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I took this image last year using my pentax 6X7 camera.
I love it!
I sent in my application this morning and I am hoping and praying they let me work for them.
Most people complain that today’s photographers “cheat” by using photoshop. I would have to disagree. With photoshop you can adjust contrast, levels, burn and dodge without wasting chemical, paper and time. People have always played with their work. Ansel Adams moonrise hernandez new mexico was one of his most corrected image. It took him untold amount of time to “correct” that image.
Another image that I saw of Admas was on a valley in the Rockies. (Sorry I do not remeber the name of the print but I saw it at the MFA in 2006) He was UNHAPPY that the beautiful valley had a parking lot so he took it out. If you did that in photoshop today people would get all upset.
Outdoor Photographer stated some of the same things in this article
http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/content/2007/mar/bw_digital_age.shtml
I found another page that backs up the Ansel Adams connection
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HMU/is_2_29/ai_83243284
Can you find me? I am on the right side of the picture!
This is one of my images from Sunday. I just love the new 50 mm 1.8 lens! Yes, you cannon folk, they make the same lens for you too. It was the best $110 lens that your money can buy.
Tonight I went to a private bridal showcase tonight at the Danversport Yatch Club for an interview with The Pros. The person conducting the interviews was the same person who came by CDIA for the wedding night expo. (I just checked, I did not mention it here in my blog.) Hopefully I made great impression on them and I will be able to start my way onto becoming a wedding photographer!
In June, when I have my gallery show, I plan on donating a portion of any print sales to the Children’s Tumor Fund. They are the leading not-for-profit dedicated to fighting neurofibromatosis. This is genetic disorder that I have as well as my daugter. (It also effects several other family members.) In the mean time, all my images on exposure-manager will be eligible for that donation.
After a long hard day of work, I grabbed my camera and went into Boston to take pictures to help clear my head. It did wonders! It was one of the first times I took out my 50 mm lens out and loved it. It was hard to use a fixed focal lens at first but it was kind of fun after a while.
I just heard from the library and they do not have a space for me to rent. I am working on other options. (A restaurant across the street or something at the house) I will let you know!!!!
My girl is turning 9 and we had a birthday party for her today at Plas
ter Fun T
ime.
It was a lot of fun and she had 12 friends come and I was there taking pictures. Carin is use to the camera by now but her friends were not crazy about it. The girl pictured here is Kathy. Her mother and my wife went to college together. More pictures to follow!
I am pleased to announce that I have a gallery show coming up. It is going to be at the Peabody Public Library during the month of June. My images of machinery and of urban landscapes are going to be on display. I am working on getting a room for a reception at the library so friends, family and fans of my work can come by meet with me. More details to follow.
Thursday night I went to another lecture at the PRC to hear Arno Rafael Minkkinen speak. Those of you who do not know him, he is a photographer who inserts himself into the landscapes he is shooting. His work is fantastic. (I got a signed book out of the deal as well.) If you want to check out his work, click here.
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