Ringed Nudibranch at the California Academy of Sciences, display tank for California Nudibranchs.
The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is offering a special event for photographers. I have been to many aquariums. The more popular the aquarium the busier it is with visitor and guests. Sometime I wished that I had the aquarium to myself so I could film the exhibits without the interference of people walking in front of your lens or bumping you as you hold your camera still for that long exposure shot, because most aquariums don’t allow tripods, because tripods can trip and injure clumsy visitors.
Another plus to a photographers only night, is you can bring flashes, light boxes and any equipment that may require to plug in. Most of this equipment is prohibited at any other time at aquariums.
Sometimes the addition of people in the image make the photo. Here is an example that I took a couple years ago at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The addition of people made the image.
For more information read below or got to Aquarium of the Pacific Events. Continue Reading…
The San Francisco Meetup Group is planning a rendezvous on November 21, 2009 at 4:30pm. Meeting place Dolores Park 20th St., San Francisco, CA 94110.
Twilight Shootout & Meetup!
Xavier Lanier and I got to talking a bit after last months meetup,
he expressed his keen interest in helping to organize a Shootout and get a
chance to meet all the local photogs and introduce them to
Notebook.com as a resource. Xavier has been in touch with HP
and is very excited about their new laptop the HP Envy 15 – HP
and Intel have joined him in hosting our after party! Read More…
Exhibition begins at the Richard Avedon exhibit at SFMOMA
Today on Monday morning re-cap, I will tell you about the Richard Avedon exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. A few weeks ago I blogged and invite for anyone in the Bay Area to take a trip to SFMOMA and see the Richard Avedon exhibit.
On Saturday my wife and I spent the day in San Francisco, and we took some time to visit the SFMOMA. We were excited to see the Richard Avedon exhibition, since the exhibit will close at the end of November.
Let me just start with this. I expected the museum to be more crowded then it was. Also, since my wife and I are members we did not have wait in line for the exhibit we were let right in, (Membership has its privileges).
Richard Avedon was born in 1923. He passed at the age of 81 in 2004, was an American photographer. Richard Avedon had a great career that span many decades. His most famous work was done with models of the fashion world. He also shot celebrities, dignitaries and common Americas in his series called the “American West”.
My personal take on the exhibit was inspiring. I love photography, and in was struck by the simplicity of his work. Granted it may not have been simple by any means, however they white background used in most of his portraits was a trademark icon that he used throughout his career. His work showed me how to use a simple white background to make a perfect portrait.
When you walk up to the images you can see the detail from every pore to crease and scar. Some of the images we not very flattering to the subject, but that were what he was looking for the real person and not the made up face or image that usually come from a professional photo session.
An example that I can give you, is the photo he has in the exhibit of Marilyn Monroe. According to the 87 minute movie about Richard Avedon, he said he spent hours in the studio photography the actress. She posed, smiled, flirted for hours in front of the camera. However when it was all over, she was like a little girl quite and sitting alone in the edge of a couch. According to Avedon, he would never taken the picture without her permission in this vulnerable state.
Marilyn Monroe by Richard Avedon at SFMOMA
Like I mentioned before if you have the opportunity to see the Richard Avedon exhibition go and take in the career of this great master of the lens. It will inspire and awe everyone…
Richard Avedon Collection at SFMOMA
If you are in the San Francisco some time in the next month you may want to take some time and go to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SFMOMA, and see the Richard Avedon show. The show began in July and will run until the end of November…
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will showcase an exhibit featuring the work of photography legend Richard Avedon. This event promises to be unforgettable as it is the only time that a U.S. museum will feature Avedon’s photography throughout his lifetime. The exhibit will include almost 200 photographs as well as a collection of vintage magazines. Continue Reading…
Last night my wife and I had the opportunity to view the Olafur Eliasson, Take your time: exhibit at the SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It had many interactive and visual illusions.
Two exhibits that stood out were the 360º room of Color. The other was the BMW 2HR Art car. The car is a Hydrogen powered race car that has been wrapped with a wire grid and entombed in Ice. The BMW 2HR display was exhibited in a 3º F giant freezer.
As I returned to work and starting reading about the artist and the BMW 2HR I found myself immersed in the technology of hydrogen fuel and how it works. In an article I read it stated and very interesting “Environmental Paradox” that it takes “Dirty Energy” to make “Clean Energy”.
Halloween is upon us, and the Great Pumpkin will rise from the pumpkin patch and shower all the gools, goblins, witches and vampires with candy riches.
Photo by: Kirk Howard Copyright© 2007
While at Arata pumpkin patch in Half Moon Bay with my newest nephew and his mom and dad, I snapped this image of a few gourds just laying around in the afternoon sunlight.
Photo by: Kirk Howard Copyright© 2007
Samhainophobia is a fear of Halloween
Happy Halloween
Read My Blog… Is a plea, chant, call, plight or whatever you want to call it. I actually got the idea from a guy who sells bikes in San Juan Capistrano, Southern California. He dresses up in funny costumes. He usually employees is family members i.e. wife, kids, mom and dad. He is a fast talking salesman that looks like Santa Claus, Great Pumpkin or anything else. He usually has 30 second spots that run locally. It’s hilarious for a bike shop owner to go through all this effort to sell bicycles. You know what? It works! This guy moves a ginormous amount of bikes each month. Whatever he is doing, works. His famous tag line at the end of every commercial is… “Buy My Bikes!”
~Cheers~
