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This was a test shot whilst I set up the lighting and The model took a quick drink but it's such a natural capture I had to post it.
Didn't plan this at all, no sir. Amanda was meeting me in about a half hour, and I had been texting everyone I could think of to see if I could up my model count for our shoot. Lydia was almost off work and up for having a Polaroid pointed in her direction, so I stopped by the salon she worked at to wait while they closed up.
Before we even left to meet Amanda, I figured I'd get a head start and finish off the pack of PX680 CP that was already in my SX-70. That is a tricky combination when you don't have an ND filter inserted, so I was trying to learn to compensate, and I'd already failed with half the pack.
Lydia was a wonderful choice for that last shot. If ever you wanted a model that's spontaneous and playful, she's your girl. Instead of setting her drink and snack aside while I took the shot, she held them up and gave me the greatest face ever. One of my favorite shots of Lydia for sure.
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Mark and his signature Coke can and sunglasses play some Chinese Checkers on vacation at Lake Michigan.
Your turn Ilse!
All arranged in neat rows (7 years ago today) for a dynamic social experience at Starbucks, South End Green, Hampstead, London.
Or, I'd love to think, a F1GP gaming experience - I can't help but note the grid pattern.
One London bus reflected in the window.
a lot of aluminum cans...I do NOT ever waste a piece of the can. I use 90% of every single aluminum can in my work.
I think photographing still lifes of the top of my work space is as much art as creating the jewelry.
See next photo....
More use of my macro lens, this time on a wrist watch.
NB the red glow was achieved by bouncing the flah off of my Christmas party hat.
Alien Bee B1600 in a 12x80 vertical strip box camera left behind model. Another B1600 in a 12x80 stripbox camera right behind model. B800 in a 36 inch Octa high and slightly camera left. Silver reflector beneath model at waist height.
Model: Michelle Vu (Model Mayhem #117520)
Location: Studio Twelve South First, San Jose
When thinking up the concept of this photo - Alexandra flipping her hair in Josie's face & 'accidentally' ruining the band's first picture at a major event - was the first thing that popped into my head & truth be told, were I to do it over again I would build my poster around the HQ image of this & either the film strips on the side or not there at all. At the time I was still using my first Chandra & asked Max if using a smaller pic with a different one on my poster was ok. Thankfully he said yes & my love of this photo is what inspired me to completely switch my Chandra to this one full time.
Lindholm Høje
Lindholm Høje (Lindholm Hills, from Old Norse haugr, hill or mound) is a major Viking burial site and former settlement situated to the north of and overlooking the city of Aalborg in Denmark.
The southern (lower) part of Lindholm Høje dates to 1000 – 1050 AD, the Viking Age, while the northern (higher) part is significantly earlier, dating back to the 5th century AD. Remains of villages have been found. The majority of the burials discovered were cremations, although a number of inhumations were also discovered. The pre-Viking Age burials were under mounds. Of the later graves, some women's graves appear to be distinguished by placement of rocks in a circle or oval, but most of the graves are marked with rocks either in a triangle or in the traditional shape of a boat (stone ship). The ship settings constitute the largest assemblage of well-preserved examples extant. The shape and size of the grave outline apparently indicate the status of the person – all of which is reminiscent of the ship burials of the Anglo-Saxons, Norwegian and Swedish Vikings and other ancient Germanic societies.
Entitled The Great Wall Of China [1907] H Ponting. [RESTORED] I repaired spots and small defects, adjusted contrast, tonality, and adding a sepia tone.
Ponting's placement of a person (or in this case, persons) somewhere in the foreground was a de rigueur photographic technique of the day. It was done primarily to add a human element and to provide a sense of scale to the scene.
The Great Wall of China 萬里長城 is a misnomer (at least in its English translation, the Chinese meaning is more along the lines of "ten thousand Li long city"). It would be more accurate to describe it as the Great Walls of China, as they are the remnants from a historic series of stone and earthen barriers. Erected throughout northern China, they were mostly built and revised over two thousand years between the 5th century BC and the 16th century. Origins of each wall section from various times were contingent upon their political and military needs in accordance to their dynastic periods.
The oldest, original walls were constructed for the purposes of protecting against Xiongnu nomadic incursions into the areas occupied by the various disparate states that were to later form China. After the Qin consolidation, these separate structures were then integrated into an almost continuous whole, mostly using rammed earth structures. Unfortunately, little of that wall actually exists today. The majority of the wall that still remains (ie the one that we have generally come to know) was built during the Ming dynasty, which relied more heavily on integration of brick and masonry work. History, legends and myths about the Great Wall abound. In the last hundred year or so, industrialization and modernization of the areas which the wall passes through has endangered it as entire sections were destroyed to reclaim construction materials. Other sections were refurbished, in some cases rebuilt using modern engineering, and have seen heavy use as tourist attractions; still others have been entirely overgrown or reclaimed by nature. Reportedly, less than 30 percent of the wall remains intact. Nevertheless, it is considered to be one of the most important historic constructions of man and specific parts of it was listed since 1987 as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The present wall starts from Shanhaiguan, dipping into the Bohai Sea in the east, and ends at Xinjiang's Lop Nur in the west, following along the southern border of the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. The most comprehensive survey to date has determined that the wall as currently recognized covers a distance of 8,851.8 km (or 5,500.3 miles), consisting of 6,259.6 km (3,889.5 miles) actual wall, combined with various other structures like trenches and natural defensive barriers of impassable hills and rivers. Contrary to popular myth, you cannot see the wall from outer space or the moon.
The Great Wall varies from tourist trap (like the section at Badaling, near Beijing) to extreme, off the beaten path wilderness. Certain sections are so dangerous that it would be suicidal to attempt ascending unless one has special climbing equipment with a technical and advanced mountaineering support team. Try as I might, I was not able to gather any real statistics on Great Wall related accidents or deaths, which is unusual as every tourist location has accidents. In any case, I suspect that the PRC government doesn't really want to keep such statistics to begin with.
In another forum dedicated to just information about the Great Wall, one writer told of how one tourist was killed, and offered some safety tips:
www.greatwallforum.com/forum/great-wall-china-general-inf...
All right, you got me. I've been housebound and shoveling a lot of snow the last two days. No, I haven't taken a bath or even brushed my hair. Yes, I probably ought to. :)
Constructive criticism always welcome!
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Those black leather straps were strategically done first for logistic reasons.
As mentioned previously, despite restricted body movements, her eyes and face followed me around.
I was the luckiest man on earth (apart from the airbrush artist). :-)
2012 Sydney Tattoo & Body Art Expo.
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia (Saturday 10 Mar 2012 @ 1:05pm).
ISO1600 | f/4.5 | 1/50sec | + 1/3 EV | 70-300mm @ 84mm | AWB | raw
Unintended: wanted just to say Happy New Year! to all my contacts and this was the nearest to a festive shot that first popped in the archive. Restaurants apparently get such items free from suppliers, but I have to warn: Smoking can seriously damage your health! ignore the promoted brand :)
Day 187 [7-5-2016]
On the golf course. I woke up early this morning for a photo job in Plymouth that Scott helped me out on. It was such a beautiful day as well as an adventurous one. We had to take a print photos for everyone at the event which was a demanding job for me but in the end I think we did a good job. Getting that experience in!
I can't wait to see what the next day brings!