tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19619631164885465992024-02-19T01:03:10.141-05:00HLD PhotographyPortraits, Weddings, Business photography in the Rocky Mount, Wilson, Raleigh areas and beyond.Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-44092665866235396232016-01-28T18:01:00.000-05:002016-01-28T18:02:18.972-05:00Finding Gold in a Silver Mine - Koi Pond Brewing Company Rocky Mount. Wow, it is so nice to find gold in a silver mind as the song goes (sort of). Rocky Mount is a Medium size town. It's not Atlanta or Raleigh but its not a small itty bitty town either. To be honest, I spend most of my time in Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill. But I found a <u style="font-weight: bold;">great spot right here in Rocky Mount</u>.<br />
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I was out a couple of weeks ago in Rocky Mount NC giving a visiting worker from Oklahoma a quick tour of the town. As I drove them around, I took them past the old Cotten Mill which has been closed for a long time. There are also some houses that I and others have wanted to go look at and photograph and a group of Raleigh photographers may have an interest in but there were fenced off. No More! (More about the other houses in a different post. This solely about Koi Pond Brewery.)<br />
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I found <u><b>Koi Pond Brewing Company</b></u>, a micro-brewery right her in Rocky Mount!! Woo-Hoo!<br />
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Koi Pond is part of a development in the old cotton mill area and is the first micro brewery in Rocky Mount. There are four owners, I met Eric and his wife Ann, both great people. The atmosphere is great and you can count on seeing me there fairly often.When I went there it was their second weekend and everything was running smoothly.<br />
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If you are from Rocky Mount, head to the old cotton mill and you will find it. For everybody else:<br />
Take Hwy 64 East (Future I-475) and get off at Exit 468 Peachtree St and turn right at the bottom of the ramp onto Peachtree St. Follow Peachtree to West Elm st. and turn left and one block over you will see Koi Pond Brewing on the left. Go through the intersection and turn into the parking lot behind it. <br />
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Koi Pond is both an pub and brewery. They have a wide selection of brews they offer which change periodically.<br />
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There hours of operation initially are as shown in the image to the left. </div>
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Here is the selection for the day. I like the way they clearly label the alcoholic content (3 Monks is 8.1% ! No wonder I liked it so).<br />
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They serve 10oz, pints Growlers, and Flights.<br />
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So what a Growler and a Flight?<br />
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Here is a "Growler" and how it works. You pay a $5 deposit on the bottle and buy whichever beer you want. Return the bottle for your deposit back (unlikely) or get a another bottle filled without a deposit (very likely).<br />
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Then there is the question of what do I want to get? There are a lot of choices so they have "flights". A flight is four beers of your choice. You will have to write them down. I asked why not simply have a list to check off and the reply is their available beers changes all the time. I found some references identifying the other beers and it is quite a list. Based upon what I experienced, I am looking forward to trying the rest. </div>
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So I tried a flight of four. (I would have tried more but I was running on an empty stomach and had been shooting photography all afternoon so I played it safe.) My choices? </div>
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1. VooDoo Wit - A Witbier w Spices. I loved this, it was not overpowering on the spices and was what I would call a good not heavy beer. </div>
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2. Pomplamoose - A grapefruit Saison. I tried this one as I could not image a grapefruit beer. (Hint when you get a flight, be bold and courageous, don't get what you know you will like). It was better that the VooDoo Wit. The grapefruit is not like drinking grapefruit juice but very pleasant hints. Very good. </div>
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3. Rising Coffee Stout - If you hate getting a beer with Coffee or some other distinct flavor and not finding the flavor when you take a sip, then don't be a pessimist, you won't be disappointed with this one. It isn't an overpowering coffee taste but it is there and that is what you want. The balance was just right. </div>
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4. 3 Monks Tripel - a Belgian Ale. This one is a little sweet, not too sweet but it does have a slightly sweet taste and again, I loved it. Definitely try it. </div>
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The atmosphere inside is very nice. (Love those lightbulbs)There are TVs but not so loud that you can't have a nice conversation with your friends (unlike some places you can't hear across the table). </div>
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There is some freebie popcorn with all sorts of flavoring to nibble on back by the bar. (I missed it at first) </div>
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There are some light snacks like Pimento Cheese sandwiches, etc. (This isn't a restaurant. Its a micro brewery with a great place to drink beer.)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ships of Baltimore </span></div>
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OK, everybody told me to see the ships and I posted it last. Hey the best for last right? Well, not sure, the ships were great butt so was the rest of Baltimore. To me at least the main thing is the USS Constellation but there were many other noteworthy ships also.<br />
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Because there are so many images of the USS Constellation I am posting it last. So if you want, just scroll down to get to it. </div>
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The visitor Center at the harbor is well worth going to, and not just because the temp is about 38 and it is open and heated but it has a ton of good information in it and the people were great.<br />
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First a little history of shipping. </div>
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The Lightship Chesapeake isn't as exciting as a warship but it was important none the less.<br />
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Faithfully served for 40 years.<br />
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<br />Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-12864029748252145252013-12-08T10:43:00.000-05:002013-12-08T10:43:42.972-05:00The Clock Tower<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Baltimore Clock Tower </span></div>
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The Bromo-Seltzer Tower in Baltimore is a unique building. Based upon shots I got from the 12th floor (more on those shots in a moment) at one point, the tower is about 15 stories tall. (Confirmed via Wikipedia).<br />
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First, Bromo Seltzer is a product for heartburn similar to another will known seltzer product. Look for Bromo Seltzer in Wikipedia for some amazing facts on Bromo Seltzer and bromides.<br />
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I first spotted the Bromo Seltzer building almost by accident. It is across the street from our hotel and just a hundred feet up the street. Several people I talked to over our stay didn't see it as the uniqueness of it is way up there.<br />
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But I have to say I fell in love with it. I love the blue lights in the top portion. The first shots are night shots from the ground.<br />
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The last four shots are from a different relative position. More on that when we get to those.<br />
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Unseen at night are the letters spelling out Bromo Seltzer n the clock face. The daytime shots will show them.<br />
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And one last close up at night from the ground.<br />
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Finally I got out and got some daytime shots.<br />
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Notice that now you can see the words "Bromo Seltzer"<br />
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I like the images I captured but I was unhappy with the angle of the images from the ground.<br />
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Hhmmm. Wait, the hotel I am at is 12 stories tall. Went up to the 12th floor but all the doors going into rooms with glass I could shoot through were locked. Later asked the front desk if there was anyway I could get in there. They said there was an event being set up for that night and I might be able to get in then.<br />
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Got up there and the doors were unlocked, yeah! Notice the angle is more straight on and not looking up as much. BUT the overhang outside the windows was messing up some image captures. Then I noticed a door with a sign on it that said, "No re-entry" meaning once you go out you couldn't get back in. Looked out and outside was a metal pathway across the roof and going down to somewhere. Did I mention the temperature is about 35 with a windchill in the mid 20s? So I don't want to go out and be stuck on the roof.<br />
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Also, there is a fire alarm pull box and opening the door might, maybe set off the alarm.<br />
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Ahhh, there is one of the workers. Couple of quick questions.<br />
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1. Will opening the door set off the alarm? No. (Great)<br />
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2. Would you min d standing there and opening the door so I can get back in? This will only than a few moments. Yes. (Double Great!!)<br />
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So I got the shots. The se last four are all from the 12th floor rather than the ground.<br />
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My sincere thanks to those that helped me capture these images.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Baltimore Buildings</span></div>
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Baltimore has some beautiful buildings. So I grouped these images to focus on the buildings. </div>
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This gold topped building is prominent from most downtown locations (and is a great help to finding your way around). </div>
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And as noted earlier, Baltimore has some "different" ways to keep you from sitting on window ledges. </div>
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And there is always the baseball park.</div>
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But there is so much more. </div>
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Here is a shot of the Hippodrome Theater (Theatre??) at night. Wished I had more to time to go in and see it on the inside. </div>
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An attractive building of a dying business. I used to love reading a paper but the las one I had was a Sunday paper that more resembled the thickness of the Wednesday paper, totally lacking in pages of Arts and Business, and other interesting things.<br />
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Typical home in Baltimore city (not suburbs). Most homes in the city are three stories. I image land is frightfully expensive there which explains the three stories. When you think about the space a stair case takes up for the floor space, I image the rooms are not very big. From what I could tell, the buildings are two rooms deep.<br />
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On my ride to the train museum (see previous post) there was a lower income area and I asked what they cost. The response was $1200 a month.<br />
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I spotted this outside one home and thought it was an old coal chute but the owner told me that no it was just the way into the basement. I asked him why his was the only home on the block like that? He had no idea, that was just the way it was.<br />
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By the way, the owner told me that the coal chute is that smaller brown door to the side.<br />
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And in case you are wondering what the backyards are like, here is an image in a nice part of town. <br />
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This is my mystery building. It appeared to be closed and no longer in use. The mystery is why were there steel plates around the windows on the 2nd floor? There are not on the first floor or the third floor, just the 2nd. And they were on both sides of the corner building. If anybody knows the answer, let me know.<br />
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The home of Mary Pickersgill where she sewed the flag that is known as the Star Spangled Banner Flag. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fort McHenry </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(and the Star Spangled Banner) </span></div>
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Fort McHenry, famous for the location of the flag written about by Francis Scott Key when he wrote the Star Spangled Banner. </div>
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Many people think it was in relation to the Revolutionary War when we fought for our independence from England but actually it was in the War of 1812 which lasted for three years. Many don't know we had to fight a second time to remain free of Britain. As the plaque below details (sorry for the angle of the image but only way to keep lighting from messing up image) it is a forgotten war.<br />
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The British were trying to attack Baltimore and had to take possession of Fort McHenry to do so. So the British sailed into the Bay to attack. </div>
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Francis Key was on board a British ship out in the bay. </div>
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(If you can't read the fine print) Key was negotiating the release of an American in a prisoner of war exchange. Unfortunately, the British became aware the Key and his associate had become aware of the impending attack by the British upon Ft. McHenry and detained Key until the attack was over.<br />
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History records the attack was long and heavy with the cannons firing all night. As the sun came up Key and the British were anxious to see which flag was flying over Ft McHenry. The rest is history as we all know the answer. The museum there has illustrations of the draft he wrote and the changes in wording he made. </div>
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By the way, they have plaques of each state in the ground as you enter the site. Each state's plaque is placed in the order they entered the United States. Georgia, my home state is #4. (I always thought it was the third to enter the US.)<br />
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A trivia question, what was the last state to be admitted before Alaska and Hawaii? I.I the 48th state?<br />
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(Yes, Virginia, there really is a B&O Railroad other than Monopoly)</div>
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OK, so in the last post, I showed you the sights but how do you get around without going broke? In Baltimore, easy. In Baltimore there are three mass transit systems. (1) the standard buses. (2) the Electric trains, and (3) the FREE bus system. Did mention the word FREE? Good. </div>
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So I didn't get a shot of the standard bus. It was bitterly cold the day I shot the buses and I simply didn't get one. But the other two were interesting. </div>
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First, lets look at the electric trains. Some were shot but others were very long. </div>
