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Melissa Herman, a high school friend of artist Todd Lehman came to New York to check out Lehman's recent opening at Walter Wickiser Gallery.
What does Chinese culture look like to the Western eyes? Here is one abstract sculptural interpretation by English sculptor and draughtsman Nigel Hall.
Nigel Hall’s grandfather was a stonemason working on churches and cathedrals. Nigel’s observation of the precision carving of stones growing up would influence his sculptures and drawings intimately.
There is a delicate balance of forms through an organic visual language cast in a material as concrete as phosphor bronze. The two droplet-like forms are intended as “Chinese whispers”. Two separate forms connected like the yin and the yang. The interplay of shadows and balance is important to the artist, and that intention is quite evident in this minimal yet powerful piece.
Nigel Hall
Chinese Whispers III, 2010
Phosphor bronze, ed. 2/3
133.5 x 47 x 20 cm
奈杰爾•霍爾
中國式私語 III, 2010
磷青銅, 2/3 版本
133.5 x 47 x 20 cm
# Nigel Hall (b. 1943)
Nigel Hall (born 30 August 1943 in Bristol, Gloucestershire) is an English sculptor and a draughtsman. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Hall_(sculptor)
# Annely Juda Fine Art
Annely Juda Fine Art is based in London and represents contemporary British, European and International artists. The gallery also exhibits masters of the 20th century avant-garde, specialising in Russian constructivism.
23 Dering Street (off New Bond St)
London
Greated London W1S 1AW
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7629 7578
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T16:07:57+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/50 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 32 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'58" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.13889
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“Sculpture by Nigel Hall: Chinese Whispers III, 2010 (Phosphor Bronze ed 2/3)” / Annely Juda Fine Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.13889
/ #Photojournalism #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLFineArt #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #Art #FineArt #ArtBasel #ABHK #NigelHall #AnnelyJudaFineArt #UK #sculpture #Forms #simplicity #Whispers
I found out today that I’m known as “SML Artist Yale” on someone’s phone. I thought that it’s brilliant. Her reasoning is sensible — a bit like how I think, actually:
If she forgot my name (this happens to all of us!), then she would remember me as an artist from Yale. This feels very special. I’ve been called an “artist” in the past, but most of the time, people call me that mostly as an insult (LOL) — you know, “artist personality” etc…
I think that Ivy actually sees me as one, and I’m very happy about that. Most people had no idea that I studied art, especially since I work with programming and technology so much.
To me, computer is mostly a tool. I do enough of it so I can create things — but the things I create are intended to be art — that is, they are a representation of me, my emotion, and my ideas. Even when I create an app or a website, they’re concepts and ideas. Just because they’re additionally functional doesn’t mean that it’s no longer art.
What is art anyway if not a concept?
“SML Artist Yale” / Contact List Entry / SML.20240504.IPH13.02.E1
#crazyisgood #sml2sml
An unexpected use of the 100-400 is for macro photography. I also own the 100 f/2.8 Macro but it is mostly good for things which do not move. For birds—especially little ones as seen here, it is best to remain very far away and approach very slowly.
Chinese have a saying: “麻雀雖小, 五臟俱全” which literally means that “a sparrow may be small, but it has every organ it needs.” It is used to describe small things are very functional despite its size, e.g. the MacBookAir.
This macro gives new understanding of this saying, as I can see every piece of feather and be amazed how great nature really is.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-14T13:40:32+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'15" N 114°13'27" E
+ Location: 香港新界馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, New Territories, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130514.7D.41797
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 鳥 Bird, 微距攝影 Macro Photography
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“麻雀雖小, 五臟俱全 (A sparrow has everything it needs despite its size)” / 自然 Nature / SML.20130514.7D.41797
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #麻雀 #Sparrow #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #鐵絲網 #barbedwire #petit
It appears that I have forgotten to process photos from my point and shoot! Equipment I took with me to my Eastern State Penitentiary (Flickr set) trip with Novaid Kahn (Flickr:numbphoto) and Aaron Johnson (Flickr:Erotocrat)
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In the middle of the night, factories at the Tai Po Industrial Estate (大埔工業邨) across the Tolo Harbour is still pumping smokes non-stop. Under this long exposure, they are rendered as fans in the air.
