Street Photography

This evening August 13, 2013 I will be teaching "Street Photography" for my photo club Hampton Roads Digital Photography Club.  Photographers always want to know what it takes to improve. Some will spend money on every new piece of gear they can buy. Some will spend countless hours reading books, watching videos and learning new software. These things are important but only a few will actually do the things that they really need to do. The most important thing they can do is take more photos. Because you learn by doing. I've been a photographer since my teens. Street Photography is "moment in time" frozen by the camera. It's capturing the "Decisive Moment" as attributed to the late great Henri Cartier-Bresson The more photographs you take the better you will get. More info on sharing your work soon.

Taken with my trusty iPhone 5

Taken with my trusty iPhone 5

Friday August 9, 2013

It's the start of the weekend. Today's photo is the : The Statue of Liberty. I've had the opportunity to visit many times. Whenever I see it I always wonder what did the people think when they passed by it on the way to Ellis Island. From 1892-1954 about twelve million immigrants entered the United States through Ellis Island. It's funny New York always used to claim it but its located in New Jersey.

Anyway...this week my good friend and fellow photographer Genevieve Neal posted this very timely blog post entitled "Being in the Moment". It's a must read. 

Statue of Liberty

Metalmorphosis

This sculpture is named "Metalmorphosis" and is located in Charlotte, NC. Designed by David Cerny. From the press release: 

CHARLOTTE, NC (September 21, 2007) – After months of anticipation, David ern’s Metalmorphosis was unveiled at a ceremony celebrating the grand opening of American Asset Corporation’s 3701 Whitehall Corporate Center.

Several dignitaries from the Czech Republic were in attendance, including the Czech Foreign Minister, Karel Schwarzenberg; the Czech Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Petr Kolar; and the Czech Ambassador to the United Nations, His Excellency Martin Palous.

David ern says of Metalmorphosis, his first permanent public installation in the United States, “I was thinking about doing something as a centerpiece. I knew I wanted to employ water from the beginning.” The sculpture, which stands 25 feet tall and was fabricated from approximately 14 tons of stainless steel, is in the shape of a human head, with water flowing from its mouth into a large fountain at its base.

The structure is comprised of seven separate layers that rotate intermittently, dissecting the sculpture’s features. Custom-written programs control motors embedded within the structure to orchestrate choreographed sequences. Every motor has a feedback switch so the computer knows where each piece is at any given moment, allowing for random motion within the sequences. This movement is controlled via the Internet by ern himself and represents a continuation of his work that incorporates mechanical engineering and computers as an integral part of the design. Live streaming video of the sculpture in motion can be viewed online at www.metalmorphosis.tv.

 

Metalmorphosis

Metalmorphosis