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And I haven't even left my bed! I do, however, need help from some friends, no, ALL my friends. Actually, make that everybody. Just help me out and you will be my friend.
Shooting people portraits comes very naturally to me. At least up until the point I'm actually getting paid to do it. I've got a tendency to stiffen up in these settings, and even get a bit frantic when things go off track. And so it was in a session I did with Katey for her senior portraits. A huge responsibility actually, the senior portrait thing. You really want to capture the essence of the person on the cusp of transitioning from high school to the rest of their life. You are quite literally creating a visual documentation that they can look back on for the rest of their life. So yeah, no pressure here.
The challenge for me in this situation is coming in stone cold, never having met the subject and knowing next to nothing about them. I've come to rely mostly on instinct while trying to steadily build rapport and put them at ease. Katey looked impossibly young when I first met her, more like a freshman than a senior. But I soon found that her facial expression had a dramatic impact on her look. The initial photos in the session revealed her girlish side. As the shoot progressed I stopped trying to get her to smile and just went with the flow. We moved on to a nature preserve for the final series. Walking along a trail I suddenly stopped in front of this field of prairie grass. The light and setting seemed perfect. Katey stepped into the scene and it all felt right. My initial nervousness vanished. I felt totally at ease and confident. I always shoot many multiples of the same pose in the knowledge that even a subtle variation in facial expression can transform a portrait. Reviewing the results later, this shot really stood out from the others. Katey had somehow transformed from from a teenager into an older version of herself. There's a sense of serenity on her face, and a lovely Mona Lisa smile that falls somewhere between serious and happy. In this moment it felt like we were in perfect sync.
Explore 20-06-10 #231
En la visita a la Albufera con el curso de fotografía , nos quedamos tirados con la barca en medio de la Albufera , fallo de nuestro barquero de no revisar el carburante!!
María vino al rescate!!!
Sometimes when things are just getting a little too much a long drive gives me the chance to save some of the sanity I have left.
Because we have a kitten who loves people food and because we have April birthdays, this was hidden in the fridge for me to find!….
Ah, and you’ll be seeing odd pictures/interpretations bc I counted and found I needed 9 items to finish the scavenger hunt by Sunday— eek!
An extra ANSH hidden one
Little red riding hood and the red maple tree.
Gangwon-do, South Korea, October 2011.
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El Templo de Debod es un conjunto edilicio del antiguo Egipto localizado actualmente en Madrid (España). Está situado al oeste de la Plaza de España, junto al Paseo del Pintor Rosales (Parque del Oeste), en un alto donde se encontraba el Cuartel de la Montaña (en el que se produjo un sangriento episodio de la Guerra Civil Española). Al ser trasladado a España, se situó de manera que conservase aproximadamente la misma orientación que en su lugar de origen, de este a oeste.
El Templo de Debod fue un regalo de Egipto a España (año 1968), en compensación por la ayuda española, tras el llamamiento internacional realizado por la Unesco para salvar los templos de Nubia, principalmente el de Abu Simbel, en peligro de desaparición debido a la construcción de la presa de Asuán. Egipto donó cuatro de los templos salvados a distintas naciones colaboradoras: Dendur a los Estados Unidos (se encuentra actualmente en el Metropolitan Museum de Nueva York), Ellesiya a Italia (Museo Egipcio de Turín), Taffa a Holanda (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden de Leiden) y Debod a España.
Tiene una antigüedad de unos 2.200 años. Su núcleo más antiguo fue quizás erigido bajo el faraón Ptolomeo IV Filópator, y decorado posteriormente por el rey nubio Adikhalamani de Meroe hacia 200-180 a. C., siendo dedicado a Amón de Debod ("Amani", en idioma kushita) e Isis (hay investigadores que piensan que su erección fue obra de Adikhalamani, interviniendo posteriormente Ptolomeo IV en él). Posee importantes añadidos de época ptolemaica y romano-imperial (del siglo I a. C. al II d. C.).
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The Temple of Debod (Spanish: Templo de Debod) is an ancient Egyptian temple which was rebuilt in Madrid, Spain.
The temple was built originally 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Aswan in southern Egypt very close to the first cataract of the Nile and to the great religious center dedicated to the goddess Isis, in Philae. In the early 2nd century BC, Adikhalamani (Tabriqo), the Kushite king of Meroë, started its construction by building a small single room chapel dedicated to the god Amun. It was built and decorated on a similar design to the later Meroitic chapel on which the Temple of Dakka is based. Later, during the reigns of Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VIII and Ptolemy XII of the Ptolemaic dynasty, it was extended on all four sides to form a small temple, 12 by 15 metres (39 ft × 49 ft), which was dedicated to Isis of Philae. The Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius completed its decorations.
