tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73925124039312883202024-03-12T23:28:14.552-04:00Bruce W. Halliburton PhotographyBruce W Halliburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01636461357463681200noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392512403931288320.post-4187118456326658352014-12-27T07:09:00.000-05:002014-12-30T08:27:27.450-05:00Posing Children<div class="MsoNormal">
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church pageant would be a boring session if all that was needed was this: a
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of how to show that concept (we didn’t use props). Then I remembered a common posing technique: <a href="http://neilvn.com/tangents/posing-normal-everyday-people-for-portraits/" target="_blank">MIRROR ME</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This photograph, produced in the 1940’s, is in a very good state of preservation because it was hidden for decades in a metal frame behind glass and behind a more recent picture. Time and exposure to light and air have given it a noticeable yellow cast. Another color complication is the image is a black and white print that was hand tinted. As a result it impossible to know exactly what the original colors were. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The print was produced by </span><a href="http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2012/may/27/olan-mills-inc-left-pension-41-million-chattanooga/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Olan Mills</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, a recently closed national chain of portrait studios. Hand tinting was an expensive upgrade, and it indicates the family (or perhaps an institution in this case) valued the subject significantly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In this detail, you can see areas where the tint didn’t reach the edge of the ear and others where it spilled over the ear (1). Highlights had light tinting and with time it faded almost to the B&W (2). Fortunately mechanical damage was small (3).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">However there is one technique I will describe because it is the heart of digital tinting. Most adjustments in PS are made on stacks of separate layers that lie above the original image, much as you would paint on glass layers. The image below displays the “paint” I used to begin tinting the flesh tones. UGLY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">His family wanted picture choices, and we began with Alex in orchestra mode, posed alone on campus with his main instrument. Later in that session he changed into his drum major get-up and we used the football stadium as a backdrop. It was October and this is where he “lives” in the fall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fortunately for me, the band was totally into their loud music role and proud to show it. Because he stands in front, I could frame Alex with the band and simultaneously separate him against the dark night sky or the green field. That setting gives the image a strong focal point. </span><br />
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Bruce W Halliburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01636461357463681200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392512403931288320.post-31159557006203943072014-08-29T04:44:00.000-04:002014-08-29T04:44:19.199-04:00Creadon Woods Gallery of Art <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dennis Creadon (blue shirt and shorts on the left) and Brad Woods (White shirt and shorts center) are the two artists of Creadon Woods Gallery of Art. Their first gallery space opened two years ago in Naples, FL.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Creadon Woods is the red floor area in the center of this picture. The Tula building is on <a href="http://www.city-data.com/articles/Bennett-Street-Atlantas-Hidden-Trove-of.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Bennett Street NW</span></a>, an area of Atlanta that supports many local artists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here Dennis and Brad chat with visitors in the middle display room. The back utility room was used to serve food and drinks this evening. My job was to provide new pictures for their web site (under construction).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The <a href="http://www.civilandhumanrights.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">National Center for Civil and Human Rights</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The center houses four exhibit galleries: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>a temporary space currently displaying selections from the <a href="http://www.sumtergallery.org/Benny_Andrews_gallery.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Benny Andrews’ John Lewis Series</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Voice to the Voiceless: The Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Rolls Down Like Water: The American Civil Rights Movement</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Spark of Conviction: The Global Human Rights Movement</span><br />
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Bruce W Halliburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01636461357463681200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392512403931288320.post-49560762223433773672014-07-27T06:45:00.000-04:002014-08-06T15:35:54.961-04:00Washington DC Monuments<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been collecting images of Washington DC
monuments for three years with the goal of adding to my portfolio. For me, that type of picture needs impact and
storytelling (in addition to other qualities).
