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Crop of the image www.flickr.com/photos/arunan/22342888/
A Silhouette against the evening sun on the himalayas. (Taken on a Point & Shoot film camera. The stub on the right border has been cropped out, else it is straight from the camera. Okay, some dust from the scanner too ;)
Completely inspired by Mark:
www.flickr.com/photos/goodmolecules/4955130940/
Of course, this is much worse, as I usually don't do collages like this. :(
Using images:
Me on bench:
www.flickr.com/photos/22070130@N07/3277289361/
Taranaki:
www.flickr.com/photos/22070130@N07/3191273773/
(I'd like to take this use of a Kiwi icon to wish all my friends from New Zealand, particularly Christchurch and Canterbury, all the best and a speedy rebuild!)
Cheddar Cliff (in comments):
www.flickr.com/photos/22070130@N07/4426568212/
Balloon:
www.flickr.com/photos/22070130@N07/4738816755/
Cloud Cover
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?
I made a little road trip over to Seattle yesterday and did some shooting with Brooke & Elle. Today we are all meeting Maitexu for the first time! Gonna have a little Flickr meetup with Drummy, George, Mark and whoever else decides to show up :-)
Taken on time, posted late...heh.
Taken with a point-and-shoot suspended from a kite. This was a fun experiment, and I'm so pleased to have a few photos of the three of us (which is kind of rare) at one of our favorite locations.
There are all sorts of instructions you can find on-line by googling or doing a flickr search of "Kite Aeriel Photography," including some sophisticated rigs for stabilizing, panning, and tilting your camera. I just used string and a couple of hooks that attached to the kite line. I've seen others that just used duct tape. The problem with my set up is the camera will spin quite a lot, so the photos are completely random and there's some blur. That's fun in it's own way, but having some control would also be nice.
Before sending the camera aloft, we recorded a short video with our contact info, in case we lost the camera. When I brought the kite down, the fabric where the string attached had started to tear. Maybe it was a little too windy for the weight. I won't be sending my dslr up anytime soon.
is one of my favorite kite-cam photos (take a look at the entire set for wonderfully creative photography).
... I can feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord
I've been waiting for this moment, all my life, Oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, Oh Lord, Oh Lord ...
~ Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight ~
I went for a walk today with my camera and came back a bit disappointed as I couldn't find the nice autumn scenes I was hoping for. So instead I tried to work with what I had, which reminded me a bit of doom and gloom.
Inspired by GoodMolecules' AMAZING work I tried to create a bit of an infrared feel. I thought there was something missing so I used a photo of a zeppelin which I had shot in summer to add some more interest.
I'm at a loss for words ...
Typically I would've written a poem to express my thoughts and feelings ... but I've had a serious block for several months now (haikus are about all I can muster). Perhaps because I'm just not finding much inspiration these days, or perhaps it's just that I'm at yet another crossroads in my life ... time will tell. Anyhow right now I seem to find it ezier to express myself visually .. so here you have it.
This is my 1st conceptual image .. actually inspired by the brilliant work of my friend Mark (aka goodmolecules on Flickr). I don't even remember how I found my way to him initially, but I take it as a gift ... a very special gift ... and so now I too have ventured into that wonderful world of imagination, too ... of fantasy and illusion.
Mark's photo stream: www.flickr.com/photos/goodmolecules/with/5124328514/
Much like my poetry ... I just let this flow .. a stream of consciousness of sorts ... although I had a basic concept and image to begin with ... a dream boy. Then I decided to just choose from my raw photos. This gave me some limits ... for while I have years of jpg images .. I only have a few months in raw. That was a good idea as even still there were a lot to look thru. But, ultimately when it came right down to it the selection process it was relatively ez, because like I said ... I just let it happen, even though I did start with almost twice as many images as I used here ... some just didn't pan out like I envisioned .
Anyhow ... sometimes I knew exactly what I wanted to do with an image .. and sometimes I just stumbled onto an effect that I liked. In any case the learning curve was steep and tedious. I've been processing almost entirely in RAW because it's fast, effective and has built in limitations, but by including PS for this conceptual piece.. I found the choices almost endless ... and this in itself added a lot to the challenge (when is enough enough ??). It took a couple weeks to create ... and as I got into it more I found I had made several bad decisions along the way, but by then it was too difficult to go back and correct them. At least I learned from them ... I hope.
