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Gallery Picks of the Show Photographers' Journey 2021 August 10 - September 5, 2021 click here to return to the details of the exhibit All images copyright by the individual photographers
Gallery Partners have chosen their "Picks" of the Guest Photographers
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Lighting
Up the Ocean
Lighting Up the Ocean
by Peter Blackwood is one of those quintessential photos of a
thunderstorm out in the ocean, beautifully rendered with a stroke of
lightening forking through the sky, clear sheets of rain and dynamic
lighting in the clouds. One can almost hear the thunder. As you can
imagine, photographing lightning can be dangerous. If possible, it’s
best to set the camera on a tripod outside and retreat to a lean-to or
you house with a remote or an intervalometer that automatically takes a
succession of camera exposures. Some lightning photographers take photos
from inside their car using a window mount. There are also trigger
mounts that can be set on the camera that sense a bolt and automatically
trip the shutter. There are good directions for taking lightning photos
on the internet and some general manual settings that can be made before
shooting. For example, lightning is 600 times brighter than the sun, so
accommodations must be made for that with exposures lasting several
seconds. Peter had enviable conditions, he had the perfect location
looking over the ocean, a storm that produced lightning at a perfect
distance away and cloud conditions that assisted in giving his photo a
3-dimensional affect. One may wonder if he got wet from the storm? Thank
you, Peter, for sharing such a wonderful nature photo with us.
Steampunk Time
We are pleased to have Stephanie show at the Galley again this year,
with the title “Come Together in Art and in Life”.
Steampunk is an art, fashion and culture movement inspired by the
industrial revolution.
The Steampunk aesthetic combines imagery from the industrial era—machine
parts like cogs and rivets, clockwork, and laboratory equipment—with
Victorian art and design and futuristic concepts such as robotics and
AI.
Stephanie’s photo is amazing; it looks three dimensional, almost
emerging from the pager and into the room. The composition utilizes
strong colors, with a blue background and a metallic orange subject
which visually separates the two.
The subject seems to be from an old piece of machinery/electronics with
a high voltage warning sign below a beautiful old-fashioned clock. One
can wonder what this equipment was used for when it was operating.
A strong sense of graphic design makes this a wonderful photograph.
Ferry Window
Ferry Window
is part of Michelle’s Portal collection spanning several years of travel
photography. We are all attracted to doors and windows, not because of
the ornateness or lack thereof, but because they are looking glasses
into someone else’s world.
This collection contains many fine images, but Ferry Window is
special. The lighting is wonderfully focused on the “stage” and the
texture is perfect. The window frame post and the railing not only frame
the two silhouetted actors on Michelle’s stage, but they are foreground
and background elements that create an almost three-dimensional effect
in the photograph. There are three horizontal and parallel railings that
create several sub-frames within the image. There are many possible
stories in this photo that keep us in the image for a long time. Who are
these people? Do they know each other? Where are they going? Thanks for
sharing this with us Michelle. | ||||||
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