# SML Translate: 春夜微風煙如扇 水靜江寧霧滿天
+ 春: Spring (season).
+ 夜: night.
+ 微: soft.
+ 風: wind.
+ 煙: smoke.
+ 如: (looks) like.
+ 扇: fan.
+ 春夜微風煙如扇: the smoke appears as fans under the soft breeze at night in Spring.
+ 水: water.
+ 靜: quiet.
+ 江: ocean.
+ 寧: serene.
+ 霧: fog.
+ 滿: full.
+ 天: sky.
+ 水靜江寧霧滿天: The water is quiet and the sea is serene while the fogs covers the sky.
In essence the couplet describes exactly what you see. I still need to work on this. Hopefully be able to write out some real Chinese poems in the future with the correct 平仄 syntax and everything.
# SML Workflow
People say that they don’t like the EOSM because it has no electronic viewfinder. To be honest when it is so dark at night it was easier to to manual focus on the LCD while zooming in 5x then using a viewfinder. I think that I lost my remote cable release so I photographed this on the EOSM because it was easier to just do a 2sec countdown and snapped it without adding much vibration to the capture.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-02-25 22:58:43 GMT+0800
+ Dimensions: 5174 x 3450
+ Exposure: 30.0 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 280 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°27'17" N 114°10'55" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 中國香港大埔工業邨吐露港倒影 中国香港大埔工业村吐露港倒影 Reflection of the Tai Po Industrial Estate on Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong, China.
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130225.EOSM.02490.P1.L1.BW
+ Series: 寧 Serenity
“春夜微風煙如扇 水靜江寧霧滿天” / 夜之寧 Serenity at Night / SML.20130225.EOSM.02490.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #serenity #SMLSerenity #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #夜 #night #水 #water #山水 #landscape #霧 #fog #城市 #Urban
Part 2 of 3
By keeping everything in 16-bit color space we can manipulate the image further once we have all our materials together.
Most strange looking HDR images found on the web is a result of people exporting to JPEGs after this. But this image was not what I had in mind when I looked at the landscape, so let’s work on this further.
To further reveal details in the shadow, I created a curve which targets only the shadow area. Shown here in the layer blending options you can see that I have targeted the curve adjustment to only affect a graduated area. If I do not do this, the sunlight would have been over-exposed again.
Also note that I am using the Lab color mode inside Photoshop. This allows me to work with the luminance, or lightness, separated from the color a/b channels.
After I am satisfied with the shadow overall contrast, I work with the overall luminance contrast for the overall image. Obviously the curve shown here is specific to this image.
Now I created a layer mask with a basic gradient fill so I can use the curve to adjust the tonal contrast for the sky.
# Full video
+ youtube.com/watch?v=0N9RWxVO5gw
# Presentation PDF
+ www.slideshare.net/seeminglee/hdr-process002
# Final photo
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/9370400032/
# Notes
Hope this is useful for some…
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
HDR Photography Workflow: Part 2 of 3 / SML Tutorials
/ #SMLPhotography #SMLTutorials #SMLEDU #SMLUniverse
/ #HDR #photography #workflow #tutorials #video #edu
Learning to Network
2010-04-26
Mary O's, 32 Avenue A, New York, NY
Are you intimidated by large groups of people you don't know? Afraid to ask people for help or don't know how to sell yourself? Don't assume that your Yale education will open doors all by itself!
Networking is a skill that everyone needs to master in today's economy. The best way to improve any skill is to practice over drinks and conversation.
Learn how to maximize your networking experience and make contacts with other Yalies at Mary O's on April 26th.
Enjoy door prizes, appetizers and drink specials!
yaamnynetworking.eventbrite.com
About YAAMNY
The Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY) creates a welcoming community for all Yale alumni in the metro area through a commitment to inclusiveness, diversity, and a broad range of opportunities for engagement with Yale and each other. YAAMNY is a charitable 501(c)3 organization that enables Yale alumni to share their talents, education, and leadership for the benefit of others.
At the start of the event, Heather Willems explained to the participants the rules of the game at the first VizThink NY Pictionary Showdown held at a backroom in a local bar in LES.
