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Aaron Burr, Faces Of The Dead No. 2 – Photo For July 3

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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

Aaron Burr, Faces Of The Dead No. 2

Faces Of The Dead, No. 1 – Photo For July 2

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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

William Tecumseh Sherman

Common Ground – Photo For July 1

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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

Common Ground – Artists No. 1

 

Pond Study In Infrared No. 4 – Photo For June 28

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Back to this study today and perhaps another in the near future, had a prolonged rain storm last night, which makes for many interesting photographic possibilities. For this one, wish I had carried a long lens with me, there is a fisherman in a boat on the right part of the photo that would have been very interesting if larger…

Pond Study In Infrared No. 4 - Wayne County PA

Pond Study In Infrared No. 4 – Wayne County PA

Power – Photo For June 27

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Staying with the boat theme from the last couple of days, thought I would include a view that most people do not see. This photograph is of a diesel engine, one of two that power an old tug boat in the Florida Keys. Engine rooms are very interesting spaces, usually crowded with large mechanical units with just enough room around them to inspect and maintain them. For a photographer, the lighting is always a challenge, but adds to the aura of the place as does the ever present smell of oil.

The human heart of steel;
Powerfully pumping
Perfect pressure
Pulling our heavy load
Patiently to the dock of our destination…          Nannette

Tug Boat Diesel, Florida Keys, Feb 2013

Tug Boat Diesel, Florida Keys, Feb 2013

Shrimp Boats, South Carolina – Photo For June 26

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It is shrimping season in South Carolina… Thought this would be a good follow up photo from yesterday. There are shrimp docks throughout the Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia. It is however an industry that has been on the decline for many years, caused by cheap imported and farm raised shrimp, high fuel costs and fisheries that are not producing as they once did (potential causes are most likely pollution and not over fishing). Fishing is like farming, some years are better than others, and you have got to like it, because you probably are not going to get rich doing it…

Love at first sight…
I will rest by your side in the calm waters.
And in the perfect storm pray I return to you…
I am in you and you in me.
We remain each other’s reflection
In both the still and stormy waters
Love is not blind, it seas….                    Nannette

Shrimp Boats, South Carolina

Shrimp Boats, South Carolina, Spring 2013