tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175556122024-03-14T02:16:19.825-07:00Steven Dempsey on PhotographyA Journal of DiscoverySteven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-80314161747562445362016-11-01T05:26:00.001-07:002016-11-01T05:30:24.622-07:00Moving my Blog...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
With the launch of my <a href="http://www.stevendempseyphotography.com/">new Website</a> design and in an attempt to consolidate everything photography-related, I am now hosting my own blog. I will no longer be updating this one. I hope you'll join me and follow me at this <a href="http://www.stevendempseyphotography.com/blog.html">new location</a>.<br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-21144575736938523472016-08-23T16:32:00.002-07:002016-08-23T22:36:04.548-07:00A Brush with the Past - Stories from Small Towns<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For most of my life, things were fairly normal. I had a few friends and a goldfish. I shared a log cabin with an old guy who used to work on a gold dredge. He didn't like to talk about the "good old days" because he said there was nothing good about them. He had a paranoid streak and would stand outside the front door everyday. "They are coming," he said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One morning, out of the blue, he asked me if I'd like to see where he used to work. I had nothing better to do so I said yes. We rode his beat-up Ford pickup over miles and miles of torn up highway. It took half the day. Finally we reached a little town. "We're here," he said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">He pointed over to the ancient structure sitting lopsided on a hill and said he'd meet me over there. The clouds were gathering and it looked like we were in for a storm. I walked around the dredge, now dilapidated and consumed by weeds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I took one step toward a broken window in an attempt to see inside. Suddenly I couldn't move. It felt like something had a tight hold on my legs but I didn't see anything. I began to panic and called out for help. No one came.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Time passed and I couldn't get unstuck. Winter came with more snow than I had ever seen. I didn't feel the bitter chill but everything around me was frozen and white. It all melted in spring and I watched the fireweed flower and wither over the short summer. Debris fell from the dredge, small at first but then large steel beams came crashing down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I felt the grass growing inside my body. The dirt moved its way through my veins. Years came and went until time itself disappeared into oblivion.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I sat on Robert Service's wooden chair outside his cabin. I didn't think he'd mind. I was waiting for a sign from him but was greeted only with silence. Actually, the neighbor's dog was barking, spoiling the moment but I mostly managed to tune that out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I stayed there for the best part of half an hour until I felt like it was a good time to go. I wanted to read a book on the deck but had forgotten to put it in my backpack. I thought reading the book would inspire a short poem in his honor but I had also forgotten my notebook and pen. Basically the whole plan was aborted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There was nowhere to get breakfast this early so I thought I'd stand by the street corner and watch people go by. That was fine until I began to look suspicious so I thought it best to move on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I saw a man spill out of a bar and try to maintain his balance. He looked lonely and pathetic as he stood there with no apparent purpose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Heading towards Front Street I was afraid to get too close to Saint Andrews Church. It looked like it was going to collapse at any moment. I wondered what this town must have been like when it was built back in 1901, all greed and debauchery. Maybe some of those sinners repented here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The sun forced its way through the clouds and a distant bell chimed. It was 8 o'clock and I caught a whiff of freshly brewed coffee.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While out walking one morning I had a vision. Someone appeared to me. He looked strikingly like me only a more ghostly and ominous version. I couldn't make out what he was saying except for his final two words, "Go home.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the course of my journey, I had landed in a strange town, not quite lost but somewhat displaced. After this encounter, I began to have doubts. Should I not be here? Is that why I was directed home?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I passed the Canal Trading Post. There was someone sitting on the bench by the front door. The building looked like it had been shut down for years. I'm not sure what he was doing there. He looked like he was waiting for something or someone. I wasn't in the mood for conversation so I didn't ask.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Just down the street was another store, all boarded up and abandoned. It had two Coke signs at the top. It made me want a Coke but I knew that wasn't going to happen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What followed was perhaps even more odd than my aforementioned vision. I noticed there was no one else in the whole town except for the owner (I think) of an old gas station. I asked him a question. I don't even remember what it was. Anyway, he didn't answer me. It wasn't that he was rude. He just sort of stood there blankly, like a ghost. Maybe I should have talked to the other guy instead. I don't know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There, in front of me, stood the place where I was born. My home where I spent the first twelve years of my life. Except...it was never here.</span></div>
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-73215796152754948222016-07-27T12:22:00.000-07:002016-07-27T12:24:06.887-07:00Melancholia: Fragments of a life - past and present<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've lost track of how long I've been here. Months? Maybe even years. I was expecting others to arrive by now but nothing has broken the monotony of my loneliness. The radio went out a few weeks ago. I think the batteries are dead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The nights are so long here in winter. The daylight is fleeting. I talk aloud to myself to stay sane. I'm barely awake but I can't sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I met a taxi driver once. He told me he had seen a ghost in </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">this building. I don't doubt it. I wish I'd seen it myself. It would be a welcome distraction. These days I find myself looking for ways to forget certain things.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One thing I try not to forget though is the time I took my kids to the harbor one summer afternoon. They were little back then and we all had fish and chips. We laughed a lot and watched the big ships come in. I was a proud father. It was a great day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As time passes, that memory is beginning to fade. The colors are slowly draining and voices are becoming distant echoes. Losing it completely is my single greatest fear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I decided to get up early one bleak morning and just walk with no particular destination in mind. I had been cooped up inside for the best part of a week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It had rained all night and potholes overflowed with oily water. The town looked desolate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5VsLI93N0hwIH1fyKwjkQZs-42pi92jy9VIc6DCqHzMrTtxj1NutAyunG5-2BtONaBNDD7q09SE4lTpkbd80MmOzqOJGHoXJKjaQfUkxnUccwK4pPvim6pGi4iCCuCM93l52/s1600/pinhole_homer+2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5VsLI93N0hwIH1fyKwjkQZs-42pi92jy9VIc6DCqHzMrTtxj1NutAyunG5-2BtONaBNDD7q09SE4lTpkbd80MmOzqOJGHoXJKjaQfUkxnUccwK4pPvim6pGi4iCCuCM93l52/s1600/pinhole_homer+2.jpg" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I passed a man standing in the shadows. We didn't acknowledge each other, his face was obscured by the brim of his hat. He made me uneasy and I quickened my pace. I heard a loud crash but didn't look back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZF5l_uAcpr3VG3SlE7sFtvoHz4Rajlpe7N1JYeHery05vt4jTaaDF8pIl8mj7Cp-EmwWCH4vuUfYMFou-w635k_48XXukvTazJSYdfL2xQcHRY-85EH_UPgIqPm6Z-pSQG28R/s1600/pinhole_homer+3.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZF5l_uAcpr3VG3SlE7sFtvoHz4Rajlpe7N1JYeHery05vt4jTaaDF8pIl8mj7Cp-EmwWCH4vuUfYMFou-w635k_48XXukvTazJSYdfL2xQcHRY-85EH_UPgIqPm6Z-pSQG28R/s1600/pinhole_homer+3.jpg" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The wind was biting and I hadn't dressed accordingly. I turned back towards home, being careful to cross to the other side of the street. Up ahead, someone was rushing to work, his silhouette reflecting perfectly in an ephemeral pond.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I worked at that same factory for forty years and was glad to be retired, free from the stench of fish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aFWmkzM_91OxsbmTOwnDtJw6TdZS3DGujPneiE6Vp11oz7Q6I8mXA4ajQmMD0POkVsSWJy1xnQIArTteXTg8QTg51nj5MGDa80yQza8Ys6KkYCnOE8xy2HarG0eGVV5rlP5C/s1600/pinhole_homer+4.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aFWmkzM_91OxsbmTOwnDtJw6TdZS3DGujPneiE6Vp11oz7Q6I8mXA4ajQmMD0POkVsSWJy1xnQIArTteXTg8QTg51nj5MGDa80yQza8Ys6KkYCnOE8xy2HarG0eGVV5rlP5C/s1600/pinhole_homer+4.jpg" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I arrived home, there was a handwritten note stuck to my door. It simply read "Car battery dead. Gone to get help."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I looked around but saw no one. This was obviously a mistake. I don't even own a car anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Arriving at the church, I felt a deep sadness. The memory of my wife's sudden departure was overwhelming. I thought it would get easier. It didn't. She was everything I had. The lights went out that day and it's been dark ever since.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Standing there for a long time, I felt numb. A breeze meandered through the flowers and birds chirped on the church roof but the silence of my profound loss absorbed everything. I tried screaming in vain through my paralysis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpExCn97O-N7RJGV_p6wIGU11wb3KDwIZRz-8t2gmT_rcVgdWvKtTb3J0Osr_EET8q_Oia4ZIrMj94Ivp1T5eLObqR5iXh9M_UMroDLlVUoVuIJk2vOIlDphGVldaMnARSYajh/s1600/graveyard_pinhole+3.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpExCn97O-N7RJGV_p6wIGU11wb3KDwIZRz-8t2gmT_rcVgdWvKtTb3J0Osr_EET8q_Oia4ZIrMj94Ivp1T5eLObqR5iXh9M_UMroDLlVUoVuIJk2vOIlDphGVldaMnARSYajh/s1600/graveyard_pinhole+3.jpg" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I fell to the ground in an utter panic. My heart thumped in my head. I laid there for what seemed like an eternity. I stared at the passing clouds and finally devised a way to see her again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWXvbIWyn33sfR_RL656CcdIh1JwMVFbWMKwaEUpL6yS5ZhaBch_iUU_x47KTvLvsYWixuYNQnQJSny8LQOJiK0wh1XJwgpYBJohJp8vPXv8vfK7Kj4m6JyY-g9sSk2FLy5Zk/s1600/graveyard_pinhole+2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWXvbIWyn33sfR_RL656CcdIh1JwMVFbWMKwaEUpL6yS5ZhaBch_iUU_x47KTvLvsYWixuYNQnQJSny8LQOJiK0wh1XJwgpYBJohJp8vPXv8vfK7Kj4m6JyY-g9sSk2FLy5Zk/s1600/graveyard_pinhole+2.jpg" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I closed my eyes and felt a brief sharp pain followed by something I hadn't experienced in a long time... tranquility. My heart slowed until it came to a complete stop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVxStAwHP5o14qdSy2PrWeqGEPIRBkBFpqFqi04XXGW_bqlDkJyknHBMPOQiIWsxi-EJRBvK75HIo6uRCzd5QFGA8NH-7HkKJZwBvJzwCl0mi7HsPit1QIXWSJ3gvVtxLhP3z/s1600/graveyard_pinhole+1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVxStAwHP5o14qdSy2PrWeqGEPIRBkBFpqFqi04XXGW_bqlDkJyknHBMPOQiIWsxi-EJRBvK75HIo6uRCzd5QFGA8NH-7HkKJZwBvJzwCl0mi7HsPit1QIXWSJ3gvVtxLhP3z/s1600/graveyard_pinhole+1.jpg" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I opened my eyes and noticed silk curtains swaying gently by an open window. The sun streamed in and it felt warm on my skin. I sat up and saw her hand on the white door frame. Her voice whispered my name.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I took her hand and we disappeared into a familiar room.</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-75889019325824803132016-07-01T13:55:00.000-07:002016-07-01T13:56:07.156-07:00Time Traveling - Finding Ghosts in a Gold Mine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 26.8125px;">At 5:30 a.m. I was leaving the town of Wasilla in Alaska, sipping coffee and driving towards Independence Mine State Park at the top of Hatcher Pass. During my research the previous evening, I learned that this old gold mine is haunted. There have been several accounts of ghost sightings. They are classed as "friendly" spirits so that made me feel somewhat at ease.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; text-align: center;">Independence Mine as it found me</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; line-height: 26.8125px;">With pinhole photography in mind, I decided it was a good opportunity not to actually chase ghosts, but to perhaps conjure them up in my own images.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 26.8125px;"><br />Arriving at such an early hour afforded me uninterrupted time. There wasn't a soul around and that suited me perfectly well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I have to approach this style of photography differently from conventional shooting. It's not spontaneous in nature. There's a lot of running around, striking of odd poses and general experimentation to achieve the look I'm after.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">To a passerby, it would look quite irregular. In fact, when other people are around at all, I don't bother setting up these kinds of shots. It's too distracting and I don't have the freedom needed to indulge a creative flow of ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There was a sense of eeriness in the abandoned buildings and on the desolate streets. But for the occasional gust of wind, it was dead quiet. I was fascinated by the apparent state of suspended dilapidation. Some of the structures were at such an acute angle, I couldn't fathom how they were still standing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I did encounter one oddity during my time there. While setting up a shot, I heard what sounded like someone pressing the shutter of a camera. It was kind of like a beep. None of my equipment makes that particular sound. I heard it distinctly and it was quite close but, when I turned around, nothing was there. Only me and the hundred-year-old structures towering overhead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Maybe someone was spying on me or could it be I was in the presence of a real ghost? These questions remain unanswered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Secret Meeting</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I had exhausted all of my creative ideas, I could see people arriving with dogs in tow for their morning stroll down by the distant parking lot. My timing had been perfect. I felt the friendly spirits slip away and return into hiding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've had to work a little harder to seek out venues for my pinhole photography. Alaska has proven to be a fertile bed of unique locations, particularly given its rich mining history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm now exactly halfway through my epic adventure in this most northern of states. As the journey continues I'm sure I'll chance upon more places like this where time stands still and phantoms can run free.