Monuments are designed with those ideas in mind, and a simple clear
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I chose to use the image below as a possible introduction to the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/frde/historyculture/index.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">FDR Memorial</span></a>. However the weathered metal statue
of President Roosevelt in the “Third Term room” was way too green for my taste. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> In this case a stark detail may be a good contrast to the total view, below. If you like fine gritty detail you will love this monument.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I changed my view and waited a few minutes for the sun to break out of the cloud cover. In the last image the sun lights up the sky but also the dome, the street lamp globes and General Grant (lower left). A runner and a bicyclist are moving towards the light, always a happy coincidence. On the other hand perhaps they are just trying to catch a bus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Audrey’s doll had serious problems: head fractures, no hair, peeling skin, a single arm, leaky sawdust stuffing, no clothing save the original bodice. She had also lost her voice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ms. Dommergue and Mary made a list of repairs: a face lift, voice box surgery, all new sawdust, a new do, make-up, arms, and a hand sewn wardrobe. Today Audrey’s doll is the complete package front and back, and she says Ma-Mah (sometimes Bah-Wha).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">OK, you may think this next part is weird, but it’s a necessary step in documenting this kind of toy: Doll Lingerie. Ms. Dommergue created a slip and bloomers contemporary to the 1920’s. The new arms are a match to the originals. New skin tones and makeup subtly accent her contours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last thing to show is what we call her bodice. According to the dictionary, a bodice is “the part of a woman's dress (excluding sleeves) that is above the waist”. Bodice sounds nicer than torso and thighs, but if you know dolls then please comment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This garment is one of the few original parts of Audrey’s doll. In this view of her left side ( A, below ) you can see the original seam stitching at the bottom center. New stitching, upper center, was necessary to replace the old sawdust. I didn’t expect to see this intricate floral design on a child’s doll (B).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The only “before” picture we have of Baby Doll is Audrey playing with her in front of her rural home near Hawley, MN, ca. 1924. Her family was typical of the times: cash poor, hardworking farmers. This gift was probably extravagant for that time and as such it was a sign of the love her parents had for their first child.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Audrey grew up, went to college, married, and lived far away from Hawley after WW II. She came back to visit often. We are fortunate to have these pictures of her and also to have one of her precious keepsakes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I met Nikki and Baby Jackson when he was around 5months old. Nikki and her husband Eric take a lot ofpictures of this beautiful child, and they wanted to supplement their collection with an occasional formal picture session. I was hooked after our first outing, when I was able to see the reflections in his eyes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you explore either iris in this enlargement, you can detect the red bricks and tan garage door of his house (right side), the broken white lines of the sidewalks (just under the pupil), and blue sky and green foliage (above the pupil). This fuzzy blowup won’t sell, but it still intrigues me today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Broadly smiling babies are the picks that sell. With a little patience you can also can get those more purposeful frames-my favorites. All the location shots are one light set-ups following the general advice of guru <a href="http://zackarias.com/workshop/onelight-info/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Zack Arias</span></a> (the dramatic twilights will come later for Baby Jackson).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My friend Minh and I liked Baby Jackson so much we asked him to model for an Easter promo session after his first birthday. This is a simple two light plan in the studio, and admittedly it is a bit start. We thought Jackson’s huge volume of cuteness and some splashy color would win out. My pick is “Two Baskets with Bunny Rabbit”, below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">By now I was getting together with Nikki and Jackson about twice a year for a session. We managed to put the whole family against the fall colors in a nearby park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ten months later, in 2013, we went back to the studio. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The baby is just about gone here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few days ago we took a quick scouting trip around the county, and we found this totally cool one-eyed tractor in a barn on <a href="http://www.gwinnettcounty.com/portal/gwinnett/Departments/CommunityServices/ParksandRecreation/OurParksandFacilities/GuidetoYourParks/McDanielFarmPark" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">McDaniels Farm Park</span></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don’t know exactly what we will do with it: maybe a subdued composition like the one below, or a completely different view against a century old harvester.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A performance could be anything from <a href="http://www.kathyfincher.com/#!untitled/sitepage_1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Kathy Fincher</span></a> creating her art in the middle of a fundraiser to bareback riders at the Circus. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What I like about shooting a performance is the theme is instantly recognizable and it informs us about an interesting part of the subject’s life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wanted a picture of an elephant, so when the circus came to town I got a ticket. It would be hard to find people and an elephant interacting </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">this way outside of a <a href="http://www.ringling.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Ringling Brothers</span></a> show. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first thing is to ask permission, because unauthorized photographers can be asked to leave (as in RIGHT NOW, JERK!!). Most professional productions forcefully guard their copyright and only allow cell phone camera pictures. The Barnum & Bailey Company was an exception. They encouraged the audience to come on stage and fill the three rings before the show and to continue taking pictures through the evening (strictly with a 50mm lens, no telephoto). It helped to be in the front row.