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My entry for Week 8 of Behind the Lens - Global Creative Photography Project. When I had originally planned this, it was going to look nothing like this. Once I took it into Lightroom I tried out about 5 different edits before I finally settled on this, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Takes you back a little bit to a time when you actually used colored pencils, times when everything was simpler.
Uploaded this one for Behind the Lens - Global Creative Photography Project week 19, close-up/macro.
Wishing you all a great week ahead!
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Vivid Sydney 2015 (Photograph by Kaye Menner)
In June 2015, I went into the City of Sydney to view firsthand the spectacular VIVID SYDNEY, a festival of light, music and ideas. This image is one of my long exposure photographs of the bright and colorful projections of light and patterns onto the Museum of Contemporary Arts building. These colorful projections were continuously changing making this building a real piece of vivid art.
The Museum of Contemporary Arts (abbreviated MCA) in Sydney, Australia is an Australian museum solely dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art, both from across Australia and around the world. It is housed in the Art Deco-style former Maritime Services Board Building on the western edge of Circular Quay. This area was the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.
The museum was opened in 1991 and from 2010 underwent a $58 million expansion and re-development, fully reopening as the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia on 29 March 2012.
[from Wikipedia]
Coloring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections; Vivid Aquatique immersive water theatre; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.
I walked by this incredible building in London today. It was futuristic and looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. I stood and watched people go in and out and up and down for about 10 minutes. Everyone in their fancy suits and slimming dresses. It reminded me of just how we live our lives in the Western World and what we live for. At this point I had to ask myself - at the end of the day what really matters in life?
Also using this shot for last week's Global Creative Photography Project Theme of quotes. This building and the people around it reminded me of this quote:
"What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?" Matthew 6:24
Also dug this quote up in regards to elevators:
"If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button."
Sam Levenson
A Barred Owl stares down at me through the foliage as if he might just eat me. When I look at this shot it always makes me think of the relationship between predator and prey. Maybe that's because I just felt more like prey than the predator.
The Barred Owl hunts by waiting on a high perch, or flying through the woods and swooping down on prey. This species can occasionally be seen hunting before night, especially during the nesting season or when they are raising chicks.
The principal prey of this owl are meadow voles, followed by mice and shrews of various species. Other mammals preyed upon include rats, squirrels, rabbits, bats, moles, opossums, mink, and weasels. Birds are taken occasionally and commonly include woodpeckers, grouse, quails, jays, icterids, doves and pigeons, and even domestic ducks. the Barred Owl is also known to wade into water to capture fish, turtles, frogs and crayfish.
I am using this shot for two different groups this week. First for the Global Creative Photography Project and secondly for the Big Five-Two (10:52). The themes are "Framing" and "Within The Frame" respectively.
Thanks to Kristen for the creative title. I stole it from one of her education unit titles for her grade 4/5 split class.
enjoy the remainder of the weekend!
I took this shot on the beach today down at the lake. The sun has been shining so beautifully lately that it makes it hard to believe that winter is not far off. It has been warmer during the day lately, warmer actually than it was more than a month ago. Strange how the weather has been so weird lately. Extremes all over and temperature records broken almost daily in some parts.
Oh well, the weather is just one of those things that doesn't always make much sense. I hope everyone is having a great week!
Added to Artistic Temperament Scavenger Hunt #4: Through the Looking Glass
Added to Behind the Lens - Global Creative Photography Project: week 2: Upside Down (late submission)
Shortly after the sun set, the moon began to rise over the Davis Bay warf, located just outside of Sechelt BC. This shot is for the Global Creative Photography Project. This week's theme is Childhood Memory.
When I was younger I used to fish off this warf during family vacations. It used to seem so big and it took a lot of courage for little me to make my way down there and create a bit of space for myself to cast among the older, local fisherman. I don't remember catching much but I sure do have fond memories of this warf.
Light projections on the National Maritime Museum - Darling Harbour.
Official Blurb: Colouring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include popular immersive light installations and projections; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.
Tomorrow I'm going out of town for work. I'm not taking the train and it isn't too far away but it still feels like far far away from here.