Rules are accompanied by visual equivalent.
I had no idea that you're allowed to use gestures during the game.
VizThink is gathering visual thinkers from all corners of the world to create the first global community dedicated to the use of visualization in all forms of learning and communication.
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The Armory Show is the United States leading art fair devoted to the most important artworks of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its twelve years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.
The Armory Show 2010 also features The Armory Show Modern, specializing in modern and secondary market material on Pier 92. Pier 94 continues to be a venue to premiere new works by living artists. With one ticket, visitors to The Armory Show on March 47, 2010 have access to the latest developments in the art world, and to the masterpieces which heralded them.
Piers 92 and 94 on 55th Street and 12th Avenue, NYC
March 4-7, 2010
Outside the stadium where the championship took places, a tattooed-and-muscled up Chinese martial arts (武術 Wushu) competitor concentrated as his coach and crowd cheered on before taking his punch at the piles of brick in front of him—multiple times.
Meanwhile, inside the stadium, the championship went on but I don’t have a telephoto lens with me because I really just walked by the place randomly. Every time I did not bring my SLR, crazy things happen—so you see why I usually bring it with me everywhere I go.
Crazyisgood. Video to follow when I am done with the soundtrack.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-07T19:39:44.61+0800
+ Dimensions: 3456 x 5184
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/2.0
+ Focal Length: 22 mm
+ ISO: 1250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS M
+ Lens: Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM
+ GPS: 22°25'34" N 114°13'48" E
+ Altitude: 27.3 m
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山鞍駿街14號馬鞍山體育館 Ma On Shan Sports Centre, 14 On Chun Street, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, 體育 Sports, 男 Men, Crazyisgood, 黑白 Black and White
“破磚前集中精神 Concentrate before brick-breaking” / 第11屆香港國際武術節 The 11th Hong Kong Wushu International Championship (HKWSJ) / 男運動員 Men in Sports / SML.20130407.EOSM.03793.BW
/ #新聞攝影 #Photojournalism #體育 #Sports #男 #Men #SMLMen #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #SMLProjects #Crazyisgood
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #武術 #Wushu #MartialArts
Strobist info: Handheld Canon 580EX with Canon ST-E2 on Canon 10D
SML Pro Blog: Web Trend Map 4 by iA (Information Architects Japan)
I bought the 100-400 originally not to photograph birds but to photograph the moon. But I do not often see it because it was always so cloudy in Hong Kong and even if I have a full view of the sky, I do not see it.
But I did finally. I shot this with the 7D, because it has a crop-frame factor of 1.6x. I used the 1.4x Extender also. Altogether this gives me a 400 x 1.6 x 1.4 = 896 mm equivalent on a full-frame.
The cavit of sticking the 1.4x on the 100-400 is that you lose AF completely because with the exception of the 1D line which can focus at f/8, none of the other camera bodies can. With this in mind I might actually buy a 2x extender to see if I can get any closer.
I used a release cable for this shot but I can see some vibration at full-res. So next time I see it again I will use a mirror-lockup. I am also thinking of buying a geared head for the tripod because it seems that even on the tripod the camera still moves after some adjustments—no matter how small.
The Chinese name is quite descriptive as 娥 is a goose and 眉 is the eyelashes — it describes the moon as looking like the eyelashes of geese.
# Moon phases 月相
The Waxing Crescent Moon is the phase between the new moon and the first quarter, where its right 1–49% visible from the northern Hemisphere.
娥眉月: 北半球可見右側的1-49%
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_phase
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-13T19:44:37+0800
+ Dimensions: 5184 x 3456
+ Exposure: 1/4 sec at f/11
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'9" N 114°13'25" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 月 Moon
+ Serial: SML.20130513.7D.41748.BW
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“娥眉月 Waxing Crescent Moon” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130513.7D.41748.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #天 #空 #Sky #月 #Moon
The Hong Kong Museum of Art (香港藝術館) is the main art museum of Hong Kong [1]. It was originally established as the City Hall Museum and Art Gallery at the City Hall in Central in 1962 before moving to its present location at 10 Salisbury Road in 1991.