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These even require unusual traffic signs. If you were in the that little silver car and a train was approaching, you would observe a sign telling you no left turn. OK, you would see the train coming toward you. BUT, what if the train was going the SAME way you were going and the train is on the right side of the road. (Imagine the little car headed the other way). You would see large electric "No Right Turn" signs light up as the train approached you from the rear. You have to stay on your toes so to speak with the trains near you. </div>
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The electric pickup device of the train. The rails on the ground are not electrified. </div>
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There is a set of buses called the Charm City Circulators that travel in a set loop. One goes north. Another goes East - West. And another goes Southeast to Fort McHenry. (It's coming up) You just wait at the appropriate stop and when they pull up, you hop on. They come by about every 10 to 20 minutes. Important note! The stops for these buses are not the same as the other buses. Be forewarned, I told you so! There are free maps all over the city and the stop vary from great to a sign on a pole. The nice ones have benches with a shelter from that 25 degree wind chill. The sometimes also had a LED screen that showed the estimated time of the next bus. (They were not that common). The only problem I ever had was I forgot which street I was on and as I walked up tot he corner, the bus kept going. A quick look at my bus map showed the stop was one block over. (And 15 minutes in the cold). Other than that, it was a great time. I was able to travel to any major part of the city and quickly walk the rest of the way to wherever I wanted. // A word of warning, don't be on the bus at 2:45 to 3:00 PM. The bus I was on was filled with school kids when school let out. Luckily they were off within minutes. Apparently the regular school buses carry the students to locations far away and they handle the nearby students. </div>
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And a little mystery. I notice the bumps in the road. Nobody knew for sure why there were there except most guessed they were to keep cars from getting on the electric train path. Good guess except for the fact they were nowhere else in the city that I could find. There were only on this short stretch of road. </div>
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Trains are cool. I had a train set as a kid and about 10 years ago, I pulled it out and set it up on Christmas eve night for my kids. As old as they wee, they were enthralled with it. Forget the electronic stuff, this was cool. I still have it and occasionally set it up. (Guess I need to do it this year for Christmas) </div>
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So Sunday in the cold I hoped on one of the free buses and rode out to the railroad museum. And yes there really is a B&O railroad, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.<br />
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I always though the wheel of a train were shaped like an upside down U wrapping around the rail. But they don't because they can't. Look carefully at this cross over set of rails. The only way for the wheel to pass over it is if the wheels extend down on the inside part of the rail and ride on top of the rail, but they cannot extend downward on the outside of the rail.<br />
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Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-42232372921793069982013-12-07T14:18:00.000-05:002013-12-10T19:59:14.778-05:00Baltimore, MD Part 1 (of 6) I recently had the opportunity to travel to Baltimore with my wife. She was going to a conference and I would have time to pursue photography. (Unfortunately the weather turned bitterly cold with the second full day there hitting a high of 33 with a wind chill of 20 something).<br />
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Baltimore is such a fantastic place that when I began sorting through photos and compiling the posts for this blog, I realized that I would have to break the story into parts. After some head scratching, I divided the story into 6 parts, General sites to see (this post), Buses and trains (yes there REALLY is a B&O railroad), Fort Mc Henry (and the Star Spangled Banner), the Baltimore Clock Towers (which I fell in love with), and the ships in the harbor.<br />
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With that said, Let's tour Baltimore.<br />
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I was amused by the letters that were burnt out and what was left on. </div>
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The term "Hippodrome" comes from the Greek and was used to describe a stadium for horse or chariot racing. While current horse tracks may still be called Hippodromes, the term became more commonly applied to theaters and performing arts at the turn of the 20th century with vaudeville acts.<br />
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The Hippodrome in Baltimore appears to be fairly well known. I wish I had had the time to go there. <br />
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Later that evening, as I continued walking the town, I found this building which I at first believed to be an old church. The building is charming but I never would have guessed what it served as until I found in the dim light the sign stating its business.<br />
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The Sports Legends at Camden Yards. Its a sports museum!<br />
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And then there is the graffiti. Normally I wouldn't have paid much attention but the space between the building and the outer wall has the smallest of walkways. I doubt very many walk through there but rather go around. But the spray paint crew apparently considered no place too small to attack. Sigh.<br />
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Now for a really neat idea! What would one do if on street parking was eliminated and there was no use for parking meters anymore? I kept spotting these parking meters on corners where there was no possible way to park at that location. But then I stopped and read the writing on the post.<br />
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It is what I consider a brilliant move. Recycle the old unused parking meters and get people to use them as a means to donate change securely at convenient spots around the city. WOW!<br />
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And how could one not stop to look at the Camden Yards Oriole Park? The Sports Legends at Camden Yards is just around the corner from where this was taken.<br />
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People that know me know I always try to capture an image of any signs explaining what is going on. (A fact that endured me to my mother in law on a trip to the Grand Canyon as my father in law didn't like to stop but my mother in law loved to stop and read the signs.) This church goes back to 1771 !<br />
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Take note fo the distortion in the glass. Modern glass is mass produced and is relatively distortion free. This on the other hand indicates it is "old style glass". (I have no idea if it is all old or some remade due to breakage.)<br />
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Parking is at a premium in Baltimore. Parking at the hotel with the hotel frequent member thingy got our parking all the way down to $23.99 per night!! Although one can come and go (with prior arrangement with the hotel), one would have to pay to park anywhere they go. Thus it is expedient to use the free transportation. (More on that in the next post.) $100 a month!<br />
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By the way, how do you tell the difference between a native Baltimorean and a visitor? The native person has a decent coat and hood. It actually did not get that cold until the next day. Saturday had a high in the mid 40s. Sunday was 33 with a wind chill in the mid to low 20s!)<br />
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Baltimore relates itself more to the Civil War than the Revolutionary War from what I observed. Several references are found about town in relation to the Pratt Street Riot.<br />
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The three stooges or rather the three seagulls. Seagulls are everywhere, especially in the harbor. When these three parked themselves right in front of me, I had to get the shot.<br />
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Baltimore has a great plan for people walking and riding bikes (they have to with parking the way it is). I wish other cities come implement such a design. Notice that pedestrians and bicyclists have a dedicated lane and bicyclists are not darting in and out of traffic so much, being a vehicle of the road one moment and a pedestrian the next. </div>
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Image of Federal Hill captured from the historic boat side of the harbor. (More on that in a couple of posts) </div>
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Some of you may ask, "What would you do if something happens to spoil the image?" You mean like a car pulling up and parking? I wanted to get a shot of the trees with the flag in the background, but the car pulled up. So I waited, and waited, and waited. Thoughts of cutting off a limb and telling them to move, but no, I didn't. I simply missed the shot. Meant to come back afterwards but forgot. Oh well.<br />
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The memorial to the Pride of Baltimore with the cith in the background.<br />
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Yes the star count is correct. It is not a fifty star flag. Never got a close enough shot but it appears to be a 15 star flag. (Try shooting a flag some time and you will see the difficulties. Capturing it with the flag straight out takes a lot of wind.)<br />
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Several people told me to try LP Steamers. Kind of a hole in the wall but great food which was exactly what I was looking for. When I go out on a trip, I don't care to eat the same national food chains you can find in any town, anywhere. I like to find something unique, kind of mom and pop that you know you've been somewhere special. </div>
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A little more of the history of the riots at the start of the Civil War. </div>
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Aahhh, Little Italy. Not Little Italy the tourist trap but a true pocket of Italian. Food was great, more in a moment. </div>
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Wish the weather had been better and I could have seen one of the films. Temperature this day was 45 and the next day would be 33 with a wind chill of 25 or so. </div>
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A small out of this world Italian sandwich. The bread was not the usual store made. The entire thing was about $9.00 which was worth every bit. </div>
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Now about that parking. You park in lots. I didn't observe any parking on the streets. This is a garage door and if you block it by parking on the side of the street or curb, the towing is a maximum of $900 !!! Signs like this were everywhere. Our parking at the hotel lot was reduced due to the hotel club whatever. Cost was $23.95 a night!<br />
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I spot well worth visiting if you have the time. The people inside told me about the legislation that was passed a while back allowing Jewish people to hold political office. It wan't exactly prohibited but when you took office you had to swear your belief in the Holy Trinity. So they finally passed a bill changing the language to a belief in an afterlife.<br />
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Apparently the bars are just burglar bars but the curved things are to prevent people from sitting on the ledge. I saw varied designs at various buildings that had been made into the structure a long time ago.<br />
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I have had the opportunity to go through the Dachau Campo when I was in German. About 8 km north of Munich if memory serves me right.<br />
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Down by the harbor. Notice the masts of the USS Constellation in the background. More on the ships in an upcoming post.<br />
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One photo I did get with my son's iPhone was of an owl they had there. Not too good at using an iPhone camera as I don't have one but what impressed me was I saw my son reach into his pocket and pull out a dollar. Wondered what that was for until I saw the wildlife donation sigh and he quietly slipped a dollar in. Proud of him.<br />
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BUT When we left we went over the the Hunt Club to see the wine tasting exhibition. (The typical NC muscadine wind is far too sweet for my taste.) But while we were there, we heard gunfire behind us. So we moseyed on over to see what that was about.<br />
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What was going on was a course set up with traffic cones with poles in the cones and a balloon at the end of each stick. When given the signal, a cowboy or cowgirl ( some of the lady rides had the large dresses that covered the back part of the horse, very pretty) The timer started when the rider shot the first balloon. They quickly rode through the cones shooting half the balloons. Then at the other end they wheeled around, put their gun in their holster and pulled out the other gun and headed back shooting on both sides as the rode. NOW for the only time, I wished I had my camera. I got one shot with my son's iPhone camera. Again apologies but that is all I could get.<br />
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So as we headed home I decided to come back Saturday and bring my camera. Hey, it was outside the fair so it was free (an important word!!). Already had a full day planned going to the Stagsville Plantation in Durham NC with the Cary Photographic Artists and then with another photographer I gave a ride back to, we headed over to the Duke Homestead and Tobacco Plantation, and then over to Umstead Park to reshoot an image I captured 5 years ago and I wanted to reshoot. (I will post about all this later, The fair was the easiest and time sensitive so I am doing this first). And then to the fairgrounds.</div>
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First a tip of the hat and a word of thanks to the NC State Patrol that worked the traffic. Trying to please everybody at the same time. From what I saw they did a good job juggling all the demands. </div>
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First, those of you that follow my journeys, you will notice that somewhere I will get a photo of where we were. It really helps. I have a series of photos in the Toccoa Georgia area and I cannot for the life of me remember the town some were taken in.<br />
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AND NOW THE MOMENT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR CAPT AMERICA!!! </div>
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THE JACKASS </div>
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Ok, so it not the real Capt America. Did you think I would call the Captain a jackass? Really? The owners were walking him into the stables and I missed the shot but when they saw me with the camera, they turned him around and offered to bring him out. When I saw the Read, White , and Blue, I immediately thought Captain America. </div>
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While we were waiting to the show to start, I just by chance, heard geese honking and fly over. They do this all the timme at home but never when I have my camera in hand. The first four are ok, the others are a little soft but I loved the formation so much I posted them anyways. . </div>
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This cuties as right in front of me as I was sitting on the front row.<br />
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Hitching the sled is dangerous as the horses are trained to start pulling when they hear the hitch clink. They had several false starts during the evening<br />
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Here they are backing them up to the sled.<br />
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So how do you carry 1000 pounds out to a sled quickly? It helps to have one of these.<br />
