Harry Sandler Productions

Jersey Shore

2012-01-31T21:35:00.001-05:00

VIP Motel - Jersey Shore

Driving back from Cape May today we took Route 9 instead of the Parkway..I was amazed at how desolate the beach strip was - no cars - no people - other then a few getting ready for the winter months. It was like everyone just got up and walked off to return again next summer - an apocalyptic film set. I know the summer months are the complete opposite but it was nice to see the shore in this particular mode.

These places are throwbacks to a time gone by for sure. They have such wonderful shapes and colors and are simply irresistible when one has a camera in hand. And the light was particularly cooperative today...

Ireland, Horses

2012-01-31T05:59:00.000-05:00

Ireland, Horses

This image is one spotted out of the corner of your eye while traveling 100KM per hour on a barely wider then your car Ireland road just after a vicious rainstorm...So, of course you back up, fit your car in a parking space, and make the image......

Belfast Political Murals

2012-01-30T06:20:00.001-05:00


Belfast Mural

On the last trip to Ireland I took the Black Taxi tour of what was once war torn Belfast. Our driver told stories of growing up during the more turbulent times in the Republican and Loyalist areas - somewhat like battlefield tourism. I doubt very much that any particular driver will not have an opinion, albeit biased, of the many political murals that cover the walls and homes in these areas. I asked my driver what would happen if someone did not want a murla on their house to which he replied, 'then they need to move'...

These neighborhoods are safe today as much as the black taxi's want to tell you otherwise - they do, however, know which areas to avoid on any given day....Well worth the cost.

This image, according to our driver, is a mural of how this all got started. Of course a bit of shameless promotion added...

Leaving for Cape May today for two days of shooting with a friend....

Big Yellow Taxi

2012-01-29T07:50:00.000-05:00


Big Yellow (Water) Taxi

Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot.......Joni Mitchell

Another image form the other day - this time a big boy camera image.....The bridge in the foreground is the Williamsburg and the distant bridge is The Brooklyn.....

Brooklyn Bridge

2012-01-28T12:28:00.000-05:00

The Brooklyn Bridge

It was one of those perfect image days in NY.....I was driving to meet an old friend for lunch in Bushwick when I noticed the fog that encapsulated the entire city....It was then I knew what the hours after lunch would be - making images near the Brooklyn Bridge...How could I resist the light....

This image is an iPhone4 processed on my Mac Pro. The original image was processed and blended using Macphun Photo Studio and Nik Snapseed on the iPad before being Photosync'ed to the Mac Pro...On the Mac Pro I used Color efx4 to find a look that I liked and then blended this back into the image from the iPad....

Death Valley, Zabriske Point, Black and White

2012-01-26T11:08:00.000-05:00

Zabriske Point, Death Valley

Yes he is at Zabriske Point again...Looks like I inadvertently tripped into figuring out a black and white landscape workflow that I might like.....but beware that these covnersion were done in Silver EFX Pro 2 and not yet attempted in a LAB BW Conversion....so stay tuned....Maybe I even get a body of work out of this....

You have to admit this is one hell of a location....

Death Valley, Mesquite Dunes 13

2012-01-23T19:15:00.000-05:00


Death Valley, Mesquite Dunes #13

'Choose only one master - Nature'.......Rembrandt

Zabriske Point 4, Lightroom 4

2012-01-22T08:04:00.000-05:00


Zabriske Point 4 - LR4 Beta

I have become totally immersed in the Lightroom 4 Beta the past week - watching several instructional videos while working on images.

Today's image was processed using only LR4. Adobe has made some really powerful changes in this beta version. The first thing that jumps out is that you can add clarity without fear of the dreaded halo. The sliders in 'basic develop' are highly intuitive and parametric, meaning they are capable of making much more precise adjustments to the image - somewhat like a parametric sound equalizer can dial in a certain frequency to fine tune a venue for music (of course I mention music)...Another change is the brush and graduated dialog has noise, moire, temperature and tint sliders to allow for more dialed-in local adjustments.

Today's image was processed using just the Basic , Detail and HSL dialogs.....processed above and original below....


Original Zabriske LR4 Beta Test

Use the link below for Adobe video tutorials on LR4.

Julienne Kost

Zabriske Point - Detail

2012-01-20T15:29:00.002-05:00

Zabriske Point, Detail

It seems like there are endless ways to portray this location in Death Valley...Just when you have what you consider the one there are still more to work with....Death Valley has become a constant source of images, Dunes, Zabriske and Badwater Basin.....One thing for sure is that these natural locations need protection in the years to come....