This shot from close to home of the less than desirable train tracks running through Langley, which I shared about in an earlier post (below). I am also using this shot for the Global Creative Photography Project. The theme for this week is leading lines.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
This is my photo for week 8 of the Global Creative Photography Project. The theme this week is "simplicity" or I suppose just simple. I chose to post a starfish because they have simple creatures that live simple lives, eating and digesting, as well as reproducing in on eof many ways. At the same time I thought this was a little ironic seeing as how the "stars" of our world are anything but simple.
If you havn't seen the BBC clip on starfish and sun stars then you need to check it out - it is so cool! Here Is The Link. If you want to skip the first irrelevant minute and a half than do so. The rest is very very interesting and full of wonderful cinematography.
I'm fighting a mind numbing lack of creativity these days......... when the well runs dry you have to dig a little deeper...... now where did I put my shovel! :-)
For the group Behind the Lens - Global Creative Photography Project - Opposites
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24th May 2014, I went into the City of Sydney to view firsthand the spectacular VIVID SYDNEY 2014, a festival of light, music and ideas. This image is one of my long exposure photographs of the bright and colorful projections of light and patterns on the Sydney Opera House. These colorful projections were continuously changing making Sydney Harbour look like a piece of art.
Many of the ferries also had colorful lighting which just added to the bright and happy atmosphere created by this festival.
Coloring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections; Vivid Aquatique immersive water theatre; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.
The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007. It is one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centers in the world.
The Sydney Opera House is on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It sits at the north-eastern tip of the Sydney central business district (the CBD), surrounded on three sides by the harbour (Sydney Cove and Farm Cove) and inland by the Royal Botanic Gardens.
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June 2015, I went into the City of Sydney to view firsthand the spectacular VIVID SYDNEY, a festival of light, patterns, music and ideas.
This image is one of my long exposure photographs of the bright and colorful projections of light on the Sydney Opera House. These colorful projections were continuously changing making Sydney Harbour look like a piece of art.
Coloring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections; Vivid Aquatique immersive water theatre; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.
The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007. It is one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centers in the world.
The Sydney Opera House is on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It sits at the north-eastern tip of the Sydney central business district (the CBD), surrounded on three sides by the harbour (Sydney Cove and Farm Cove) and inland by the Royal Botanic Gardens.
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I went into the City of Sydney to view firsthand the spectacular VIVID SYDNEY, a festival of light, music and ideas. Vivid Sydney runs from late May to early June each year. This image I captured at Vivid Sydney 2014.
This is one of my long exposure photographs of a beautifully lit and colorful restaurant just across the harbour and adjacent to the Opera House, a wonderful vantage point to view the bright and colorful projections of light on the Sydney Opera House. These colorful projections were continuously changing making Sydney Harbour look like a piece of art.
Colouring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections; Vivid Aquatique immersive water theatre; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.
Taken and uploaded for Behind the Lens - Global Creative Photography Project: Opposites
Also for the group 100 words: #30 Dualities
I was really trying to get this at 10 seconds after 10 minutes after 10 o'clock but I was off by a few seconds. I did get one shot at 11 seconds after but the glass had too many stray light diffractions on it... This one was actually taken at 10:10:32 LOL!!
A recent view taken in the warmth of Yellowstone's beautiful multicolored Grand Prismatic Spring.
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Kristen has turned into quite the hiker and scrambler this year! I have thoroughly enjoyed spending time with her out and about in our big backyard and I am looking forward to more adventures with her! This is a shot of Kristen on Tricouni Peak near Squamish for week 5 of the Behind the Lens - Global Creative Photography Project.
Fireworks over the National Maritime Museum - Darling Harbour.
Official Blurb: Colouring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include popular immersive light installations and projections; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.
"There is a saying, 'Eyes are the windows to the soul.' It means, mostly, people can see through someone else by eye contact in seven seconds. I have a habit that if I meet someone I don't know, I'd like to look at her or his eyes on purpose. When my eyes lay on them, I can immediately see their true color." Peng LiyuanPraise for Windows of the Soul Every once in a while a book comes along that makes you stop and think―and then think some more―like Ken Gire’s wonderful book Windows of the Soul. ―John Trent in Christian Parenting Today Ken Gire has created a book that gently pours forth, like water out of a garden bucket, cleansing our thoughts and opening the petals of our spirits, providing us with a new sense of clarity in our search for God. ―Manhattan (KS) Mercury Each word, each phrase, is painstakingly wrought, loaded with thoughts and prayer, and filled with new glimpses of God’s love, grace, and strength. ―The Christian Advocate Windows of the Soul will surprise you with the many and varied windows God uses to speak to us. With the heart of an artist, Ken Gire paints word pictures in prose and poetry that will thrill your heart. ―Mature Living Windows of the Soul is a rare book, resounding with the cry for communion that is both ours and God’s.