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And you can't go to the horse show with out this. (Haven't figured out what to do with these but if anybody irritates me greatly, I think I will find a use for them. Old adage, "Never irritate the photographer, they will have photos to show."<br />
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That said, here is what happened that evening. First let me explain that he does not "Photoshop any of his work except to crop , etc. It would be next to impossible to achieve what he does with PS. Instead his work is basically out of the camera. When I downloaded my images, I found that indeed, they were basically straight out of the camera except for cropping and some minor adjustment of highlights in Lightroom 4.<br />
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We met at a tunnel over in Raleigh. Long dark tunnels and other dark areas are best. Out in the open makes it tougher. I thought the tunnel was pitch black when we entered but after a while my eyes adjusted and I could see a little better. He has done work outside so it does work, but the darker the better. Enclosed areas also work best for the blazing light part. (More on that in a moment)<br />
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The basic idea is to use lights to "paint the image" while the lighting on everything else is so dark it won't show up. In most of the images you see below, you don't see us walking around in the image as there wasn't enough light to capture the image. The only time you see either of us is when we stood still for a while and/or there was enough light on us.<br />
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(A) You want your camera set to where it gets as little light as possible. Set the ISO to 100 or as low as it will go. (Mine goes to ISO 200 but has a compensation that acts like ISO 100 so that is what I used. You are trying to reduce the camera's sensitivity to ambient lighting. BUT you do not want to close your aperture down to f/22 as that reduces the light from the lighting as well. So set the aperture in the range of 5.6 to 8. Oh yeah, turn the autofocus off.<br />
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(B) You want to be able to use long exposures. The best way to do this is using the "Bulb" setting. (Bulb is a holdover from the old days when the photographer squeezed a bulb to activate the shutter and held it open for as long as he wanted the shutter open. Johnny taught me to set the camera to 10 second delay so we could walk down to where the lighting would occur and have flashlights turned on and not show up in the image as the cameras wouldn't open up for 10 seconds.<br />
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None. No $500 flashes or strobes. No fancy stands. No umbrellas, softboxes, etc. Nothing like that. Key ingredient is IMAGINATION and CREATIVITY. The great part of this is nothing expensive or that fancy is needed beyond where your imagination and creativity takes you. Other than some electronic controller cards most of what we used consisted of a wire whisk, a dog leash, battery powered Christmas lights, and other odds and ends Johnny has acquired over the years. NOTE: Johnny has worked on what he has done for over four years. Don't think you will go out and "buy the equipment" tomorrow. This requires imagination and creativity. Think what you want to do and then how you could do it.<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: #e69138;">Layout</span></u></b>. Johnny puts a rock or some object next to the wall so he can tell where he is as he walks along the dark tunnel. Yes, it is that dark! He also puts a lens cap on the floor to mark the spot where he will rotate / swing the instruments of his design. Cameras are about 25 feet from where the operation will occur.<br />
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After getting the camera set up on the tripod and setting the delay to 10 seconds, f/5.6, and bulb settings, we were good to go. (Oh, almost forgot, set the camera to just short of infinite setting. Most lenses will go just a little past infinite. Bump it back just a little. Don't have the time to explain but trust me.<br />
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First the tunnel as we saw it initially. If you look really hard, you will see a small bit of light just above the center of the image. That is the light at the end of the tunnel. (Pun not intended).<br />
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By the way, all images here with the exception of two were entirely set up by Johnny. All I did was watch and learn and operate my camera. In one of the two I asked if I could try something and in the second, Johnny let me make the image. (I will point them out when I get to them).<br />
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Here Johnny showed my how easy it was by "writing a message.</div>
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Yes the "N"s are backwards. Tell you what, you try writing in the dark on the spur of the moment using nothing but a small led light on a wall that doesn't exist. He "wrote by simply waving the light in the air. It takes skill and experience to write like that and get the spacing and all right. Johnny is there but you can't see him as he isn't standing still nor have enough light striking him at any one moment vor the cameras to record his image. </div>
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String of battery powered Christmas lights taped together and spun in a circle while rotating in a semi-ciurcle. You don't rotate more than a semi-circle to achieve a full sphere. THere is also a trick to how you move. As to those spotlights, he simply turned a flashlight aimed at the camera, one and off and then moved it and on and off again three more times. Remember than when he did the flashlight, there was no sphere of light. One only sees a given instant of the overall image. The entire image cannot be seen until you get back to the camera and close the shutter (remember you are in bulb exposure). </div>
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Now imagine a Star Wars Light Saber (that is not what is was but I can't describe it so that will have to suffice) and it pulsates on and off as you swing it up and down in the dark. Now let it stay on and walk along holding it close to the floor and wave it around. Notice that tiny spot of light from the end of the tunnel. </div>
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Now take an old small bicycle wheel with some more LED Christmas tree lights taped to the wheel and roll it along the walls, ceiling and floor. It should remind of the old Spir-o-graph we had a s kids. If you had one you will understand how it works. If you didn't, go get one, they are lots of fun. </div>
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Now, take some more LED lights on a pole / yard stick and attach to a paint roller handle and secure the roller to the stand and you can swing the lights in a circle. (The pole was longer than half the distance from the floor to the ceiling so we couldn't complete the circle. </div>
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This is one of the two I had some input on. I asked Johnny to hand me the flashlight and I tried to squat down so my head would be in the center of where the circle was (this was using a shorter pole so it could make almost the entire circle) and flashed the light one and off briefly to expose my head. (This was the second try as my first attempt left the light on my face too long.) Thanks for letting me try it Johnny! </div>
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Now how about some fireworks? First take some fine steel wool and put it in a whisk like you have in the kitchen (my wife is furiously hiding all kitchen things I might use now). Attach the whisk to a rope/string whatever and light it. (Remember that 10 second delay on the camera shutter? That allows you to get down to the focus spot and light it before the camera opens the shutter. That way you don't get any of the lighting the steel fool.). This is something that needs to be done in an enclosed area like a tunnel as one it will forma from a when the sparks bounce off the ceiling, walls, and floor. Two, you won't want to be on the front page of the paper for being the photographer that set the town on fire. (Mu friends in Colorado will understand that!) </div>
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Here is the other image Johnny let me do. I waved the light saber in a circle. The light at the base of the handle was brighter so the inner circle shows more. The lighter pulses of light on the bottom left are where I was trying to find the on-off switch and when the light stood still for a moment, the camera recorded more light. </div>
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You can barely make John out in the first image. And yes he is wearing a face mask to protect his face and something to protect his hair and neck. He said he has had a few sparks go down his back. </div>
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He had me step back as you can see the sparks are flying out as he spins overhead. Notice that now you can see him. He is standing still and there is a lot of light striking hem, thus he shows up. </div>
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And to end with a bang (sort of), Johnny used a different sparkler that toward the end started putting out a tremendous amount of sparks that ever very bright and thus the white sparks coming off the inner golden circle. </div>
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And that was the end of my lesson. My hat is off the Johnny for so graciously spending the time to show me how he does what he does. Again, is it easy? Yes and know. If you know what you are doing. He has spent years building his skills. I learned quickly (like when I turned the flashlight on my face the first time) that it takes a lot of trial and error. Johnny has the experience of a pro that enables him to make it look so easy. I started this experience asking how much photoshop he sued. None! Much like the photographer with the old Civil War style camera I wrote about in my previous post who exposed the film by removing the cover of the lens for " a few seconds" and then replaces it, the skill of the artist is build upon experience.<br />
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The equipment is mostly low-tech, in sharp contrast to most photographic equipment. (a Bic pen is 19 cents, a photographer Bic pen is $3.27!) The really big thing that is hard ot do is the creativity to dream it up and come up with new ideas. You have to have a spirit of "I wonder what would happen if I tried....? He does have a video card that enables him to spell out words as he walks along in the dark.<br />
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My heartfelt thanks to Johnny for showing his methods. It is always great to work with a photographer (or any other skills) that loves to help other learn and did I ever learn.<br />
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Now where is my wife's whisk at and how much longer before the after Christmas sales are so I can get lights cheap?<br />
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<br />Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-84345600349871802102013-08-22T21:03:00.003-04:002013-08-23T08:47:58.613-04:00Bentonville Battlefield - The trip - A date with my wife. Pt 4 of 4 Signs, Memorials, and CemeteriesAmidst all the soldiers fighting, one must remember the people also. If you like to go though cemeteries, here are the shots for you This is the family cemetery for the owners of the house. There are also 24 graves of Confederate soldiers the Union left behind when they left and these died before the other Confederate forces could arrive. (Old cemeteries have always fascinated me.)<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"> Anna Harper 1770 - 1841 </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Wife of John Harper </span></div>
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John Harper ???? - 1839 </div>
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John Harper 1803 - 1897 </div>
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Amy Ann Harper 1828 - 1900</div>
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Marion Francis Harper </div>
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Son of John and Amy A. Harper 1850 - 1867 </div>
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Paschael Cornelius Harper</div>
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Son of John and Amy A. Harper 181 - 1884<br />
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Jasper Harper Son of John and Amy A. Harper<br />
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Daughter of John J. and Aritta A. Harper 1871 - 1872 </div>
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Joseph Harper<br />
Son of John J. and Aritta A. Harper 1880 - 1882 </div>
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Lawrence Henry (Harper?)<br />
Son of John J. and Aritta A. Harper 1883 - 1884 </div>
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(Sad he only lived less than one year. With no antibiotics life could be short.) </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Lots of questions.Who was John J Harper. His children are buried here but I did not see John J or Aritta A. Harper. Why is Lawrence shown as Lawrence Henry with the last name Harper omitted when his parents are John J. and Aritta Harper. Was Amy Harper John Harpers wife. Dates of death are close but the birthdate of John Harper could not be determined. Why so many John Harpers with no middle initial to distinguish? </span><br />
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Here are the graves of the 24 Confederate soldiers I mentioned earlier. </div>
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And now the signs and memorials. My dear departed mother in law loved me because I always loved to stop and take pictures of the signs for sites. My father in law wanted to get on to where they were going and it always frustrated her. First trip we made together she immediately loved the fact I wanted to stop for the signs. So here are some signs.</div>
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And on the way back toward Smithfield NC, if you come upon a little fruit and peach stand on the right side of the road, just a couple of miles away - STOP and get some fresh peaches and some homemade peach ice cream made with those peaches fresh from the field. Some of the nicest people you can meet work there.<br />
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And that ends my date with my loving wife who wasn't bothered I spent so much time on the old camera and I didn't mind spending so much time on all the history. (I am a science person, she is a history person). After all, we really spent time on each other.<br />
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Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-40038904924376410322013-08-22T12:48:00.001-04:002013-08-22T23:41:47.252-04:00Bentonville Battlefield - The trip - A date with my wife. Pt 3 of 4 The Troops and the homeOk, now that we have seen the canon, onward to that peach ice cream.<br />
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The site was actually the home of the Harper family. When the troops arrived for the battle, the downstairs part of the home was used for the hospital and the upstairs was where the family stayed. And the house was not that large.<br />
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Samples of the bullets. (It is now against the law to remove any bullets or the like form the grounds as they are not part of the site.) (And no I didn't look for any.) </div>
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The doctor's kit. Wonder what Dr. McCoy (Star Trek) would have thought? (There was a episode where he encountered medicine later than this an was appalled at the primitive medicine.) </div>
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A poison used to save lives. Glad it was not ether as ether is highly flammable whereas chloroform is not, meaning you could have a fire going in the cold without the risk of blowing everything up. </div>
