Ripple Effect
Jodi asked that I post what I submitted to “The Life of the Riverbank” Community Photography Exhibition. The original exhibition was cancelled, but is being rescheduled and will be shown at the DAC and later at the Dublin Rec Center. I can post a comment with more information as soon as I get it. Along with the opportunity to show your work, your image could be selected to become a postcard that the DAC will sell in their gift shop. If my ears did not fail me, my image was selected to be one of the ten postcards.
Thanks for the awesome class! Without it, this moment would have never happened.
First Macro Filter Attempts
My birthday present from Mel -a macro filter! I experimented with it on Monday. Enjoy!
Photobloggers Exposed: Georgia on My mind
In the heart of the America South, in the sunny state of Georgia, live three remarkable photographers. With a zeal for photography, each bring a fresh and distinctive perspective of their lives and worlds.
Read more to learn about Faustina Black, Sebastian Shuster, and Otto Kitchens...
Impressions
I've written before about how I've attempted multiple exposures, but never very successfully. Well, I think I may be getting close to achieving what I want. I love the soft, impressionistic feel that can be achieved through multiple exposures, selective focusing, and blur. And on occasion, I like to utilize all three techniques.
I shot these images the other day at the Park of Roses.
These are just an example of a series of photos I did that day. The rest can be seen on my
Photosite. I've posted a few already, and have a few more to show over the next couple of days.
Photobloggers Exposed: Photography in 3-D
Three different photographers, with three very different styles, all with one thing in common: a passion for photography along with the desire to share. Allow me to introduce you to Daniel Seguin, David Desjardins, and Dean Sherwood.
Read more
here.
Photoblogging: The Movement of the Image-based Weblog
There's a movement on the Internet, and it’s been around for a while now, with momentum building every day. It's called photoblogging. A photoblog, quite simply, is a chronological log of photography; a weblog, where the emphasis is on a photographic image, rather than text.
There are literally thousands of active photoblogs on the web right now, most updated daily by photographers from all around the world. The photographers, themselves, vary from the amateur to the professional, from the film purist to the user of the latest in digital technology. But they all share the same thing: a passion for photography.
Several online communities have emerged, serving this growing phenomenon. Sites such as
Photoblogs.org,
Photoblog-community.com, and
Coolphotoblogs.com all offer photographers a place to list their sites, share images, communicate with each other, and generate traffic to their photoblogs.
Most photoblogs are powered by a content management system, or web-host, for example:
Expressions or
Pixel Post. These services provide photobloggers with the software they need to build their blogs. They offer various templates, assistance in building, and community to expand, share, and grow the photoblogs.
Many photoblogs allow for comments to be made on each image. This act of commenting is what helps to build a small of community of photographers, who offer encouragement and critique to one another. Although many of the comments can become redundantly polite, some can offer constructive criticism, or may also be as a question for the viewer to find out more about the photograph.
This growing community of photographers and their blogs is as unique and diverse as each image itself. A place where the photographer can display images, receive feedback, and share ones vision with the world, the photoblog has become the gallery of the 21st Century, and with each day: a new opening.
This article is the first in the series: Photobloggers Exposed, to be featured on Blogcritics.org, where in each edition, two to three photobloggers will be profiled.
Stay tuned for more…
Question of the Week vol. 5
This edition of QOTW comes from Cindy May...
Tell us about the one that got away. Where were you and what were you doing when you missed a prime photo opportunity?From Cindy:
There have been a few times I wish I had my camera with me, or had my camera with me and just ran out of film, battery power or space on the memory card. However, there are a few times I wish I had had my camera with me and another time I didn't take a photograph out of respect for privacy.
1) Driving back to Kent State University (main campus) while passing through Amish country I saw a couple Amish kids on roller blades. Of course the Amish don't like their picture taken, but if I could have gotten away with it (by using a telephoto lens), I probably would have tried it.
2) Walking home from work one day (while living in Gloucester, UK), I saw a child being pulled by their Dalmatian while on roller blades [People on roller blades often make good subjects].
3) When my husband and I were in Paris last summer and walking to a museum (or some other tourist attraction) we passed an old man and his dog. The dog was a golden retriever and it was carrying a small paper bag with the handles in its mouth while the old man had a plastic bag with a French stick (bread) poking out of it. Both were probably on their way home for lunch. Since I used to have a golden retriever I still have a soft spot for them and it was such a classic scene of French life. If I had hurried I probably could have gotten their picture, but something told me to just take a mental picture and leave it at that. I can still picture it today....
4) This isn't one that got away, but one where I decided to ignore the rules of privacy and just be an annoying tourist with a camera. This summer while we were in Salzburg (Austria) and walking around the city after attending mass I noticed quite a lot of people in national costume and thought it would be interesting to photograph some of them so people back home could see how they dress on Sundays. I got a few good photos and don't think I offended anyone [Sometimes it's easy with a digital camera to pretend like you're aiming at something else].
From Cheryl:
Although there have been many, the most recent was while I was visiting my brother in Cleveland. I have always wanted to capture the essence of what I think of as an empty or lonely street. For me, it's a street at night with the only source of light coming from the street lights... older houses with cars scattered about the curb. The extra something my vision has is a stray cat crossing this street. Well, it happened and all I could do was watch my perfect picture in my review mirror. I saw it, stopped my car, and admired it all happening... the only words that could come out of my mouth were, Damn! I wish I had my camera.
From Jodi:
There's one special missed opportunity for me. My husband and i were at Ritter's ice cream on a kids night. Of course all the kids were adorable, but there was this one 3-4 year old boy in particular. He had two older sisters that were wearing "hula" skirts so he put one on too and just played and played. There he was with his little buzz hair cut and a skirt on! It was a real testament to the innocence and beauty of children.
From Chantal:
There have been quite a few missed opportunities, which have all prompted me to begin carrying my camera with me everywhere. One that stands out was one evening I was picking my son up from orchestra rehearsal, I didn't bother to take my camera, it was only a 10 minute drive, after all, what could possibly happen then, I thought. It was rainy, around 7:30pm, and I as I was stuck in traffic. I noticed a break in the clouds ahead of me, with the most beautiful sunset I had ever seen. The juxtaposition was just amazing, with the downpour all around me, and this glorious sky, with bright yellows, oranges and pinks just ahead, in the distance.
Photos by Cindy May
This is my niece Ashley being pushed in the swing by my husband Andrew (while at Homestead Park earlier this spring). I like it because of the expression on Ashley's face and the fact that it's not too blurred. You know how difficult it is to take pictures of children, so it's nice every now and then when you can manage to capture a good one.
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This image is an example from the Pop-9 camera.