I do remember this image as I went off to a different spot for the sunrise that morning - had watched these same shadows the morning before and made sure I was in the right location to catch them the next day...Proves the point that you need to go back many many times to catch the character of any locations...

The Who

2012-01-19T06:49:00.002-05:00

Pete Townsend, Keith Moon, The Who

Not sure exactly where this image is from - possibly Madison Square Garden circa 1975...might be Philadelphia also. I used a an on camera flash for this - it was OK back then....I think I have finally come up with a decent workflow for processing these older Ektachrome slides/tranparencies (wow transparency gives my age away)....Anyone know where this is...

I had a great time last night at the Photography Club of Lower Fairfield County....gave a presentation called 'Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods'....Thanks to Steve Lingeman for the invite...

Everglades, Smooth, Quiet, Sunrise

2012-01-18T08:58:00.000-05:00

Quiet Sunrise, Chokoloskee Bay, Everglades National Park

Actually this image is just after sunrise out in the Everglades..The captain brought me out in the dark and dropped me off on an oyster bed just before the sun peeked out...That was truly a defining moment for this lad from New York.. The silence was deafening....I remember him clearly saying, 'you better get out now or you will miss the sunrise'. So I did.....Took a few minutes to get my bearings, particularly after he went out into the bay about 200 years - I wondered who helps when the alligator shows up... After that first 10 minutes it was difficult to get me off the oyster bed...a truly amazing experience...

Firego, Route 17

2012-01-16T09:33:00.001-05:00

Firego Gas, Route 17

A few years ago I was on a road trip to Florida on Route 17 to photograph in the Everglades with Clyde Butcher. I chose Route 17 and was expecting to, and found, many old business locations that were long closed down and deteriorating - a subject I enjoy. This image, the Firego Gas Station was one of the first images made on that trip. Personally I have never heard of this brand of gasoline so not really sure what time period it might be from...

I will be making a presentation at the Photography Club of Lower Fairfield County in Stamford, Connecticut on Wednesday night, January 18 Click here for information. Hope to see you there...

Van-Hagar

2012-01-15T09:14:00.000-05:00

Eddie Van Halen - Sammy Hagar

Ah the old days.....Sometimes you simply can not resist....I was thinking of not posting this but after a bit of adjustment I figured why not....and they did just announce another Van Halen Tour - albeit with Dave....

This image is from the charter plane on the 2004 Van-Hagar Tour....You can make out Michael back on the right by the window....

Low, Quebec, Blind

2012-01-14T12:28:00.001-05:00

Blind, Low, Quebec

This is the day before Christmas immediately after a snowstorm Off the the left is a huge waterfall that supply energy to the power plant....The image is a three frame stitch (Canon 5DII) using Photoshop CS5 with local adjustments in Color EFX Pro 4 and Silver EFX Pro2. Looks ike the start of this year is all about black and white...Thanks for the motivation Tom....

Death Valley, Mesquite Dunes 2

2012-01-13T07:17:00.000-05:00

Death Valley Dunes, Stovepipe Wells

'Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher'.....William Wordsworth

I have been to Death Valley on four separate occasions and have made around 5000 images in various locations. All in all the sand dunes are up near the top of my favorite list and also the most difficult. Get there at the wrong time and there are footprints from the many visitors. The best time for me is sunrise, which is even better if a high wind blew away the footprints overnight. If not one needs to get as far out as possible to avoid people and prints...not always as easy as it sounds.....

Death Valley, Mesquite Dunes, Stovepipe Wells

2012-01-12T06:55:00.001-05:00

Death Valley, Mesquite Dunes, Stovepipe Wells

'Even Castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually'....Jimi Hendrix

Ireland, Loch Na Fooey

2012-01-11T06:53:00.003-05:00


Loch Na Fooey, Finney, Ireland

Today's image was made late in the day, almost sunset, on the shore of Loch Na Fooey in the town of Finney, Ireland. And, yes, another one of those Irish days with on and off rain and wind.....pretty much had to lean against a barbed wire fence to get the image. How much do we love the landscape possibilities in Ireland......and yes that is snow on the hillsides...

Just a note that after this last weather adventure in Ireland I bought weather protection gear for my equipment. This after reading Laurie Excel's blog and learning about Lenscoat, a company that makes covers to protect your gear in foul weather....Click on the name above to see their website.