From the quay there is a long processional way leading to the stone-built enclosure wall, through three stone pylon gateways and finally to the temple itself. The pronaos, which had four columns with composite capitals collapsed in 1868, and is now lost. Behind it lay the original sanctuary of Amun, the offering table room and a later sanctuary with several side-rooms and stairs to the roof.
In 1960, due to the construction of the Great Dam of Aswan and the consequent threat posed to several monuments and archeological sites, UNESCO made an international call to save this rich historical legacy. As a sign of gratitude for the help provided by Spain in saving the temples of Abu Simbel, the Egyptian state donated the temple of Debod to Spain in 1968.
The temple was rebuilt in one of Madrid's parks, the Parque del Oeste, near the Royal Palace of Madrid, and opened to the public in 1972. The reassembled gateways appear to have been placed in a different order than when originally erected. Compared to a photo of the original site, the gateway topped by a serpent flanked sun appears not to have been the closest gateway to the temple proper. It constitutes one of the few works of ancient Egyptian architecture which can be seen outside Egypt and the only one of its kind in Spain.
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These posters have started showing up all over the city, asking to save the nightlife wich is at the moment quitte limited due to the pandemic.
The road to Sanctuary of Caraça Complex, a few hours away from Belo Horizonte, this wonderful private sanctuary preserves a fascinating landscape and ecology. One road in, one road out 2 days later, could have spend a week there exploring!
Saving the world from extinction with permaculture farming... auraionline.com/2017/04/09/saving-the-world-from-extincti...
Saving The Past For Our Future: 2011
Hillside And Orme Photo Project June 27, 2011
Over ten years ago, I drove by this block of houses at Hillside and Orme in Wichita, Kansas that were going to be torn down the next day in order to build a large Quik Trip convenience store and parking lot. I had to stop and explore.
Taken in the house that used to be at the SW corner home at Hillside and Orme. One of several photos of the kitty wallpaper in the kitchen. I had never seen this kind of wallpaper and the design needed to be saved.
RNLI lifeboat at Teddington Lock. Teddington Lifeboat Station is one of the RNLI’s newest lifeboat stations and is also one of the first to cover a river rather than estuarial waters or the sea. It is one of four lifeboat stations on the River Thames.
Dress up, dress down, bake, paint, collect, run, dance…
Everyone’s going Red for Heart for National Heart Month this February. So don’t be surprised if you see people sky diving in top-to-toe red. Or wearing their red pyjamas to school. It’s all in aid of the British Heart Foundation. And we’d love you to join in.
We’re a charity dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care and by providing vital information but we urgently need your support.
What will you do?
You can do anything you like. Challenge your office or school to National Wear Red Day on Friday 26 February. Bake red cakes. Paint your face red. Anything goes as long as it’s red! Our free fundraising kit comes complete with posters, stickers, a collection box and lots of novel ideas.
• For more information about the Red for Heart campaign, please visit bhf.org.uk/red
• The British Heart Foundation is the nation’s heart charity, dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information. But we urgently need help. We rely on donations of time and money to continue our life saving work. Together we can save the life you love.
Today is also my parents 39th wedding anniversary, so Happy Anniversary to them!
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Explore #32
Capt. Roberts finds his little daughter being consomed by dark magic. He reaches deep with in his own heart to find the pure magic to save his little girl from the Evil that is trying to force its way in side her to her very soul.
Little Calista can not see nor can she move she can only lay there as she hears her fathers voice calling to throw the coldness that is taking her over.
Saving Love ~ For Mystic Realms Faire
Love can’t be denied
Love must have it’s way
Once it gets inside
Love is there to stay
Let yourself be overtaken
And swept before the tide
Love Can’t Be Denied
Deleted romantic love song written for “Frozen”
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Quick! Christmas Bear is cold after his long stay in the big, cold, snowy forest. I'll get a warm hat and a soft blanket. Oh, and I know, I'll prepare some hot chocolate. I need... let's see... cocoa powder (with honey in it!!), milk, a nice spoon to stir it... Mummy will help me microwave it when it's read... NO, Cat! It's not for you! It's for Christmas Bear! I said NO, Cat! Shoo! *Waves paws.* Don't drink that! *Wipes his forehead with paw.* Phew. I don't know how my mummy manages to eat her breakfast everyday with that Cat around. But don't worry, Christmas Bear, we'll get you your hot chocolate!
Norbulingka Institute, Himachal Pradesh, India
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