I find the creative process exciting, fun, enlightening, challenging, time consuming, frustrating, nerve-racking and rewarding.
Finally, I'd like to say a special thx to my artist husband Robert for his constant support (he has many years of PS experience in graphic arts), patience (esp with my inability to grasp some of the harder concepts), critical eye and encouragement. I couldn't have done it w/o him by my side .. and still there is so much more to learn.
Life has been chaotic and overwhelming. My eye is on the finish line, but I'm not quite sure how I'm going to make it.
In other news, this was taken in our awesome purple bedroom with lovely window light. :)
Also, a huge thanks to Mark for sending us THIS RAD PRINT! to put up in the house. I can't wait to get it on the wall. Such generous folks here on Flickr. Much love to ya. :)
Here is my submission for Get Pushed Round 36. It's frightfully late, and it feels like bailing out to me, but that's because I wasn't shooting FOR the Get Pushed assignment when I took the picture--even though I was already thinking about this event in connection with the assignment… Sorry about the verbal gobbledegook! Let me start again:
My partner for this round is the very talented Safar Fiertze, who has been using computer graphics software for artistic purposes with or without photography for some time, and is now putting energy into photography itself. Her artistic abilities are all over her photostream, and she answered my push admirably.
She gave me 3 options one of which I practically begged for, so it is the one I am trying to answer:
Option 1: This one is based on your request for a creative/artistic push. It also takes account of a comment about thinking about photography in a more metaphorical way, and additionally takes account of your professional role as someone who I would see as a kind of ethical facilitator through the problems of life.
I am currently working on the idea of creating a picture based on a very short story that I have written. I’ve thought a lot about the role of myths, legends, folk tales etc. and their social function and purpose. Fables, for instance, generally have a moral to the tale; fairy tales often feature a protagonist that has to overcome some mighty foe. I’ve been thinking about and studying photographs that are narrative in their content.
E.g.
www.flickr.com/photos/goodmolecules/6196114706/
With this in mind, this option is to create a picture that tells a story that conveys a message that you would like others to learn from.
I admire conceptual photography a lot, and this is exactly the kind of thing I would like to grow into. I spent a couple week pondering how to visualize some of the ethical complexities of a part of my life that is very dear to me, and failed utterly. That part of my life is an ongoing relationship with a small community of Lakota Indians in South Dakota who invited my friend and colleague Fr. Peter to bring a group from Connecticut to spend time each summer with their kids. I have now been part of this annual visit for 4 years. All my South Dakota pictures are from these trips. Out of respect for the privacy of my friends there, I post only landscape and nature shots, but I shoot many frames of our program and activities as well.
Native Americans as a whole have tragically high rates of unemployment, alcoholism and teen suicide, and the rates among the Lakota are highest of all. The history of the relationship between their tribal government and the Bureau of Indian Affairs is full of misunderstandings at best, and betrayal and violence all too often. Their way of life has been rendered impossible, and for decades, the maintenance of their cultural heritage was illegal. Yet many remain faithful Episcopalians, as their families have been for 150 years because the US government assigned them to the Episcopal Church to "civilize" them. That in itself is appalling. Yet, though far from perfect, the Episcopal Church has sought to bring good news to the poor, feed the hungry, clothe the naked, care for the sick, bury the dead with honor, visit the lonely, and bind up the broken hearted. Because of this connection, we get invited to come provide a day camp for their kids for a week each summer.
I would love to figure out a way to set up and shoot a conceptual photo bringing together metaphorical and symbolic imagery to reflect on heart break and paradox, the connection and beginning of a relationship in the context of mistrust and betrayal. I simply don't have the chops. I went to South Dakota last month with Saf's push in mind, and kept turning it over in my head as we visited with old friends, hung out at a pow wow, went to church together, and spent joyful hours with the kids feeding them an "extra" lunch, telling BIble stories, making crafts and playing games.
I came away feeling defeated by the push, even though the trip was a wonderful visit. Not wanting to post nothing for this round, I looked through my photos from the week and came across this one. Fresh out of symbolism, it nevertheless gives a narrative of the topic.
