New York
Olana
The residence of Frederic Edwin Church. It is a magnificent Persian themed mansion.
http://www.olana.org/
Church gained fame for his painting Heart of the Andes, now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Church displayed this photo at a Salon in NY, where is was kept behind curtains. People were awe-struck when it was unveiled. They waited in line to pay admission just to get a glimpse of an exotic locale like this. Remember this was painted in a time before photography and travel was impractical or impossible./ artist
http://www.olana.org/
Church gained fame for his painting Heart of the Andes, now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Church displayed this photo at a Salon in NY, where is was kept behind curtains. People were awe-struck when it was unveiled. They waited in line to pay admission just to get a glimpse of an exotic locale like this. Remember this was painted in a time before photography and travel was impractical or impossible./ artist
Flowers at Olana
Church was one of the greatest landscape artists, and built his mansion in Olana, on the banks of the Hudson. He designed everything, and this is a flower at his outdoor garden.
Woodstock Artist
A musician at the Flea Market. His beret, glasses and hair are unique and distinctive, and he is yet another of the many colorful characters at Woodstock. /people
Woodstock, NY
Symmetry is good. Broken symmetry even better. The leaning stop sign and telephone pole create a mood of instability, decay, and movement.
Woodstock
Contradictions exist everywhere, if we can only see them. A gorgeous rustic scene, autumnal and enchanting, with a wooden barn and waterfall in the distance, is seemingly disturbed by the incongruence of an ugly sign declaring No Parking at Any Time.
Daisies
Sometimes when shooting flowers it is better not to get too close. The group may work together. Keep in mind the backdrop. The painted orange wall nicely reflects the tones and hues of the flowers.
Madison Square
The black and white conversion lends a 1930's effect to the Art Deco architectural structures near Madison Square. There is a relation between the two objects, the circular forms of the clocks and the verticality of the architecture working in unison. /new york
Madison Square Park
It is dark, near 7 pm. As I walk home to Penn Station, I decide to take one more photo. I lower the ISO, keeping exposure good, which essentially lengthens the duration of the capture. Ideally, a picture like this should be on tripod, to prevent substantial hand shake. But here, the clean curving lines of traffic light motion contrast in an interesting way to the curly swiggles of handheld blur. I love the upper thick blue line, which represents the ghost of a passing bus. It is good to experiment, to push the limits, and to attempt to forward the creative process. /New York
Subway Car
A shiny silver wall with a window. A few faces, seen in profile, immersed in an inner world of concentration and anonymity.
Light at End of Tunnel
Shooting in the subway poses many obstacles. The ISO must be raised, and an eye must be kept on approaching trains, especially when near the edge of the platform. In this picture, I wanted to capture the train as it entered the station but snapped a moment early - truly another "happy accident". The light is eerie in quality, especially in black and white, and I love the way the rails glisten. Anticipation is often better than reality. This is the critical moment, a second before our expectations are realized. /New york
Hispanic Day Parade
A child's profile. Neon green hues in the clothing are repeated in the eye shadow and earrings. The hand, and nearby child wearing green, who is blurred, together with the hat in the upper corner, create a beautiful frame for the face./New York
MOMA The Party in the Garden
A surprised look. Like a deer caught in the headlights. / event/ people
Photo Plus Expo 2010 PDN
This coming week - a must attend for all photographers in New York Area! At the Jacob Javitz Convention Center. Three days of classes and seminars, products , classes and exhibits. This meet represents all that is the cutting edge of photography today.
