Category: Art

Testing, Testing Testing

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Lot’s of testing going at in the Photography world here. This image was a result of testing the New Lensbaby Obscura toy. It is not really a lens but acts like a pinhole camera if you are familiar with those. It also is 16mm so very wide angle which I’ll have to get used to.  I wasn’t too happy with the image out of camera so I took it into Topaz for a Van Gough look. I also added to an already existing vignette. I think it may be a bit over done. may be some cropping would be in order.

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Day 100 – Dancers

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A fitting end for 100 days of creativity is this abstract shot which I see as a dancing couple. One of the workshop instructors saw it as a horse… whatever works for you. We were taken to history museum with a lot of old vehicles parked outside to try and make interesting art from the rust and patterns within the patina. In this case it was an old wooden caboose which had been painted bright red but the red paint had splattered onto the metal framework under the caboose creating these very Jackson Pollock like scenes all along the edges.

Our last quote is from Helen Keller:

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Day 96 – Wind Surfer

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I arrived safely in Hood River and had time to go try my hand at photographing Wind Surfers. I was trying to capture the motion by letting it intentionally blur but I may have gone too far. I also wish I had not cut off the top of the sail. But it was the best I could do on short notice. The ones going slow or that I stopped the motion on were pretty boring. Actually, after looking at some of the art on the hotel walls, I think it is pretty good.

Today’s quote is from Rachel Carson:

What if I had never seen this before? What if I would never see it again?

Day 95 – Goldfinch Tree

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I’m busy getting ready to head out to a Photography Workshop in the Columbia River Gorge tomorrow. So, I thought I would delve in to the archives and play with the digital darkroom toys a little today. This tree was just full of lesser goldfinches back in March but I had to crop in and cut out quite a few birds in order to give it a point of focus.

Today’s quote from jazz musician Charlie Parker applies to all art forms I think:

Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.

Day 88 – Sunflower

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Another one of those days when twelve more days can’t come soon enough. My monthly bouquet from Farm Girl Flowers arrived yesterday and I snapped a few shots as I went out the door for my volunteer day at the Genealogy Library. I wasn’t very happy with any of them. Took this one through Topaz and got something I could live with.

Today’s quote is from William Blake:

Some see nature all ridicule and deformity – and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.

Day 87 – Growers Market

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Finally made it to the Grower’s Market this morning. It was a cool day but the cars were streaming into the parking lot like they thought they would find someplace to park there. I always walk the block from the street by Science Works and no problem with parking. Masked, apparently, were optional so I left mine in the bag. I worked this image a lot to tone down the jacket of the seller in the upper right and simplified it a little to emphasize the colors. I think it works.

Today’s quote is from filmmaker Shekhar Kapur:

Everything’s a contradiction. The universe is a contradiction. And all of us are constantly looking for harmony.

Day 86 – Blocks

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Here’s something a little different. It was way too windy for flower photography today so I decided to play with some wooden blocks I have been collecting from Antique shows. Then ran it through several software programs until I got a look I liked.

Today’s quote is from Henry David Thoreau:

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

Day 76 – Fishing Floats

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One more from the coast trip. I’ve been to the Charleston Marina many times but I’m usually looking at the boats. I was just about to put Cody back in the car when I spotted this wall of old fishing floats crying out to be photographed. So, Cody got a reprieve and we met a Corgi lover in the bargain.

And from Matthew Fox:

The artist is to the community or body politic what the liver is to the human body: a cleanser and recycler of waste and toxins.

Day 73 – Calla Lily with Leaf

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Cody and I finally escaped for a day and a half at the coast. I had wanted to go “glamping” in Coos Bay but the place I had in mind had a two night minimum so I turned to old reliable Bandon Inn which has pet friendly rooms and even greeted Cody with a toy and a treat. He is a bit exhausted from his first road trip so I decided to forego the beach until tomorrow and we just took a camera walk around Old Towne. I was surprised to find giant Calla Lilies all over town. But I especially like the texture of the leaf that had landed on this one. I may have to go back a work it a little more to bring out a little more texture in the lily. But for now I think I will follow Cody’s example and have a little lie down.

Today’s quote is from Dr. Clarissa Estes:

It is the love of something, having so much love for something–whether a person, a work, an image, an idea, the land, or humanity–that all that can be done with the overflow is to create.  It is not a matter of wanting to, not a singular act of will; one simply must.