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We all have our side projects. Build a ship in a bottle, repave the garden walk, organize our stamp collection from countries that no longer exist. I also have a few side projects. One is my Stock Certificate Project (that I really should devote some more time to). Another is my ROYGBIV project.
It is not uncommon that friends ask me for photos or themselves for this or that. When they do, I try to squeeze the ROYGBIV project in. Basically, I try to position my subjects outside, in front of some primarily colored background as well as one white background then assemble the results into whatever you call a piece of art that involves four separate scenes... whatever is past a tryptic I guess.
Anyway, one of my oldest friends Kevin Bankston was in town for the holidays and he asked that I shoot a few shots of him. It should be said that Kevin is probably my most accomplished and admirable friend. He has worked for the ACLU, EFF and is making a big move to Washigton to further lobby for and protect out online freedoms. If you watch, you will certainly see him on the television or quoted in all the big magazines. This guys is one to watch.
The condition was that we drive around until I could find some suitable locations for the ROYGBIV project. For those who slept through that day in science class ROYGBIV is just an acronym for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. These are roughly the shades we see in the visible light spectrum. In my opinion, solid and strong colors make for nice backgrounds if you can get the right subject to background distance so the background becomes a blur of radiant color.
All technical mumbo-jumbo aside, I like the way they look and you can see a prior one taken of my good friend Chris Brooks here. Also included in this batch are some of the un-cropped originals that I did a little more tweaking on.
If you're going to shoot portraits of your buddies for free (and why wouldn't you?) you might as well make them work a little bit for it and direct their efforts towards your broader schemes. So, thanks Kevin. You are now installment 2 in the slow-moving ROYGBIV Project.
Everything was shot natural light with a Canon 5D MKII and a Canon 135mmm f/2 L USM and edited in Aperture and Nik Color Efex Pro 4.
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The Handwriting Meme.
1. Name/Blog URL
2. Lefty/Righty/Ambidextrous
3. Letters you enjoy writing
4. Letters you dislike writing
5. Write “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”
6. Write CRAB, HUMOR, KALEIDOSCOPE, PAJAMAS, and GAZILLION in caps.
7. Write one of your favorite song lyrics.
8. Write who should do this.
9. Any last blurb slash note
(Took this from caity.nu)
The nave of the Dom (Cathedral).
The interior of the Cathedral (length 86m. width 62.5m.) is in a cool white and holds over 10,000 people. The ceiling frescoes in the middle nave were painted by Arsenio Mascagni and Ignazio Solari and show scenes of the life and suffering of Christ and lead to Mascagni's large picture of the resurrection of Christ.
In this picture can also be seen some of the frescoes of the cupola.
The theme of this project is "The Fruits of the Spirit," from the Bible verse Galatians 5:22-23 New International Version (NIV)
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance (patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
This verse refers to the spiritual gifts that a follower of Christ receives and develops over time. I chose the image of the cross for "Goodness", as I am reminded by it to sacrifice a "me first" attitude and put God and others first in the same way that Christ laid down his life to save me.
"Project 7 is a single-seater sports car based on the F-TYPE, with the kind of racing-inspired form that designers dream about. It has one purpose: to be driven fast and enjoyed.Jaguar sports cars are known for exceptional performance and clean design. Project 7 captures that spirit in its purest form."
It's been a gorgeous day. At lunchtime I walked down to the waterfront and saw this sailing ship in front of the cruise ship.
Friday, 10th March 2017.
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States led by its newly created space agency NASA. It ran from 1959 through 1963 with the goal of putting a human in orbit around the Earth, and doing it before the Soviet Union, as part of the early space race. It involved seven astronauts flying a total of six solo trips. On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space in a suborbital flight after the Soviet Union had put Yuri Gagarin into orbit one month earlier. John Glenn became the first American to reach orbit on February 20, 1962. He was the third person to do so, after Soviet Gherman Titov made a day-long flight in August 1961. When the project ended in May 1963, USA was still behind the Soviet space program, but the gap was seen as closing.
When the stars don't shine, and when the birds don't fly
And when the flowers cry, and when the rain runs dry
When the violet's red and when the rose turn blue
I'll still be in love with u.....
- This is my first shot for the LOVE project. Received these hearts and a lovely postcard with a beautiful message from my Japan friend, Keiko some time ago and had a couple of shots last night. Nothing beats the satisfaction of producing these lovely shots, as my wife was there helping me all the way. Hence...called Love project.
Photos of automobiles detailed and shot in AutoDetailer Studio's state-of-the-art Lightroom!
Behind-the-scenes of what goes on behind each car that's detailed to our Signature Series perfection and photographed...
This is one of my favorite spreads from my Sketchbook Project.
First, I freehanded the patterned background with a Sharpie. Scanned a ballpoint pen sketch, enlarged it, printed, and then glued it into the sketchbook. From there I was able to use my acrylics to work the final magic.
To see some of my work in progress and the cover to the sketchbook, check out my blog:
jaimeferg.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/sketchbook-project-sam...
This is my entry in the Project Quilting Off Season Challenge - Catalog It! Your inspiration was to be from an ad.
I was inspired by clothes ads. Many times we thumb thru' catalogs and order clothes. Then they come in the mail and they don't fit us correctly. They just hang in our closets. Since this has happened to just about everyone I know, I decided we could all relate!