Our little camp is housed in a county elementary school because the community of Norris is off the Rez, and thus has no indian school. Ironically, the white families in the area refuse to send their kids to school with indian kids, so the Norris Elementary School has effectively become an indian school. In the background is a display case of historic Lakota artifacts, as if they came from some exotic culture far away--but were in fact provided to the school by families in the area and are displayed with great pride. The swirl of kids' activities with indian kids and non-indian adults goes on around an earnest pastoral conversation. My friend Peter is visiting with Bertha, whose mother-in-law died this winter. She was the elder who invited us to come years ago. They are talking about how the family is going through an unsettled time as they grieve and wonder who will begin to fill her important role. Just beyond them a devoted dad bends over to show his three year old daughter how to blow through a straw to chase watercolor paint around the page. This is a multi-generational event! In this picture, other things are hidden in plain sight. It all looks tidy and clean and middle class. The school, however, is surrounded by dilapidated HUD houses and trailers, connected to each other by dirt roads. Some of the kids wear the same clothes the entire week. Many of them live with their grandmothers for a variety of reasons. The only business in the town is a tiny general store. There is no gas station. Even the bar went out of business.
When I took this picture, it was meaningful to me as a cross-section of our experience, but I was not thinking of it as a way to meet the push Saf gave me. It seems to be the closest I can come.
As the new year begins, it's time to take a last look back at 2008. Here are a few of my favorite images from other flickrites. This is by no means a comprehensive collection. Some of the photographic artists represented here, ah... i love everything they do. Others may have created a singular, mind-blowing image that i just couldn't forget.
Consider this a random sample to some extent. There are some of my favorite images that i couldn't include for privacy reasons (their). Others i may have erroneously overlooked when i was checking the thumbnails. No slight intended. To all my favorite photographic artists, thank you for a sexy, surprising, splashy, disturbing, enlightening, and inspirational year.
I can't wait to see what you come up with next!
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1. Learn To Forgive, 2. Omarion in Carbonite?, 3. remains of the day, 4. 2007-07-08 L5 HotelShots - Marseilles, France 4000_lvls_crp, 5. through yet another,
6. DSC_0374, 7. Day Eighty | Arc De Triomphe, 8. Untitled, 9. Untitled, 10. Moment of Weakness,
11. get into a mess, 12. DSCN2670_edited, 13. Sooner or later, we all join the circus...., 14. and then sometimes information just makes you snap, 15. Wish We Could Play Outside...,
16. Eros and Thanatos, 17. Bäääääh, 18. Shana, 19. Ernesto - bitch, 20. The one that got away...,
21. Air Born, 22. Diesel, 23. The Other Eye of Polyphemus, 24. Furrowed Brow, 25. Untitled
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
This is an earlier shot reworked to make it simpler (I've cropped out a bush) as suggested by GoodMolecules. The result is square, so I decided ot repost it for submission to the 500x500 group.
But I'm bored.
So some of these are really old? I know. I guess I am picky when it comes to faving.
I probably can only make two of these a year......
Anyways - Thanks to all of you for your constant inspiration. :-)
1. www.flickr.com/photos/9807218@N07/2713119734/, 2. Lucky star, 3. Ode to braces., 4. July 13, 2008, 5. Hello, my love., 6. 365_Day223, 7. Quase um parque Tupy, 8. Baby's Got the Blues, 9. dark thoughts..., 10. Day 137: Just me., 11. Refreshing..., 12. sorretta da un’insensata voglia di equilibrio, 13. 294.365 flamingo, 14. Mission 24: Taste / This Is Today: (13), 15. inspired..... in parts.., 16. set it free, 17. Je suis Le Noir!, 18. Cloud Comma, 19. breathe., 20. Love is..., 21. Day22...Waking, 22. 365_Day225, 23. (L), 24. I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I, 25. put your hand right there....
