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A U.S. Army color guard and firing detail from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) were part of the opening ceremonies April 9, 2015, for a special observance and reenactment for the 150th anniversary of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant April 9, 1865, at Appomattox, Va. The Old Guard served at Appomattox in 1865. The event featured hundreds of Civil War reenactors, such as those shown here, and thousands of spectators. (Photos courtesy Kim and Mary Jane Holien)
not feeling very good today, will feel better in the morning!
strobist info: one bare (no diffusion) sb-600 on 1/32, camera right with a cardboard ghetto gobo between the flash and the camera, 14mm zoom fired by pocket wizards (weasels). 1/200s/F6.3
straight out of the camera
"Awareness is not the same as thinking. Awareness is the vast, spacious soul place that doesn't think. It watches the thinking. So don't take your thinking seriously."
-Rohr: Franciscan Mysticism
Appomattox Court House / Formal Surrender Ceremony / Union Line at Court House / Commanding Officer Overlooks Troops
I feel like I have so many ideas that are trapped inside. You might say I'm "mind-bottled". If only I could get them out and polish them up, then I'd have something really special. I spent about an hour trying all different poses for this one, but in my opinion, it payed off, and sometimes, that is what it's going to require. Soon I will be able to release all my ideas.
This is entirely inspired by the amazing Rosie Hardy (all credit goes to her), everything she does inspires me, and I have her to thank for helping me evolve and challenge myself. Miss Rosie, if you ever do see this (of course I cannot thank you enough, but this is a start) THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH! (and although I could go on forever, I don't want to bore anyone)
Week 3/52
“Unconditional Surrender” which is based on the “A kiss to Remember” photograph.
Picture taken at USS Midway Museum • San Diego California.
“Unconditional Surrender,” is 25-foot, 6,000 pound statue by world-renowned artist J. Seward Johnson commemorating a famous World War II photo. (photos)
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The Fine People At Wikipeda have this to say about the original picture(s) this was based on.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E2%80%93J_day_in_Times_Square
V–J day in Times Square, perhaps the most famous photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt, is of an American sailor kissing a young woman on V-J Day in Times Square on August 14, 1945, that was originally published in Life magazine. (The photograph is known under various names: V-J day in Times Square, V-Day, etc.[1])
Because Eisenstaedt was photographing rapidly changing events during the V-J celebrations he didn't get a chance to get names and details. The photograph does not clearly show the faces of either kisser and several people have laid claim to being the subjects. The photo was shot just south of 45th Street looking north from a location where Broadway and Seventh Avenue converge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%E2%80%93J_day_in_Times_Square
However it does seem this statute is based on another photo taken at the same time by a navy photographer. (from the same Wiki entry):
U.S. Navy photo journalist Victor Jorgensen captured another view of the same scene, which was published in the New York Times.[4] This photograph shows less of Times Square in the background and does not show the full body of either the sailor or the nurse. Unlike the Eisenstaedt photograph, this photograph is in the public domain (by virtue of being produced by a federal government employee on official position).
sarap lang talaga sa dagat. tamang relak lang.
saktong sakto lang ang kantang to:
I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy
Happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were...here
I lay my head onto the sand
The sky resembles a back-lit canopy with holes punched in it
I'm counting UFO's, I signal them with my lighter
And in this moment i am happy
Happy
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were...here
Wish you were here
The world's a rollercoaster
And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care
But my hands are busy in the air, saying
I wish you were here
I wish you were...
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were...here
Wish you were here
-Wish you were here, incubus
Drafts of Surrender photo project. The colors don't look right in jpeg form. They look less washed out and have more blue tonal variations in the original files.
Urban Photo Collective annual meeting: In the Movies.
Model: Annika den Dunnen
Make up: Julia Buizer
"Het vuurwapen in deze foto is gebruikt met toestemming en verstrekte vergunning op 1 juli 2012."
"The firearm in this photograph is used with permission and license granted on 1 July 2012."
<a href="http://www.urbanphotocollective.nl/media/artikelen/Annual_meeting_2012/vergunningUPC0712.pdf"