Month: January 2016

Stacy’s Cow

Emilio, Photography

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Last week I had a post to which Stacy of Visual Venturing commented:

Woah! We don’t see stars like that in DC!! So awesome, Emilio 🙂

To which I replied:

You don’t get stars like this in Las Vegas, either. You have to get out where there is no ambient light from cities or towns. We have lots of desert around here. But around near my house it’s just like anywhere else.

And it continued:

STACY P. FISCHER says:

True that, Emilio. How long a drive is it for you to reach star-studded spots like these?

EMILIO PASQUALE says:

We drove over 3 hours on Lynn’s birthday one year for night skies. Coming home we killed three rabbits crossing the road in front of us and almost collided with a random cow on the road in the dark. But we’ve just recently found a place about an hour away. The Las Vegas Strip gives off so much light you can see the glow even up in the mountains about a half hour away!

STACY P. FISCHER says:

A cow?? Is there farmland out there in the hinterlands?? And an hour away – wow. So does that mean we won’t be seeing more photos from the Strip??

No, Stacy. It does not mean no more Strip photos! But yes, it does mean there is farmland out here in the hinterlands. The photo above is 63.21 miles away (according to Google Maps) which (also according to Google maps) translates to 1 hour and 1 minute away. But since no one drives the speed limit on the I-15 heading North out of Las Vegas, the trip is considerably shorter.

So, anyway, Stacy, don’t have a cow! Tomorrow I will post a photo from the Strip on Photos By Emilio. Just for you!

And Joe, sorry this image isn’t strictly black and white but it just seemed a bit too harsh without a slight tint. I’ll behave next week.

 

What a Set!

Black And White Photography, Laurie, Photography

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While I’ve never seen The Rolling Stones, I did get to see a Stones Tribute Band a couple weeks ago.  Photography was challenging for me because of the dark, the emissions from the fog machine, and because I was dancin’ like Jumpin’ Jack Flash.

To see more images from a really fun night in a historic theater, check out Life on the Bike and Other Fab Things.

Guest Post – Steven Willard

Black And White Photography, Photography, Steven

This week I would like to introduce a local photographer from Connecticut and the newest member of our team Steven Willard. I have been following him for quite some time now and I hope you take the time to visit his site.

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View from 133 bridge, Bridgewater, Connecticut. Pentax K10D with kit zoom, four exposure stitch using PS CS4 converted to B&W in Silver Efex Pro 2.

My name is Steven Willard and I have pursued black and white photography since I first picked up my dad’s Leica in 1955. At the time it was really the only viable route to processing one’s own work, color was far too costly for a youngster, and black and white was really the de facto language of most photographers then. So, like many, I concentrated on learning the craft as it was taught by Adams, White and Zakia and would have been satisfied with that. Then came digital, and everything changed, or so I thought.

I finally bought my first digital camera (and computer and printer) and set about in learning a new language, or maybe grammar is more accurate. It was hard. I had a lot to learn and had no teacher to teach me about Photoshop, as everyone seemed to have gotten so far ahead of me and I didn’t know enough to ask proper questions let alone understand the answers. But an interesting thing happened. As I struggled to learn the new vocabulary of digital, I discovered that the message was still the same; see the subject for what it is, and as Minor White said “see it for what else it is”. That has been my goal.

To see more of my images please visit – My site

Isolation

Photography

Isolation

“Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.”

~ Dalai Lama

To read the poem I wrote to accompany this image you can visit my personal blog at: Robyn Graham Photography

In addition, I posted a “softer” image on my personal blog today.  If interested, you can view it at: Robyn Graham Photography