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Today, Chip and I visited SF MOMA to see the Edward Weston and Tina Modotti in Mexico exhibit. To my surprise, I liked Tina’s work better and so did Chip. I found Edward Weston’s work a little too stark although I am a fan of his later work. This exhibit shows early work before Weston became well-known.
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Went digging deep into the archives for this one. It is the back of a lovely bakery in Petaluma but I know longer remember its name. We went on a visit to Petaluma for my Color Composition class. Our teacher, Monte Hartman, also took this shot. The owner came out and asked for a copy of his shot and offered some baked goods.
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This is another from the ’Lost Yosemite’ series. This was taken the first day. As you can tell, we arrived too late for the beautiful light and instead had midday sun.
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Another in the Lost Yosemite series. Check out this magical image.
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This is another from the "Lost Yosemite" series. This one started out as a stitched panorama however after a reflection I decided it had a fatal flaw. All the action is in the center. So out comes the crop tool and a square image results. This one I wish that I had a do-over on because the scene was full of potential. It is was taken during my first hour in Yosemite and I was just visually overwhelmed by the beauty.
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This is from my ’lost Yosemite’ series. I found some photos that I never posted from my Yosemite visit. These are not favorities but worth posting. So now, I have more images until I get back out there. This was taken my first day in the park during midday full sun. I used a high-dynamic range (HDR) image with about 7 bracketed images. You can see the clouds move between shots.
On a different note, Terri has pointed out that I have no photo of myself on my site. I have be negligent and my only excuse is that I hate to have my photo taken. However, I want to apply for a passport. I am considering visiting London for the Hampton Court Palace Flower Charity Gala Preview over in England. They contacted me about using a water lily image for their promotion. Well, that got me thinking why not go visit?
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I think this is a geranium. However, I am not sure.
Today, I went out to lunch at a Thai restaurants about 4 blocks from my office. I work in downtown San Francisco. I was with my boss but really wanted to dawdle and take a ton of pictures. Now, I am inspired and have a personal goal to go out tomorrow and get some new images.
Lately, I have been reflecting back on my whole photographic experience. It all started pretty simply about 3 years ago. I used to dabble in oil painting in high school (a long time ago). When I went off to college to become a mechanical engineer, I never painted again. About three years ago, I was commuting quite a ways to work. Every day, I would cross the Dumbarton Bridge and return in the evening. The skies were spectacular and reflecting in the calm bay waters. It inspired me to paint again. I decided that I really like watercolors and signed up for a weekend workshop from a gifted artist. I bought a small digital camera just to take record shots for later paintings. Well, I am a totally unskilled watercolorist and was by far the worst in my workshop. However, the ladies in the watercolor workshop liked my photos and gave me encouragement to pursue my photography. I think my photo montages are my frustrated inner painter.
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Yes, another from the archives. I went to pick up my film and found out that it will not be ready for 4 days. I hope to get out soon with the digital camera and get a few new pics.
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Another from the archives. Today, I did not make it out for photo adventuring and stayed in bed instead.
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