On my “Country Road” is the “Maryland Farm” I photographed a month and half ago. This time I had blue sky and great clouds, so much different!
Country Road – Maryland Farm
Country Road Study, Maryland Farm – Photo For July 10
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Cut Glass – Photo For July 9
I spent yesterday afternoon with one of the premier cut glass collectors in the US and an associate who is one of the leading historians and experts on cut glass. I photographed about eighty pieces for a presentation they are preparing. Cut glass is an interesting subject, one that I have worked with before, and one that I will be working with again in the future.
Dorflinger Green Cut Glass
Bridge Over The Monocacy No. 2 – Photo For July 8
I wanted to continue the bridge photos for from my Country Road Study. These trust bridges have so many individual parts bolted and riveted together with a redundancy of shapes that draws me to this subject. It is hard to tell from this angle, but the bridge deck is still wood.
Bridge Over the Monocacy No. 2
Big Sky – Big Field – Photo For July 7
This is actually the start of the country road series, one end of the road, or what I consider the beginning.
Big Sky – Big Field
Bridge Over The Monocacy No. 1 – Photo For July 6
Down the road a piece from yesterday’s photo is the beautiful Monocacy River and the truss bridge I was standing on to take this photo. Yes, another shadowed self portrait.
Bridge Over The Monocacy No. 1
Country Road Study – Photo For July 5
I spent some time today photographing a great country road and will be sharing several of the photos over the next couple of days. I darkened the black and white version to give it a full moonlight look.
Country Road Study No. 1
Country Road Black and White Study No. 1
Field Of Famous Heads – Photo For July 4
A world class collection of historic death and life masks…
Death And Life Masks
Aaron Burr, Faces Of The Dead No. 2 – Photo For July 3
Aaron Burr was one of the most talented men of our Founding Father’s generation. Unfortunately he had a run in with Alexander Hamilton and since has been a villain of sorts. It is interesting how one misstep can change your legacy in history.
This photo like yesterday’s is a artist rendition of the mask casting. I used a lot of contrast and simulated bleach bypass effect. I will in the future post an archival image of the mask.
Aaron Burr, Faces Of The Dead No. 2
Faces Of The Dead, No. 1 – Photo For July 2
I am spending a good part of this week with the faces of dead people…
Before there was photography and even after, the only way to actually record in three dimensions what a person looked like was to make a death or life mask – paintings and drawings, while often very accurate, always have a bit of the artists interpretation attached in only two dimensions.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Common Ground – Photo For July 1
Last night was the opening program and orientation for Common Ground On The Hill, at McDaniel College, in Westminster, Maryland. Common Ground is a mixture of courses in the arts, talks, performances, and artist exhibits that strives to bring together people from diverse backgrounds by finding commonality in the arts. It is fun!
Common Ground – Artists No. 1