Unlike almost all art museums int the world, the Hong Kong Museum of Art does not take donation—a fact which I thought was somewhat bizarre. When I lived in New York, the annual tax-deductible membership to MoMA and the Whitney is part of my yearly expenses. When I went to the Hong Kong Museum of Art and paid for my annual membership, it was 100 HKD (~13 USD) which is a far cry from the 250 USD which I am used to. I asked the woman if they have other perhaps “patron level membership levels” and she looked at me oddly with a blank stare.
The permanent collections include many Chinese traditional landscape paintings (山水畫) as well as artworks by local artists. The landscape paintings in particular had much impact on my current photography work as it was from there that I learned the concept of 人氣, the presence of humans—no matter how small—to breathe life in otherwise cold compositions.
# Notes
1. Hong Kong Museum of Art: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Museum_of_Art
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-26T22:48:25+0800
+ Dimensions: 3526 x 5138
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.5
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'37" N 114°10'19" E
+ Location: 香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號香港藝術館 Hong Kong Museum of Art, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130426.6D.03246.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“香港藝術館 Hong Kong Museum of Art” / 香港文化建築夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130426.6D.03246.BW
/ #形 #Forms #SMLForms #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #尖沙咀 #TsimShaTsui #夜 #Night #城市 #Urban
The first time I saw this I wanted to photograph it, but I don’t know how. I usually walk by this place on my way home. It is not really one of these things where I would lug my tripod with me really.
So what’s different now? Usable ISO 12800 on the 6D! I have repeated many times that you do not need an expensive camera to do photography, but for some shots you do need the right tools for it. In most cases a point and shoot will suffice. But for extreme cases like this even the 7D’s ISO 3200 will not cut it.
A generous amount of luminance noise reduction has been applied in Lightroom—but not really out of the ordinary. The 6D sensor is quite good really. This camera really does magic. Very happy with it so far—not to mention not having to lug the GP-E2 to get GPS readings. Less attachment, quicker snap.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-16T20:30:15+0800
+ Dimensions: 3648 x 5472
+ Exposure: 1/100 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 208 mm
+ ISO: 12800
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L USM + Canon EF 1.4x Extender III
+ GPS: 22°25'14" N 114°13'38" E
+ Location: 中國香港馬鞍山恆康街1號馬鞍山運動場 中国香港马鞍山恒康街1号马鞍山运动场 Ma On Shan Sports Ground, 1 Hang Hong Road, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong, China
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130416.6D.00804.BW
+ Series: 體育 Sports, 建築 Architecture
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“球場燈光 Stadium Lights” / 香港體育建築 Hong Kong Sports Architecture / SML.20130416.6D.00804.BW
/ #體育 #体育 #Sports #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
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Matthew Borgatti (Facebook / Flickr / LinkedIn / Twitter / Vimeo) at the Eyebeam Open Studios Fall 2009, a biennial event in New York City celebrating the synergy between art + technology. Matthew graduated from RISD in 2007 majoring in industrial design. You can check out his portfolio at sinbox.org
Biography
Matthew Borgatti was born with a painfully overactive imagination, grew up a perfectionist and will probably die on a runaway carnival ride. He went to the Rhode Island School of Design and took summers off to build movie monsters in Burbank beginning with Snakes on a Plane and working his way through Aliens VS Predator II: Requiem. After graduating with his degree in Industrial design he moved out to California to make his fortune. Although this didn't exactly work out he spent his time there interning at Instructables, building boats for Makani Power, publishing a book called Show Me How, running industrial robots for a show called Prototype This! and helping everyone from independent inventors developing their first product to artists working on giant sculptures for Burning Man through Instinct Engineering. He once wore a tshirt so witty that people thought he was both sarcastic and sincere at the same time. The paradox stretched the fabric of spacetime so thin that he was able to high five himself. He's currently working at Eyebeam, developing prototypes for and directing the filming of Diana Eng's project Fairytale Fashion.
Video interview
02. Projects
03. Public Collaboration + Feedback
Fairytale Fashion
Diana Eng: As a fashion designer who works with science and technology, I've learned about some really amazing things. I've had some great experiences as a designer: sitting front row at fashion week, working at various fashion companies, researching at the University of Bath Mechanical Engineering Dept., being a designer on Project Runway, working in Victoriai's Secret Research and Development department, and co-founding NYC Resistor hacker group. When I was a little girl, I wish that my friends and I knew about some of the things I know today. We would have loved to play with them. Dress-up with super sparkling LED's. Imagining worlds made of deployable structures. I want to share all of the neat things I've learned, because no matter what your age, science and technology are always fun to play with.