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The Windows of the Soul:To understand that the eye is the window to the soul, there are 2 techniques you can use, alone or with others.Alone: Stand in front of a mirror in the dark. Shine a flashlight below your face pointing upward. Now stare at the eyes in the mirror and you shall see your image change into many people, some may not be human, all of whom are aspects of your soul experiencing in other grids.Two People: Sit across from the person in a dimly lit, or dark room. Place the flashlight below your face again. This will enable the other person to see you in other lives and tell you what they see as they look through the windows of your soul. They may also see themselves in that lifetime with you. Next repeat this by looking into the other person's eyes.It is important not to move while doing this form of scrying. To truly be skilled at this, you will take the other person, or yourself, to their 'soul spark' of light. It is the flicker of light, white, blue, purple, that you sometimes see in the periphery of your field of vision, for only a second. The vesica piscis is a shape that is the intersection of two disks with the same radius, intersecting in such a way that the center of each disk lies on the perimeter of the other. The name literally means the "bladder of a fish" in Latin after the conjoined dual air bladders ("swim bladder") found in the bodies of most fishes. The shape is also called mandorla ("almond" in Italian).The vesica piscis in Euclid's ElementsThis figure appears in the first proposition of Euclid's Elements, where it forms the first step in constructing an equilateral triangle using a compass and straightedge. The triangle has as its vertices the two disk centers and one of the two sharp corners of the vesica piscis.The two circles of the vesica piscis, or three circles forming in pairs three vesicae, are commonly used in Venn diagrams. Arcs of the same three circles can also be used to form the triquetra symbol, and the Reuleaux triangle.In Christian art, some aureolas are in the shape of a vertically oriented vesica piscis, and the seals of ecclesiastical organizations can be enclosed within a vertically oriented vesica piscis (instead of the more usual circular enclosure). Also, the icthys symbol incorporates the vesica piscis shape.The cover of the Chalice Well in Glastonbury (Somerset, United Kingdom) depicts a stylized version of the vesica piscis design (see picture).The vesica piscis has been used as a symbol within Alchemyy, most notably in the shapes of the collars worn by officiants of the Alchemicic rituals. It was also considered the proper shape for the enclosure of the seals of Alchemic labs.The vesica piscis is also used as proportioning system in architecture, in particular Gothic architecture. The system was illustrated in Cesare Cesariano's Vitruvius (1521), which he called "the rule of the German architects".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesica_piscis
The Vesica Piscis is a symbol made from two circles of the same radius, intersecting in such a way that the center of each circle lies on the circumference of the other. The name literally means the bladder of the fish in Latin. In the Christian tradition, it is a reference to Christ, as in ichthys. It is called a mandorla ("almond") in India and known in the early Mesopotamian, African, and Asian civilizations.Geometry -- The symbol is formed from the almond-shaped area in the overlap between the circles, as shown in black in the diagram - for certain purposes also including the upper arcs as far as the edges of a rectangle whose sides coincide with the widest points of the almond (as shown in light blue in the diagram). The resulting figure looks like a stylized fish, or in the extended version like a flattened Greek letter alpha.