</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-1562156529941091122016-06-11T13:28:00.002-07:002016-06-11T21:21:02.781-07:00Stills from a Dream - Imagined Worlds in Pinhole Photography<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; line-height: 26.8125px;">For those of you who do not know what it is, pinhole photography is achieved by using some kind of light-tight chamber (a box or tin, etc.) with a tiny hole poked through to allow an image to form on its back interior wall. In film photography, the actual film resides on that back wall and an image forms. In digital pinholing (what I'm doing), the chamber is my camera and I make it light-tight by screwing on the camera's body cap in place of the lens. What allows the image to form on the sensor is a tiny pin prick in the middle of the plastic cap. This results in a kind of crude, soft image that appears out of focus, almost ethereal. Because the hole is so tiny, it takes time to allow enough light in to make an image. The shutter will expose the photograph for a much longer time than is usual using a traditional lens. Exposure times can be in seconds, minutes, hours or even days and weeks. Think of it like capturing light trails in a city at night.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; line-height: 26.8125px;">I usually work in seconds and that much time allows me to get creative with motion. On a typical bright day, I might have about two seconds of exposure time to work with. A tripod is a must. Anything moving in the frame will be a blur. If I place myself in the frame, I can control the blurring by how fast or slow I move. The results are ghostly. I remain anonymous because of the blurring which, in turn, creates a sense of mystery. It's this atmosphere that inspires me the most. It's like being able to capture something on another plain of existence.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; line-height: 26.8125px;">I like the idea of my photographs looking like the camera captured something not normally seen by the naked eye or maybe even something not meant to be seen. When I set up a shot and have a pretty solid idea of the concept, I'm almost always surprised by what is captured. Because of the unpredictable nature of this technique, there are many more failures than successes but that's part of the fun. In my current collection, the vast majority of theses photographs took on a life of their own after I triggered the shutter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; line-height: 26.8125px;">I'm working towards creating a book of my pinhole photographs. I believe that this kind of imagery needs to be savored on a page. They are not the kinds of pictures to flip through in fractions of a second, rather, they demand longer attention akin to their actual creation process.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; line-height: 26.8125px;">As I continue on my travels, I am now capturing two versions of what I see. One "normal photograph" that represents the physical place and another that's extracted solely from my imagination.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My Adobe Spark (formerly Slate) presentation of this post is available <a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/ZF4Sl/" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-63146158435754489202016-06-06T10:19:00.004-07:002016-06-08T22:53:15.540-07:00Pictures in Motion - Pinhole Photography<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A photograph typically represents a single moment in time. Exposures are measured in fractions of a second and can freeze in place a fleeting smile or a speeding car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I moved from making films to making photographs, my mental process also shifted. In many ways I found it more of a challenge to capture what I was seeing. With video, I could move the camera around inside the three dimensional scene. It was easy for the viewer to get a feeling of scale and depth. Sound helped convey the environment and a sense of being there. Scenes played out in real time, just like the seconds and minutes in our daily lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Not so with a photograph. I had to condense all of that sensory experience into a single silent moment. For the most part, however, I didn't miss video except for one thing: the ability to record the passing of time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've always been fascinated by long exposure photographs. They live in their own world, free from the shackles of split-second shutter speeds. They are like time machines, allowing us to study the cumulative rhythms of waves or the morphing of clouds. They can create a three-dimensional silence like no other medium.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It was through my own dabbling with long exposure methods that I became interested in pinhole photography. The left side of my brain was most curious about capturing an image without a lens. The right side was seduced by the emotion, mood and atmosphere felt in pinhole photography.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've never been completely satisfied shooting images of beautiful scenery. I don't feel like these kinds of photographs belong to me because they lack any kind of expression or personality. They are also predictable; I see a tree, I capture a tree. I see beautiful light and, assuming I have the skills necessary, it's captured faithfully.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Pinhole photography unleashes my creative side. It's a unique collaboration between human and machine. The ethereal atmosphere and the long exposures excite my mind into imagining new worlds. I think about what I can do inside five seconds or maybe thirty seconds and produce surreal images that I could never have conjured up by myself. It's like a genre unto itself; somewhere between photography and video.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The results of my recent efforts have been haunting, at least to me. The movement in each picture puts them in a completely different realm than my lovely generic landscape photography. These are uniquely mine and I won't find anything like them elsewhere.</span></div>
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-9182681079956662682016-04-17T23:52:00.000-07:002016-06-06T23:53:50.980-07:00Down by the Sea - An Ode to the Golden Hour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I took another breath, deep and slow, and could taste the salt. There was a slight breeze on my skin that had a rhythm to it, echoing the ripples of the water itself. It was all in perfect harmony as I continued my ramble, dodging the incoming waves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I walked unsteadily across smooth rocks, partially submerged, slippery with seaweed. Soon the first fingers of light gripped the horizon and edged their way upward. The texture of the sand stood up in sharp relief as the entire landscape morphed into a different version of itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Continuing its ascension, the sun forced its way past the thick marine layer and shone with all its might. I, standing by a cave-like structure, watched as the glow found its way inside the dark rock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The breeze faded and the chill of dawn slid back into the shadows. It was time for me to leave. Morning had arrived and, at that precise moment, I knew it was going to be a good day.</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-81344300954971202792016-04-17T00:29:00.000-07:002016-06-07T01:38:59.229-07:00Through a Pinhole<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'm always experimenting with lenses, old and new, in my attempt to capture a presence or soul in my work. Most recently, I've even attached an old bellows camera from the early 1900s to my camera.When I look back on these photographs, each has their own personality. To me, they are not a mere reflection of the everyday world, rather, they are altered versions of the familiar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I'd heard of a thing called pinhole photography over the years but never thought about applying it in a digital context. The pinhole method, in itself, is a fascinating process. Basically anything that can be light-tight, such as a cookie tin or a wooden box can become a pinhole camera.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #505050;"><span style="line-height: 26.8125px;">Originally discovered centuries ago, it was observed that light coming through a tiny hole in an otherwise dark enclosure would project an upside down image on the opposite wall. This became known as the</span></span><i style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #505050; line-height: 26.8125px;">Camera Obscura</i><span style="color: #505050;"><span style="line-height: 26.8125px;"> (dark room). During the Renaissance, artists used this principle to create what were known as Perspective Instruments. They traced the projected image onto paper or canvas to create a realistic depiction of the world.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Fascinating, you say, but what has that got to do with pinhole photography? Everything, actually. By removing the lens from my camera and replacing it with a body cap, it becomes a light-sealed chamber. By creating a tiny pinhole in the cap, I have my own Camera Obscura. Now I have the ability to capture images without using a lens at all! There's something magical about the process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">By its nature, especially in the digital realm, pinhole photographs are not sharp. In fact, that's part of their charm. Also, because the hole is so tiny, only a small amount of light gets through to the camera. It takes much longer to make an exposure than using a traditional lens. Exposure times can range from a few seconds to hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">These long exposures provide many creative opportunities. In a fun shot that was 30 seconds long, for instance, I stood on one side of the scene for about 12 seconds and then quickly shifted to the other side for another 12 seconds. The resulting photograph looks like there were two people present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Pinhole photography has a strong community of inventors. Entire rooms have been converted to pinhole cameras. People have even transformed their cars into image-making devices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While the genre itself is traditionally more associated with film photography, digital does occupy a small and growing community.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br />More than other traditional methods of photography, pinholing lends itself the most to creative expression. Search any pinhole photographer on the Web and you will find images as individual as the artists who made them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br />A big part of the appeal for me is that I never know exactly what the final photograph will look like, especially if there's motion involved. I particularly like slowly shifting my body in a self portrait to create a ghost-like presence. It expands on the notion that photography captures a single moment in time. When using a pinhole, it's more about recording the actual passing of time.</span></div>
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-45754323905325437272016-03-07T00:55:00.000-08:002016-06-07T00:55:55.206-07:00Soul Searching - The Lost Art of Imperfection<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; line-height: 26.8125px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">These days, I don't seek out or need the newest, shiniest, sharpest and highest resolution photographic equipment money can buy. In fact, I'm consumed in my quest for the complete opposite - a kind of illusive, soulful quality that I've only experienced shooting with vintage lenses.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Years ago, before we (us humans) refined the process of mass production, things were crafted with our bare hands. Even those things that weren't entirely handmade at least had a visible human touch. It could be seen in loose dabs of paint or in the way, for instance, the corner of a piece of wood or metal was finished. It's now the kind of thing sought after by collectors but I've had an appreciation for it since my childhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Nowadays, if something is not perfect, we demand a replacement and, by cracky, we'll get it. While there are a few things in my life that I wish were perfect, my own photography is not one of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I spent years honing my craft so that my photographs would look "professional". At some point, I think I crossed that threshold because, looking back on my early attempts, I can clearly see marked improvement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I reached my goal, I thought I would be ecstatic but the more "perfect" my images became, the more they drifted from my vision of what a good photograph ought to be. With the passing of time, each image became more sterile, more clinical and had less... soul.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Today's cameras can capture enough information to faithfully render the appearance of anything we choose to shoot. Yet, companies keep telling us we need more resolution, bigger screens, more colors, sharper images. It's insane. What they don't say is that you need a brand new computer to process all of that new and unnecessary information or a bigger room to accommodate your giant TV. Now the multimegapixel photograph of your cat that you shot with your phone can be printed to fit a billboard in Times Square. You can also capture video of that same cat on your phone at a staggering 4K Ultra HD resolution that wouldn't look amiss on an IMAX screen!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Aside from all this absurdity, it also becomes cost-prohibitive. For my upcoming trip to Alaska, I wanted a lens with a decent reach for my anticipated wildlife encounters. Fujifilm's new 100-400mm lens is almost $2000! I can't afford that. So I did my research on the Web to figure out a decent alternative. A quick look on eBay resulted in the discovery of a Russian lens, made in the 70s, that closely resembles a rocket launcher. It is 300mm (with my crop sensor, that's about a 450mm full-frame equivalency). It has no image stabilization, no autofocus but, with some care on a tripod, I can get perfectly acceptable shots. They are not going to be edge-to-edge sharp but I don't care. The lens cost me $80.