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I was photographing a group of teenagers hanging out on the rocks by the sea. As they waited for the sun to set; the surf crashed at their feet. They were full of life, their noisy laughter drifting up to me on the boardwalk. All of a sudden, in the midst of a huge sea spray, this young lady through her arms wide open ... embracing life ... [click] [click]. It was a wonderful moment!
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One of my favorite memories from our entire adventure down the west coast was our first night in California. We stayed at an old, friendly Inn right on the beach and spent the evening searching for sand dollars.
As the sun was going down we finally found one tucked away below the current. It made the trip back with us to Vermont; a keepsake from a perfect evening.
"We need the tonic of wildness—At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable.
We can never have enough of nature. We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks, the wilderness with its living and its decaying trees, the thunder-cloud, and the rain which lasts three weeks and produces freshets.
We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander" 👟
— Walden by Henry David Thoreau
The evening wasn't looking like it would produce a nice sunset, but all of a sudden: the sky was on fire! I love the reflected color in the potholes!!! I have so many wonderful shots from here ... where to begin???
I've been really enjoying the new Mumford and Sons "Babel" album ... love "Broken Crown!" The song has nothing to do with this image other than the fact that it was the song playing when I roared out of La Jolla after this sunset!
♫ Mumford and Son – "Broken Crown" ♫
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We tend to celebrate light in our pictures. Understanding how light interacts with the camera is paramount to the work we do. The temperature, intensity and source of light can wield different photography effect on the same subject or scene; add ISO, aperture and speed, the camera, the lens type, focal length and filters…the combination is varied ad multi-layered and if you know how to use them all, you will come to appreciate that all lights are useful, even those surrounded by a lot of darkness.
We are guided by three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, our longing to capture in print, that which is beautiful, the constant search for the one picture, and constant barrage of new equipment and style of photography. These passions, like great winds, have blown us across the globe in search of the one and we do understand the one we do look for might be this picture right here for someone else out there.
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A place without being
a thought without thinking
creatively, two dimensions
suspended animation
possibly a perfect imitation
of what was then to see.
A frozen memory in synthetic colour
or black and white instead,
fantasy dreams in magazines
become imbedded inside my head.
Artistic views
surrealistic hues,
a photographer’s instinctive eye:
for he does as he pleases
up to that point he releases,
then develops a visual high.
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Project 365
Wednesday • October 20, 2010
I chased the light all the way up to Lake Bluff yesterday morning; and arrived just as the sun started it's ascent from the lake. As I clicked away, I was thinking of Lakeside Park. It doesn't have much to do with this image other than the "Lakeside Park" bit! The title is a bit of lyric from the song ... and who doesn't love a little bit of Rush every now and then; or is it just me getting all nostalgic for some mid 70s jams?
I dedicate this image to a fellow light chaser Heather, aka hms_chic, who rocks the rising and setting of the sun! Check out her sets for both!
“ 'Anything I learnt would have to be justified by private benefit rather than by the interest of others. My discoveries would have to enliven me; they would have in some way to prove ‘life-enhancing’.
The term was Nietzsche's. In the autumn of 1873, Friedrich Nietzsche composed an essay in which he distinguished between collecting facts like an explorer or academic and using already well known facts to the end of inner, psychological enrichment”
— The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
Project 365
Tuesday • October 5, 2010
Spent the entire day driving ... Missouri ... Oklahoma ... Texas Panhandle ... New Mexico. Arrived in Santa Fe just before sunset and spent an enjoyable hour on an empty stretch of highway photographing the sun setting behind the mountains, horses and of course some fences!
We are staying two nights at the El Rey Inn, a motor court built in 1936 on what was originally Rt. 66. We wanted to stay in a place that captures the flavor of this beautiful city! Today, we plan to explore from sunrise to sunset starting off with breakfast at Pasqual's (recommended by the proprietor)! I'll let you know how it was!
Have an awesome Wednesday everyone! Miss ya'll!! :D
A HDR Of 90043 & 90045 Running Though Preston Saturday Morning With The 4M49 Coatbridge To Daventry Intermodal
The sunsets recently have taken my breath away... I apologize in advance for the stream of sunset photos that is coming! ;)
Faces
Reflections play in a sea of blue. Shapes morph and when I look closely, I start to count the faces that appear in the squiggly lines. Deep and rich colors create a vibrant mood. Light is generous as it exposes even the smallest details. Liquid motion - everything is on the move.
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"Love is the most important thing in life, and it happens when you least expect it" ❤️ —Diane Kruger
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... I apologize in advance for bringing you yet another one!
This is #7 in the series {and that doesn't even take into account the ones I posted on Instagram}! If you are interested in seeing the Instagram versions, you can check out my Instagram gallery here: statigr.am/pixelmama I'd love to find out who else is on Instagram!!
As you can see from the SOOC in comments, I slid the heck out of this image. The originals below are the middle & under-exposed images of a 3-bracket set. The over-exposed image was totally blown out. The sky in the under-exposed image of the set is what I was going for in the sky, but the surfers were too dark and not in a good position like the middle exposure image. I started with an image blend, but it was a hand-held bracket shot and it didn't line up at all! Imagine that! *note to self: use tripod for bracketed shots*
To begin my slide, I selected the middle-exposure image and processed using my standard Photoshop edits {levels, H/S, etc.}. I then opened it in RadLab . I really like RadLab with the endless possibilities and tweaking you can do with it.
The final step was a fine-tuning in Nik Viveza. Of all the plug-ins I have, I think I use Viveza the most. The final image looks completely different, doesn't it? Sliding is so much fun!
Hope everyone is having a Marvelous & Happy Sliders Sunday!!
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Project 365
Thursday • September 9, 2010
This sunset silhouette was taken with my old film camera in Longboat Key, Florida in 2002. It is one of my all time favorite images form the trip. I have this one framed! The title is from "Saturday Morning Cartoons' Greatest Hits" soundtrack.
The girls LOVED that CD and this song is by Frente. This song was sung in one classic episode by Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm. Jackie would play this song over and over! She sang it with all her heart! We still laugh about it and she still remembers every single word to that song.
These last few posts of mine are really hitting up the nostalgia. I guess I really missed our family vacation this year ... all four of us by the sea ... changes in latitudes ... changes in attitudes (oh hey, another family vacation favorite)!
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"So let the sun shine in
Face it with a grin
Smilers never lose
And frowners never win
So let the sun shine in
Face it with a grin
Open up your heart and let the sun shine in"
Heading off to work (this is hard to get used to) but it is going better than I hoped. Guess I didn't forget how to work after all! I'll catch up to everyone this evening! Have an awesome Thursday everyone!!! :D