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
1. Silent Sunset, 2. the Decemberist, 3. Amtrak In Tacoma, 4. Escher, 5. a cup of chubby goodness, 6. Dance of the Koi, 90 seconds, 7. ., 8. fork in river, 9. .SJB., 10. The commute, 11. Elowah's hair blowing in the breeze, 12. Upper Butte Creek falls, winter, 13. Untitled, 14. Columbia River Gorge, 15. red, red wine, 16. coming and going, 17. Here's to new beginnings, 18. Yaquina Bay Bridge, 19. Snow 022, 20. Ice from the heart of the sun, 21. Power Tree, 22. Cold As Ice, 23. rainy john day, 24. evidence, 25. Amtrak In Tacoma, 26. Addictions, 27. 'tis the season, 28. Multnomah Cascade, 29. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream..., 30. Linear Strip Photography Stick and Daisy., 31. the fog comes in on little wet feet, 32. Stripped Of His Royal Robes, Naked And Alone. For Spring He Awaits, To One Day Reclaim His Noble Throne, 33. The Fremont Bridge, 34. sunset explosion, 35. >>> /\\, 36. Zen Window
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
And this set is a drop in the bucket of my inspiration... so thanks even if you didn't get listed here!!!
desserts * doodles * dancing * diving boards * dew * driving: with the top down, the music loud * devilled eggs * date night * derring-do * dollop of something sweet * day dreaming * designer knock-offs * dodo birds * “diddly squat” * dormant volcanoes * disco balls spinning madly * doves cooing * donkeys’ sweet faces * dawn * Dirty Dancing, the movie & the soundtrack * desert skies * dahlias * drawing * debut efforts * digging * Denver, the Mile High City * dreidel * dogs * digital world * duct tape * Ducati * docks * date books * deliveries: floral, pizza, mail * daughter * Danner boots * dressmaker’s dummy * dim lighting * daffodils * desks * dilettantes * dexterity * Dalmatians * donuts * digressions, they are so interesting to follow * damson jam * diner food * dhurrie * Dharma Initiative * dazzling sights and dainty delights
1. D-lights!, 2. Daffodils, 3. "Day Dreaming", 4. McKenna Relaxing
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
www.flickr.com/photos/mysianne is my new stream!
i'll be renewing and refreshing and decluttering.
also, starting a 365 project.
i look forward to remeeting everyone, so be quick and add me if we are friends and you're reading this (ahem, paloma and goodmolecules)
I know it’s a couple of days late, but life has been crazy…
Here are 8 photos by 8 different artists that I've tagged as favorites of mine. Check them out and also check out their photo streams, I think you'll find some cool stuff.
Happy Father’s Day
1. Thug teleportation by tdub303
2. nexus by .insomniac
3. Every Morning I Seem to Wake Up to the Same Choices by GoodMolecules
4. does any city ever sleep? 166 /365 by lolaluvsme
5. Boys’ Toys by . : : v i S H a l : : .
6. Raindrops keep falling on my head… by Lou Peeples
7. Streetfighter Urbex edition odin’s_raven
8. 166/365 eureka possessed2fisheye
more kite cam shots in this set.
is one of my favorite kite-cam photos (take a look at the entire set for wonderfully creative photography).
OK, I'm still playing catch up (wished it was ketchup).
This series seems to be about me finding several new contacts. They be AlicePalice (#35 & 36), Good Molecules (#7), the wee pixie (formerly Charlotte something-or-other, lucky #13), linanneblack (#11 & 18), and Jill's Junk (foil and occasional muse to Mike Jones, #6).
And a lot of old friends included, too.
btw -- I miss Mayr (#1 - in many ways) ... I hope she comes around to visit soon.
1. Almost full, 2. brother and sister, 3. me, 4. Post-Apocalyptic San Francisco, 5. Found behind the washing machine, 6. Point Clark Lighthouse,
7. "Oh.... Crap!" - (2 of 3), 8. Poppy Honey, 9. NYC Waterfalls, 10. Bond Dressed U.P., 11. under the tracks, 12. Maxwell - Stillleben,
13. Twinkle (SPT 18.9.08), 14. Dimensional Rift on the Broadway Bridge, 15. Last Life Before Winter, 16. All your life, 17. Crapi!, 18. Ship Shapes,
19. Freckled, 20. family, 21. Four season in a day, 22. Untitled, 23. Xavier Rudd, 24. curs in the weeds,
25. Pouty McPout (269/366), 26. Untitled, 27. Garden by flashlight, 28. Shrine Pass, Colorado, 29. 93/365, 30. inside looking out,
31. Mist on Echo Lake, 32. Rapid Reflection, 33. still the coolest tattoo ever...., 34. Mukki 3, 35. 9/365 Perfect Housewife, 36. 22/365 Untitled
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
1. expecting, 2. Ping-Pong, 3. Rachel, Blurred., 4. Kyetula Medula, 5. 163/365 (Title?), 6. skull & bones, 7. {, 8. Portrait, 9. austral, 10. Stranger 94/100 - Kyle, 11. The solution?, 12. YellowFence_134899, 13. dancing (jumping for joy) on the dark side of the moon, 14. intensive ., 15. "russian roulette is not the same without a gun", 16. Noël Dolla - Chauds Les Marrons aux Buttes Chaumont
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
This catches me up for now.