I was inspired to create a quilt from an unusable clothing item --- a denim shirt that didn't fit me!
I posted about each part of the process on my blog: marciascraftysewing.blogspot.com/
#1 Cut the shirt ---- Up Cycle this Denim Shirt
#2 The Process --- My Vacation Project Continues...
#3 The Binding --- A Fringie Raw Edge Binding
#4 Hot Pads --- Made from the Scraps
#5 Completed Project --- marciascraftysewing.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-vacation-proj...
Marcia Wachuta --- Marcia's Crafty Sewing and Quilting
Boscobel, Wisconsin
This outfit is a modified "Myra" jumpsuit by Violette Field Threads. I narrowed and shortened the legs, added a wide cuff, piped the armholes and keyhole, and narrowed and shortened the neck tie. Its made of hot pink denim, with just a little stretch. On the back are mismatched, oversized white buttons. She has a coordinating hair bow. Whenever I sew for my kids, my goal is that they will actually want to wear the clothes, and that the clothes will hold up to regular, everyday use. She loves this, and played for a long time in it, doing lots of jumping, "because its a jumpsuit!"
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sketchbook shot!
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Wszelkie wykorzystanie prac bez zgody autora - zabronione ( Zgodnie z przepisami USTAWY z dnia 4 lutego 1994 r. o prawie autorskim i prawach pokrewnych).
Kopiowanie i rozpowszechnianie ich w jakiejkolwiek formie jest zabronione.
I had to pop out from work for an hour and while I was out I drove passed this field of rapeseed. When I first passed it the sky was clear blue but there was nowhere to park. I knew there was a layby on the other side of the road so stopped on the wayback, a few clouds had rolled in but I still wanted the shot. Taken in panorama mode with the Oly XZ-1.
SpirosK is the wonderful photographer for this henna project, and Danai Gourd the marvellous model. We shot in an abandoned hotel in the mountains north of Athens, Greece. The hotel was really moody, surreal, post-apocalyptic fairy in a mad maxish setting. This was one of the most fun projects I have worked on with a great crew - assistants, make up artists, everyone gave 110% of their energy to do this.
Henna was a challenge for me, not my normal style. Tried to make it thorny, not too flowery, tribally, but not too tribal, and the raggedy faerie wings were accented with water color pencil.
The cast and crew are:
Spiros K. = Photographer
Kree Arvanitas = Henna artist
Danai Gourd = Model
Jennifer Rage = Makeup Artist
Magdalini = Artist Assistant
Anastasia = Model Assistant
The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England. Inside the two biomes are plants that are collected from many diverse climates and environments. The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, located 2 km (1.2 mi) from the town of St Blazey and 5 km (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell, Cornwall.
The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining omes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The biomes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames. The largest of the two biomes simulates a Rainforest environment and the second, a Mediterranean environment. The attraction also has an outside botanical garden which is home to many plants and wildlife native to Cornwall and the UK in general; it also has many plants that provide an important and interesting backstory, for example, those with a prehistoric heritage.
An Innovative contemporary photography in the heart of the Glockenbach district.
Photometry is the science of light and candela is the unit for luminous intensity. With this in mind, the newly re-opened Candela Project Gallery is the latest bright spot in Munich’s cultural landscape.
The Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England. Inside the two biomes are plants that are collected from many diverse climates and environments. The project is located in a reclaimed Kaolinite pit, located 2 km (1.2 mi) from the town of St Blazey and 5 km (3 mi) from the larger town of St Austell, Cornwall.
The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining omes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The biomes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steel frames. The largest of the two biomes simulates a Rainforest environment and the second, a Mediterranean environment. The attraction also has an outside botanical garden which is home to many plants and wildlife native to Cornwall and the UK in general; it also has many plants that provide an important and interesting backstory, for example, those with a prehistoric heritage.
The Ballerina Project is a worldwide photo shoot of ballerinas posed in the most random of places. Here are the beautiful and talented young ladies of the Bay Area for my take on The Ballerina Project! Stay tuned for more :)
Photo: Cherish Ortiz
Model: Margaux
"I love fantasy. I love horror. I love musicals. Whatever doesn't really happen in life is what I'm interested in. As a way of commenting on everything that does happen in life, because ultimately the only thing I'm really interested in is people." ~Joss Whedon
Our quiet Friday turned out to be a freaky Friday after all. Jason came to visit after getting back from Queensland and Kam surprised us with a visit as well. We ended up watching an Aussie horror movie based on real-life events, called Wolf Creek, I ended up hyperventilating a bit while Kam kept her cool interviewing Jason about his holiday chick escapades :o) We missed the happy Friday gang and always Selz, but we're planning to celebrate the end of my Project 365.
Jason showed Kam photos from his phone of "Le Hot Chic" and Kam's innocent probing resulted in this question:
Kam: "Jason...where's her face?"
Seventeen (17) more days to go...
Just wanted to thank my awesome friend Jeff for sharing a beautiful movie called Women are Heroes, saw the preview and Alex is looking for it this weekend :o) Thanks Jeff :o)
I've been thinking a lot more about life post-365, I think I might take a 2 week hiatus, have a bit of a breather and then focus more on series. I had this idea of focusing on studying artists and doing re-interpretations of their work or compositions. I don't think I'll ever fade away from flickr, this is one of the few places I feel at home. :o)
Hope you're having a great weekend dear friends :o)