Mystical and Religious Significance - It has been the subject of mystical speculation at several periods of history, perhaps first among the Pythagoreans, who considered it a holy figure. The mathematical ratio of its width (measured to the endpoints of the "body", not including the "tail") to its height was reportedly believed by them to be 265:153. This ratio, equal to 1.73203, was thought of as a holy number, called the measure of the fish.The geometric ratio of these dimensions is actually the square root of 3, or 1.73205... (since if you draw straight lines connecting the centers of the two circles with each other, and with the two points where the circles intersect, then you get two equilateral triangles joined along an edge, as shown in light red in the diagram).The ratio 265:153 is an approximation to the square root of 3, with the property that no better approximation can be obtained with smaller whole numbers. The number 153 appears in the Gospel of John (21:11) as the exact number of fish Jesus caused to be caught in a miraculous catch of fish, which is thought by some to be a coded reference to Pythagorean beliefs. Ichthys a symbol used by early Christians, more popularly known as the fish symbol is created by the almond shape and the light blue extension as seen in the Construction Diagram of the Vesica Pisces above.Uses of the shape -- Other uses of the shape include that by some early peoples of the almond-shaped central area as a representation of the female genitals, and the use of a similar (horizontally-oriented) fish symbol called the Ichthys by early Christians. In Christian art, some aureolas are in the shape of a vertically oriented vesica piscis, and the seals of ecclesiastical organizations can be enclosed within a vertically oriented vesica piscis (instead of the more usual circular enclosure). The most common modern object based on the vesica piscis is the American football, which resembles the interior almond-shaped area of the vesica piscis swept about its long "axis" to produce a 3D object with rotational symmetry.In Alchemic literature, the vesica is first stressed by George Oliver. Oliver argues that the vesica is “a universal exponent of architecture or Alchemy, and the original source or fountain from which its signs and symbols are derived— it constituted the great and enduring secret of our ancient brethren.” In his Prestonian Lecture for 1931, noted Masonic historian W.W. Covey-Crump calls this statement“quite right,” and expresses that “the Vesica Piscis had even from the time of the Primitive Christians possessed a sacred symbolical significance, though the purport of that significance was variously interpreted owing to the secrecy of its transmission.”
www.crystalinks.com/vesicapiscis.html
The vesica piscis, or “bladder of the fish,” is a simple geometric shape formed by the intersection of two circles. It has a long traditional history, both in operative and speculative Alchemy.As a symbol, it was frequently employed as a church decoration by the architects of the Middle Ages. The seals of all colleges, abbeys, and other religious communities, as well as of ecclesiastical persons, were invariably made of this shape. Hence, in reference to the religious character of the Institution, it has been suggested that the seals of alchemists should also have that form, instead of the circular one now used. The vesica piscis was a major symbol within the ancient tradition of sacred geometry. It was also an ubiquitous feature of the Gothic architecture that was based upon those ideas,not mentioned explicitly in extant lectures, it is present in the visual arts, regalia and ceremonial forms of the Craft from an early period.
academialodge.org/article_vesica_piscis.php
The word "Eye" has many meanings from an organ that detects light to the symbolic eye with its many metaphors that link to conscious awareness. Reality is a consciousness hologram virtually experienced through the eye of time. The physical eye has a pupil symbolizing we are pupils/students in a university or universe.The Eye represents the center of the Milky Way Galaxy or the center of a Black Hole,everything spiraling into physical consciousness (existence)
HISTORY
Over fifteen years ago, entrepreneur and Miami native Craig Robins recognized the potential of the Miami Design District, and started acquiring and redefining properties in the area. Through careful stewardship. the Design District began to juxtapose design brands with internationally important art collections, phenomenal temporary and permanent art and design installations, and great restaurants. L Real Estate and the LVMH brands recognized the unique importance of the community, centrally located in Miami and culturally at the vanguard of global creative industry, and joined Dacra to bring in the unique retail development vision and luxury retail experiences that discerning consumers crave – all north of downtown and less than 10 minutes away from South Beach in a pedestrian-friendly environment.As new buildings were erected and historic structures were transformed, design showrooms flocked to the area, led by Holly Hunt, Knoll, Poliform, Luminaire Contract, Waterworks, bulthaup, Ann Sacks, Campaniello/Cassina, British Khaki, Kartell, and Poltrona Frau. Art galleries and exhibition spaces followed including Art Fusion, Artformz, Diaspora Vibe, Etra Fine Art, Galeria AQUA, Solange Rabello Art Gallery, and The Moore Space. And because creative talents gravitate to neighborhoods defined by art and design it was logical that architects Alison Spear, Chad Oppenheim, HOK, Matthew McDonald, NuHouse, and photographer Iran Issa-Khan opened studios in the Design District. Restaurants naturally followed, creating even greater connective tissue.Innovative retailers soon started to open unique spaces within which to present their collections. Today, Christian Louboutin, Marni, Maison Martin Margiela, En Avance, Cartier, Celine, Louis Vuitton, Agnona, Dior Homme and Prada are open and preparing to welcome new neighbors who will join them in 2014, including Hermes, Berluti and many more.Like all authentic neighborhoods, the Miami Design District continues to evolve: public art installations including the Buckminster Fuller Fly¹s Eye Dome, more amazing shops, restaurants and galleries, and a boutique hotel and residences are all planned. A renaissance of the streetscape and landscape of the District designed by Island Planning Corp is underway. New buildings have been commissioned from architects Aranda\Lasch, K|R, Sou Fujimoto, Moorhead and Moorhead, Iwatmoto Scott, Studio Gang, Leong and Leong, SB Architects and OAB (Office of Architecture Barcelona). Recently, the neighborhood became the first LEED ND Gold Certified project in Miami Dade County and only the 33rd in the entire United States.