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And that homemade peach ice cream was so good. But that comes at the end. I spotted a post online in FB about a photographer with an old Civil War style camera ( the camera is newer but the lens is over 150 years old) that would be at Bentonville Battlefield NC (south of Smithfield) and I though it would be interesting to go see. (see previous post for the story about the camera) My wife is a history person and she said she would love to go also so we made it a date! And off we went. (Part of the nice part was having the time to look forward to it during the week rather than it being a spur of the moment thing). < By the way - I would like to say that this series is in no way to be taken that I am one of those that can't get over the Civil War. It is merely a trip my wife an I went on period.) </div>
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Now back to the trip. Bentonville is about an hour south of Raleigh, NC, just a few minutes south of Smithfield. Here is a link to the site about it. <a href="http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bentonvi/" target="_blank">http://www.nchistoricsites.org/bentonvi/</a><br />
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Here are the boys in the band (and the ladies too!)<br />
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One interesting thing I learned (which in the end is kind of obvious) was that they wore wool uniforms. The people in this recreation were wearing authentic, or as close to as possible, uniforms. The troops on both sides did not have a logistics supply line like today's troops to keep things coming to them. If they didn't carry it with them on their backpack, they didn't have it. Thus if you wanted something warm in the winter, you carried it all the time and in this case, wore it.<br />
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Not to leave the kids out. Wonder where they plugged their portable video games into to recharge?<br />
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The cannon. They provided an excellent background of how the cannon was used and also about the shells used. Yes, there were different shells used ranging from Plain on cannon balls to those that were just pointed shells to another type (I forget) to the type of shell filled with an explosive and equipped with a fuse so it will explode in mid-air.<br />
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Here is the regular pointed shell. The image you may have of a round cannonball was used in the revolutionary war but not in the civil war. The shaped shell provided longer range.<br />
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The exploding shell filled with powder and a fuse was generally used when you were about to be overrun so it wan't the best option but more of a desperation move.<br />
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Here is the standard team of four people that worked the canon. I am sure less could fire it if needed. The person in the front is the person that actually fires the canon and carries the powder in the leather pouch to keep it dry. The person in the back with the yellowish thing on a pole is the person that wet the barrel down after it was fires so that it wouldn't ignite the powder being put in for the next round. </div>
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Thing used to wet the barrel of the cannon to keep the powder from igniting when put in.<br />
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The elevation mechanism of the canon. That bracket on top is where the aiming mechanism will go. </div>
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The plug for the end of the barrel when not in use. </div>
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Notice the black bucket under the canon. This the water the person used to wet the pole to wet the inside of the barrel after firing. </div>
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Wetting the barrel after a firing. </div>
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Packing the barrel.</div>
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Some may notice the smoke dissipated rather quickly between the third and fourth image. That is due to may taking my finger off the shutter button when the canon fired and the noise startled me.<br />
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First, the camera and then the Battlefield.<br />
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The photographer is Chris Morgan and his website is <a href="http://www.thesilverbath.com/">www.thesilverbath.com</a> . I suppose the name comes from the silver solution he has to use in processing the images. Here is an image of the camera<br />
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I wish I had captured more images of the camera but I was so taken with listening to him explain and also I didn't want to interfere with his work. The wood and bellows are reproductions but the lens is authentic old. The small knob on the bottom of the lens is a fine tune for focus whereas the large focus is achieved by sliding the back of the camera on the slide rails. The slot in the top of the lens is how the aperture is set by placing the appropriate insert into the slot.<br />
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There is no shutter button!! He begins his day by taking a sample shot to get the lighting conditions. By experience he knows how the changing of the daylight and the aging of the processing chemicals will affect the image and thus changes he needs to make during the shoot.<br />
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Next, he composes the image to be photographed. (This is where he covers his head with the cloth you see in so many pictures). He is looking at the image on a sheet of glass he has marked off for various sizes of print. Interestingly, the image he sees is not only upside down but reversed left to right, thus if the person in the image raises their left hand, the upside down image raises their hand on the right side of the image.<br />
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Once the image is ready to capture, he picks up the lightproof case with the film (for one shot only) and places in in the back of the camera. He then removes the case holding the film leaving the film inside the camera ready to be exposed.<br />
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Now where is that shutter release button? There is none! There is a cap over the front of the lens that he removes and counts for the appropriate exposure. In a digital age of 1/3000 of a second exposure, this is done manually by hand. Experience is the key and judging by the images he has done he definitely knows what he is doing.<br />
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After the image is exposed. He develops in in a chemical bath on site (at least that day). Working with those chemicals does leave its mark.<br />
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You can see here how the image is lighter on the bottom left and darker on the upper right.<br />
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I really came to have a respect for his work that many may fail to appreciate in computerized photography with Photoshop and Lightroom to manipulate images. He can do some adjustment with the chemicals but even then as the chemicals age during the day and are used several times, a compensation must be made.<br />
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By the way, these images are on tin, not paper.<br />
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And yes I could kick my self for not taking more images but if you get around him, you will probably be too enthralled with it all to take pictures either.<br />
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Now for the next post about the Battlefield ( and that homemade peach ice cream we found on the way back).<br />
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<br />Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-80980958205262840622012-08-06T15:43:00.002-04:002012-08-09T22:57:29.631-04:00Photography and the Funeral Part 2 – The Photographer's Perspective<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">(</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>This
is is a follow on to Part 1 which was written for the family of the
deceased. Part 2 is written for the photographer photographing the
funeral. As before, this is written following the death of my
father-in-law. My wife asked me to photograph his funeral as I had
done for her mother and her older brother. This is written from the
perspective of a traditional Visitation and Graveside service. As
funerals take on many different forms, please feel free to read
between the lines and adapt to your belief system and style of
funeral</i></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">.)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
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is part of the family</u></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">.
(Part B below will discuss the difference for the photographer who is
not a member of the family.) </span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">OK,
you have just been asked to photograph a funeral of a family member.
Somebody thought it would nice to have photos of the people and all
and they remembered you do photography. What should you do or say? It
depends. </span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If
you haven't read Part 1, there are several considerations. </span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1)
First and foremost, will you be able emotionally to do it? If it is
somebody particularly close, say no. You may not be able to handle
the funeral and the photography at the same time. Being an old
military officer, I got misty eyed at my brother-in-law’s funeral
when they folded the flag and handed it to his family. It is hard to
focus and compose when you start to get real misty eyed. Luckily I
was a long ways away using my zoom. (More on that below). While I
have been able to photograph my father-in-law’s funeral, I
certainly would not have tried to photograph my mother or father's
funeral. Know your limits. <br />Also, are you will to “miss the
funeral”? If you are locked in behind the viewfinder, you will not
really be there for the funeral. Emotionally you may not want to
“miss the funeral”. <br />Saying no should not be a problem. Most
people should understand. </span></span>
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Can you be objective? Many times, either consciously or
unconsciously, family members will tend to focus on people they like
and away from people they don't. Families are full of those
situations. If you can’t be fully objective, don't do it. </span></span>
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Do you have the needed equipment? </span></span></div>
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Visitation almost always occurs in very low light, similar to a
wedding if not worse. You really need low light shooting experience.
If you don't, now is not the time to practice and find out. </span></span></div>
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Can you shoot with no flash (except perhaps discreetly off to the
side out in hallways). (This means you need a fast lens. If you don't
know what this means or don't have one, don't do it.)</span></span></div>
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You MUST to shoot Raw format due to the lighting. JPEG just won't cut
it. Unless you are Joe McNalley, David Hobby, or the like,
forget jpeg (which eliminates most Point & Shoots).
(There were red light globes at each end of the casket that
affected the images with a red tint. Shooting Raw allowed it to be
fixed easily. Shooting JPEG (like a a Point & Shoot does) makes
it extremely difficult if not impossible to fix.)</span></span></div>
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Do you know how to adjust white balance in post production? Here is
an example of an unedited shot other than cropping. Notice that the
lighting is horrible. White Balance adjustment fixed it but
overall the lighting is as bad or worse than a wedding. </span></span></div>
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Note all images below have been edited to not show the deceased. ** </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Here
in the first shot, you can see the scene is really red. In the second
photo you will see why but the point is, you can NOT use flash unless
nobody is there, which is why you want to get there early. (And that
is difficult if you are part of the family. The closer the harder it
gets.) I was able to fix this easily as I always carry my white
balance card with my gear and I simply laid in on the casket and got
a quick shot to balance other shots against. </span></span></div>
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is why the shot above initially came out so red. Look at
the two lamps at both ends of the casket. See the red tint
of the bowls at the bottom of each? Funeral homes call this
atmosphere, photographers call it a nightmare. The second
image has been white balanced a seen by the white on the
casket. Another issue you see here is the apparent
levelness of the image. If you are not exactly centered on the middle
of the casket, the image will have a perspective issues as this one
does. note that I can level the edge of the casket or I can level the
mirror on the wall but not both as I slightly to the left of the center of the casket. Time was ticking and the family was there so I
didn't have a lot of time for these shots. </span></span></div>
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You need to be able to shoot at high ISOs without a lot of noise in
the image. If your camera is an entry level DLSR or an older model
that can't shoot at least ISO 800 without a lot of noise, don't do
it.</span></span></div>
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You need to have a long lens for photographing the graveside service
from a discreet distance. I shoot a Nikon D300 which is a APS sensor
size body which has a 1.5 crop factor. (If the camera isn't a Full
Sensor body, it has a crop factor, usually about 1.6 for Nikon and
1.6 for Canon IIRC). This means my 200 mm zoom acts like a 300 mm
lens. You will need it. You need to be real discreet. Wedding
photographers have the advantage of being dressed in black in a low
lit church. At the graveside, you will be out in the open in daylight
usually. Long lenses work. BTW, don't even think of a tripod –
Don't. </span></span>
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you don't understand the discussion of equipment above and have what
it takes, don't agree to do it. If you have shot a couple of weddings
and similar events (nighttime baseball etc), think about it. </span></span>
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for Shooting</b></u></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">:
(We have to come up with a better word than “shooting” to
describe photography.) </span></span></span></div>
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Leave your ego and master photographer self at the car.
This is the funeral and unlike a wedding where you have some input
and control at a few (precious few) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: large;">points, now you
have absolutely none. You will work around everybody and everything
else. </span></span></div>
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Be prepared to explain very succinctly that the family has asked you
to photograph the funeral. Believe me, there will be the looks. </span></span></div>
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Get photographs of the deceased and casket as early as possible.
Before anybody gets there. </span></span></div>
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Take a grey card for some initial shots. It helps later in
post-processing. </span></span></div>
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Shoot Raw. See above. </span></span></div>
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Take a lot of shots of the casket and deceased. The angles will be
impossible as you won't be able to stand and see well if at all (the
camera will be too high). Like weddings, there are no redos. You can
crop and process later but get some good shots and do it early, its
not too cool to have people watching you photograph the deceased and
casket.</span></span></div>
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Forget the light meter. You can't use it, trust me, this isn't the
place.</span></span></div>
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Don't bring lightstands, fong lightspheres, etc. For the times you
absolutely must shoot flash. Bounce it off the ceiling or the wall
behind you. You may not get great lighting but the circumstances will
not allow it. Do the best you can but be as unobtrusive as possible. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br />-
Minimize flash. If you have to use it for key family members (“Please
get a shot of us together”) go out in a hallway or a separate room.