http://www.photoplusexpo.com/
http://www.photoplusexpo.com/
John Singer Sargent - Madame X
Metropolitan Museum of Art - The infamous Madame X - the model was an American expatriate who married a banker. Sargent wrote to a friend " I have a great desire to paint her portrait and have reason to think she would allow it and is waiting for someone to propose this homage to her beauty. If you are 'bien avec elle' and will see her in Paris, you might tell her I am a man of prodigious talent." A remarkable portrait it is - profile pose, unnaturally pale upper class skin, very tight waste. The dress reveals much, her attitude haughty, her flesh tones sensual and erotic. Scandal erupted when he displayed the portrait in Paris.. Later, Sargent overpainted the shoulder strap to make it look more secure, but to no avail, the damage to his reputation in France was done. A scandalous work at the time, it is remarkable at how far society's ability to be shocked has changed in the past century. I suspect Sargent had an affair with this mysterious and beautiful woman. /artist
Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Portrait of a Girl
Metropolitan Museum of Art- I love Renoir's soft ethereal brushstrokes. His palette is full of colors. Creamy flesh tones have mixtures of greens and blues. His women are Rubenesque and fleshy, his oranges remind me of Titian. The impressionistic background is reminiscent of Monet and his series of poplar trees. He gained acclaim when some works were exhibited in the impressionist Exhibition of 1874. He was colleague of Monet, and worked with Delacroix in Algeria. We can see all these influences in this small work. He also travelled to Spain to see Velasquez's works and to Italy to behold those of Raphael. In later life he developed rheumatoid arthritis, yet persevered. /artist
Ekaterina
A solid black background and subtle lighting can create a very powerful portrait. No distracting elements exist and a psychological effect is achieved. /people
Ekaterina
Environmental, or on-location photoshoots are fun. Look around. Be creative. Use the structures in the setting . The models lines are mimicked and accentuated by the strong architectural horizontals and diagonals. / fashion
Ekaterina
Choose a setting and backdrop to pick up on the colors the model wears. A relaxed frontal pose. /fashion/people
Aelita
Low late afternoon lighting creates a well lit subject with warm colors and good overall tonality. / fashion
Aelita
Shooting upward at a model creates an imposing presence. The twilight background, and the rooftop setting, create a gradation of lighting and shadow effects. / fashion
Aelita
Angular poses establish powerful lines and create a sense of space and abstraction. /fashion/people
Russian Nightclub
Dancing to their own beat at Rasputin night club in Brooklyn. Many events occur at once at the huge banquet hall.
Russian Nightclub
Event: Rasputin Nightclub - Selective blur can create the feeling that you are paticipating in a subjects point of view. /new york
Model with Graffiti
In this take, the model wears a red dress, and is contrasted against the side of a truck covered with graffiti. Though busy, the background art does not distract, as it is fairly monochromatic. In fact, the sinuous curves echo and compliment the models form. Repeating forms help to emphasize and highlight features and lend interest to the overall composition. In art and photography, the artist should pay attention to forms, colors and line. Always direct the gaze to the peripheral margins. Does the background work?
Elle
Simple colors, simple dress, and harmonious contrapposto pose. Here, the weight is shifted to one leg, and the hips are at different levels. The Greek classical sculptors loved this pose, as did Michelangelo, his David, for example.
Brooklyn Model Photoshoot
Beautiful lighting achieved with on camera flash , reflector, and window light. I slightly desaturated the skin tones. The yellowish brick wall and soft wall shadow help focus the attention on the model.
Pride Fest NYC Brazilian Style
Pride Fest NYC Gay Pride Parade June 20100242, originally uploaded by lionheart613.
The iridiscent colors, blues and greens against the silvery bodypaint evokes a peacock in full plumage. The New York parade is one of my favorites of the year.
PrideFest 2010 Thai Style
Pride Fest NYC Gay Pride Parade June 20100562, originally uploaded by lionheart613.
At Pridefest 2010, a beautiful Thai ladyboy poses for the camera. I used subtle fill flash to overcome the harsher midday shadows.The simple red backdrop creates a very effective frame and silhouettes the face. /people/events
Greenland
A short flight from Iceland, a one day travel trip to the south eastern coast of Greenland reveals an other-worldly terrain. Ice forms perhaps thousands of years old frame a relatively barren yet starkly beautiful and solemn landscape. /nature
Reflections in a Window - Korea
Three elder women inspect some item in a fish market. Although our view is partially obscured, and we have the vantage point of the voyeur, we can nevertheless read their thoughts - the intense scrutiny, curiosity and more. Reflections are always remarkable to me, as multiple images are projected at once, with overlapping meanings and story subtexts. /travel
South Korean Youth
Contrasts of any sort are particularly compelling. The youth and moderness of the young men is in contrast to the timelessness of the historic village they are part of. The left most figure almost emerges from the frame, creating a strong and powerful visual dynamic. The principles of painting and photography are the same. Diagonals build drama and power. /travel
Korean Folk Village
People: A portrait which includes the surroundings is known as an environmental portrait. It conveys much information and interest. Soft even toned lighting, and the monochromatic background keep us focused on the main figure, a strong yet unassuming woman. Her direct gaze speaks to us on many levels.