So, I decided to do something a little non-traditional for this week's Halloween theme for the Global Creative Photography Project. These are the pumpkins that Adam, Leah, Kristen and I carved on Halloween night after having a few drinks and eating a few appy's. It was a great time! I applied some creative filter in photoshop and I thought it looked sort of creepy and halloweenesque.
If you look closely you can even see the fracture lines near the top of the house on the middle pumpkin. This is where I accidentally destroyed it while in the process of cutting it out. Ooops. Kristen fixed it by using a kebab stick - hence the little chimney on the right side of the roof that is not actually part of the pumpkin!
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24th May 2014, I went into the City of Sydney to view firsthand the spectacular VIVID SYDNEY 2014, a festival of light, music and ideas. This image is one of my long exposure photographs of the bright and colorful projections of light and patterns on the Sydney Opera House. These colorful projections were continuously changing making Sydney Harbour look like a piece of art.
Many of the ferries also had colorful lighting which just added to the bright and happy atmosphere created by this festival.
Coloring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections; Vivid Aquatique immersive water theatre; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.
The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007. It is one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centers in the world.
The Sydney Opera House is on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It sits at the north-eastern tip of the Sydney central business district (the CBD), surrounded on three sides by the harbour (Sydney Cove and Farm Cove) and inland by the Royal Botanic Gardens.
The day begins. A sunrise shot for the Global Creative Photography Project's theme of Sunrise/Sunset.
This was the sky Aaron and I woke up to at our ridge campsite (show in comments) just below Eaton Peak. A beautiful spot tucked in a high valley above the Skagit River Valley near Hope B.C.
Quality prints and greeting cards can be purchased at >> kaye-menner.artistwebsites.com/featured/vivid-sydney-2014...
WHO PAINTED THE OPERA HOUSE? (4)
Multicolored view of the Opera House with vivid splashes of paint.
24th May 2014, I went into the City of Sydney to view firsthand the spectacular VIVID SYDNEY 2014, a festival of light, music and ideas. This image is one of my long exposure photographs of the bright and colorful projections of light and patterns on the Sydney Opera House. These colorful projections were continuously changing making Sydney Harbour look like a piece of art.
Many of the ferries also had colorful lighting which just added to the bright and happy atmosphere created by this festival.
Coloring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections; Vivid Aquatique immersive water theatre; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.
The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007. It is one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centers in the world.
The Sydney Opera House is on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It sits at the north-eastern tip of the Sydney central business district (the CBD), surrounded on three sides by the harbour (Sydney Cove and Farm Cove) and inland by the Royal Botanic Gardens.
A shot I took last year of the Lower Londsdale Quay area in North Vancouver.
Using it for the Global Creative Photo Project's theme of the week, Architecture.
Londsdale Quay is a very beautiful and unique area if you ever get a chance to visit it. There are some small boutique shops that have cool things for birthdays and other special occasions. It is only a short drive away from the North Shore Mountains (seen in the background), and also offers great views of Vancouver proper across Burrard Inlet.
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On 6th June, 2014, I went into the City of Sydney to view firsthand the spectacular VIVID SYDNEY 2014, a festival of light, music and ideas.
This image is one of my long exposure photographs of the bright and colorful projections of light and patterns on the Novotel Hotel above the many Harbourside restaurants at Darling Harbour. These colorful projections were continuously changing making the Novotel look like a palace in Fantasyland and the forever changing colorful reflections on the water were so vibrant and beautiful.
Vivid Sydney:
Coloring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections; Vivid Aquatique immersive water theatre; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the Vivid Ideas Exchange featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.
Undoubtedly one of my favorite places in London.