The further away the better. Don't go outside as there will be too
many people out there. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">-
Shoot high ISOs but don't go to the point you have a lot of noise. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br />-
Talk to people (beforehand if possible) and find out if there are
special people to get a shot of. (“Oh, there's my Aunt Bertha or
Sally my old high school friend I haven't seen in 25 years.) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br />-
Respect the family and their funeral. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br />-
Don't pose people or ask them to move. (other than in that infamous
hallway.) After my father-in-law's funeral, I had to run go get my
equipment after the graveside service so I didn't get a shot of the
Navy bugler at the military part of the service. I did go ask them as
they left (they leave quickly) to pose for a couple of quick shots. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-
DO NOT bring or pass out business cards. This is not a business
opportunity, I don't care what. Period. End of discussion. </span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-
Don't think about food or photographing any family reception
afterwards. You are be through at the graveside. </span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What
should you be paid? As a family member, you should be doing it out of
love for the family. Consider it a time to sharpen your skills or
whatever you want but money should not be a factor at all. </span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Giving
them the photos – Assuming you are giving them a CD/DVD, be sure to
put the photos of the deceased and the casket in a separate folder
from the other images so the family can see the people without seeing
the loved one until they are ready. Let them know you have done that.
Try to label the folders so it will be obvious which is which. I know
some friends that could not go in and view the body of their loved
one. Perhaps years later they will want to look. </span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Showing
the photos on your website – You WON'T Period. My images are posted
on my website in a section for funerals and each folder is locked up
permanently with a password I provide the immediate next of kin. If
they want to change the password, its changed. If they give it out
accidentally, I will change it. But nobody will see those photos
except the family and those they release the password to. That is why
I allow the images to be downloaded, o</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">nly the family will be there. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Part
B </b></u></span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
Photographer </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>who
is </u></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>NOT</b></u></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>
part of the family</u></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">.
</span></span>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-
Everything above applies here with a few difference. Since you are
not part of the family, it is important you find out who key people
are the immediate next of kin would like a shot of. Usually this
isn't a problem if you listen up for clues like “my old friend...”.
Also there may be family members who can assist you in this. But be
aware you don't know anybody. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">-
You don't have to worry about the emotion like a family member. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">-
Be extra careful as people will be more forgiving if the photographer
is a family member. As an outsider, you are living dangerously at
best. Mind your manners etc. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One
last question that I hate to bring up but it has to be addressed.
What should you be paid? Certainly not what a wedding photographer is
paid. If they were family or friends, you should do it as a favor .
If not, I don't know what to say but the expense of a funeral are so
great that most people can't afford a lot. (This is one reason you
don't see </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">funeral</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">
photographers like you do wedding photographers.)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Keep
out of sight. Minimize the equipment you carry, and be careful.
Wedding are full of happy emotions (for the most part). Funerals are
full of sad emotions at best and all too often, anger and deep routed
resentments from years ago. It may not be your fault but
don't be the one who provides the spark that unleashes an eruption.
The one good thing is the problems usually don't start until after
the funeral, then the fun really begins. </span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-49830533370241492462012-07-27T13:21:00.001-04:002012-08-09T22:38:27.273-04:00Photography and the Funeral - Part 1 The Family Perspective<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Photography and the
Funeral
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Part 1 – The Family
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">(<i>This is written following the death of
my father-in-law. My wife asked me to photograph his funeral as I had
done for her mother and her older brother. This is written from the
perspective of a traditional Visitation and Graveside service. As
funerals take on many different forms, please feel free to read
between the lines and adapt to your belief system and style of
funeral</i>.)
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- First, do you have photographs of the
person? If you have a loved one near the end, start pulling photos
together. Why? Because today, many funeral homes or other means of
service incorporate a large screen television to display those
photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- Wait, they aren't digital! Most won't
be if the person is older than 30. Digital cameras didn't really take
off until about the year 2000 so a lot of those images will be prints
or negatives and not digital. That's why I said that you need to
start pulling them together now so prints can be scanned it. When my
father-in-law passed away, I was shocked at how few pictures we had
of him. When you take out the ones of him in his t-shirt around the
house (in his later years). We had even fewer. Luckily I was able to
crop images to provide some head and shoulder shots.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- Do they have to be studio formal
shots? I know what I just said about the t-shirt but we had plenty of
good shots casually dressed and some of the best ones were when he
was looking away talking to somebody else.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- Old photos are GREAT! Some of the
family found old photos of pop when he was in his 20s walking down
the street smoking that infamous pipe he always smoked until his
later years. I loved seeing his wedding pictures.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- Bottom Line, <b>NOW</b> is a good time to
<u>pull together photos of family members</u>. Makes for some good family
discussions and if you do it beforehand, you can get the stories
about them from them. (Please don't tell them why you are gathering
photos!)
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- OK, now I have bunch of photos with
old prints scanned in. What now? Well type up the stories behind
them. The story of my great grand-father's gun (civil war shotgun) is
an amazing love story of how my great-grandparents met but that's for
another day. Type those stories down so others will have them and
know who the faces are in the photos.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- <u>Now for another question</u>. <u>A big
emotional one</u>. <u>Do you want the funeral photographed</u>?
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- <u>Why would you want a funeral
photographed</u>? Well, it preserves the memories of who was there.
Images are one of the most powerful factors in memory behind smell.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- Isn't there a Guest Sign-In Book? Yes
but a lot of people don't sign it for various reasons, they didn't
see it, they felt like family doesn't need to or shouldn't, the list
does on but for whatever reason, it won't be a complete show of who
was there. Also, many may attend the graveside service and not be at
the funeral home to sign the book. The photographs will preserve
memories that you will want. I know some friends that could not go in
and view the body of their loved one. Perhaps years later they will
want to look. (I put the images of the casket and body in a separate
folder than the guest images so the family can see the people without
seeing the loved one until they are ready.)
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- Should I ask a family member, “Uncle Bob” (inside
photographers joke. Uncle Bob is the family member who often
photographs weddings with a point & shoot or basic DSLR). To be
blunt, No for several reasons.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- - Most family members may favor
certain gusts and omit others.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- - Also, they most likely won't
have the equipment and skills to pull it off, at least at visitation.
Visitation almost always occurs in very low light, similar to a
wedding if not worse.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- Family members do have one advantage,
they know the family and know who to be certain to get shots of.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- Who should I ask? Find somebody with
low light experience. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- - They will need to shoot with no
flash (except perhaps discreetly off to the side out in hallways).
(This means they will need a “fast lens”.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- - They will
need to shoot Raw format due to the lighting. (I had some shots that
were affected by the lamps with red globes near the casket that
through the colors off terribly. Shooting Raw allowed me to fix it
easily. Shooting JPEG (like a a Point & Shoot does) makes it
extremely difficult if not impossible to fix. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- - They need to
be able to shoot at high ISOs without a lot of noise in the image.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- - They need to have a long lens for
photographing the graveside service from a discreet distance.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">- Now you are sitting there saying,
“What is fast glass? What is Raw? And how high an ISO?” You don't
need to really know but when you ask somebody, if they don't know the
answer, they aren't the right person. (fast glass are lenses with an
aperture of 2.8 or lower, useful for low light shooting. Raw is a format that allows a much greater
deal of adjustment for photographing in difficult situations.) The
person you are looking for will be somebody who may have shot
weddings. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">How will images be made available for everybody? I have mine on my website but they are permanently locked up under a password that I provide the next of kin. That part of the site will never be open for anybody but the family and whoever the password is given to by the family. If the family member wants photos removed, they are gone, no question asked. If the password leaks out, it can be changes. But the folder for the funerals will never be made available to anybody else for any reason. Period. If you want to see what my work looks like, go look at weddings or something else.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One last question that I hate to bring up but it has to be addressed. What should they be paid?
Certainly not what a wedding photographer is paid. If they are family
or friends, they should do it as a favor to you. If not, I don't know
what to say but the expense of a funeral are so great that most
people can't afford a lot. (This is one reason you don't see funeral photographers like you do wedding photographers.) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When you
talk to them. Be sure to ask that the photos of the deceased and the
casket be put in a separate folder from the other images. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Part 2 The Funeral and Photography from the Photographer's perspective. </span></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-17694200986270899922012-07-07T14:12:00.000-04:002015-07-04T11:07:25.634-04:00Ten Guidelines for Shooting FireworksI just wanted to pass along some of the things I have learned and /or discovered shooting fireworks while shooting with the Raleigh Outdoor Photography Club. (http://www.meetup.com/ROPClub/) <br />
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1) Use a tripod if at all possible. I know some who handhold but the problem is the exposure has to be so long, you tend to move. How good a tripod depends upon how serious you want to be in your photography. For an excellent read on "how to buy a $2700 tripod, read this by Thom Hogan) http://bythom.com/support.htm You don't need to spend the $100 either but do get a good tripod. I bought a Bogen 3021 Pro model used and it works great. <br />
<u><i>Bottom Line</i> </u>- Tripod is greatly preferred. a cheap one is better than none at all.<br />
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2) Use a Wide Angle lens but consider a telephoto. It all depends upon where you are at. In the photos shown in this post, I used my 17-55 as I was close. If you are shooting along distance, then naturally you want the zoom lens.<br />
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<u><i>Bottom Line</i></u> - Wide angle is usually best. </div>
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3) If you have a remote release, use it. The less you touch the camera, the less camera motion you will incur.<br />
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4) You want to use a small aperture. Start with f/8 and if parts of the image are blown out (over exposed) then change your aperture to something smaller like f/11 or f/16.<br />
Wait you say, 16 is bigger than 8! No. Notice the slash between the f and the number. This is a ratio of the focal length to the lens opening (aperture). Remember way back when in math that 1/2 is bigger than 1/ 4 and 1/8 is bigger than 1/16. Now you have it. The bigger the opening of the lens, the small the denominator. Thus a 2.8 lens really opens up (and really costs a lot). a lens opened to 22 has a small opening.<br />
So if the exposure is too bright, change the aperture setting, that is your main tool in this situation.<br />
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Back to fireworks. The light will be really bright so how do you tell if the image is overexposed? Well one say if your camera has the option is to set the information screen to blink the parts that are overexposed, thus they are called blinkies. If your camera doesn't have this option, look for lots of white in the image when the actual firework burst had reds and blues and greens. The mixture of red and blue and green produces white. Now if the burst was white and the image is white, you are ok, don't worry. </div>