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I have a couple more vintage Russian lenses that have helped me find the soul in my work once again. Maybe it's the flaws in the old glass, maybe it's the fact that I have to be more methodical using manual focus, or maybe I'm creating something beyond the basic image. Is it possible to photograph the emotion or feeling of a place? I think it is and these old lenses somehow strip all the precision away and facilitate that magic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My most unusual experiment recently has been to couple my Fujifilm camera with an old pocket bellows camera from the early 1900s. The camera has none of the modern technology we take for granted like lens coatings and precise focusing, etc. but it produces a picture that sometimes gives me chills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is what fires me up so much about photography; capturing an unexpected presence, not just getting the perfect shot. If I wanted perfection, I wouldn't even have to pick up my camera, all I'd need to do is search through hundreds of similar images on Google. Now where's the fun in that?</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-79771481706851730052016-02-28T10:31:00.000-08:002016-06-07T10:32:00.972-07:00Life - The Truth is Out There<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Traveling around a huge country like the United States teaches many lessons, but it mostly highlights my own ignorance. What I mean is that I have my own preconceived notion of what a place will be like before I arrive but the actual experience of being there and learning about the area is entirely different. Is this the ultimate road to enlightenment? Maybe not but, in the meantime, I'm enjoying the window view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">(I'm including some photographs I've captured over the past few weeks to accompany my thoughts).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I was educated, if you can call it that, in Ireland. I wasn't career-minded and didn't go to college because I had my sights set on being a rock star. Being educated, at the time, was nothing more than an inconvenience in my life, a hurdle to what I really wanted to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Years later, ironically, I had an epiphany; education <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">is</i> important. Not for the obvious reasons of getting a better job, etc. No, it had more to do with realizing that an education meant a greater potential for a rich life experience. To understand things, to know how one thing connects to another, to put things into historical perspective and to have the ability to critically think is...fulfilling! This is what my teachers were trying to tell me all along but my ignorance and resulting arrogance filtered it all out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Never fear, because this sad story has a happy ending. I met some people along my journey who became mentors and made me want to be smarter. My diploma came from outside of an institution. Under the category of "Education" on my Facebook profile I named "University of Life Experience" as my college. While it sounds facetious, it's actually true.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I feel better now, in later life, that I did finally take the time to read the classics and learn, for example, some history about my own divided country. If nothing else, it gave me the confidence to discuss these things because they were backed up by facts, not uninformed opinion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Which brings me back to my original thoughts about traveling. I feel like I'm constantly blowing cobwebs of my own ignorant thinking away. I had a preconceived notion of what Mississippi would be like, I was wrong. Its history is so profound that I have an entirely new appreciation for its diversity. Texas, with all its stereotypes and cliches, is full of beauty and kind-hearted, hard-working people. California has been a revelation. I never knew it had such variety of people and landscapes. We've been there the longest and never get the feeling we are stuck in one state (literally or metaphorically). The list goes on and we tackle Alaska this year also. I'm looking forward to gaining a new understanding of that magnificent state.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There is no substitute for experience, as the old saying goes. I'm here to tell you that there's a deep truth in those words. I would encourage as many people as possible to just get out there and do some serious exploring of this amazing world. At the very least, discover what is in your immediate area. You'll be surprised by what you might find and you just may learn something worthwhile.</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-61765442858935034112016-01-28T11:28:00.000-08:002016-06-07T11:28:48.318-07:00A Life on the Road<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've never before experienced such sustained contentment. Call it happiness but it's not as fleeting as that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">From what I've read, people get on the road for one of two reasons; to find themselves or lose themselves. Our motivation is the former although truthfully, I think the actual experience might be a combination of the two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As I write this, I'm staring out the window of our motorhome at the desert. Specifically, Borrego Springs State Park in Southern California. Unlike my friends on the East Coast, we have managed to elude the wrath of El Niño. Although we've had a variety of weather, temperatures have mostly hovered around a very comfortable 70 degrees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We invested in solar panels last year which dramatically increased our options for camping. We are currently parked off the grid with no electric pedestal in sight. All of our water is on board and, for heat and cooking, we use propane. Every couple of weeks or so, we need to find somewhere to dump our tanks and replenish our fresh water supply but, in the meantime, we are as free as we will ever be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We are not completely alone out here. There are about thirty other RVs around us, each maintaining a respectable distance from their neighbor. That suits me fine because I feel a sense of security in numbers. Being truly isolated would be somewhat nerve wracking. I have had dreams where we are miles away from anyone and anything and suddenly, in the black of the night, there is a loud knock on our door. Cue the jump-scare music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What makes this chosen lifestyle such a success for me personally is a frequent sense of gratitude for the opportunities I have. When I read about all of the atrocities around the world and the hardships that people endure, I count myself as one of the lucky few who got away. The world is a beautiful place and I see it and feel it everyday. It's absolutely thrilling and, as a photographer, I simply couldn't ask for more. I feel sorry for people who, for whatever reasons, won't or can't experience that kind of joy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We will stay in the desert until we are ready to move on, ready to change our window view. Whatever that looks like, one thing is for sure, we will be as free as two birds having the time of our lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My Adobe Spark (formerly Slate) presentation of this post is available <a href="https://slate.adobe.com/cp/n0EeA/" target="_blank">here</a></span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-88677609172565479112016-01-15T12:27:00.000-08:002016-06-07T12:27:55.122-07:00Home on the Ranch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We're making it a winter tradition to visit Linda's parents at their ranch house in Texas. It's a kind of base for us to gather with our kids and extended family and a chance to come off the road to recharge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Live Oak Ranch, as it's known, is located fifteen miles outside the little town of Merkel and Linda's parents live there on a part time basis. Late this year, however, the property began a transformation of sorts. Linda's sister Shannon and her husband JP decided to build their own house on the hundred-acre property with eight goats, four horses, two chickens, three cats and two dogs in tow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We arrived just before Thanksgiving and there was a definite chill in the air. We got busy right away with holiday meal plans and spent the afternoon keeping the dogs company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I don't usually associate Texas with winter frost and fog but we encountered both during our stay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On our first morning, I awoke to a frosty landscape. The entire place looked like it was covered in snow. I grabbed my camera, put on my smallest lens (27mm pancake) and walked out the door. Being out and about with a single prime lens is relatively new to me. I'm usually more comfortable with a zoom lens or a choice of primes in my bag. That way, I feel sure I won't miss a thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Using a fixed focal length lens is challenging but also liberating and rewarding. If I see something worth shooting, instead of standing still, I can either move back or forth to achieve my desired framing. Changing my relative distance helps me engage better with the subject. The 27mm lens is wide enough for landscape work but I can also get in tight for closeup shots without noticeable distortion. Mostly, it creates the most compact version of my camera and frees me from the burden of too many choices and a heavy kit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A few days later, a thick mist surrounded the ranch and beckoned me. Nothing makes me wake up, get up and get out as fast as a soupy sunrise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When we visit the ranch each year, we stay in our motorhome beside a large live oak tree. I've wanted to record this tree in a very specific way since I first saw it. The problem is that there's just too much stuff behind it to make it stand out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When the fog rolled in, it transcended the scene to the one in my imagination. Now the big live oak displayed its majesty in strong contrast to the milky background.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Much like snow, fog mutes both color and sound. Objects are revealed briefly until the mist disperses and they once again return to hiding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Everywhere I looked, photographs announced themselves and vied for my attention. There was a sense of mystery about what was lurking up ahead as details faded into oblivion. It all conspired to become a delicious visual cocktail.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.901961); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This area is remote from services such as garbage collection so burning trash and debris from clearing the land is quite a common thing. A fire of this size needs to be closely monitored for at least a few hours to ensure its safety. It was quite meditative sitting there, watching the flames and feeling the warmth on this brisk day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">It's easy to be inspired by things lying around the ranch. With a background in urban and suburban living, very little about a ranch is familiar to me. This arrangement of oil cans, for instance, drew my eye. A few hours later, they were gone, replaced on shelves until summoned to usefulness once again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">Every morning, I went in search of the effects of the sunrise. Evidence was abundant, casting long shadows on the exterior of the house, creating a soft wash in the workshop and then boldly announcing itself through the front door. I love how fleeting it all is, never shining again in the exact same way or in the same place.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">During my stay, the ranch began its carnival of animals. Two by two and four by eight they arrived. The goats were the loudest of all. Each had a completely different personality and all fought for the tastiest chow spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Shannon and JP had to leave for a few days so Linda's dad John and I tried to figure out what to do with these four-leggers. As it turns out, goat herding did not actually need the heavy supervision we had first imagined. Although we were a little stressed about possibly losing the goats, they surprised us by staying close to home in a tight formation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Documenting work at the ranch and getting to spend time with the people and animals was a rare treat. I gleaned quite a bit from John and JP's extensive knowledge. Being with them is like being an apprentice rancher. I always come away from the experience having learned about tools I didn't even know existed. Hey, you never know when you might need them :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When the horses appeared, they added something quite special to my experience. Throughout my life, I have had an affinity for these beautiful beasts. I don't quite know why but there is a calm about them that can't be equaled. Spending any kind of time with horses feels, to me, like a privilege.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My son Zac and daughter Tara flew down to see us. They both loved being with the animals and even managed to fit in a little horse riding. There was no shortage of stimulation for each of them. Zac was particularly fascinated by some sheep skulls he retrieved from an old barn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Being at the ranch was time well spent but, as soon as Christmas Day passed, our family began to return home and Linda and I were ready to get on the road once again. Next stop: RV camping off the grid in the Borrego Springs desert in Southern California. Have I mentioned that I love this life? Happy New Year!</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-24562534039605669422015-11-21T08:59:00.000-08:002016-06-07T14:12:15.825-07:00Erie Street - Americana in Bisbee, Arizona<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I was born in Dublin in the sixties and spent the first twenty two years of my life there. It was a relatively simple world when I was a kid and we only had a couple of TV channels where I lived. Every Saturday afternoon, on the BBC, there would be an American movie playing that kept me glued to the screen. I found myself particularly drawn to stories of the Bogart and Hitchcock era, set in small-town America. Everything about them fired my imagination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Americana, that optimistic era of the forties and fifties, full of ingenuity, has cast a spell on me ever since. Through my eyes it was a time when cars and architecture were more like works of art than mere machines and structures of utility.