This for the Global Creative Photography Project. The theme this week was texture/patterns.
Also for the Globe and Mail reader submissions. the theme this week is "Contrast".
Took this shot just after sunset on February 28th in St. James Park while I was visiting my family and future brother-in-law London.
Our Daily Challenge: January 7: Bubbles
I took this shot against a black background...used some burgundy coloring in the water, played with various positions of lighting to come up with a setting I liked. I then played around a bit with the contrast, deepened the bluish purple tint slightly and added some sharpening to get the white veins between the bubbles to really stand out. The rainbow is an unexpected bonus... LOL!!
HCS!! Bubbles are of course, very cliche!
Behind the Lens: Global Creative Photography Challenge: Weekly Challenge: Water
Wynn Resorts adds a new level of modern vigor to its world-class art collection with the acquisition of Smiling King Bear, a pop-surreal sculpture created by the famed Spanish contemporary artist Okuda San Miguel. At a towering 16-feet tall and executed in the artist’s signature prismatic style, the sculpture is a multicolored geometric masterpiece featuring a whimsical bear with a spiked crown, holding an equally imposing smiling ball.
Fashioned from fiberglass, aluminum, and highly pigmented synthetic enamel, Smiling King Bear originally arrived in the United States from Spain as part of an outdoor art exhibition in Downtown Las Vegas curated by global creative house, Justkids. After its acquisition, the sculpture was installed at Wynn Las Vegas during a meticulous multi-day process overseen by the artist, and is now on display in the Wynn Plaza rotunda as part of the resort’s continued appreciation and commitment to public art.
“It is great to be displayed in a prestigious Las Vegas resort like Wynn, and to continue the collaboration with Justkids in the United States. Wynn has a remarkable art collection and I am honored to be a part of it. The architectural elements of the hotel and its luminosity highlights the shapes and colors of my Smiling King Bear. This juxtaposition of classical and contemporary is very often part of my artistic concept, so the resort is a perfect fit for the sculpture,” said Okuda.
Okuda is considered to be one of the most renowned artists among the contemporary art movement, celebrated for his unique geometric structures and patterns that have developed their own instantly recognizable iconographic language. Featured in hundreds of solo and group exhibitions, his works can be seen in streets and galleries around the world including India, Mali, Mozambique, United States, Japan, Chile, Brazil, Peru, South Africa, Mexico, many parts of Europe, and beyond. Highly sought after for large scale projects, Okuda is perhaps best known for his conversion of an abandoned Spanish church aptly named Kaos Temple, which has become a new icon of contemporary art.
Heads of the intellectual property (IP) Offices of Latin America attended a regional meeting on October 4, 2022 in Lima, Peru.
WIPO Director General Tang opened the meeting and during his address, invited delegates to write a new chapter of IP together.
With trademark filings from across the region growing, venture capital investments increasing, and Latin America a dynamic engine of the global creative economy, Mr. Tang noted that governments, businesses, and individuals across the region are paying attention to IP more than ever before.
Mr. Tang pledged WIPO’s ongoing support as offices across Latin America continue their transformation journey, including through the creation of new projects that bring IP to the grassroots, unlocking IP financing, and supporting the use of WIPO’s Madrid System across the region.
The meeting took place during an official visit to Peru.
More: Director General Pledges New Chapter in Cooperation with Peru and Heads of Latam IP Offices
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Eduardo Logas. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!
This self-timed shot from is from our recent trip to Hawaii! I'm using it for my self portrait shot for the Global Creative Photography Project.
Photos by Chris Gallevo
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Shutterstock Captures the Essence of the CreativeMornings Community
Reality is not passive; we actively shape it with our thoughts and actions. Our personal universe is based on the stories we tell ourselves and the worldview through which we look out into the world.
In May 2016, CreativeMornings and Shutterstock (one of our global partners that makes our work possible), celebrated the theme of Reality.
Shutterstock surprised the community in 10 cities—London, San Francisco, Montreal, New York City, Vancouver, Singapore, Toronto, Berlin, and Chicago—by hiring local photographers to capture the diversity and backgrounds of their own CreativeMornings community.
Not only do we get to observe and study the work that was produced, but to also enter into the minds' behind the camera—how does their worldview shape their work and what do they hope to communicate? How do they use their lens to capture reality, and at the same time, inspire us to look into a new direction to change our reality?