This batch is all SesameEllis all the time. Of course, having a brand new set of twins that are total camera hams with an extremely talented "mum" who loves to share the love ... well, of course they are filling up my Favorites Page. (Nos. 1, 18, 22, 25, 26, and 31)
One of the funniest shots I've ever seen on flickr is # 27. Close runners up are # 4 and 18.
1. exactly as i had prayed christmas morning would look this year..., 2. Snowball is still attached to his head LOL , 3. Pigeons Roasting by an Open Fire, 4. Untitled, 5. Funky Duck, 6. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream..., 7. so this is christmas, 8. go go magic camera ring. | 2, 9. BLDG. NO. 2, 10. Untitled, 11. Wet bricks at night, 12. Wreaths Across America, 13. Untitled, 14. i heart this image. so much., 15. AnnaMarie's Wedding 331-59, 16. It's one of those perfect, beautiful days..., 17. puke a tron, 18. can i interest you in a tiny knuckle sandwich?, 19. when you wish (upon a star), 20. H2O, 21. Back To The Future, 22. look at that face. the little face of hope. watching history in the making., 23. Sears Kit Home - The Sherburne - 1916, 24. It will come together (42/365), 25. you can do it, clover. you can do anything., 26. i swear, it is like he has been here my whole life., 27. Frankenpumpkin, 28. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, 29. Gross Faces, 30. Aftermath, 31. negative space., 32. negative space., 33. HDRised Vancouver, 34. Bell-keh, 35. We'll be best friends the nexts 7 months, 36. Don't worry, be happy!
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
So it's late. My apologies. I was not able to put this together and publish it on Friday, so you get it now - Sunday night.
Here are 10 photos by 10 different artists that I've tagged as favorites of mine. Check them out and also check out their photo streams, I think you'll find some cool stuff.
1. D.W. Dangle by D.Maitland
2. The one I love by . : : v i S H a l : : .
3. It really does make you feel like Batman by odin’s_raven
4. When Pumpkins Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws... well... you know by GoodMolecules
5. -Untitled- by lutman123
6. Mia: Pressure Drop by WILL★REFUSE
7. DAY 365!!! – THE END!! by quornflake
8. You think you have the best of intentions 288/ 365 by lolaluvsme
9. Time machine. by Moobyluvsme
10. -Untitled- by El Hijo Del Mofacko
got to hang out with SooperTramp & her fella & the amazing Mr. goodmolecules last night.
We had beers & good times & a really freakin huge pizza
so much fun!
i love my flickr friends :-)
1. the other side, 2. Blue Monday, 3. ghosts from the past - schimmen uit het verleden, 4. La bolsa de la compra */, 5. living-at-Canteras-Beach-82, 6. Untitled, 7. blurred, 8. As time goes by, 9. qualche volta navigo tra i fantasmi del passato che, in trasparenza, mi spiano nascosti dietro fluttuanti tende, 10. the watchers, 11. Slow Flood of Sorrow Drips In..., 12. Upon Reflection, 13. Untitled, 14. Fishing into white, 15. Winter Wonderland, 16. It's a beautiful day !
Created with fd's Flickr Toys
You know, I'm not sure how I forgot to finish working on this picture and post it. I'll finish it a bit later when I get home, but thought I'd toss this up for now. Always wanted to get into this and can't believe I just happened to come across someone really doing kite photography who was willing to put up with my endless questions for an hour or so while he shot away. Check out his final version of the shots he was taking www.flickr.com/photos/goodmolecules/4480386182/