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Secondly, plan to shoot without any type of flash. That means a high <a href="http://digital-photography-school.com/iso-settings/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">ISO setting</span></a> (1,600 in the picture below) and dealing with digital noise. Anti-noise software helps but is not perfect. Expect to produce 4x6 images without excessive crops. That is good enough for a 5x7 picture card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Most non-professional companies allow friends and relatives into dress, and you may be able to freely roam from front row to balcony. Don’t expect to shoot from the wings (a unique perspective) because of all the traffic there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My last consideration here is color control: we always want flesh tones to be realistic. That can be a problem because theatrical lighting is sometimes deliberately unrealistic, and usually there are multiple sources with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">different characteristics</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fortunately, we are accustomed to unusual colors in this situation and they are appropriate as long as we avoid the repulsive. If the color is too weird but the composition is otherwise strong (the purple legs, below)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">, consider a B&W treatment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Early last Saturday morning I met three friends at <span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><a href="http://www.duluthga.net/departments/parks_and_recreation/rogers_bridge_park.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Rogers Bridge</span></a></span> boat landing for a sports/adventure picture session.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">John, Annette, Jeff, and little Russell are experienced Kayakers. They put in around 7am to take advantage of the mist before the sun burned it off the Chattahoochee. I put on waders and carefully walked my camera and tripod to mid stream (inset).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">this landing the river flows from the east to the west, and over half of the river bed is between 1” and 3’ deep. The flow is controlled by an outlet at the bottom of a 192’ high dam in <a href="http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=63741" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Buford</span></a> (20 miles upstream). This makes the exit water temperature constantly around 50-60◦ F, giving us a reliable fog bank until the sun gets overhead.</span><br />
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For all those reasons Rogers Bridge is a versatile location to shoot action near the water level: up close and personal is a great view for these pictures. At this time of day we knew we could get “normal” sunrise style lighting (camera facing down stream, top image), silhouettes (middle) and something in between (bottom).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I waded into the water because it is difficult to get these views from the river bank. We thought about using some other watercraft, but that would involve more people and logistics. The tripod can be a good cane and I decided to risk an expensive accident because I knew the current was low and moderate. I could sit or knell on submerged rocks.</span></div>
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Being careful made for a safe setup and we got some unique pictures. There are many other conditions to consider (the mist can create weirdly glowing halos around bright objects such as faces and white paddles). </div>
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One condition very dear to photographers is color temperature. The light around sunrise is very warm compared to what you get at 10 am. That is usually acceptable although it can be overpowering. It is possible to remove this color cast but the fix yields a very different image, see below.</div>
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The give-away indicator of a sunrise is shadow angle: notice how John's oar shadow falls towards his body instead of down. The color cast is very noticeable but I left it as is because that is "normal" for this time of day. It ultimately is a matter of taste as long as flesh tones are realistic.</div>
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The changing density of the fog is another consideration. This fishing party landed on a tall rock and one young lady is now half in/half out of the mist. That is an eye catching transition that may be very fleeting. I frequently saw this manifested among my models. It is a hard to catch moving target. Wouldn't this make a nice addition to a high school senior's picture album?</div>
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Finally, you never know what the river will bring to you. These dogs were very happy to swim in the cold water. I was very happy to have those waders!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B8UG6MZ7khk/U7GYXAr8TOI/AAAAAAAABN8/z5ISBTOHxJc/s1600/_8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B8UG6MZ7khk/U7GYXAr8TOI/AAAAAAAABN8/z5ISBTOHxJc/s1600/_8.jpg" height="424" width="640" /></a></div>
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</span>Bruce W Halliburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01636461357463681200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392512403931288320.post-82235505915425374062014-06-22T20:00:00.000-04:002014-06-22T20:06:59.922-04:00Carolina Horse Park picture sessions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In April my friend Minh Duan and I traveled to Pinehurst, NC to visit my high school chum Eileen Gilbert and explore her world of horses. Eileen is a trainer and judge in Hunter, Jumper, and Equitation competitions. King and Eileen live in Ontario, Canada, with her husband Larry, but they winter near the <a href="http://www.carolinahorsepark.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Carolina Horse Park</span></a>. King is too old for competition now. Fortunately for us he still can enjoy a light workout. </span><br />
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motion techniques because the contestants are moving relatively slowly to
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thanks to Eileen and her friends we learned a lot about horses and the CDE.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We counted all the legs and we know <i>she'll be driving 6 white horses when she comes.</i><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Bruce W Halliburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01636461357463681200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392512403931288320.post-88070482891435950312014-06-15T18:51:00.000-04:002014-06-15T18:51:14.159-04:00Family Picture Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Album pages 1 & 2 are on the right (the first generation, my great-great-grandfather). We have one photo (of a painting), an obituary, and a journal written by the son of this couple. My family loves the painting, so we created a reasonably contemporary flat wall tableau in which to “hang” it .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We started by <a href="http://www.victoriandecorating.blogspot.com/2007/02/decorating-in-1890s.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">researching 1850’s American wallpapers</span></a> and chose the pattern on page 1. Light blue with a backscreen treatment seemed like a good starting point given the orange-yellow-ish color of the archive, page 2.</span><br />