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The reality, of course, is that it probably wasn't quite as glamorous as nostalgia and Hollywood would suggest. Nonetheless, it left a beautiful legacy that can occasionally be seen off the highway, in small tucked-away towns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One of those places is Bisbee in Arizona. It has a rich and colorful mining history and resembles a European town entwined in steep hills and narrow, winding roads. As fascinating as it is, I was much more attracted to one of its lesser-known attractions in the nearby community of Lowell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Just down the road from the massive open pit of Queen Mine sits a '55 Ford station wagon. Parked in a vintage Shell gas station, completely devoid of people, it feels like stepping into an episode of the Twilight Zone. This was my first introduction to what is known as the Lowell Americana Project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The project is the brainchild of Jay Allen, one of a handful of people who live on the curious and otherworldly Erie Street. Its mission is to showcase and preserve a time in the forties and fifties when the area thrived. Long term plans include rebuilding and repainting all the existing storefronts. They will then be populated with authentic merchandise to create an immersive time travel experience for visitors. Don't bring your credit card, though, the interiors will be for display purposes only.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Restoration has already begun and the Shell gas station and police station/jail have gotten recent makeovers. Other buildings, like the garage, are actually functional, although the pumps are only for show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Each year, Lowell hosts a music festival that includes a car show and work from local artists. The funds raised go towards advancing the goals of the Lowell Americana Project. For more information on the event, click <a href="http://www.americanamusicfestusa.com/about-us.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Down Memory Lane</i></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.901961); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">An old taxicab waits for a passenger as the sun rises over Erie Street.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><i><b>Preserving Authenticity</b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">Vintage cars, coupled with restored facades, create the quintessential atmosphere of Americana.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><b><i>The Automobile as Art</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">In our modern world of generic cars, the designs of the past, especially these magnificent fins, are thrilling to see.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><b><i>Realizing a Dream</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">Jay Allen's vision slowly takes shape. The "new" Lowell police station and jail breathes life into the old street.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Great care has been taken to maintain the integrity of Lowell's past. Signs are hand-painted to replicate the styles of the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While peering through the window of the dilapidated Sprouse Reitz store, I noticed some old broken mannequins stacked up. There was something almost human about them, like they were sadly staring out at the real world. Even the expressions and gestures felt a little unsettling to me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What's most striking about this street is the sheer detail of everything in it. Posters look and feel authentic and I had a great appreciation for the character of each door and window frame. Even the gas pumps looked like something out of a science fiction novel. During the few days I spent there, I couldn't help feeling that this kind of workmanship is just not that prevalent anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've been to many auto shows in my life and seen all sorts of vintage cars but walking down Erie Street is an entirely different experience. For me, it's all about context. If you listen hard enough, you can almost hear the voices and footsteps of those who once shopped for bargains, lined up for the matinee or treated themselves to a milkshake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Erie Street transcends its relatively small footprint. Although it's just over seven hundred feet in length, it's easy to imagine the scope of what it once was. With the efforts of people like Jay Allen and countless other volunteers, perhaps it truly can be resurrected to remind us of a time in our culture when life was simpler and full of optimism.</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-558840399684813402015-11-21T08:56:00.001-08:002016-06-07T15:05:18.104-07:00All Souls Procession - A Celebration of Life and Death<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I was fortunate enough to be in Tucson, Arizona visiting friends at the same time the city was expecting one hundred thousand people to gather together in solidarity. What was the unifying factor? Loss. Specifically, the loss of loved ones yet it was not a solemn event. Quite the opposite was true at the annual All Souls Procession.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It all began back in 1990, when local artist Susan Johnson was dealing with the death of her father. Instead of grieving in the expected way, she chose to create art to memorialize his passing. Her creativity inspired other artists to follow in what has become an all-inclusive yearly procession to celebrate the lives of deceased family and friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Although the masks and costumes are somewhat reminiscent of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), there is actually little that ties the two events together. Any similarity is probably influenced by the myriad participating cultures, including Mexico.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Many of those active in the event believe that the living and the dead are separated only by the thinnest of veils at this time of year. The abundant skeleton motifs embrace this idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As a photographer, I expected to find image-making aplenty and I did but what I didn't expect was to be so emotionally impacted by the experience. I absolutely felt the vibrant, joyful energy while walking around. I've never seen so many photographers gathered in one place and everyone was more than willing to pose for the camera. What I noticed later, however, while culling my photographs, was a depth of sorrow in the eyes of some of the people I had captured. It was almost like I caught a tiny glimpse of what remained unhealed in their hearts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The procession would continue into the night but we didn't stay. The couple of hours I spent there had been a learning experience. It was a refreshingly different way of thinking, especially for me as a recovering catholic. In my church-going days I was taught that death was something to be feared, certainly not embraced. On this day, I could find at least a hundred thousand people who would strongly disagree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My Adobe Spark (formerly Slate) presentation of this post, which includes many more photographs, is available <a href="https://slate.adobe.com/cp/Cpuab/" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-35447929610977557822015-11-21T08:53:00.000-08:002016-06-08T17:44:11.905-07:00Mementos - Selected Photographs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In 2014, my wife Linda and I packed our bags, sold our house, sold our stuff and began a new life on the road in a motorhome. In the sixteen months since, not a day has gone by that I'm not grateful for this experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While the length and breadth of the United States can be measured in terms of the size of its physical space, the experience of traveling on its roads cannot be accurately gauged.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The older I get, the wiser I become and with that wisdom comes a new way of processing the world. As a photographer, this keeps me constantly stimulated. When I return to a place after a time, I see it with new eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I have made it a point to shoot something every day. Doing this has sharpened my photographic instincts and, because I am in no particular hurry, I can take the time to experiment with new techniques or simply be really mindful to what I'm capturing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I count myself as one of the lucky ones who, not only has the opportunity to experience so many places, but also has a perpetual childlike wonder of everything around me. Small things thrill me; the angle of a window here, a shard of light on a mountain there. Every day I find something that moves me in some way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I never become complacent about the absolute miracle of photography itself. Seeing something wonderful in front of me and then being able to somehow seize its essence and relive that feeling again through a photograph is truly unbelievable. It's that inner child that keeps me wide-eyed and excited. It's a shame that many of us build walls around that innocence as we grow older. It robs us of the opportunity to live life to the fullest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">With all that said, I want to share some favorite images from my recent travels to California.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>I never grow tired of photographing my daughter Tara. She is a natural in front of the lens. Funny story about the image on the right shot at the Salk Institute. I had to remove the security guard from the background in Photoshop. This was the last shot I made before we were "asked" to leave :)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>Another architectural beauty, this time it's the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego. I decided to shoot this one with an ultrawide lens for maximum drama.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">While this probably looks like any old flower photo to most people, for me it's a little different. I paired my camera with an old Russian vintage lens called a Helios 44-2. The result feels decidedly non-digital to me and it has a warmth I really like.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><b><i>Cactus in the Sunset</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">I used the same vintage lens for this shot. The typical sharp edges of a digital capture are lost in favor of a more analog subtlety and colors that match the glow of the evening sun.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>We returned to Borrego Springs briefly before we left California. There's something about this whole area that feels like it's stuck in a 1950s time warp. I processed this photograph using colors that evoke that era.</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>Large metal sculptures add a unique personality to the landscape of Borrego Springs.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>Abandoned buildings at North Shore by the Salton Sea.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>Abandon and decay by the Salton Sea. The beach wins the grand prize for the worst stench I have ever had the displeasure to witness. The abundance of rotting fish made it truly gag-inducing.</i></span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-19614939857909377572015-10-14T08:08:00.001-07:002016-06-07T16:48:45.272-07:00Desert Oasis - Traversing California's Dusty Roads<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We decided to scout out some nearby locations in the desert that were on our upcoming travel agenda. Of course, going to the desert wasn't exactly going to help us escape the heat but that's what air conditioning in our car is for, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I have to admit that, on the outset, the idea of staying in a dry and dusty environment for any length of time was not something I was excited about. I have since discovered, however, that quite the opposite is true and that there is something wildly intoxicating about the desert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It's hard to articulate my newfound attraction so I went in search of a way to explain the experience. First stop: Google. Almost immediately, I found the following quote by the founder of Desert Magazine, Randall Henderson. He sums up my own feelings beautifully:</span></div>
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<i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"'For there are two deserts: One is a grim desolate wasteland. It is the home of venomous reptiles and stinging insects, of vicious thorn-covered plants and trees and unbearable heat ... visualized by those with children of luxury to whom any environment is intolerable which does not provide all the comforts and luxuries of a pampering civilization. ... The other desert -- the real desert -- is not for the eyes of the superficial observer or the fearful soul of the cynic. It is a land which reveals its true character only to those who come with courage, tolerance, and understanding. For those the desert holds rare gifts".</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While I'm not sure about the courage part for myself, I certainly believe that there is beauty to be found everywhere, even if it first appears as all scrubs and sand. With open eyes and an open mind, the experience can be a rich one. Although we have only spent limited time there so far, I'm looking forward to immersing myself further in this new world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The drive down into the flat plains of Anza-Borrego State Park is breathtaking. State Highway S22, better known as the Montezuma Grade, winds its way down in dramatic fashion with views of the surrounding Santa Rosa mountains, the sprawling desert floor and the Salton Sea on the horizon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Borrego Springs itself is a small town, sprinkled with restaurants and RV parks. We actually spent most of our time a few miles east of town, checking out the Rockhouse Trail area where we intend to boondock (RV camping at primitive sites without electricity or water). At the end of this first day, I was smitten with the place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Palm Springs is one of a series of desert towns that run into each other in the Coachella Valley. It's most famous as a destination in the fifties and sixties for such celebrities as Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Clarke Gable, the list goes on. Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack were known to sing a tune or two while having a nightcap or six. Even Elvis got in on the action by spending his honeymoon there with Priscilla.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What drew me in mostly, however, was the other thing Palm Springs is famous for; it's mid-century modern architectural homes. For as long as I can remember, I've been a fan of all things 1950s. I love the fashion, the interior design and the genius architects of the time. I was thrilled when Mad Men first began to air because I could immerse myself in that world for an hour every week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Mid-century modern architecture, while largely associated with mingling by the pool with martini in hand is, to me, a classic example of timeless design. The simplicity of lines, the flat washes of bold color and the scant but geometrically-perfect front yard schemes, all conspire to form a kind of perfection in my eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For me, as a photographer, it was a rare treat. It was like walking around a movie set. The backdrop of mountains and palms was exotic as were the streets lined with these gorgeous houses.