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<u><i>Bottom Line</i></u> - Start with small aperture ( 8 or 11) and work up. Near the end of the show, you may want to change the aperture to 22 as shows typically launch a bunch of fireworks at the end and it gets MUCH brighter.<br />
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5) "<i>What about the shutter speed? Can't I use that to lower the exposure</i>?" No! normally in photography you could but in this case, if you shorten the shutter speed (i.e. make it quicker like from 1/60 sec to 1/100 sec) then you will make the time the burst is exposed while it is opening smaller and you will get a smaller burst. Typically you want to start with a 2 second exposure. If you can change it to "bulb" (a holdover term from the old days when the photographer squeezed a bulb to open the shutter and released it to close the shutter), then use the bulb feature. This is where you NEED the remote shutter release as you don't want to be bumping the camera in the dark trying to find the shutter release.<br />
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<u><i>Bottom Line</i> </u>- Slow shutter speed. 2 seconds or bulb.<br />
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5) About this time would be a good time to state the obvious. KNOW YOUR EQUIPMENT! Its one thing to know it in the daylight and you have all the time in the world but quite another when its dark and the firework bursts are going off one behind the other. You won't have time to "figure it out" you have to shoot now!<br />
<u><i>Bottom Line</i> </u>- Practice before hand. Don't think you remember it.<br />
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6) "But you forgot about the ISO is its too bright!" No I didn't. The matter is that you should be shooting at the lowest ISO you have that is "native" to the camera. Some cameras have a native ISO they can go down to and can go lower but it lowers the image quality. My Nikon D300's have a native ISO of 200 but can go down to LO 1.0 which is the equivalent of ISO 100. I shoot at ISO 200.<br />
<u><i>Bottom Line</i> </u>- Low ISO.<br />
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7) Focus - Set it to manual focus and set it to "infinity" (that funny looking sideways 8 on the range finder). Infinity sometimes isn't all the way to the end but just back form that point a smidge. Why, that just the way some cameras are. This goes back to know your camera (#5).<br />
The problem with auto focus is its hard to lock onto the picture and the distance will be such that infinity is what you want. If you leave auto focus "On", then every time you press the shutter button half way, it starts to search for focus and that takes time you don't have and it may not lock onto the fireworks burst but the trees under them. (If you use the back button focus method, then you are ok. Set the focus to infinity and don't touch the back button focus button).<br />
<u><i>Bottom Line</i> </u>- Manual Focus.<br />
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Let's see, anything else?<br />
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8) <u>Bring a penlight or a small LED light</u>. You will need it to (a) read the settings on the camera, (b) find that do-dad in the camera bag, (c) find that do-dad you dropped in the grass, (d) you get the picture. Why not bring that mag-light 3000? Well, the people around you won't appreciate it and beat you to death with that tripod and you will be night blind for a while and miss most of the show.<br />
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9) <u>Bring a cover for your camera</u> in case it starts to rain.It's that time of year when thunderstorms pop up suddenly sos best be prepared. You don't need a fancy (read expensive) rain cover (unless you will be in a potential rainy environment a lot, then its worth it to get a good rain cover for the equipment) but a simple shower cap from the las hotel you stayed at will do in a pinch. ( You mean you din't grab one when you got the shampoo and lotion?) My backpack camera bag is water resistant and the bigger shoulder bag is an all-weather model that has a water-proof cover for the entire bag. But just in case I get caught short, I have the shower cap handy.<br />
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10) Get some shots of the things happening at the site rather than just the fireworks. It is all part of the story of the fireworks show. Photography is about bringing back emotions and smell is a strong emotion. Get some shots of the food. Get some shots of funny things (like police with blue tongues).<br />
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11) One more important thing. CHANGE THE CAMERA BACK to its normal settings when you get home! Many camera today have custom settings and if you changed anything, it will stay that way until you change it back. (Normally while shooting some big event and you wonder why your pictures won't come out.) Some of the settings may include the one that controls whether the shutter activates when you release the shutter or if it waits until focus is achieved. I accidentally missed several shots as the show started later than we thought and I turned to grab a few shots of the people I was with. I had changed my camera to (a) release when shutter pressed instead of when focused and (b) to manual focus. Net result, several photos of folks were out of focus until I realized the problem. Then I had to remember to change it back again for the fireworks.<br />
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<i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #bf9000;">(OK, some bright scholar has noticed by now that I went ver 10. I kept remembering ideas) </span></u></i><br />
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12) "<i><u>But I missed a bunch of shots and know better what to do next time</u></i>!" WELCOM TO PHOTOGRAPHY!! That is a large part of photography. How do I fix them. Probably you can't. Enjoy what you have and wait till next year. That's why there is next year. (Unless you are a sports or wedding photographer and then your goose is cooked!)<br />
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13) Remember where the car is parked. We had had several storm cells come close by with warning form the event organizers to be prepared to leave as strong winds, lightening, and hail were possible. We were ok until the show started when they announced 5 minutes into the show, "5 Minute Warning, there is a storm in the vicinity!" The fireworks kept being shot so the photography group kept shooting. Then about four minutes later, they announced a "3 Minute Warning". At that time, I looked at a friend and they looked at me and we all decided it was time to pack up. Had fun finding the car in the dark even though I pretty much knew where I left it (a lot of people arrived after me). The remote unlock that flashes the lights helped. By the time I left the parking lot 25 minute slater, it had yet to rain but I enjoyed the end of the show without looking thorough the camera.<br />
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14) Have fun. Don't get so glued to the camera that you forget the family. When the kids are grown and gown, there will be time for sticking to the camera eyepiece.<br />
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See my website at www.HLDPhotos.com<br />
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Photos form the 2012 Garner Fireworks show.<br />
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After I took the first photo, I spotted his blue tongue and asked for a second shot. He obliged. It is nice to see police with a good attitude as it really makes a positive difference with the crowds.<br />
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A kid playing in the dark. Hand held, 1 sec exposure, f/2.8 Iso 320, 28mm.<br />
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<br />Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-54952528628794763732012-06-24T18:35:00.000-04:002012-06-24T18:51:26.397-04:00Its been busy with SONC, a Wedding, and an ExhibitionWell its been busy to say the least.<br />
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Back in <b><u>early April</u></b>, I took some prints to a Frame Shop in Raleigh to be Dry Mounted. (You really should dry mount images 11 x 14 or larger. Please don't tape them. The tape will eventually give way and the artwork has to be remounted. I have seen examples of this.) When I drop the prints off, one of the ladies there looked at my sunset [picture and asked if I wanted to sell it? Sure. So it was sold on the spot. When I returned to pick up my dry mounted prints, she had already picked he mat and frame for it.<br />
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Some where about this timeframe, I con't remember when, I also had to get a framed print ready for an <b><u>exhibit at Wake Med Hospital</u></b>.<br />
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Also, back on April 22nd, I worked at AJ and Kyle Dunlap of <b><u>AJ Dunlap Photography</u></b> in Raleigh NC as a non-shooting wedding assistant, working primarily with the lights. They asked me back to work with them again on a weeding May 27th. It's nice when you are asked back and these folks are absolutely great to work with. Here is a link to their site. <a href="http://www.ajdunlap.com/index.html#/about/">http://www.ajdunlap.com/index.html#/about/</a><br />
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In the meantime, I had been in talks with a local venue here in Rocky Mount, <b><u>Via Cappuccino</u></b> to host <b><u>my first solo exhibit</u></b>. In the past I have been part of the Cary Photographic Artists when they arrange an exhibit. display some of my landscape works. Initially it looked like the first opening would be in December or January. With that I settled back. Never settle back. Latter the owner, John, called and said I could have the month of May and June with a start date of May 7th (I thought he said)! He said I would have room for approximately 25 - 30 prints since I was using 16 x 20 frames. Oh the date is like April 15th so I still I have time to order the extra frames I needed and get the glass and mats, etc. Wrong! John called back to confirm I could bring my stuff in on May 2nd! What! I have like a week to pull this together, getting frames ordered and shipped. Drive to Raleigh to get mats and there is no good source in Rocky Mount. Also looking everywhere to get 14 pieces of glass. In the meantime I had found a good source for high quality canvas wraps (Not the wrapped paper prints like Sam's Club shows). With just a few days left, and materials in route, I began assembling the materials I did have. Just as I finished working with what I had, the shipments arrived with the remaining materials. (Am I glad I took those prints to the frame shop to be dry mounted as that would be one less thing to do.)<br />
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<b><u>Link to Via Cappuccino Exhibit</u></b> <a href="http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Competition-Show/Via-Cappuccino-Show-Photos/22798667_zQczhw#!i=1829124448&k=6r92VPx">http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Competition-Show/Via-Cappuccino-Show-Photos/22798667_zQczhw#!i=1829124448&k=6r92VPx</a><br />
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Bottom line - I made it and put 26 prints on display, 23 11 x 14 prints framed in 16 x 20 frames and three canvas wraps. The canvas wraps are 16 x 20 and the image wraps around the edges. I love Canvas wraps and will probably do more.<br />
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I am excited because this is the first time my series of four railroad tracks (Curves of Life - Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer) have ever been shown together. I am also excited as some had told me they usually didn't sell a lot there as they don't accept credit cards or debit cards, only cash and checks. Well, <b><u>TWO sold</u></b> by the end of the month. Curve in the Road and Fall at Umstead. (See link above) I am currently working with a local medical facility to host another exhibit there.<br />
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Then <b><u>May 6th was National Train Day</u></b> so I went to the Rocky Mount train station and got some shot there which the <u>newspaper picked up 40 of my photos</u>. Wish I had either had time to get the material for a story to accompany it or have somebody with me but I was rapidly running out of time to go to work.<br />
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<b><u>Link to Rocky Mount newspaper photos</u></b>. <a href="http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/content/national-train-day-celebration-1066689">http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/content/national-train-day-celebration-1066689</a><br />
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The Saturday after working with AJ and Kyle, June 2, I was scheduled to shoot for the <b><u>Special Olympics of North Carolina</u></b>. This is something I have done for the past several years and look forward to it. In the past I have shot the softball and golf games so this year I decided to do something different. I started to shoot the Aquatics but I have this fear of the camera and the water meeting so I went with the Athletics and the Gymnastics events. Loved every minute of it. Took my son along to help shoot and he got some great shots.<br />
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<b><u>Link to 2012 Special Olympics of North Carolina</u></b> <a href="http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Sports/SONC-2012/23365744_qNgTq7#!i=1888989083&k=6VSCmhR">http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Sports/SONC-2012/23365744_qNgTq7#!i=1888989083&k=6VSCmhR</a><br />
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Then on June 9th, I got to shoot a wedding with Chris Nieto of <b><u>Nieto Photography</u></b>. (Here's a link to his site and the wedding <a href="http://www.nietophotography.com/Client-Galleries/Weddings-2012/Lauren-Sealey-June-9th-2012/20300025_vpDqMQ#!i=1906177455&k=NpNpvZx">http://www.nietophotography.com/Client-Galleries/Weddings-2012/Lauren-Sealey-June-9th-2012/20300025_vpDqMQ#!i=1906177455&k=NpNpvZx</a> ).<br />
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My photos have just been released and on my website. The bride and groom were a blast to work with. If you look at the website in the wedding section, you will wee that on photo 4500, just as the minister says y'all are and the bride and groom kiss, the groomsmen pull out waterguns and start shooting the bride and groom!<br />
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<b><u>Link to the infamous watergun shootout</u></b> <a href="http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Weddings/Sealey-Dail/23748096_9jwPcR#!i=1923448246&k=G8K4FSR">http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Weddings/Sealey-Dail/23748096_9jwPcR#!i=1923448246&k=G8K4FSR</a><br />
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Later when we were shooting down by the lake, I handed the groom one of the waterguns (which he swears he knew nothing about1) and the couple took it from there. They played around and had a great time and I got some great shots.<br />
