Two from last night

bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
edited August 16, 2011 in Street and Documentary
The artist

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(I should add that The Artist is my youngest, who was given the bathroom at a local, very hip gallery, to fill with his work at a big group show)


At The Opening

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B. D.
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"He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

"The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2011
    #1 exposure is exposure and everybody will need to visit there at least once :D

    #2 nicely caught admidst the crowd along with the spotlight
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  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2011
    Is that your son/artist in #1? If so, awesome capture of a moment in time for his career. thumb.gif
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2011
    Talent certainly runs in your family!
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
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  • JuanoJuano Registered Users Posts: 4,890 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    I really like #2, her look the light. Well done!
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,961 moderator
    edited August 15, 2011
    Yes, the light on #2 makes the shot. As for being given the bathroom, well, I suppose if you're hip enough it's quite an honor. rolleyes1.gif
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  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    Laughing.gif! Actually, it worked out quite well. While most allotments of space in the gallery were quite small, and people hung a handful of works, he has an entire 'room' to paper with his work. :-)
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    Talent certainly runs in your family!

    Thanks - there do seem to be some creative genes coming from somewhere. I find the whole thing pretty fascinating. While my Dad ended up in PR, his passionate avocation was making reproduction 18th century furniture from scratch - using period wood, hand tools, etc. I have no doubt that had he been a member of my generation it's what he would have done for a living. My mother wove, made amazing jewelry, did needle point, etc. And my wife's mother had a career as a medical illustrator for the Department of the Navy. So my having a graphic artist, skateboard photographer, and gallerisata rolleyes1.gif as kids makes perfect genetic sense.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    Really enjoying both of these. #1 just seems to be so perfectly composed for the scene. Ditto with #2 with the highlighted subject and everyone else adding to, but not distracting from her. The cut-off artwork and lighting was also spot on...
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2011
    rainbow wrote: »
    Really enjoying both of these. #1 just seems to be so perfectly composed for the scene. Ditto with #2 with the highlighted subject and everyone else adding to, but not distracting from her. The cut-off artwork and lighting was also spot on...

    Thanks, Rainbow. But actually...with everyone mentioning the spotlight, I realize I did too much screening on the couple - both because the way you're seeing the scene isn't the way the scene was. And because I think that what I did detracts from the real power of the image. I'll post a revision very shortly.
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2011
    BD - I thoroughly enjoyed reading about your family of artists. I'm especially intrigued by your dad's furniture-making. My wish is to build birdhouses--when I first retired in 2004 that was my plan. I soon rediscovered photography and have concentrated on that. But not a day goes by that I don't wish I was working with wood. When, if, we have cooler weather this fall, I hope to clean out the garage so I can get to the wonderful workbench the former owners built......and then go buy a table saw! :D This project might make for some interesting shots too.......

    Thanks for sharing the story and images of your son. I hope he sells a few things out of the bathroom!

    Lauren
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
    www.redleashphoto.com
  • bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    BD - I thoroughly enjoyed reading about your family of artists. I'm especially intrigued by your dad's furniture-making. My wish is to build birdhouses--when I first retired in 2004 that was my plan. I soon rediscovered photography and have concentrated on that. But not a day goes by that I don't wish I was working with wood. When, if, we have cooler weather this fall, I hope to clean out the garage so I can get to the wonderful workbench the former owners built......and then go buy a table saw! :D This project might make for some interesting shots too.......

    Thanks for sharing the story and images of your son. I hope he sells a few things out of the bathroom!

    Lauren

    Thanks, Lauren - and go for it!
    bd@bdcolenphoto.com
    "He not busy being born is busy dying." Bob Dylan

    "The more ambiguous the photograph is, the better it is..." Leonard Freed
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