You may not be able to sew or solder or draft a pattern or program a microcontroller. But that's okay because Fairytale Fashion is about imagining the possibilities. I will be trying my best to make them happen.
Fairytale Fashion is produced with the support of Eyebeam.
Diana Eng
Resident, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center
Diana Eng is a fashion designer who specializes in technology, math, and science. Her designs range from inflatable clothing to fashions inspired by the mechanical engineering of biomimetics. In 2005, she was a designer on Season Two of the Emmy nominated hit TV show, Project Runway. She won Yahoo Hack Day in 2006 along with her two-team mates for designing and creating a blogging purse in less than 24 hours. She has worked as an assistant designer in research and development at Victoria’s Secret. She is the author of Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech. Her work has been featured in exhibits both in the U.S. and internationally around the globe, and has graced the pages of such publications as Women’s Wear Daily, Wired, Craft Magazine, and the cover of ID Magazine. Diana currently designs in the NYC fashion industry and is a founding member of Brooklyn based hacker group NYC Resistor.
Eyebeam Open Studios: Fall 2009
eyebeam.org/events/open-studios-fall-2009
Eyebeam is pleased to host Open Studios for its 2009 Senior Fellows, Resident Artists, and Student Residents at Eyebeam’s state-of-the-art design, research, and fabrication studio; showcasing video performance, wearable technologies, code and humor, party technology, and sustainablity design.
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Eyebeam is the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.
Founded in 1996 and incorporated in 1997, Eyebeam was conceived as a non-profit art and technology center dedicated to exposing broad and diverse audiences to new technologies and media arts, while simultaneously establishing and demonstrating new media as a significant genre of cultural production.
Since then, Eyebeam has supported more than 130 fellowships and residencies for artists and creative technologists; we've run an active education program for youth, artists' professional development and community outreach; and have mounted an extensive series of public programs, over recent years approximately 4 exhibitions and 40 workshops, performances and events annually.
Today, Eyebeam offers residencies and fellowships for artists and technologists working in a wide range of media. At any given time, there are up to 20 resident artists and fellows onsite at Eyebeam's 15,000-square foot Chelsea offices and Labs, developing new projects and creating work for open dissemination through online, primarily open-source, publication as well as a robust calendar of public programming that includes free exhibitions, lectures and panels, participatory workshops, live performances and educational series.
Telephoto lenses have an amazing way of compressing distances, and you can see this fairly well with this capture.
These are street lights on the highway near the Hong Kong International Airport leading to Terminal 1. On the far side is the ocean and mountains which are approximately 3 km (10k ft) away, but they appear fairly close by because it was shot with the 100-400 at 310mm with the 7D = 496mm on full frame.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-25T08:27:43+0800
+ Dimensions: 4789 x 3193
+ Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/5.6
+ Focal Length: 310 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°18'51" N 113°56'12" E
+ Location: 香港國際機場機場路 Airport Road, Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130425.7D.40103.C23.BW
+ Series: 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“機場路街燈 Airport Road Street Lamps” / 香港國際機場 Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) / SML.20130425.7D.40103.C23.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #機場 #Airport #街 #Street #Lines
Francisco Andaur (Flickr:silentzephyr)
See SML Pro Blog: Newmindspace NYC: People Photographing People Photographing People about the event as well as photos and videos.
A black kite (Milvus migrans) holds onto his fresh-caught fish tightly with its big claws near the water surface at Tolo Harbour. I have often seen fishermen nearby so I guess I should be able to find more of these sightings in the future.
Unlike the previous shot which was photographed from the 27th floor down [1], this one was shot on ground level. To be frank was his quick dive into the sea. This shot was mostly made possible by 7D’s fast 8fps burst rate and AI Servo tracking. Everything happens so quickly that there is not really any time to think about how to compose the image, so it was cropped after the fact.
