Light on the rocks

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The 13 bridges loop trail at the Rockefeller Preserve passes under route 117. As we walked by sunlight was streaming through the gap between the two roadways. I loved the contrast between the light and the dark as well and the diagonal lines of the the light beams. Also the way the light illuminated the wall and the rocks in the foreground picking out all of the beautiful textures. I really like this picture, and its a good example of why you need to have a camera with you at all times. If I’d left the camera at home I’d have missed this.

Icy Twigs

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We had a fair amount of ice the other day. The trees were coated with it and when the light caught them they glittered. It was a winter wonderland. Unfortunately, the ice was also on our driveway and on the roads making walking around a bit treacherous. One of our friends fell and fractured her arm and while walking the dog I saw another neighbour being taken away in an ambulance – apparently as a result of a fall. I fell myself, but luckily I slid gracefully (at least that’s my story) to earth (actually to snow) without injury.

Throwback Thursday: The Netherlands

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My wife likes Facebook. Recently she started a “Throwback Thursday” series, which involves posting old pictures every Thursday. Unfortunately, most of these pictures are pre-digital so I have to scan old negatives and prints so that they can be posted. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a while, but never got around to so this new initiative has forced me to do it. I wasn’t pleased with my first attempts but I’m getting better – especially when scanning negatives. I’m still not getting acceptable results with prints. Maybe I’m missing something?

This series of pictures were taken the The Netherlands. My wife had a great job opportunity to work for a year in The Hague, the Netherlands. Too good to miss so off she went while I stayed behind in New York with our younger daughter (the older daughter was already away at university in the UK). My wife’s career really took off after this so it was definitely a good choice. While there she rented a lovely little apartment in Scheveningen, not too far from the beach. We were able to visit several times during that year and I have very pleasant memories of our time there.

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Windmill

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Windsurfers on the beach at Scheveningen.

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Windsurfers at sea, Scheveningen.

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The beach at Scheveningen with the Kurhaus in the background.

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Eirah on the beach at Scheveningen.

Bruce Gilden critiques photographs

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Magnum’s Bruce Gilden Delivers a Brutally Honest Critique of Art Photography

I’m not such a fan of Bruce Gilden‘s in your face with camera and flash style. And I’m not sure that I like his pictures much. They seem a bit ‘samey’ to me. However, as I said in an earlier post on Garry Winogrand it may just be that I struggle with street photography in general. I keep trying, but I still “don’t get it”.

I do like Gilden’s style in his critiques though and I find that I pretty much agree with everything he’s saying.

Bruce Gilden — a Brooklyn-born photographer who has won numerous awards and is now part of the Guggenheim Fellowship thanks to his street photography work — recently sat down with VICE to do a little art critique. Although ‘critique’ might be a nice way of putting it.

Gilden’s no-nonsense personality makes for a blunt and honest review of art photographs the likes of which you probably won’t see anywhere else. Fortunately, it’s also extremely educational… and a bit funny.

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