Korean Folk Village Seoul
At the Korean Folk Village in Seoul, traditional dancers jump and twirl and swirl their brightly colored head gear. Motion, partially blurred and partially frozen, dramatic unconventional angles, brilliant colors and unexpected cropping tends to keep the viewer off balance and intrigued. (travel)
Village in Seoul
In a historic restoration village, a merchant sells his butcher knives. With the warm golden light, the stoic and dignified posture and the knives laid out neatly before him, the man assumes a certain greatness and heroic stance. He may have been a noble warrior, the leader of his tribe or an elder of great and profound wisdoms.
National Palace Seoul
A unique vantage point, angled and low, combined with the stark shadows, together with the stern repeating robotic figures is broken by the all too human and relatble figure of the young curious girl. (travel)
Giant Buddha of Mount Seoraksan
I prefer an oblique composition and placement of objects rather than a routine and rather standard frontal view. The grandiosity and solidity of the Buddha remain implacable despite the storm. the snow creates a beautiful and dramatic study in contrasts, lights and darks. (travel)
Temple Grounds Seoraksan
A Monk poses in front of his monastery, in a temple within Mount Seoraksan National Park. He is a gentle figure. Calm and peaceful and self assured, relaxed posture, welcoming and bemused smile. His umbrella is practical and functional, reflecting his own persona. Portraits are quite different when they are "candid", that is without the subject aware, and when they are posed for. A pose reveals a great deal./people
South Korea - A Clown
This picture is enigmatic and full of contradictions. A clown's face is full of color, mimicking the brightly painted chairs and backdrop. Clowns are supposed to be happy. Is he happy or sad? His expression is an enigma. And why is he sitting next to a garbage pail that is burnt from wood used for heating? Is he cold? Alone? Homeless? /people
Korean Temple
At a temple in Seoul, school children show respect to a Buddha. Repetitive forms, colors, movements and actions creates a soothing and visually compelling work. Note the one boy who is gazing forward. A break in symmetry is always unexpected and can create drama and tension.
Dried Fish Bhusan
Varying the perspecitve and vantage point can create fascinating solutions to overcoming the commonplace in photography. The verticality of the eels , the myriad colors and forms is as exciting to me a composition as that of an abstract painting my Mondrian. /travel
Jagalchi Merchant
An elder female in Korea is stoic and awaits her next customer at the huge indoor Jagalchi fish market. Her placement in the photograph is off to the side, and she is shown with her wares and livelihood. When photographing a subject it may be helpful to ask them to pose with an item that is meaningful to him or her. The desicions speak volumes and reveal much of the individual's personality. /portrait
Jagalchi Fish Market Bhusan
The fish market in Bhusan is one of the world's largest. The exotic sea anemone is brilliant in colors, unfamiliar to us, and textured. Does not get much more interesting for a photograph! /travel
Korean Fashion
Two highly fashionable women in Bhusan. The photo was taken while afoot, and the resultant blur lends to a sense of motion and activity, and a gentleness and softness.
Market in Bhusan , South Korea
Here in the bustling port city of Bhusan, fresh seafood and produce is sold in street markets. The spices, scents, and colors overwhelm the senses. /travel
The Taj Majal
This is an unconventional and remote view, seen from the red fort. The Taj was built as a memorial to a lost and much beloved wife. Later, the grieving husband was imprisoned by his own son in the red fort. /travel
An Indian Holy Man
Near every turn, I encountered holy men, peaceful and meditative. This elder wears brilliant saffron colored robes and bears the marks of Lord Krishna. The simple and unassuming background lends more focus on the prime figure of interest, and as he meditates we too are led to contemplate the inner workings of the mind. /people
Festival of Saraswati
Along the Ganges lies the timeless city of Varanasi, a holy and spiritual place. It is the Festival of Saraswati, Goddess of knowledge and music, and it is yet a further excuse to revel and engage in unabashed exuberance. The long shutter lag was yet another "happy little accident", as Bob Ross the television artist used to say, and the brilliant colors and motions have an immediacy and vibrancy. /people
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