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<b><u>Link to the Lakeside shots</u></b> <a href="http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Weddings/Sealey-Dail/23748096_9jwPcR#!i=1923540983&k=9fqkMN2">http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Weddings/Sealey-Dail/23748096_9jwPcR#!i=1923540983&k=9fqkMN2</a><br />
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WHAT ELSE? Oh yeah, one more thing. <b><u>Duke Hospital</u></b> solicited local photography groups to submit photos to be hung in the hospital They wanted calm serene landscapes and flowers etc. I submitted some digital photos and they <b><u>selected 7 to purchase</u></b>! From what I have been able to determine, I am the only one who had that many selected. Back to the salt mines getting them framed and matted according to their specs. The prints were delivered last Friday and there will be a reception for the artists on June 28th.<br />
Link to the Duke Hospital Photos. (The ones selected are the first seven) <a href="http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Competition-Show/Duke-Hospital-Show-Photos/22108716_tw6gg6#!i=1765893503&k=fkxLWFq" target="_blank">http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Competition-Show/Duke-Hospital-Show-Photos/22108716_tw6gg6#!i=1765893503&k=fkxLWFq</a><br />
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I think that's all besides the day job and other usual stuff (A/C not working on Pilot and temps are 96, so what else is new? )<br />
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<br />Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-83122513553947655972012-06-10T21:51:00.002-04:002012-06-10T22:25:06.760-04:00Photographers are Terrorists in England too!Well, if misery loves company, it t appears that photographers in England are being treated like those in America, suspect terrorists. Those that have followed events in English law and photography are aware that England passed laws a few years ago that if interpreted to the letter, could have visitors from other countries arrested for taking a snapshot of almost anything.<br />
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Wel at least in England they are taken to court and now some are being vindicated with financial compensation. In America, the photographer is usually threatened, taken in for hours of interrogations and then released with warnings of "Don't take any more pictures!" and threats of being put on watch lists.<br />
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The link to the news article about England is here: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/538834/amateur-photographer-wins-10-000-police-payout<br />
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Don't know how much 10,000 pounds is but I am sure it is a princely sum.<br />
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An associated case link is here: http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/photo-news/534399/amateur-photographer-wins-police-payout-update-5-05pm<br />
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For a downloadable copy of a abstract by Morgan Manning dealing with these issues go here:<br />
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And of course there is my original post back in in Jan 31 2011 at http://www.hldphotos.blogspot.com/2011/01/photographers-rights.html</div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-77830352949199212862012-02-11T11:09:00.000-05:002012-02-11T11:09:18.533-05:00Beach Wedding - Top Sail Island NCWow, time flies. I had realized it had been so long since I posted, work and the holidays you know. Anyways, I wanted to post a few of the photos of the wedding. If you want to see the rest, to go http://www.hldphotos.com/Galleries/Weddings<br />
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The wedding was in the middle of September and the bride wanted a lot of beach shots as the priority over the formals ( a lot of couples are going this way lately). This fits my photojournalistic style well, shooting as it happens unscripted. This can also be a challenge as lighting and other things have to be taken into effect quickly as it happens.<br />
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The ocean the morning of the wedding.<br />
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The mother of the bride made the cake, she is a professional cake maker Find her at either http://sites.google.com/site/cakesbylizhunt/ or at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lizzy-Cakes-of-Fredericksburg/374145592601755<br />
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The other side of the Frio. $13.99 at Adorama with Free shipping. I got my first one free on the McNalley /Hobby Flashbus tour seminar. (Only cost $99 to get the freebie!)<br />
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Now back to the Cactus V5s and how they work. Once I changed the flash out of remote mode everything worked great. Range is greater than I expect to ever use. Quality if very good. The battery tray falls out a little easier than I would design but is ok. The Cactus V5 does NOT pass TTL info through to a flash mounted on top or wirelessly. Everything will be manually set.<br />
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With the popup flash in commander mode, the CLS flash unit (set to remote) won't respond. The pop up flash wouldn't rise up enough to fire. You cannot use CLS with the Cactus mounted to the camera. (Not sure why you would but it doesn't work.) Then I connected the Cactus transmitter to the D300 via the PC cable and let it hand rather than be mounted in the hotshoe. Popup set to commander mode. One flash set to remote for wireless CLS and one flash with a V5 receiver. Transmitter connected to camera via PC cable. No go on the V5 flash. Close the flash and V5 units works but CLS flash doesn't. Repeated to confirm. You can have one, either one but not both a the same time.<br />
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Apparently this is a D300 issue that I never had reason to discover but when the popup flash is up the PC Synch port doesn't fire and when the popup flash is down, it does fire. This means that you can have CLS or you can have Cactus V5 with manually set flash but you CANNOT HAVE BOTH. (This puts us in a situation similar to Canon camp I found out about at the Flashbus tour. Nikons can have one wireless CLS group set to manual and one group set to TTL but Canon cannot. Canon can't, its either all manual or all TTL, no split functions.<br />
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Now I can hear some brains turning thinking -"How about if you leave the popup flash down and put a SB-800 on top of the camera?" No go. If you have a V5 mounted, it will NOT pass the TTL through to the hot shoe on top (Cactus are you listening - this is the next improvement you need to implement). Well how about if you don't mount the V5 and just mount the SB-800 directly on the camera? Now you lose the V5 functionality.<br />
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One nice feature of the Cactus V5s is Multi-Channel Triggering. If the receiver triggers are set to any channel labeled in blue (Channels 1 -5 of 16) you can trigger all of them if the transmitter is set to channel 1 (also blue). Change the transmitter to any other channel and it will only trigger than specific channel. Change the receivers to any non-blue channel and the trigger will have to match to trigger them.<br />
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At $60 a pair, they are great. The only thing better than this is the new Pocket Wizards that can transmit TTL info. How you priced them lately? Since most of us have only used manual flash Pocket Wizards, the Cactus V5s are terrific.<br />
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Would I recommend them? Definitely. Would I do it again with MY money? Yes, I did!<br />
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<br /></div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-31625648746711860752011-07-05T13:32:00.007-04:002011-07-06T13:12:31.019-04:00Survival Lessons Part 2 (Part 1 was 4/23/10 Titled: Let Somebody Know EXACTLY Where you are) ?)First, its been a while since my last post. Among other things happening in my life were a crown coming off and discovering that I will have to have a bridge or something put in (Still looking at the options) and thee accidental erasure of my primary hard drive will all my photos on it. Fortunately I had a back up and only lost a few days of shooting. Unfortunately, one of my projects of shooting the Raleigh skyline against a sunset were lost and I will have to wait about six months f the skyline and the sunset to line up again and then I have to align my work schedule and the sunset colors and weather. FREQUENT BACKUPS!<br />
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<u><i>On to today's post</i></u>, There never was intended to be a part 2 or a series (although it looks like that is a strong possibility). This is a follow-on to the post April 23, 2010 (just a little over a year ago, must be something about spring) where I discussed always letting somebody know exactly where you are so if you need help, they can find you.<br />
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BTW - <b><u><i>Bottom Line</i></u></b> and <u><i><b>Lessons Learned</b></i></u> at at the bottom of this post.<br />
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This one focuses on always being prepared to survive unexpected conditions and being able to get out. Nobody gets up in the morning thinking, today I will wade through thick briers in the woods and will get lost. Getting lost happens unexpectedly. So what happened?<br />
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A plane went down outside Red Oak NC June 23, 2011. My wife ( a valuable source of seeing good shots and recommending I go out even when family is coming in for dinner (she actually did this!)) suggested I go out and get some shots. I couldn't at that moment (about noon) but I did get out later about 4M. I drove out to Red Oak and located to emergency responders and television news personnel near the scene. (~ 4:15?) The State Trooper said I could go in and get some photos, just go down the dirt road to where everybody had beaten a path through the woods to get to the plane. I walked down the road and he honked his horn and motioned to me that I had walked past the path. DID I THINK, "Gee this path is hard to see, do I REALLY want to do this?" Nope. I walked back and saw the path and followed it down to the crash site.<br />
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The pilot suffered a broken wrist, broken ribs and a punctured lung. Not great for a 81 year old but all things considered, it could have been a lot worse.<br />
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After 15 minutes or so, I knew I was getting deeper in the woods and in trouble. I remembered the State Trooper out there at the dirt road so I called 911 and asked to be patched through to the trooper so he could turn on his siren and I would find my way out. -- Hhmmm, trooper has left the scene. I tell them that's ok, I will be ok, I;ll find my way out ok and I forge ahead through the thorns and briers. After another 30 minutes, the skies are clouding up and with the think trees I am having difficulty determining which way is west. I really don't want to be lost after the sun sets and I know I have gone around in a circle a couple of times as some tres looked familiar.<br />
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</div><div>I swallowed my pride and called 911. They got the State Trooper back out there (or one of them) and he sounded his siren. I could hear it but couldn't tell for sure which direction. The sun was becoming covered by a light layer of clouds and 5 couldn't tell which way was west. I told them not to come in as the brush was too think and no need for them to get scratched up also. Several phone calls back and forth. They said at one point they heard me but couldn't tell where I was. Finally the 911 person locked onto my cell phone's signal and they determined I was headed the correct way. (after circling around several times). As I headed out I walked past a deer hunter's tree stand I had passed earlier.<br />
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When I finally got out, I was tired cut up and sore. I had only lost my glasses three times (found them each time) and lost one of my shoes twice (found it both times). Once I got out the rescue squad checked me out (I insisted I didn't need them but they stayed anyway. At one point blood pressure had been 190 over something. Then it was 117 over 65. GREAT! hadn't been that good since the Air Force. What's wrong? Seems it shouldn't be that low that quick or something. Keep sitting and cooling down. Finally I was released and booked straight to the Rocky Mount Telegram and showed them my photos. They were surprised as they hadn't gotten any (I can guess why with all those thorns etc). One photo ran on the front page with my name and four more on the digital version of the paper. Here is the link to the paper's photos. http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/engine-malfunction-blamed-plane-crash-550273<br />
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BTW, the newspapers pay for photos and the television stations solicitude them for free. My personal gripe when an event like a big storm occurs and the television stations ask people to send them their photos. Another way to keep form paying professional photographers for professional work. If you wold like to see a good discussion of professionals for their work and the trend to solicit work for free. watch Harlan Ellison's You Tube clip on "Pay the Writer". The language could be cleaner but he is spot on target concerning the subject.<br />
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Oh yeah, the rescue squad said to check for ticks. Lost count but neighbor saw me walking in the door saw four on my t shirt. I picked off about 20 or so. Wife picked off at least 6 the next day. and then found a few more later. Figure the count got to about 30 ticks total. Debate rages as to whether my name should be Tickman (like the old Cartoon character) or Brier Baby. <br />
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My sincere thanks to the NC State Patrol and the Nash County Rescue folks, especially for bringing that ice cold water. Great folks all of them.<br />
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The first is about turning pro photographer. It is well written. It doesn't address photography until about half way down - keep reading. It sounds a little pessimistic but that is the truth of the matter, especially in this economy. The end is more optimistic, especially if you want to be semi-pro. (Pro = Pays the bills; Semi-Pro - Helps with the bills; Amateur/Hobbyist - No money except for outflow).<br />
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The link <a href="http://laurencekim.com/2011/04/28/the-photography-business-and-the-american-dream/">http://laurencekim.com/2011/04/28/the-photography-business-and-the-american-dream/</a><br />