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.901961); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The desert sun accentuates the architectural lines of the abundant mid-century residences. Some of these houses, when first built, came with landscape features, including a set of two palm trees. This particular neighborhood is aptly named Twin Palms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you're familiar with the world of Mad Max (sans the violence), then you can begin to imagine the experience of being at Slab City, or the Slabs, as it is known.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Deriving its name from the concrete slabs that remain from an abandoned World War II barracks, Slab City sits in the Sonoran Desert about 150 miles northeast of San Diego. It is a winter haven for campers, artists and those searching for meaning in their lives. You won't find running water, electrical services or convenience stores here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The "residents" who live here during the non-summer months have concocted ingenious ways to exist off the grid. From composting toilets to eking power out of discarded and/or damaged solar panels and batteries, they have constructed a self-sustaining environment that runs against the odds. Given that it was only a couple of hours drive from Santee, it was a no-brainier for us to go visit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Our first stop was Salvation Mountain, a man-made concrete mound about three stories high and covered top to bottom in acrylic paint. It was the brainchild of one Leonard Knight, former resident and larger-than-life character who would meet and greet the many daily visitors and even give personalized tours to a lucky few. Alas, he passed away in 2014 but his legacy is plain to see. Tourists are encouraged to add their own artwork and paint cans and brushes are provided for those feeling a creative urge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We drove into the Slabs and gawked at some of the blinged-out RVs, cars and trucks. Each space was carved out with artistic flair, some more creative than others. One site was tidy, while the other looked more like a junkyard. There was an otherworldliness to the entire place. We zig-zagged our way until we reached East Jesus, the central hub of artistic expression.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Frankly, it was a little intimidating walking around and, although photography is allowed and actually welcomed, I couldn't help but feel a little like a voyeur on some stranger's property. There were fascinating objects everywhere, from a half-buried bus to items of decay refashioned as sculpture. There was even a human skull on display, complete with fake eyeballs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While in the sculpture garden, I was welcomed by Frank. He lives in East Jesus and gives tours to visitors. I wasn't expecting to see anyone because it was upwards of a hundred degrees while we were there. Frank was a towering figure and friendly, if not a little manic. His sense of humor was somewhat jarring at first. After he gave me his initial schpiel, I asked if he lived here. "No, of course not, I'm just some fucking random guy who's here masquerading as a tour guide!", he replied. It was delivered with a Joker-like smile so I nervously laughed it off. He then left me among the sculptures saying I was free to photograph whatever I wanted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Walking around the garden and seeing everything we typically throw away made me think about how much each of us consumes over time. It's amazing the things we take for granted, like never worrying about where our trash goes once it's collected. Anyway, enough trash talking, back to the story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Frank appeared again shortly after my initial encounter. He materialized, it seemed, out of nowhere. If there was a soundtrack in my life, this is where the jump scare orchestral stab would occur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Photographers, it seems, are held in high esteem here at East Jesus and maybe Frank even took a liking to me. He invited me behind the scenes for a private tour of some of the living quarters. I felt like Dorothy meeting the Wizard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Frank spoke at a frenzied pace now and wouldn't allow questions. He laughed maniacally when I tried to speak and said "Look, this tour is a performance, don't interrupt. I guarantee your questions have been asked a thousand times and they will be answered all in good time". I'm not going to lie, there was something intimidating about Frank. Not threatening in any way, but I didn't want to distract him while he spoke for fear of getting him off his game.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the meantime, Linda was sitting in the car waiting for me. The last she heard, I was taking a few photos in the sculpture garden and would be right back. That was twenty minutes ago! I managed to shoot her a text while Frank wasn't looking. "On a tour!" I quickly typed. I felt relieved that she at least knew I wasn't dead or kidnapped or attacked by scorpions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The tour wound up and I was finally able to make my escape. Had I been there alone, I probably would have stayed to get some more photographs but with the high temperatures, I wanted to get back to Linda and move on. We'll be back in the area in at some point so I didn't feel like I was relinquishing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Honestly, the whole experience was unique, in the true sense of the word. I think that everyone who comes here will walk away with a different perception of the place. There is an associated Website for East Jesus and it's fascinating to read the mission statement. If you're interested, click on this <a href="http://eastjesus.org/" target="_blank">link</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So, while Randall Henderson says there are two types of desert, I would add to that and say there is also an infinite number of experiences to be had. Being there, for me, was infectious. It has already gotten under my skin and I am counting the days until we return.</span></div>
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-391008035835449132015-09-30T07:50:00.000-07:002016-06-08T17:40:42.222-07:00As Time Goes By - Finding the Photographer Within<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Photography, for me at least, has been a solitary endeavor and I like it that way. When I grab my camera and drive to some new (or familiar) location, part of the excitement is not knowing what I will create and not having to worry about anything or anyone. I like to let what's in front of me slowly unfold until it eventually reveals itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Some will argue that taking a photograph is simply extracting part of a scene that already exists so there's no real interpretation involved on the part of the photographer. I don't subscribe to this notion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The famed photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson once said "Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst." I think that's true but it took me a long time to truly understand what he meant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I started capturing still images, I wanted to be an accomplished photographer right away and...I was...in my own mind. What I've realized since then is that my ability to assess my own progress has shifted at the same rate as my accumulated experience. When I first began capturing images, I had no real sense of what I wanted to do. My time shooting up to that point was quite limited and I had learned very little. In my naïveté, I thought my photographs were really something special. When I look back on that work now, with over ten years of experience under my belt, my photographs seem positively amateurish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I believe in the old adage that says "there is no substitute for experience". When I bought my first serious camera, I read every single photography book I could find. While they all helped me to understand and operate my camera, none really taught me how to be a photographer. There were many volumes that discussed the philosophy of capturing an image but it didn't mean anything until I actually began shooting and, over time, discovered my own vision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Then one day everything began to make sense. I understood that I was no longer a simple practitioner of the medium, in fact the camera itself was now just a means to an end. Photography, I realized, started with an urge to create. It was no longer important for me to capture a technically perfect image, although I understood the theory of how to do that. What was important was knowing how to capture the essence of my response to a place, person or thing and present those thoughts and emotions in a two dimensional picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One of the highest compliments I have ever received from someone was when he told me that I helped him see the extraordinary in the ordinary. Suddenly, he was able to see a beauty in his daily life that had previously eluded him. Wow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So what am I trying to say here? I think there are two types of photography. One is where the scene is captured as faithfully as possible and the camera does most of the work. The other has the photographer, as faithfully as possible, capturing his or her vision in a coherent image.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A tall order? Yes, but there are countless photographers out there who have tapped into this realm. Ansel Adams did it in his landscape work. Sebastiäo Salgado does it in his epic portrait and environmental images. Richard Avedon transcended portraiture and fashion to an art form. These are just a few examples but the list goes on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There are times when I feel like I have found a portal into this world. I feel it when i hold my camera and look through the viewfinder. What I see is constantly a wonder to me and my excitement is almost always brimming over the edge. I think it's that reverence for image making that keeps my passion alive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the meantime, I know that when ten more years have passed, I will look back on my present work and feel the evolution of my thoughts and ideas. I'm curious to know what my future self will make of the person presently sitting in this chair. Only time will tell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My initial idea for this blog post was to write about my recent visit to Balboa Park in San Diego but I obviously went off on a serious tangent. That being said, I'll mention it briefly now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I first arrived at the park it was to meet up with a group of photographers for the global 500px/Fujifilm Photowalk. Sadly, I mixed up the actual meeting place and missed the event. I was with my daughter Tara so we decided to do our own walk instead. No point in squandering an opportunity to shoot such a beautiful venue.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>Balboa Park is all about light and depth</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>Who could resist shooting this very cool sculpture?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>This sign and the texture of the wall reminded me of an old Charlton Heston-style movie.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>I don't shoot many candid moments but I liked this man's stance and his big hat.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>Something about the shadow of the stair rail in the background caught my eye.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>The silhouette of the rail and the textures drew me in to this composition.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>A Lost World</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.901961); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Walking around the wonderful grounds of Balboa Park makes me feel like I am exploring another planet. It's hard to believe downtown San Diego is just a mile away going about its business.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.901961); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>Exotic Land</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.901961); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Not exactly exotic to those who live here but, to me, these trees represent something unfamiliar. This is especially so given my previous abodes in Ireland, New York and Seattle. It is fascinating to me that these long skinny trunks don't just keel over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Shooting places and things is one thing but once a person is inserted into the mix, the entire meaning is transformed. Tara is really photogenic and is very comfortable in front of the camera. Her dress and hat gave her a classic look that worked well with black and white. The resulting shots made me think of a spread in Vogue Magazine from the fifties.</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-47094360873949127692015-09-22T10:15:00.000-07:002016-06-08T17:38:49.565-07:00The Color of Autumn - A Season of Transformation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 26px;">When I was growing up in Ireland, autumn always signaled a time to gather horse chestnuts for a game we played called Conkers. The goal was to separate the chestnut from its prickly skin and thread a string through it. I would then take turns with my opponent to try to smash his chestnut with my own.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">It was pretty primitive entertainment but, by cracky, we made it work and had fun nonetheless. Of course I also noticed the leaves and colors of the season but it was more in my periphery than something that really made an impact.