Found object – a single black feather on a white background. Day 153 of my 365 photo a day project. If you’d like to see what I started with, here is the original file:
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Creative Block
“The empty page before me now, the pen is in my hand The words don’t come so easy but I’m trying.” –from “On the Other Side” from Monolith by Kansas When you get 152 days into a 365 photo-a-day project, you are bound to have quite a few days where nothing looks right, there is no inspiration,…… Continue reading Creative Block
Kilroy Was Here
My son looking over a wall while playing in the kid’s section of the Milwaukee Public Library in downtown Milwaukee. It’s his way of saying. “Kilroy was here!” I thought the color in the original shot was distracting, or a least did not add much to the overall mood of the shot, so I removed…… Continue reading Kilroy Was Here
The Window
“Strange things blow in through my window on the wings of the night wind and I don’t worry about my destiny.” –Carl Sandburg Light beams through what seems to be an opening to an outside world illuminating the dark passage. When in fact, it is a spiral staircase inside the Milwaukee Public Library in downtown Milwaukee,…… Continue reading The Window
Rotunda 4-Ways
This is riff on the shot from yesterday of the Rotunda in the lobby of the Milwaukee Public Library downtown location. I will often finish processing a shot and then see what crazy off-the-wall things I can do with it. This is the dome from the foyer simply repeated 4 times in Photoshop. Since I…… Continue reading Rotunda 4-Ways
The Milwaukee Public Library
I’ve been meaning to get down to shoot at the Central location of the Milwaukee Public Library for quite a long time. Today I finally did. And wow! It was mostly a scouting trip – I just brought my camera with my trusty 24-85 and shot hand-held – but a full day of shooting will be coming in…… Continue reading The Milwaukee Public Library
Abyss
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” –Friedrich Nietzsche The stare, a self-portrait. This image started as a simple exercise to test my old Vivitar 283 flash. My goal…… Continue reading Abyss
Lamp-Lite Motel
This is the Lamp-Lite Motel (or at least the sign) along US 51 in Portage, Wisconsin. Now, I have to say up front, I’ve done just a wee bit of work on this one (see below). Taken in June of last year and finally processed today, I was driving toward Baraboo looking for a particular…… Continue reading Lamp-Lite Motel
Framed II – Helping Hand
“It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, ‘Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm.’ ” –Sam Levenson Five helping hands (all my own) holding an empty wooden picture frame with yours truly standing behind…… Continue reading Framed II – Helping Hand
Wide and Narrow Lines
Details of lines and shapes on an exterior wall of a modular building at the Maryland Avenue Montessori School on the East Side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was overcast today which made for very soft and even illumination. On a walk with the family to the grocery store, we stopped to let my son…… Continue reading Wide and Narrow Lines
Hear See Speak
Here is my take on the old proverb, ” Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.” There are many interpretations of what it actually means, both positive and negative. And what my thoughts are on the phrase is irrelevant. What matters is what you think. Day 143 of my 365 photo-a-day project. To…… Continue reading Hear See Speak
A Collection of Old Nikon Gear
“The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.” –Henri Cartier-Bresson This is most of my collection of Nikon camera gear with the exception of my D700 and 50mm 1.8 lens, used…… Continue reading A Collection of Old Nikon Gear