We are excited to share the full album of portraits of our global creative community.
Admist the grey/white clouds, spitting showers, dull architecture, somber mood, and semi-sketchyness of Bethnal Green, East London, sits a gorgeous field of brilliant flowers. I was truly amazed to find this spot after walking 10's of city blocks where it felt as though natural beauty had been striped and stomped on.
Using this shot for the Global Creative Photography Project. The theme this week is complimentary colors. Green/Red.
total white
etereo bianco
speranza per l'anima
le persone sono punti che si incontrano
alla fine due pupazzi di neve ci sorridono
Monte Nerone, Italy, 2023
total white
ethereal white
hope for the soul
people are dots that meet
at the end two snowmen smile at us
Monte Nerone, Italy, 2023
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The theme for the Global Creative Photography Project this week was "A Bad Picture"
Over the past 12 hours or so, media sources around the world have broadcasted "Bad Pictues" from my home town, video and photos depicting the rioting in Vancouver following the Vancouver Canucks loss and the Boston Bruins win in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Captivated by the live news coverage of the local media I stayed up late and watched as police cars were overturned and torched and multiple stores were looted.
Sad that it turned into such a disaster...
Just like the riots after loosing game 7 in 1994, Vancouver's left to pick up the pieces and rebuild its reputation, again.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with actor Samuel L. Jackson (centre) and Mr. Jackson's wife, LaTanya Richardson, at a reception for the Global Creative Forum in Los Angeles, California.
01/03/2010. Los Angeles, United States. UN Photo/Mark Garten. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
A tug pulls away in reverse from a jetty near Londsdale Quay in North Vancouver. I thought this shot was fitting for the "out of place" theme for this week's Global Creative Photography Project. While I was taking this I was actually thinking of what this inlet may have looked like before big diesel engines and International trade came about.
Sorry this is late.
Will get to your streams soon too!
Knowledge beyond Standard In Denmark, as well as globally, creative industries are experiencing heavy growth. To operate successfully in these industries require knowledge and skills beyond what is covered by general management programmes. The programme’s main focus is on the management of the process work found within the creative industries. Management of Creative Business Processes develops your ability to manage a firm’s creative processes as well as integrating creative inputs into commercially feasible products or services. As a CBP student you will learn to engage global networks within the creative industries with a wide array of skills covering areas such as strategy, marketing, financial and legal as well as idea generation and project management all within the creative industries. Creative industries Through this managerial approach, you learn to understand the organisation of a firm in general, as well as the creative industries specifically. Examples of creative industries are; film, music, advertising, architecture, industrial design, fashion and software development. Innovation – the management of creative processes
Creative business processes are also crucial to many innovative firms outside the creative industries. The programme covers business processes and general theories of innovation and their application and connection with creative firms and industries. The programme’s focus on innovation includes entrepreneurship in general, gathering and processing knowledge, and well as generating and sharing ideas inside and outside the organisation. By understanding the teory and application of these creative processes you will learn how traditional industries seeking to be innovative can bennefit from adopting creative processes that are commonly found in the creative industries. Organisation - project management By examining best practices from the creative industries and working together in groups and projects you will aquire an understanding of the role organisation and management plays in the succes of an innovative company. For instance how the project organisation influences the ability of a company to develop innovative new products. General management theory / business administration The programme covers basic elements of standard business administration; basic principles of copyright law, accounting and marketing.
The power of advertising can drive social change. Leadership and diversity trainer Glenn Singleton, center, discusses the effect of ads with global creative agency Wieden+Kennedy leaders Karrelle Dixon, managing director, left, and Patty Orlando, creative director, right, at The Summit on Race in America at the LBJ Presidential Library on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
The Summit on Race in America runs from April 8-April 10 at the LBJ Library.
04/10/2019
LBJ Library photo by Jay Godwin
Barcelona Calling
Steeped in cultural prestige and art Barcelona’s place in the global creative industry is firm. Some time in the not too distant future at what appears to be the end of the world and the beginning of a new one the time has finally come for the new fashion forward and creative to take centre stage. Such is portrayed with a prominent theme of new world order in our feature image. Over twenty five of the cities’s rising and established talent joined imaginative forces to create a piece of art ‘Barcelona Calling’.