# Notes
1. “痛下殺手 In for the kill” / 自然 Nature / SML.20130502.7D.40945.SQ: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8701585828/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-09T13:42:40+0800
+ Dimensions: 3468 x 2312
+ Exposure: 1/500 sec at f/11
+ Focal Length: 400 mm
+ ISO: 160
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°25'22" N 114°13'29" E
+ Location: 香港馬鞍山海濱長廊 Ma On Shan Promenade, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130509.7D.41640
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Series: 自然 Nature, 鳥 Birds, 形 Forms
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“V: 麻鷹捕魚記 Black Kite (Milvus migrans) Goes Fish-Hunting” / 自然之形 Nature Forms / SML.20130509.7D.41640
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I have been experimenting with using my own photography as a source image to influence image generation with Stable Diffusion. seeminglee.com/blog/serenity-ai-purple/
The rationale behind this is straightforward — I have taken lots of photos over the years, but the conditions under which they were taken were not always ideal. Photography is subject to a myriad of influencing factors, and even with a specific vision in mind, nature may not cooperate to allow that vision to be captured perfectly. Similarly, the ideal setting we imagine might simply not exist in reality.
That’s where the power of AI comes in. I’ve discovered its phenomenal ability to materialize the concepts I feed into it. A potential point of contention is that since these images are AI-generated, they might be perceived as the product of AI rather than my own creativity. This viewpoint occasionally arises among those unfamiliar with AI work. I personally disagree, but I’ll reserve that discussion for a separate post.
Considering these images are the fusion of my original photographs and my descriptive text prompts, the notion that they’re devoid of human creative input seems baseless. As such, in my opinion, they are completely entitled to copyright protection.
I plan on experimenting this further, exploring diverse series and themes. My archive is filled with photographs that I find intriguing but seem to be missing that final touch to elevate them. I’m optimistic that by leveraging text prompts, I’ll be able to address these shortcomings and conceive new creations that blend my photography and the power of imaginative prompting.
1-9. Night Serenity 夜之寧
Stable Diffusion with SDXL, using my own photography as source image.
- 50 Steps, DPM++ 2S a Karras
- SDXL Base 1.0, SDXL VAE 1.0
- Automatic1111 Version: v1.6.0
10. 春夜霧朦朧 紫空燦金輝 / 香港中文大學夜之寧 CUHK Night Serenity (60-sec LE) / SML.20130513.6D.06547
- Canon EOS 6D
- Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L
- Manfrotto tripod
- Remote release with Canon TC-80N3
- f/11, 24mm, 60 sec, ISO 100
Of course, I shot a whole lot of this bird in flight. I have wanted to do a video, but I am not skilled at videography, so instead I thought that I would utilise the 7D’s 8fps to collect a range of stills to potentially create a stop-motion video of them.
These were shot handheld using AI Servo with the IS in Mode 1 as it was handheld, but I do wonder if I should have shot in Mode 2 perhaps — though in previous attempts when I shot in Mode 2 for some eagles, they did not come out sharp enough.
You see the birds are quite fast — here although the shutter speed is at 1/640 sec, it still does not appear to be fast enough. Perhaps I should look into shooting with Tv instead of Av for birds in the future.
For this I also tried out the well-hyped “camera shake reduction” filter inside Photoshop CC and decided to not process with it after seeing the result — it is rather artefact laden. I supposed that it would have some use for some if you intend the photo to be outputted in lower resolution, though for 1:1 output I think that those noise are quite noticeable.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-08-09T16:35:23+0800
+ Dimensions: 4350 x 2900
+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 330 mm
+ ISO: 250
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D
+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
+ GPS: 22°23'25" N 114°12'3" E
+ Location: 香港沙田賽艇中心 Shatin Rowing Centre, Hong Kong
+ Subject: 香港沙田城門河 Shing Mun River, Shatin, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC
+ Serial: SML.20130809.7D.49421.P1
+ Series: 鳥 Birds, 自然 Nature
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
是日海鮮 Fresh catch of the day / 亞洲水鳥捕魚記 Asian Waterbird catching fish / 香港自然 Nature in Hong Kong / SML.20130809.7D.49421.P1
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #亞洲水鳥 #AsianWaterbirds #Asian #Waterbirds #fish #water #splash #HK #bird
A large part of this trip consists of me sitting on the deck doing nothing looking at the sea. But you’d notice the small little things when “nothing” is happening.
