was vomit.



See what I mean about color? It can change the entire meaning of a photograph.

For architecture and landscapes, color helps the eyes make sense of everything.



Always been a sucker for my current residential view of Brickell Key. Mandarin.

I catch glimpses and sounds of PortMiami and Fisher Island from my bedroom.



“It Is Pronounced Low-eez,

Not Lows”

Color also determines the layout of Series, each and every month. The workflow to create Series takes weeks. 1. Gather and organize content. 2. Curate and edit said content. 3. Eat frozen grapes. 4. Custom code Story using XHTML. 5. Spell check. 6. Publish.

Luckily, the hardest part about designing Series is deciding which project to feature each month. At the same time, we multitask by also considering how Series will display at xynn.co. Oh my goodness, the absolute horror of colors not matching properly.

Below is my fave childhood pic of Mom and I in Tokyo, 1994. We were both kids.