The collaboration showcases some of the best in styling, make up, design and photography that online talent network and pioneering movement Nineteen74 and Barcelona has to offer. Designers featured were versatile ranging from Manuel Bolaño to Josep Font, Cardó & Bech and Gori de Palma. Lips were kept powerful but not too pretty with main make up artist Susana Puigsegur. Marcel Pel kept hair gorgeous, dramatic and fairy tale with a dark twist. Chief photographer Cristian Di Stefano who has previously produced shoots for Vice Magazine, Dazed Digital and our very own Schön! Magazine, bringing his talent and experience to the project with familiar faces having previously worked with.
See more at www.nineteen74.com
Art Direction / Oscar Cardó @ glupstudio.com
Photography / Cristian Di Stefano @ cristiandistefano.com
Creative Direction / Design / Glupstudio @ glupstudio.com
Styling / Rebecca Rodríguez @ bla-blue.com
Make Up / Susana Puigsegur @ susanapuigsegur.com
Hair / Marcel Pel @ marcelpel.com
Models / Dánae Cuesta / Marta Rodríguez / Paolo Cesar /
Verónica Ortega /Vanesa Gómez / Silvia Pes
Clothing / Josep Font / Gori de Palma / Manuel Bolaño
Cardó & Bech
Video / Pawel Antas @ pawelantas.net
Assistant & Backstage Photography /
Jordi Laguna @ lagunaguiance.com
Styling Assistant / Laura Parés
Make Up Assistant / Raquel Perez Gomez
Special Thanks to
Raúl Estevez
ConfettiShots
Equipo Singular
Me Hotel Barcelona
+34 Pressroom
Spotlight Service
Mobles Almirall
June 4th, 2012.
Sydney will once again be transformed into a spectacular canvas of light, music and ideas when Vivid Sydney takes over the city after dark from 25 May – 11 June 2012.
Colouring the city with creativity and inspiration, Vivid Sydney highlights include the hugely popular immersive light installations and projections; performances from local and international musicians at Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House and the new Vivid Ideas Exchange at the MCA featuring public talks and debates from leading global creative thinkers.
Vivid Sydney is a major celebration of the creative industries and the biggest festival of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, attracting over 400,000 attendees in 2011.
From Wikipedia:
The Customs House is an historic Sydney landmark located in the city's Circular Quay area. Constructed initially in 1844-1845, the building served as the headquarters of the Customs Service until 1990. Ownership was then transferred from the Commonwealth Government of Australia to the City of Sydney Council in 1994, when it became a venue for exhibitions and private functions.
After being refurbished in 2003, it has also become the new home of the City of Sydney Library.
People of the Eora tribe are said to have witnessed from the site, in 1788, the landing of the First Fleet. Convict David O'Connor was hanged on the site in 1790 and it is said that his ghost haunts the Customs House to this day, offering people rum.
The driving force behind the construction of the original sandstone edifice on Circular Quay was Colonel John George Nathaniel Gibbes (1787-1873), the Collector of Customs for New South Wales for a record term of 25 years from 1834 to 1859. Colonel Gibbes persuaded the Governor of NSW, Sir George Gipps, to begin construction of the Customs House in 1844 in response to Sydney's growing volume of maritime trade. The building project also doubled as an unemployment relief measure for stone masons and laborers during an economic depression which was afflicting the colony at the time.
The two-storey Georgian structure was designed by Mortimer Lewis and featured 13 large and expensive windows in the facade to afford a clear view of shipping activity in Sydney Cove. Colonel Gibbes, who dwelt opposite Circular Quay on Kirribilli Point, was able to watch progress on the Customs House's construction from the verandah of his private residence, Wotonga House (now Admiralty House).
The Customs House opened for business in 1845 and replaced cramped premises at The Rocks. It was partially dismantled and expanded to three levels under the supervision of the then Colonial Architect, James Barnet, in 1887. Various additions were made over the next century, particularly during the period of the First World War, but some significant vestiges of the original Gibbes-Lewis building remain.
The Coat of arms of the United Kingdom is displayed on Customs House. The coat features both the motto of English monarchs, Dieu et mon droit (God and my right), and the motto of the Order of the Garter, Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shamed be he who thinks ill of it) on a representation of the Garter behind the shield.
Now heading into its fourth year, Vivid Sydney was ranked in the Top Ten global ideas festivals by the influential Guardian newspaper in the UK.