A seagull appearing on the surface creates enough interests to take a photo — and so of course this god ray during sunset.
These things happen very quickly. The ship is moving. If you miss it, they’re gone forever. Photography reminds me to treasure every moment — for the things I see and the people I meet.
I saw a few god rays (crepuscular rays) during this trip, but this one was the most spectacular.
Canon EOS 6D
Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM
Sunset God Rays, Scotia Sea / Antarctica 2015 / SML.20151204.6D.35159
Happiness is... seeing your photography published inside the season catalog of a world-class symphony orchestra in Germany.
+ Original photo published on Flickr in 2006: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/169367424
+ Reprocessed for Gewandhaus in 2008: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/3060160837/
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The circuit-bending orchestra putting the final touches on their Max/MSP hacks on the their computers before the Fairytale Fashion Show begins.
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Fairytale Fashion Show
2010-02-24
7pm - 9pm
Eyebeam
Diana Eng presented the Fairytale Fashion Collection in a technology fashion show on Wed., February 24, 7PM, at Eyebeam. Models hit the runway while an orchestra of circuit bending DJ’s create music from hacked video game consoles.
The Fairytale Fashion Collection uses technology to create magical clothing in real life. Electronics, mechanical engineering, and mathematics are used to create clothing with blooming flowers, changing colors and transforming shapes. Research and development for the Fairytale Fashion collection are shared online at FairytaleFashion.org as an educational tool that teaches about science, math, and technology through fashion. Fairytale Fashion was created with the support of Eyebeam Art and Technology Center, the leading not-for-profit art and technology center in the United States.
Diana Eng is a fashion designer who specializes in technology, math, and science. Her designs range from inflatable clothing to fashions inspired by mechanical engineering. She is a designer from Bravo’s Emmy nominated TV show, Project Runway season 2 and author of Fashion Geek: Clothes, Accessories, Tech. Diana is cofounder of NYC Resistor hacker group. Diana is currently a resident artist at Eyebeam.
The urban landscape is filled with billboards and other distraction, so it is often hard to find a perspective which is void of all the visual distraction when using a wide angle lens. However, I think that I have identified the way out—look up and remove everything except the sky.
This is another shot of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Unlike the previous shot which is about the architecture’s overall recognisable form [1], this one is a minimalist take on one of the facade which lights up with tiny spots at night.
The irregular and almost organic light fixtures echoes the slightly cloudy sky, whereas the linear angular architecture creates contrast to the otherwise dark sky.
# Notes
1. “香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre” / 香港文化建築夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130426.6D.03214.BW: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8683034427/
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-04-26T22:42:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 3359 x 5038
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/4.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 1600
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°17'35" N 114°10'14" E
+ Location: 香港九龍尖沙咀梳士巴利道10號香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130426.6D.03230.BW
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 抽象 Abstracts
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“上 Up” / 香港文化中心 Hong Kong Cultural Centre / 香港文化建築夜之形 Hong Kong Cultural Architecture Night Forms / SML.20130426.6D.03230.BW
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/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #夜 #Night #城市 #Urban
A group of high school students circled around a leather castle hanging from the ceiling. At first glance, it resembles something not dissimilar to that of a group of LV luggage bags. So they are all too busy taking photos with their cell phone. A boy was seen explaining what he sees to his female classmates.
There does not appear to be anything wrong with this scene, except that the castle was not made with ordinary leather — these are kinky leather sex toys. If the girls had known, they probably would have all screwed “Eww” and disappeared into Neverland.
Oh the joy of fine art — once elevated to a stage for excellence, no one even thought of the impossible. But it is. Demented? Yes, absolutely — which is precisely why I loved it.
Crazyisgood.
See www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8976721751/ for the full-color scientific shot without the humans around.
# Notes
1. “Installation by 没顶公司 (沒頂公司) MadeIn Company: Play (201301), 2013 (leather, rope, mixed media)” / 长征空间 (長征空間) Long March Space / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14071:
www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8976721751/
# Art Info
MadeIn Company
Play - (201301), 2013
# MadeIn Company
MadeIn Company was established in 2009 in Shanghai by Xu Zhen, it is a contemporary art creation company, focused on the production of creativity, and devoted to the research of contemporary culture’s infinite possibilities.
