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Trinity Church located at 206 Clarendon Street on Copley Square in Boston, Massachusetts.
Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and completed in 1877, the church is considered the birthplace and archetype of the Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. Trinity Church was designated a National Historic Landmark on December 30, 1970.
The legendary Red Bull Soapbox Race arrives in the UK this summer following a nine year absence. The event which promises to showcase the wackiest road race ever staged on UK soil comes hot on the heels of sold out Soapbox races across the globe in venues as far afield as Mumbai and Hong Kong.
Nerves of steel and a large dose of craziness, combine to create one hell of a ride at the Red Bull Soapbox Race. Taking place on 14th July at Alexandra Palace in London the race is now open for entrants, so, if you’ve got a need for speed and like to stand out from the crowd, it’s time to get your carts into gear and apply (details below).
Spectators and drivers alike should come prepared for a day of crash, bang, and wallop! Competing teams are judged on speed, creativity and showmanship with previous designs including a piano, a pair of dentures and a massive corn on the cob.
If you think you have what it takes to entertain the 30,000 capacity crowd this summer, then go to www.redbullsoapboxrace.co.uk to enter.
Teams are chosen on creativity, personality and ingenuity so fire up your imagination and get ready to showcase your ideas. Applications and designs must be submitted by March 31st 2013.
Red Bull Soapbox promises to become one of the most talked about events of the summer and for those that don’t fancy taking part but do fancy a frivolous family day out, keep an eye on the Soapbox website for details about tickets to watch the event.
For photos and videos of previous Red Bull Soapbox races please login to www.redbullcontentpool.com and search for soapbox.
For further information please contact Taylor Herring PR.
Picture Caption: Competitors perform during the Red Bull Soapbox Race. Usage for editorial use only.
Scenes fromtthe 2007 Illegal Soapbox Derby in Bernal Heights, San Francisco
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The coast of Latvia is full of WWII remnants. A cold, desaturated HDR look seemed to fit the subject matter.
Nikon D3x
Nikkor 14-24 F2.8
Gitzo 3531 Tripod
RRS BH-50 Ballhead
A lot of times the difference between a “good” picture and a “great” picture is pre-visualization. I have heard that Ansel Adams, one of the premiere photographers, became so good at pre-visualization that he would determine what filters he would use and how he would process the shot in the darkroom even before he set up his tripod and camera to shoot that shot. And then he would wait for the light that he had pre-visualized.
I imagine that the same pre-visualization techniques are used in other artistic ventures. Painters, whether an impressionists or candid, benefit from the ability to have an idea of what they want to share with us before they start. If the artist does not employ some of those techniques of pre-visualization, then what would be the difference between their art and that of an elephant painting? And yes, there are folks that want to sell you some “Elephant Art” (paintings created entirely by elephants). Yet when I consider how some elephants act towards their kind, and then the way some artists acts towards their kind, I realize that elephants seem to be much more intelligent then artists. So maybe elephants do pre-visualize?
If you (the royal you, meaning each one of us) really appreciates a ‘work of art’ whether created by an elephant, a spider, or even a human, do you (royal again) not have the right to call that work as art, or even fine art?
I recently heard an opinion that fine art can not be something made by a computer. I can not concur with that opinion. For I believe, 1st of all, that art is what you think is art, and secondly, art is made by man or beast no matter what the process includes. Art can be a spoken word (poems, come to mind). Art can be a table or dinning room hutch made by a craftsman. Art can be a frail spiderweb highlighted by the morning dew and spotlighted by the Sun. Or art can be as simple as a Mother’s smile while holding a new born. Fine Art is feeling, Fine Art is emotion, Fine Art is sharing.
Okay, I am stepping off my soapbox.
Scenes fromtthe 2007 Illegal Soapbox Derby in Bernal Heights, San Francisco
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Scenes fromtthe 2007 Illegal Soapbox Derby in Bernal Heights, San Francisco
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