Their bottom line "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Yes, you can be a photographer and still live the American Dream. But in order to do that you’ll have to recognize the limitations of working at the bottom of the wealth-creation food chain and what to do about it. Keep your chin up!"</span><br />
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"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">At the turn of the 21st century, American shutterbugs were buying close to a billion rolls of film per year. This year, they might buy a mere 20 million, plus 31 million single-use cameras — the beach-resort staple vacationers turn to in a pinch, according to the Photo Marketing Association." </span><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> So what was the lesson learned? Well, long ago I made the decision for shoot in RAW format instead of JPEG. Raw offers a greater flexibility in working with images in Lightroom or Photoshop. So I went out tonight and began shooting in B&W on my camera. I checked the review screen to see how things were going (this is called "chimping", especially if you do it every shot). Things looked ok, some better than most. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> BUT when i got home I had a little surprise. I had wondered if I would be able to convert the images to color if I wanted to. (Lightroom and PS allow you to change from color to B&W but I didn't know if it would work the other way.) Weellll, the concern was unfounded. What I had forgotten is that when you shoot in RAW, NOTHING affects the digital image. The image seen on the LCD screen is the embedded Jpeg image that is inside each RAW file. That is why I saw an B&W image when I review the images on the LCD screen. But when I downloaded then to my computer and opened them up in Lightroom, I saw the Raw files Color Raw files that is. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"> A few simple adjustments in Lightroom put things back in B&W but some of the toning effects in Nikon cameras are not readily available in LR so I will redo those on a later day when I can reshoot in RPEG format instead of RAW . (They can be done in LR or PS but I don't have the time right now to work through that process). </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Bottom line: What I forgot was not some technically intricate detail but rather the application of a basic concept in shooting Raw, like a foreign language that hasn't been used in some aspects for a while. I just hadn't had the occasion to keep current in it. Now I do. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-79047201537299612612011-05-19T09:36:00.013-04:002011-05-22T07:22:59.503-04:00What you find right at home - Old Fire Fighting EquipmentPeople in the east long to photograph out west where "its better". People out west want to photograph the east with all the colors, where "its better". It's always better in somebody else's locale. I have a sunrise shot and a snow shot that people always want to know where I went. I hate to tell them they were both taken at or near the end of my driveway, shooting across the woods on the other side of the street. (PS don't tell anybody, its our secret.)<br />
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It was closed; I guess because it was Good Friday (hold on I will explain a fire station being closed). So I came back the following Saturday. No luck, nobody home. Hhhmmm. Finally I called a local fire station a few days later and it turns out this station is a training and administration station and doesn't have fire trucks etc. Hence, it is only open Monday through Friday, 8 to 5. So I finally got down there during the week (Monday) and asked to take photos. They were more than welcome and explained some of the equipment. The shots are also posted to my photo website at www dot HLDPhotos dot com (spelling to fight spammers) under the Galleries/Projects-Events section.<br />
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(Left) First of all is the permanent resident, Sparky to the left. He's been around a loong time.<br />
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<div style="text-align: right;">(Right) Pete Weaver </div><br />
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(Left) Brian West<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;">(Right) Frank Bandy </div></div><br />
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(Left) Phillip Davis<br />
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(Right) Pete one last time.</div><br />
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Yes, it really works! At a fair of some type a few years ago, they loaded the coal and lit the boiler and had it up and running.<br />
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The history board.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These photos are pretty much self explanatory.</div><br />
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How did they know where to go back in those days? Well here is the "automated system".<br />
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(Left) Here is the Code Sheet where each number corresponds to a location. (The fingers belong to one of the firefighters who helped me get the shot. They were all great.)<br />
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(Right) Here is the machine that gave them the codes. Each wheel had a different "code" of gears that would produce a different ring for each location.<br />
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The old alarm box.<br />
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Whhaahh! These are antiques? I remember these phones growing up!<br />
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Now for some fire fighting equipment! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Here you can see where the driver sat (where the hat is).<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzBWbIUHOFqleTaU15sCVzdA-HwRrNwwy-BzaTS_8OnRfn8zNl2_ZO49oowIuGILvsj_cc-OXw6tGXbMp4frS625AsN9fGHEv3a0aoApIXi469LNhdKJ8lCRs3Tre5hVfng6AfqtfiuK_/s1600/Historic+Fire+Equipment-24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzBWbIUHOFqleTaU15sCVzdA-HwRrNwwy-BzaTS_8OnRfn8zNl2_ZO49oowIuGILvsj_cc-OXw6tGXbMp4frS625AsN9fGHEv3a0aoApIXi469LNhdKJ8lCRs3Tre5hVfng6AfqtfiuK_/s200/Historic+Fire+Equipment-24.jpg" width="132" /></a>(Left) The coal burning engine.<br />
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(Right) The Coal for the steam engine. (I believe the fire extingusiher shown is a more modern addition in case the steam engine or coal catches fire.<br />
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(Wonder what they did in the old days?)<br />
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BTW - I was laying on my back to get this shot as the net is affixed to the ceiling. It is about 8 feet across. The red pole is an unrelated piece of equipment that had to be suspended from the ceiling.<br />
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(Right) An old "bucket" they used to get water or sand to the fire. The fire people would form a long line and pass the bucket to the next person.<br />
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I just realized that the person at the front of the line had to be really close to a big fire in order to be able to throw the contents of the bucket on the fire.<br />
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The hose nozzle.<br />
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I love that fancy high tech lighting device. There's a certain sense of irony as they had to burn coal to work the steam engine and burn gas to light the light all to put out a fire. I sit here and think about the battery commercial on television about the batteries "firefighters trust" in their communications devices and these firefighters didn't even have electricity fighting the fire! Amazing what they did.<br />
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The ladder wagon. Note the two yellow leather buckets hanging off the frame.<br />
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In all of this, you may have figured out by now that fighting fires higher than a couple of stories was not very viable.<br />
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Fire Fighters Helmets from days gone by.<br />
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Nobody was sure but it appears to be a clamp of sorts that allowed fire fighters to hook two hoses together.<br />
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(Right) Poles and ladders on display.<br />
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For more photos check out www.HLDPhotos dot comLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961963116488546599.post-2879742664464181462011-04-17T17:25:00.171-04:002011-05-07T12:53:55.942-04:00Air Show PhotographyAir Shows are a ton of fun and in addition to seeing a lot of planes flying and some unusual aircraft at static (non-moving) displays, you also meet a lot of people (see below for an example). The Cary Photographic Artists group had announced a bunch going to the air show at Seymour-Johnson AFB on April 16-17, 2011. Later we would have the opportunity to show our photos at a club meeting. Since I worked on Sunday, I went to the air show on Saturday, yeah, the day the big storm blew through the southeast United States including North Carolina. So instead of nice blue skies with sun reflecting off the planes, I had dark clouds.<br />
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<b>Before you go to an air show:</b> <u><i>Do a little research</i></u>. Google air show photography and you will get a tons of sites. I did and some of the best information came from a person who was using a film camera and had done it for years. Yeah, I know, film; but the skills of digital and film are the same, just how you achieve them differs.<br />
One of the things I learned is to get there early and <u><i>get a spot near the end of the runway</i></u> for the best shots. This is where they will land and take off and do steep climb outs at. If you are in the middle of the runway area, you will get a lot of bottom of the plane shots, not too exciting. Getting a spot at the end of the runway is easier anyway. Since you probably will only have access to one side of the runway, the middle means you have only one spot everybody thinks they want and are fighting for. <i>One the other hand</i>, there are two ends of the runway so you have twice the chance of getting a good spot.<br />
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<i><u><b>Equipment</b></u></i>: I don't mean to sound like a snob but it takes some decent equipment to get a decent shot. For still photos, I used my Nikon D300 with a 17-55 f/2.8 lens for static displays and my 80-200 f/2.8 for flying shots. Why f/2.8 lenses? Outside, it wasn't necessary but inside hangers (especially on cloudy days like I went on) and photographing dark areas like the torpedo bay of a WWII dive bomber or inside the bomb bay area of a B-2 bomber, it came in great as as a single slash unit simply won't go far enough for the large areas involved (ground to cockpit of a B-17 for example).<br />
I also took my P&S Canon 210SX for its movie feature. Unfortunately, it didn't work too well. I didn't have a tripod or other means of stabilizing the camera and when you zoom all the way out with a P&S, any movement of the hands or fingers produces great swings in the image. The further away the aircraft (or any target) and the more you have to zoom, and the worse the effect is. As fast as the planes were moving and without an optical viewfinder (ggrrrr - is any P&S maker listening?) it was almost impossible to acquire the plane and track it. The glare on the LCD screen made it difficult to find and track the plane and the slightest movement of my hands produced video that would make Popeye seasick. The DSLRs with optical viewfinders and larger bodies are that much easier to hold steady and to find the image with.<br />
<i><u>Camera phones</u></i>. Yes I saw a few people using their camera phones (not even iPhones which have a decent camera in them) and all I could do is shake my head. What they got ware little black dots against a sky. Don't even go there. Bottom line, a DSLR is the best camera for this job, period.<br />
Circular polarizers. Great idea, lousy to implement. Things simply move too quick to use. For those that have never used a circular polarizer (DSLRs need circular models as the lenses rotate), the problem is they have minimal effect when pointed toward the sun or directly away form the sun and have maximum effect when pointed 90 degrees to the sun (ie, the sun is to your left or right). This is why you can't use a really wide lens setting (say 24mm) with a circular polarizer as it will be dark in the middle and light on the ends as the field of coverage goes beyond right angles to the sun and starts to pick up being pointed a little more toward the sun. And like I said, it happens too quick to adjust the polarizer. By the time you adjust, the aircraft have moved on, waaayyy on.<br />
Lenses: A 400 mm reach would be nice. My 200 mounted on a D300 has an effective lens reach of 300 mm. I won't get into explaining her. EMail if you want.<br />
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<i><u>Empty your camera bag</u></i>: All I took was the camera, and the sling case for the big lens. ITs too easy to set a bag down and forget it or have somebody walk off with it. Besides, you simply don't need every piece of equipment you have. Go Light!!<br />
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<b>Equipment settings</b> for flying shots (Static displays you can do normally): Shutter priority with High shutter speed. I used 1/250 sec and is want' enough for a lot of shots. Think 1/400 or 1/500 at least. Don't worry about aperture, the only thing behind the aircraft is either the sky or trees if they are flying low. A shallow depth of field will blur the background so who cares about the sky? And the trees will be blurred anyway as you pan tracking the plane from one end of the runway to the other. So don't worry about aperture, <u><i>go for the shutter speed</i></u>.<br />
<u> NOTE</u>: When photographing propeller planes, drop the shutter speed down or the propeller will be frozen and the plane will look like it s propeller isn't turning, a most unnatural view for an aircraft in midair. 1/100 ought to do the trick. My problem? I got so wrapped up in the action, I completely forgot. Oh well, next year will be another chance.<br />
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Ok, lets look at some photos.<br />
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B-52 bomber. I had to really back up to get all of it in the photo and I had a wide angle lens on! The wingspan on these things is incredible. Notice the struts with wheels at the end of the wings to support the wings when needed. (I presume when the wing fuel tanks and full and ordinance is loaded on the wings. You can get a feel for the size of the plane by comparing it to the people walking near it.<br />
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BTW - I had trouble on some shots simply due to the wing blowing me around.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I think that's enough for now. I will post more photos later. </div>Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401502415439736208noreply@blogger.com1