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 26px;"><br />For me now as a photographer, autumn is a transformation of the summer landscape into a magical kaleidoscope. It's the season where nature is screaming to be heard, although, it certainly doesn't need to raise its voice too loud to get my attention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Living on the road poses unique challenges where I actually have to track the season down. Some states I've been to don't even have fall. As a result, Linda and I try to plan our travels to include places where we can do our best leaf-peeping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I visited Colorado recently, fall had not quite arrived. There were hints of it, alright, but the cavalcade of color I was expecting was still a few weeks away. In order to seek out those desirable shades of red, orange and yellow, I had to drive to higher elevations and by higher, I mean over 10,000 feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The road from Gunnison to Creede in Colorado is a feast for the eyes. There are beautiful mountain and meadow views in every direction. To describe it as epic would barely scratch the surface of the visual experience. As the road literally began to rise past the little town of Lake City, the rich colors I was after began to show face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There is an observation area along the way, at an elevation of over 11,000 feet, called Windy Point that has phenomenal views of the San Juan mountains and the lush valley below. While there, the weather was favorable for dramatic light. Sunbeams moved about like a searchlight. One moment they would sweep across the valley floor and in another instant, would light up the colorful peaks. Every photograph was different, despite being only seconds apart. I felt like these images were going to be my best work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Later, when I was capturing and sorting, I hurriedly scrolled to the Windy Point photographs, eager to see my masterpieces. The first few looked really busy and the compositions were unbalanced. Oh well, I thought, these are just a result of me getting my bearings. As I went through the rest, I became more and more disappointed. There was just too much going on in each frame. In general, I prefer simple compositions but these images had no structure, no focal point. There were a few I could rescue by cropping but, all in all, I was pretty bummed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There's an argument to be made for using a tripod and it's not just to keep everything steady. When I tether the camera to a firm set of sticks, suddenly the act of making a photograph takes on more importance. There is more deliberation and intention to the task at hand. When I look through the viewfinder, I tend to pay a lot more attention to the composition. It's a less frenetic experience, as it is when I am freely wielding the camera from left to right or up and down, reacting to what's happening in front of me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There's absolutely nothing wrong with shooting handheld, but perhaps if I had used a tripod for the vista at Windy Point, the pictures would have been better. I simply would have taken more time and care while composing each picture. I don't know but this kind of thing has happened to me before. I get excited about what I'm seeing, click the shutter until my finger goes numb and feel like I've captured the photograph of the century. Only, I didn't and the images don't even make the first cut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Luckily for me, there were literally hundreds of opportunities along the road to Creede to make up for the lackluster batch At Windy Point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So, maybe I need to slow things down a bit. Instead of finding ten places to stop on a single trip, I might yield more success if I pick, say, three spots to shoot. If I use my tripod and be really mindful to what I'm seeing, it's possible I might just find the composition that looks as good at home on my computer as it did in the field.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.901961); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The colors of the mountains in this area of Colorado are just gorgeous. Add some fall tones to the mix and the resulting cocktail is delicious.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.901961); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When we first arrived in Colorado, there were only hints of the colors to come, the trailer to the big movie, if you will. Here, by the Taylor Reservoir, a few flecks of yellow look like dabs of paint from an artist's paintbrush.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Despite all, I still feel like I left beautiful Colorado with a nice collection of photographs that adequately capture the experience of being there. In the meantime, I'm looking forward to trying new techniques in my quest for the perfect image.</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-65473864610539340352015-09-07T13:22:00.002-07:002016-06-08T17:35:25.452-07:00Good Light Hunting - In the Heart of Colorado<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 26.8125px;">No doubt everyone knows that light is the single most important component in creating a photograph. There are basically two broad light categories in photography; natural and controlled lighting. The latter, as it suggests, is predictable and is used in studios or as a supplement to outdoor illumination. Natural light, on the other hand, is arguably not controllable so keeping an eye on weather forecasts, etc. is, not only helpful but a necessity.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: large; line-height: 26.8125px;"><br />Because my concentration at the moment is landscape photography, I'm always at the mercy of whatever Mother Nature doles out. What makes things even more unpredictable is that I'm constantly on the move from state to state.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I use an app called PhotoPills to determine when the sun and moon rise and set. This app is like the Swiss Army knife of photography apps. It also displays three-dimensional Interactive overlays of the exact position of the sun and the moon throughout the day. So if I scout out a place where I want to shoot the sunset, for instance, I can hold my phone up to the sky and move it around to see the precise spot on the horizon where the sun will disappear. I also use the app to do calculations for long exposure when I am using an eight-stop ND filter. I can't recommend it enough so go get it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I have found the quality of light to be different for each state I've visited. I'm not sure what accounts for this aside from the effects of being at a different longitude. I'm sure atmospheric conditions, both natural and man-made are also influencing factors. It's exciting for me because each situation poses new challenges and new rewards. There is nothing quite like being able to capture the personality of light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Recently, my travels took me to Gunnison in Colorado. Here, at the end of the summer, there was all manner of weather drama. Almost every evening there was a thunderstorm and each morning had clouds hiding and revealing the sun. Across the landscape, this made for beautiful pools of light and when it shone full on the wonderful rock structures, I was in black and white heaven.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The day after I arrived, I got up at what felt like the witching hour to capture the sunrise. The weather called for intermittent clouds so I was expecting to make some interesting photographs. For this trip, I decided upon the nearby Blue Mesa Reservoir, a massive presence with craggy rocks looming above the water's edge. I had a hard time figuring out the most advantageous spot because I was literally driving in the dark. Eventually, in the faint glimmer of dawn, I managed to find a little turnoff and unpacked my gear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I have a Fujifilm X-T1 mirrorless camera and, for landscape photography, I primarily use my 18-135mm and 10-24mm lenses. That gives me an equivalent full-frame focal length range of 15-205mm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I set up my tripod, camera and shutter release cable and waited. There was a sliver of color on the horizon and then it was gone. Angry storm clouds moved in quickly and, before I knew it, there was sheet lightning on the horizon and thunder booms that rattled my rib cage. I slapped on my 10-24mm lens and captured a few stills of the black clouds. Large drops of rain started to fall and I made a beeline for my car. I managed to get one decent keeper shot out of this little adventure. It's better than none, I suppose, but it's what I expect in this part of the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A couple of days later, I went back to the same place but this time the weather cooperated. I had lots of impressive clouds and patchy light to create the perfect mood for a monochrome photograph. When I see light like this, I naturally think of Ansel Adams. Throughout his long artistic life, I don't think he ever really grew tired of the thrill of seeing the sun hit a rock just so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZsoG5y57J6X-66bSxkGd9l9iF92AMdv3_T4bp8WgnRvyx03Lji7wLer_A7DMTKNI1wt_xrex3HWWZ7YpndB5IlymEke-9BYC2KeWRwM7H6pM6riD_mGZs-_rBmfEQcKX56UG/s1600/6259DDFA-FE7B-4605-9686-519395919239.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivZsoG5y57J6X-66bSxkGd9l9iF92AMdv3_T4bp8WgnRvyx03Lji7wLer_A7DMTKNI1wt_xrex3HWWZ7YpndB5IlymEke-9BYC2KeWRwM7H6pM6riD_mGZs-_rBmfEQcKX56UG/s1600/6259DDFA-FE7B-4605-9686-519395919239.jpg" /></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>The diagonal angle of the clouds and the mountains made, I think, a dynamic composition.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It took me a while to get the look of the above image right in post production. The strong light, shadows and textures suggested an aggressive approach to the black and white processing. Earlier attempts were too timid and the mood wasn't bold enough. The final version more closely matched how I felt at the moment of capture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Even though I was focussed on capturing exciting light, I always keep my eyes peeled for as many picture-making opportunities as I can. With the prevalence of lakes, ponds rivers and rain in the area, I was on the lookout for interesting reflections.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0.901961); font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I thought this made for an interesting composition. Even though I obviously knew what I was shooting in the field, while culling through the images later, I did a double take to figure out what was going on here and then remembered it was a reflection in a puddle. The similar and unified tones of the black and white, for me, conceal the idea initially.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One morning, my wife Linda and some friends drove the thirty miles from Gunnison to the trail at Dillon Pinnacles. This is an impressive rock outcrop that formed from the mudflows and lava of ancient volcanoes. The morning light hits the craggy rocks at an angle that accentuates their unique character so I wanted to be there for that visual experience. For the trip, I challenged myself to get one shot that represented the majesty of the Pinnacles. Black and white was my obvious choice because I believe it was better able to capture the ominous feeling I had while looking upwards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I shoot in both RAW and JPEG and I use the in-camera film simulations to help me compose the photograph. I had the JPEGs set to black and white and the beauty of having an electonic viewfinder as opposed to the more traditional optical viewfinder is that I'm able to see what the photograph will look like<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">before</i> I press the shutter. For that reason, I was able to see everything in black and white and perhaps compose in a different way than I might have otherwise. It's a great advantage to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Still, as good as the JPEGs are straight out of the camera, I use them only as a reference. I like my black and white landscape images to be big and bold so that requires me to process the RAW files in Capture One and Silver Efex Pro. Given the control each program gives me over every pixel in the image, I am confident the end result will be exactly how I have previsualized it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsyHCsR2aLkmZJErHdmN3s_Eq_2T8B_R-LBsdsA1yUKQ21g9hmwD4j8-OxiKjxL9LjRiZO1xqGJ8FX2RS0s6qtRzKkFQivByZWtUkSo3YKiv-ewDmpBI4rbe0MCuB-aeAAgj-/s1600/819CEF8A-40C3-4CA9-80AD-AEC8EA613EE5.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsyHCsR2aLkmZJErHdmN3s_Eq_2T8B_R-LBsdsA1yUKQ21g9hmwD4j8-OxiKjxL9LjRiZO1xqGJ8FX2RS0s6qtRzKkFQivByZWtUkSo3YKiv-ewDmpBI4rbe0MCuB-aeAAgj-/s1600/819CEF8A-40C3-4CA9-80AD-AEC8EA613EE5.jpg" /></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>This is exactly how I remember my experience looking up at the Pinnacles.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The Dillon Pinnacles Trail is full of beautiful scenery. As early as it was, I was completely wide-eyed and attentive to every conceivable photo opportunity. There was fog, sun and clouds and the views of the Blue Mesa Reservoir were mesmerizing. The fact that the elevation is in excess of eight thousand feet was literally breathtaking :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I had passed a sign on the highway that said Wildlife Viewing Area a few times so I finally decided to give it a look. While I didn't see any actual wildlife, the viewpoint was from the top of a hill so the perspective of the valley below was pretty amazing. Again, the morning light did not disappoint and the spotlit landscape had me clicking my shutter in a frenzy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAOgNjP3VLBv-9gEgNkohaOXWe5sS0yBJWHDAm_m6I7q2-6uPk228D01DryH1WhmZ-onSiz-kIC84PG61jjcCo6eHhiKH4bdSOLrdSY22llguT7pRAefImu6H4kSVBafGrSN7/s1600/EB57B172-7D0B-4CAA-A66C-9CF01651A7C6.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAOgNjP3VLBv-9gEgNkohaOXWe5sS0yBJWHDAm_m6I7q2-6uPk228D01DryH1WhmZ-onSiz-kIC84PG61jjcCo6eHhiKH4bdSOLrdSY22llguT7pRAefImu6H4kSVBafGrSN7/s1600/EB57B172-7D0B-4CAA-A66C-9CF01651A7C6.jpg" /></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><i>I love the atmosphere in this photograph. The rich tones give it a timeless feel.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I've always loved the idea of roads that seem to go on forever. I mentioned in a previous article that it's the perfect metaphor for my nomadic lifestyle. This unpaved road up by the wildlife viewing area worked so well as a black and white photograph with the fantastic morning sky. Moments later, it started to rain so I retreated to my car. It's at times like these that I'm glad I have a weather-sealed camera and lens combo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This last image is a bit of an oddity. I was visiting Crested Butte, a ski town outside of Gunnison with mountain views to die for. This little house caught my eye, particularly with the mountain behind. What's so striking is that it has no real definable style, at least not to me. As a result it's anonymous, out of time with its modern surroundings. Isolated as it is in the composition, it could be anywhere, at anytime and that's what I like most about it.