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Rogers Bridge Park has a boat landing on the Chattahooche River (below). The morning mist is fairly reliable,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course we couldn't actually see Sara when she stood up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Artist Michael Dillon, based in Crabapple, Georgia, is known for <a href="http://www.dillonforge.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">architectural ironworks</span></a><span style="color: red;"> </span>and <a href="http://www.urbanartcommission.org/artists/michael-dillon/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">distinctive sculptures</span></a>. He created “Ascension” for the
Duluth <a href="http://www.duluthga.net/community/gateway_art_project.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">Gateway Art Project</span> </a><span style="color: red;"> </span>with the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AGCOcorp" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">financial support</span></a> of <a href="http://www.agcocorp.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">AGCO</span></a>, an agriculture industry conglomerate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The best pictures I saw of “Ascension” were in a
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Suwanee, GA. She has some very <a href="https://www.facebook.com/VioletKeyPhotography/photos/a.752471698117648.1073741832.272557532775736/752471724784312/?type=1&theater" target="_blank"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">creative frames</span></a><span style="color: red;"> </span>taken a few moments before the
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vehicles, nanobots, other classes), and I will not be addressing privacy and
legal concerns here.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will post briefly
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My collection of local birds is about 25 species so far. They are fun to watch because they display interesting behaviors and sometimes seem to have personalities like this grumpy YELLOW RUMP WARBLER (left). The names can be pretty funny too. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This immature is also called the MYRTLE WARBLER. Or it may be a BAY BREASTED or a BLACKPOLE - these guys are tricky. If you see a glaring error please make a comment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Professional bird watchers will enjoy learning the fine details of confusing Warblers at </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Fortunately, for the rest of us, many song birds have very distinctive features as seen in the next 6 images.</span><br />
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batteries but not so much that they would stand out as “new and shiny” in an
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printed with 1970’s (or earlier) technology using color halftone and offset
lithography presses. Today they look
inherently soft focus, splotchy, and flat finish because they were mass
production illustrations, not fine art photographs. Other degradations were caused by mechanical
wear, aging, oxidation, spills and other contaminants that affected every part
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I had to search for the fonts
used in these calendars, and I didn’t have a clue what I was looking for. Fortunately I found a very cool web site named
<b><i>myfonts</i></b> <a href="http://www.myfonts.com/">http://www.myfonts.com/</a> that accepted small
“unknown” font samples in .pgn format .
<b><i>myfonts</i></b> made free font recommendations or suggestions/substitutes. I paid
$30 each for two fonts ($60 total). They
aren’t perfect matches, but this has to be the internet at its BEST!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">I employed many other
techniques and considerations on this job that I won’t go into now except to
touch on the notion of customer expectations.
My finished image is a major improvement over the original, and
customers like that. (On the other hand,
conservators often hate restorations.
They want the original item, warts and all). It is important to note a photo restoration
is not a photograph but more an illustration or a treatment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">However “perfection” is in
the eye of the beholder. My image has
flaws due to my techniques, due to problems in the original production, and due
to age and storage conditions. It is
difficult to address all these concerns without changing the basic feel of the
image. Additionally, these calendars were meant to be viewed from a few feet of distance
instead of a few inches. I hate to admit
it, but as I look closer the picture gets yuckier. You could say the same thing about the <i>Jumbotron</i> at any sports event.</span></div>
Bruce W Halliburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01636461357463681200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7392512403931288320.post-51632949282818468582014-01-19T19:33:00.000-05:002014-01-19T19:33:14.072-05:00GWU Women’s Gymnastics: Pictures from the Lindsey Ferris meet<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">The
perspective from the floor is probably the most popular sports photography view,
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">An alternative setup is
across the floor, from an elevation, to catch the judges’ reactions at the Balance
Beam, below.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%;">Modern
sports arenas, such as GW’s Smith Center, usually offer many good viewing
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Balance is something I work on to make these pictures look their best, but if
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gallery of 154 pictures featuring the GW team at the Lindsey Ferris meet. </span></div>
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composition, my biggest concern is color balance. The Smith Center has a variable mix of light
sources that include daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, and Mercury vapor
lamps. Each source has different (and
changing) color temperatures.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lighting means it is very hard to balance the color in each image: some appear
cool (blue), others are warm(yellow/red-ish), and some are a weird green or cyan
(repulsive). Color balance is very
important in any paying job, but when I am shooting my daughter’s team for fun
I compromise and concentrate on natural looking skin tones. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The original, on the left, looks very cool (skin tones and hair highlights). I added slight amounts of yellow and green to the image on the right . There are still problems in this correction, but overall I hope this is a noticeable improvement from the “as shot” original. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you don't see the change I am referring to, try looking at the blurry upper right corner of the corrected version. The same area in the original is a different tone. </span></div>
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