没顶公司是由艺术家徐震创办于2009年。 是一个当代艺术创作型公司，以生产艺术创造力为核心，致力于探索当代文化的无限可能。这对当代艺术的创作模式、收藏消费系统以及作者权等问题开始了全面挑战和标准的刷新。
沒頂公司是由藝術家徐震創辦於2009年。是一個當代藝術創作型公司，以生產藝術創造力為核心，致力於探索當代文化的無限可能。這對當代藝術的創作模式、收藏消費系統以及作者權等問題開始了全面挑戰和標準的刷新。
Personnel:
徐震 Xu Zhen, 金利萍 Vigy Jin, 关超群 (關超群) Alexia Dehaene, 俞玮 (俞瑋) Yu Wei, 陆平原 (陸平原) Lu Pingyuan, 郁天柱 (鬱天柱) Yu Tianzhu, 奶粉 Nathan Zhou, 林晓彤 (林曉彤) Louise Lam, 沈崴崴 Shen Weiwei, 汪嘉伦 (汪嘉倫) Wang Jialun, 沈卿 Shen Qing, 朱慧 Zhu Hui, 郭利 Guo Li, 余菲菲 Yu Feifei, 周菁 Zhou Jing, 王强 Wang Qiang, 张俐 (張俐) Zhang Li, 夏云飞 (夏雲飛) Xia Yunfei, 孙崴 (孫崴) Sun Wei, 何越 He Yue, 何雪峰 He Xuefeng, 仇银美 (仇銀美) Chou Yinmei, 李强 Li Qiang, 江国雄 (江國雄) Jiang Guoxiong
1/F, Bldg 8, 18 Wuwei Road, 200331 Shanghai, CHINA
上海普陀区武威路18号桃浦创意园8号楼1楼
# Long March Space 长征空间 (長征空間)
Founded by Lu Jie in the 798 Art District of Beijing in 2002, Long March Space plays a vital role in pursuing new avenues of production, discourse, and promotion of contemporary art in China. Working to advance the careers of eighteen artists across three generations, the gallery looks to establish a portfolio of the most progressive artists working in contemporary China today.
4 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100015
China
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:10:41+0800
+ Dimensions: 5434 x 3623
+ Exposure: 1/30 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 2000
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14073.BW
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Leather fetish installation + high school students: When 没顶公司 (沒頂公司) MadeIn Company’s Play was on view at ABHK recently / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14073.BW
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Learning to Network
2010-04-26
Mary O's, 32 Avenue A, New York, NY
Are you intimidated by large groups of people you don't know? Afraid to ask people for help or don't know how to sell yourself? Don't assume that your Yale education will open doors all by itself!
Networking is a skill that everyone needs to master in today's economy. The best way to improve any skill is to practice over drinks and conversation.
Learn how to maximize your networking experience and make contacts with other Yalies at Mary O's on April 26th.
Enjoy door prizes, appetizers and drink specials!
yaamnynetworking.eventbrite.com
About YAAMNY
The Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York (YAAMNY) creates a welcoming community for all Yale alumni in the metro area through a commitment to inclusiveness, diversity, and a broad range of opportunities for engagement with Yale and each other. YAAMNY is a charitable 501(c)3 organization that enables Yale alumni to share their talents, education, and leadership for the benefit of others.
The space between the buildings which almost collide create a visual tension which allows for a dynamic play between positive and negative space.
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-06-19T18:57:49+0800
+ Dimensions: 3310 x 3310
+ Exposure: 1/125 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 17 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°18'17" N 114°10'48" E
+ Location: 香港理工大學 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130619.6D.16393.SQ
+ Series: 建築 Architecture, 形 Forms, 抽象 Abstract
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
直線條紋匯聚Gathering of lines and stripes / 香港理工大學建築之形 Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK PolyU) Architecture Forms / SML.20130619.6D.16393.SQ.BW
/ #建築 #建筑 #Architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #理工大學 #PolyU #城市 #Urban #大學 #University
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