</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-43730823295756187012015-09-01T20:36:00.003-07:002016-06-08T18:21:27.828-07:00Moving Pictures: Capturing Mood and Atmosphere <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #505050; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 26.8125px;">A photograph is not worth making unless it moves me in some way. Making a successful image, for me, entails not only pressing the shutter but also developing the digital negative in a program like Capture One or Lightroom. If the final result is to be black and white, a further step of developing will take place in Silver Efex Pro 2. But enough about that. This post is about how I feel about photography, not what I do on my computer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Getting an idea out of my head and turning it into a finished photograph gets easier with experience. That's not to say that everything I do is a success, far from it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Because I'm not doing any commercial work, my ideas are completely my own. Occasionally the resulting images will look really good in-camera and other times their potential is realized in post production. My favorite part of the process is when the photograph takes on a life of its own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I recently found myself at a hotel in an uninspiring location. I sometimes have moments where, if I don't do something with my camera, I'll go crazy. I was feeling like that in the hotel room and I suddenly had the idea of a lone figure, sitting at the edge of a bed, backlit by window light. The mood I was looking for was one of reflection, anticipation, possibly sadness and loneliness. Was this person hoping for good news or was he recovering from bad news? I like the ambiguity of the shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I've always been drawn to the atmosphere of fog. I think everyone is fascinated by it on some level. As a landscape photographer, it simplifies an otherwise busy scene, stripping everything down to its bare essence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I was in Bend, Oregon and managed to snag some early morning fog at nearby Sparks Lake. The combination of the sun's first rays and the thick fog made for an interesting variety of patterns. Converting these photos to black and white created the mood I was after. Over the years, I have found that my most successful photographs are simple in design and simple works really well in monochrome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The lake cooperated with my demands for a perfect reflection and I also chose black and white for the finish on this wide shot. I added quite a lot of grain using Sillver Efex Pro.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes I feel like digital photographs are a little too perfect and, contrary to some of my pixel-peeping colleagues, I prefer a grungier look. I like to add grain to soften the edges and create a warmth usually only found in film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There are few places I've been to since I started my epic road trip where climate change is not fully evident. Lake levels are at a record low and the landscape itself is changing profoundly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">From a photographic standpoint, the dried-up lake bottom was an interesting subject. The play of the morning light on the cracks in the earth made for fantastic textures.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">A variety of moods at Sparks Lake.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It seemed like autumn came to Eugene in Oregon a little early this year. There was already a bed of leaves on the ground when I arrived at the beginning of August. While the summer represents a cacophony of vacationers boating, camping and hiking, autumn brings a quietness to the air. The slight chill in the morning is a welcome one and the colors of the falling leaves are spectacular.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Strange then that I would choose black and white for the shot below. As beautiful as the colors are, the details in the dead leaves are more interesting to me. Extracting the color helps to make the intricacies shine through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A highway that goes on for what seems like forever is a bit of a cliché these days but it is a metaphor for my life at the moment. Particularly in the United States, these roads represent freedom and endless possibilities. The highway is the conduit to my next destination, my next experience and my next favorite photograph.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I missed the Supermoon rising recently and it would have been breathtaking had I known about it and traveled a few miles to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado. However, I'm not sure I would have captured such interesting clouds as I did a few days earlier. I was shooting the sunset at Black Canyon and my friend pointed to the sky behind me. I'm not sure I would have seen it in time had she not noticed it. This shot is all about mood. It reminds me of something I might see in a Steven Spielberg movie :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I had a few opportunities to watch and capture the sunrise and sunset at Black Canyon. The insignificance I felt while standing there was supreme. The colors were forever changing, evoking a kind of melancholy. These are the times that I am so grateful for this life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This last photograph below of Black Canyon is one of my favorites. I shot it on the first day I was there. On my way up to the park the sky was heavy with dark clouds and it began to rain. I had been watching the weather forecast and was expecting a little drama when the clouds would eventually clear. My patience was rewarded when shards of light appeared, penetrating the rain clouds like spotlights on a stage. The sun selectively lit up patches of the rock face and all I had to do was be there to capture it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The resulting photograph has an ominous mood and it highlights, quite literally, the magnificent canyon walls. Meanwhile, the dark shadows fall to black, adding mystery to the picture. This is a good example of when the photograph takes on a life of its own. I could never have precisely planned the atmosphere in the final image.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Dramatic Light at Black Canyon.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Despite having access to some of the most stunning scenery in the United States, there are times when I have nothing but my imagination with which to make a photograph (like the above example in my hotel room). No matter where I find myself, I rarely say "there is nothing to shoot here". I truly believe that, with an open and creative mind, inspiration will make itself known.</span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-18516397284291415162015-08-07T10:22:00.001-07:002016-06-08T22:55:33.385-07:00Visiting San Diego: The Land of Photo Opportunity.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My daughter Tara moved to San Diego to go to college about a year ago. It was time to catch up with her so I planned a two-week visit. Of course, I can't go anywhere without my trusty Fujifilm X-T1 camera and California is always an exciting place to photograph.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Back in 2001, I became seriously interested in capturing images. My first love was video and I was an active filmmaker for quite a while. Tara was my "test subject", as we called it and she would willingly model for me through the years. She has always been at ease in front of my lens and she is quite beautiful to boot. We planned on doing something together while I was there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZuULwT0lOD8qMQWIOcdkz_G-H0rEurKMb68MSphcRLpWr8GxntHaounpYLUjMoR8-AkrMssT-Mf1cYF1Bh3dJ7ZwJPw3wWB5WOQad1gQ9Gma0_cA4D8NfdSd18qzSaIB0o8F/s1600/EB84F813-320F-4979-9C11-60DB3EB52231.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZuULwT0lOD8qMQWIOcdkz_G-H0rEurKMb68MSphcRLpWr8GxntHaounpYLUjMoR8-AkrMssT-Mf1cYF1Bh3dJ7ZwJPw3wWB5WOQad1gQ9Gma0_cA4D8NfdSd18qzSaIB0o8F/s1600/EB84F813-320F-4979-9C11-60DB3EB52231.jpg" /></a></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">My daughter Tara. It's always a treat to photograph her.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><i>In the Heat of the Day</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">The only place to escape the 90-degree heat while I was in San Diego was by the Pacific Ocean. Tara and I found a bench and enjoyed some people-watching for a little while. I've never seen such a variety of dogs and tattoos in my whole life :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><b><i>Stepping Out</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">We were sure to put down our iPads and phones for a while and witness the beauty that is a California sunset. There was something gratifying about sharing a natural wonder with others. In this modern age, it almost feels quaint to just drive somewhere and watch the spectacular colors of a dying day. Yet, countless people take and make the time and, in that brief moment, we are all one, brothers and sisters witnessing the same phenomenon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><b><i>Quality of Light</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">Each time I'm in this area, I notice the unique feel of the light. Maybe it has something to do with the sun's angle or maybe it's simply the fact that every day is cloudless and bright. Whatever it is, i have a compelling desire to capture it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The historic Old Town district in San Diego with its Spanish-style architecture, is a real treat for the eyes. It's a total tourist trap, of course, but I went during a week day so it wasn't so busy. There are plenty of things to shoot there that are devoid of people. I am most interested in the broad variety of textured walls and odd-shaped structures. I say odd because I don't think I found a single building that was geometrically straight. No matter what way I held the camera, it still looked wrong. The X-T1 has a handy digital level so I had to put my trust in that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_sAkOgp9R_rjx8KXnxQlBFYczRly7Lg60U7PWYl-fGGOgA3WiU-OBe0BR2_vimTkGswLscqSK_1-uyy8yxFF-ZfP2V4CIZRCfFOwzbTwURN-5VUEMS1MkMeQ_8-VqdbIPZPV/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr_sAkOgp9R_rjx8KXnxQlBFYczRly7Lg60U7PWYl-fGGOgA3WiU-OBe0BR2_vimTkGswLscqSK_1-uyy8yxFF-ZfP2V4CIZRCfFOwzbTwURN-5VUEMS1MkMeQ_8-VqdbIPZPV/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg" /></a></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">San Diego is a feast for the photographic senses.</i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqDchYYYzfmSsoetWvX2AKEeJ1PGeWmcgDMXCuTl3pY07UOXkwqOH9WGGAUah4_HLy7liqK6hKGJjUWIH1xwJC5RfmRz9tGccpB4OtFCSVDLINmMWX786bv96RVoBjvWgsNo1/s1600/51439F56-052A-43A7-A91C-5ED79CE0C6B1.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIqDchYYYzfmSsoetWvX2AKEeJ1PGeWmcgDMXCuTl3pY07UOXkwqOH9WGGAUah4_HLy7liqK6hKGJjUWIH1xwJC5RfmRz9tGccpB4OtFCSVDLINmMWX786bv96RVoBjvWgsNo1/s1600/51439F56-052A-43A7-A91C-5ED79CE0C6B1.jpg" /></a></i><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Something about this scene reminded me of South America, particularly the central figure.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The main thoroughfare through Old Town is abundant with antiques stores and restaurants. Each one adheres to a historic Spanish aesthetic. I was only there for a brief time one afternoon but I could quite literally spend days shooting photographs and all would have a unique look.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I'm shooting architectural subjects, like the window below, it's really important for me to keep vertical lines straight. If they are converging in any way, the image is a failure in my mind. I'm aware of this at the moment of capture and find that the slightest bend of my knees can fix any flaw in the perspective.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Fgf_m0J1ReNvZDghyzIBA52z2PDu1x6HbomifUiWvFL0TOqDS-B-4IpQuJai9eAshXl4jJpKe2eYyz_sODm50SVNKbJXzmuQsPaZdyuetdR72ZzB112allg9WRy_FYFT-nN7/s1600/IMG_2470.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Fgf_m0J1ReNvZDghyzIBA52z2PDu1x6HbomifUiWvFL0TOqDS-B-4IpQuJai9eAshXl4jJpKe2eYyz_sODm50SVNKbJXzmuQsPaZdyuetdR72ZzB112allg9WRy_FYFT-nN7/s1600/IMG_2470.JPG" /></a></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">The window of a quaint old store in Old Town.</i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">The walls reminded me of white versions of the adobes I have seen in Sante Fe.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Tara is a busy young woman and I was in San Diego without a car. There were times when I had to fend for myself in her apartment but boredom is not a word that is ever in my vocabulary. I challenged myself to find interesting things to shoot. On this particular day, I chose one lens (35mm f1.4) and black and white as the medium.</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">The Fujifilm 35mm f1.4 is my favorite lens for creative shots.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Who doesn't like to take photographs of cats? I figure if I post a photo of a cute cat on Facebook it will yield a large amount of comments and likes, far more than I could ever get posting my "serious" work, lol :) Tara's cat Rocky is a wonderful specimen and I found her to be a most cooperative model.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Tara and I finally got around to doing a fun shoot with her friend Paige. In my new life on the road, I don't often have opportunities to photograph people. At one point, my main concentration was portraiture but I have now graduated, by necessity, to mostly landscape work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I wanted to do something creative with the girls, something that would satisfy my need to experiment and their need to have fun fashion-style shots. They were both open to all my concepts so the resulting photos were really satisfying. The fact that they were so comfortable made my job easier and the ideas flowed more readily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For this first shot, I wanted to do something with a mirror I saw in Tara's apartment. When I look at the finished photograph, I feel like I'm looking through the window of a Greyhound bus. These two strangers look like they are at the beginning of a journey with an uncertain future. Despite the fact that Paige's face is brighter, my eye is drawn to Tara's confrontational gaze in the middle of the frame. For me, the choice of black and white makes the story a timeless one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For the remaining shots, I wanted to do a combination of intimate portraits, playful interaction between friends and whimsical fashion shots outside. My models loved the resulting images so, for me, it was a success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It was great to see Tara and we spent a lot of quality time just talking and experiencing the wonderful scenery in and around the Pacific Beach area. I was careful to keep my camera in its case most of the time but, when I was let loose with it, I was like a kid in a candy store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My Adobe Spark (formerly Slate) presentation of this post is available <a href="https://slate.adobe.com/a/AvjNd/" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-80514944165928562682015-07-09T15:42:00.000-07:002016-06-08T23:34:17.143-07:00Eye of the Beholder - Select Photographs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Without a doubt, photographers have the hardest time selecting their own best work. There is a number of factors, in my experience anyway, that lead to this dilemma...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When a viewer looks at a photograph, he or she sees a composition that is either compelling or not. Although, with so many images being produced these days, getting someone's attention is harder than ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So why is it so hard for a photographer to select a good shot? It starts with the process of capturing. Of all the senses that are alive while I press the shutter, the only one directly translated to the viewer is sight. There is no trace of the gentle breeze, no sounds of a distant fog horn, no feeling of the dampness in the air and no hint of what I was thinking. Some of these things can be represented visually, but mostly not when they're either subtle or intangible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When I cull through my own photographs, the memories of what I felt in that frozen moment are very much alive. I am somewhat blind to what is technically good or visually interesting to someone else because I'm so emotionally involved. For this reason, it's occasionally surprising that some of my favorite shots are not greeted with the enthusiasm I initially imagined. Through my own insecurity, I may then feel compelled to explain why I like a particular shot. This is not preferable because a photograph, unless it's a faithful rendering of something, say for journalistic purposes, shouldn't need any explanation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">At some point, I've had to let go of the need for others to like my work. I've been capturing images for about fourteen years now and I'm just beginning to understand this concept. There is a real danger, in any kind of creative medium, of over-thinking what will be acceptable to the masses and that kind of approach only ever leads to mediocre results. I believe that, if I listen to my own voice and trust it, an appreciation of the work will naturally follow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">With that said, I'd like to share some of my recent photographs. Most have been chosen because I think they make good pictures, while others are a little more abstract and appeal to me on a deeper emotional level. Where I feel it's important, I've included a little context.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fnUN4Ju2z6XJ5wjvCerKxic1azJrPxqvna6epC0m0vLErQ5256iKpFL-q10XJ7LjG1FebFjUe_19wQJa6HQN5nwVMhBtkSVzFshMmJ0qVZn98vA9WU8bRix-O6DNadsGzgO7/s1600/IMG_2047.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6fnUN4Ju2z6XJ5wjvCerKxic1azJrPxqvna6epC0m0vLErQ5256iKpFL-q10XJ7LjG1FebFjUe_19wQJa6HQN5nwVMhBtkSVzFshMmJ0qVZn98vA9WU8bRix-O6DNadsGzgO7/s1600/IMG_2047.JPG" /></a></span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: center;">One of the massive ancient trees at the Hoh Rain Forest.</i></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: center;">Hoh Rain Forest in Washington.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">Any kind of beach fires up my imagination. I feel insignificant in its grandeur and that is strangely comforting. I suppose it makes me feel like any problems I may have get sucked up in the wind and carried out to sea. Of course, none of that is true but it is for as long as I'm standing there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><b><i>A Childhood Memory</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">When I was young, my family would take a vacation each summer. It was usually to some coastal resort and nearly all of them had one of these viewers. It was such a thrill to see birds and ships close up. We never owned binoculars so the novelty was always new.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><b><i>A Decisive Moment</i></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);">I liked the look of this aquarium in Wesport in Washington. I lined up my composition and, as I pressed the shutter, this man walked out of the doorway. For me, it wound up making the shot really interesting. In particular, his visual connection with the camera at that moment was unexpected. While it wasn't technically decisive, it certainly was serendipitous.</span></span><br />
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<i style="line-height: 20.8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While in Astoria, Oregon, we toured a lightship. I'm partial to this kind of interior design.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For those interested, all photographs were shot using a Fujifilm X-T1 camera with the following lenses: 35mm, 10-24mm, 56mm, 18-135mm.</span></div>
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-75876765515534841032015-06-27T10:32:00.001-07:002016-06-10T09:05:39.374-07:00A State of Mind - One Month in Washington<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br />Even though I was born and spent my entire childhood in Ireland, I identify myself equally as a Washingtonian. After living there for fourteen years, however, I might have become just a little complacent. When my wife Linda and I sold our home and began a life on the road, I couldn't wait to get away from the familiar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We weaved our way down the west coast feasting on nature's eye candy like the giant sequoias of California and the breathtaking views of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. We spent Thanksgiving and Christmas with family in Texas. We also took a wonderful spin around the southern states and witnessed their famous hospitality. After nearly a year, we returned to Washington and, to my surprise, the familiar felt new again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">We reconnected with family and friends but that was only a part of its renewed appeal. To me, Washington represents some of the most beautiful countryside in America and maybe even the world. The diversity of its people and landscape make it an exciting place to be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My first visit was to an old stomping ground: Snoqualmie. While living in nearby Sammamish, it was my go-to place for spiritual and visual inspiration. One of my favorite secret places is a little turnout near Snoqualmie Falls that has a halting view of Mount Si. On a calm day, you can see a perfect reflection. Luckily for me, all conditions were perfect the evening I was there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Snoqualmie Falls has been shot to death but I can't help shooting it some more. I wanted to convey the flow of the water over time using a long exposure. While it's still not all that original, sometimes I have to stop thinking so much and just capture the stunning beauty in front of me. If I shoot from the heart, I believe that somehow my own voice will shine through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While in the city of Seattle, we went to the Ballard Farmers Market, one of the largest of its kind. My interest was not especially tweaked by the huge variety of produce there but it was positively excited at the prospect of shooting some of its people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I love photographing musicians, in particular, because they tend to get lost in their art, oblivious to my clumsy attempts to capture their essence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For me, shooting in black and white strips away everything except what's important in the frame. Gone are all the distracting colors and background details and what remains is the soul of the picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Here, I wanted the emphasis to be on the musician's feelings while playing and his relationship to the instrument. Had this been a color photograph, the vibrancy of the background would have competed with the subject.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The trumpet player is also the sole focus of this shot. The choice of black and white, for me, makes it feel like this moment might have been shot fifty years ago.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Anacortes is a favorite venue while I'm in Washington. We usually stay at a campground by Fidalgo Bay overlooking a large refinery. Ordinarily that's probably not the most desirable view but this particular structure is a little different. It has a retro design to it, a kind of steam punk vibe, as Linda says. From a visual perspective, I think it plays nice with its natural backdrop (although I realize this is a controversial subject). Whether it's sunrise or sunset, the combination of steam, architecture, mountains and water makes an eye-popping cocktail.</span></span><br />
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<i style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: center;">This sunrise looked like something straight out of a science fiction film.</i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While in Anarcortes, I spotted a vintage car by the side of the street. I love to capture things in a state of decay and it seemed appropriate to shoot it in black and white.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">San Juan Island is a great place to go for a day and we had a blast riding the ferry and renting mopeds. I shot lots of photographs, of course, but I'd class them more in the snapshot category. One exception was this strong sunlit church. The dramatic angle is reminiscent of the Bates Motel from the Hitchcock film </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">Psycho</i><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">While walking along Crescent Beach, I noticed a family all abuzz with activity. There was something about each person's place at this exact moment that made for an interesting composition. A friend said the colors and atmosphere of this candid scene reminded him of the movie </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">Jaws</i><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Washington never disappoints and this time my departure was bittersweet. While we got ready to resume our epic road trip across the U.S., it felt like home more than ever before.</span></span><br />
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Steven & Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251137249349538024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17555612.post-48190346130687259772015-05-28T12:23:00.000-07:002016-06-10T10:34:27.729-07:00In God's Country - Joseph, Oregon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Although this is prime hiking country, I have to admit that I did a lot of my sight-seeing by car. Some of it, like Hells Canyon Overlook, is impractical to walk. It's about 40 miles from Joseph and a slow ascent on a winding road, full of extreme bends and unfinished surfaces. When I reached the viewpoint, I found myself alone which, of course, suited me nicely. Visiting these kinds of places at the brink of tourist season usually yields a more intimate appreciation of the scenery.</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large; line-height: 20.8px; text-align: center;">Plant life at Hells Canyon Overlook.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I sat on a bench just taking in the breathtaking geology and contemplated my insignificance in the grand history of our planet. I find that's a good way to put any problems I may have in perspective.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">At a depth of a mile and a half and averaging 10 miles in width, Hells Canyon is the deepest gorge in North America. It was carved during the last 2 million years by the Snake River. As I stood by the overlook, a thunderstorm was brewing to the left of me, complete with lightning but it never came overhead. This was pretty typical during the time I was in Wallowa County.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Linda and I noticed that the rivers and streams in Wallowa County seem to flow more quickly than we are used to seeing elsewhere. Further research indicated that this is due to rapid snow melt as the warmer weather takes hold.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The 100-mile round trip drive to Hat Point Overlook was well worth it although we felt like maybe our little compact car might not be able to navigate the rough, steep-grade road to the summit. Arriving at the one-horse town of Imnaha was the easy part. After that it was a 21-mile trek to the top, mostly with only enough width for one car at a time. Sometimes we were so close to the edge of the sheer drop off, I felt like I was in that scene with Lucille Ball in the Long, Long Trailer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Of course, the views from Hat Point overlook where mind-blowing. It's just hard for me to comprehend the scale of this entire country when I'm standing in my corner of the world looking at something that seems to go on to infinity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On my way back to Joseph one day, I noticed how vivid the colors of the grass, mountains and sky were. I saw some cows and thought they'd be a nice foreground subject for a photograph. The colors may look enhanced in this shot but I assure you they are true to life. It's all one big living postcard!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"><b><i>Things of Interest</i></b></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 26px;">I like to photograph something just because it catches my eye. It doesn't have to have some specific purpose or adhere to a certain criteria. What's exciting to me is that, through decisions of angle, lens choice and exposure, I can transform it into my own vision.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For the most part, I don't like to reposition anything I see in nature. For instance, I could have shifted this pine cone to a more natural setting but it stood out in nice contrast on the gravel road - exactly as I found it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.901961);"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This arrangement reminded me of a wreath or something that suggested a time of harvest. These microcosms, so easy to pass by, can have an aura of peace about them. This little gem had that effect on me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One of my favorite places to walk was the Iwetemlaykin State Heritage Site. It's about a quarter mile outside the town of Joseph. The entire area is part of an ancestral home for the Nez Perce Native American Tribe. It's a wonderful nature trail with the Wallowa Mountains serving as an epic backdrop. The trail leads to Knights Pond with a mirror reflection of the snowy-topped mountains and surrounding trees. It's hard to believe this was dug by the original homesteaders specifically to water livestock. I just sat there and admired its stunning beauty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One of the gifts of photography for me is that it makes me hyper aware of my surroundings. Sometimes the most beautiful things are hiding in plain sight. With eyes wide open, every step I took on this trail became a new opportunity to make a picture...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There are some places I've been to that are hard to leave. As we wound down and prepared to hit the road once more, I almost felt like I was leaving home. Wallowa County is high on my must-return-to list. I hope, as you read this and look at the photographs and as the summer beckons, it will inspire you to get outside and explore. At the very least, I hope it will help you to appreciate even more the treasures contained in this astonishing planet of ours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For you techno geeks out there, all photographs were made with a Fujifilm X-T1 camera with either a 10-24mm or 18-135mm lens attached. I also used an 8-stop Tiffen variable ND filter for the long exposures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">My Adobe Spark (formerly Slate) presentation of this post is available <a href="https://slate.adobe.com/a/BxBza/" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
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