That being said this image was processed in the new Adobe Lightroom LR4 Public Beta application. Adobe has made several upgrades to the existing LR3 modules and has added two new modules, Book and Map. The Map module will allow one to display the location of the image to include GPS coordinates and metadata information. The Book module is in partnership with Blurb - although there might be others coming. You can output to a book or simply print a PDF. It has all the capability of the online Blurb site right inside of Lightroom.

There are several changes in the other modules and rather then go into a long winded description of LR4 please fond below a link to the Luminous Landscape video overview - They have done a superb job of showing what LR4 is all about.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/whats_new_in_lightroom_4_overview.shtml

I would suggest anyone using LR3 should take a look and give LR4 a look.

And here is the link to where the LR4 Beta can be downloaded - it is, of course, free.

http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2012/01/lr4betanowavailable.html

Thanks to my good friend Mark Segal in Toronto for letting me know about the LR4 Beta and the Luminous Landscape tutorial....

Ireland, Sheep with Color

2012-01-09T07:18:00.000-05:00

Sheep, Northern Ireland

The one thing you notice when driving around Ireland is the abundance of sheep...all different colors of sheep - marked with color as per the farmer who owns them. They are blue, red, white, orange and every color imaginable. They are off the road, on the road, precariously balanced on the vertical hillsides just wandering about eating.

The sheep in this image just stopped us in our tracks...Could there really be sheep this color - guess this farmer went a bit overboard with his color....

On the other hand the juxtaposition of color in this image is quite appealing for me. It also appears there is a face in the rocks just behind the sheep....you can make out one eye if you look closely - appears to be an Eagle resting his beak on the water while watching the sheep...What a magical place Ireland is....

Northern Ireland, Vintage Caravan

2012-01-08T06:23:00.000-05:00

Vintage Caravan, Northern Ireland

Just back from Ireland yesterday. Other than the fact that I picked up the wrong bag from the carousel and had to go back to Newark Airport the flight home was rather seamless - albeit almost 8 hours due to high winds - also The Edge was sitting right in front of us....as my friend David said, 'The Edge is the soul of U2'...On a good note I got to play with images for the entire flight.....

As I mentioned most days were filled with rain and wind....but there were enough pockets of decent weather to get around. It was a two week class in shooting in less then favorable conditions and I learned a good deal on how to make that work....I will be buying a raincoat for my camera next week...

Found this image along the road driving from Belfast to Derry...the same day we also saw yellow sheep in a meadow by the water and a rainbow at the top of a hill.....quite the colorful day....

Happy New Year everyone - 2012 is finally here.....and it is a Leap Year...

Ireland, Tuliag Beach Sunset

2012-01-06T03:19:00.000-05:00

Tuliag Bay, County Donegal, Ireland

Just running out to drive back to Dublin from Adare....Spent yesterday touring the Ring of Kerry in Country Kerry just outside of Killarney. No images from The Ring yet but down below find an iPhone4s image of Ladies View (Ring of Kerry). At th end of the day yesterday we stopped by Peter Cox's photo gallery in Killarney....Peter has some amazing images of Ireland. His gallery is a must see if you are in the area - 3 High Street, Killarney.

Today's image (above) is from Tuliag Beach in County Donegal in the Northwest part of Ireland. I thought I might get a colorful sunset but the clouds blew back in just as the sun was setting.....I do, however, love images like this one.....it is a true reflection of the wind blowing and the cold weather of the day...

The image below reminds me of The Hudson River School.....


Ladies View, Ring of Kerry, County Kerry

Ireland, Birthday Rainbow

2012-01-04T16:19:00.000-05:00

Birthday Rainbow, Irealnd

What a way to spend my birthday - tooling around Ireland looking for images....And I get a birthday rainbow......these rainbows just show up - they seem to materialize out of the mist.......alas no pot of gold - but still looking......

Irish Pony

2012-01-03T16:13:00.000-05:00

Irish Pony

Been doing a good deal of driving the past few days.....not much processing/looking at image time due to lack of sleep......As mention spent most of Sunday touring up in the Inishowen Peninsula. On Monday made the drive from Derry (Londonderry) to the Cong area...Today it was south to Limerick making several stops in the Partry Mountains - Finny area just outside of Cong. Must have seen minimum 10 rainbows - they are elusive - here one minute gone the next...managed to get one good image but that is for another time......tomorrow is exploring the Dingle area - I hear there are some pretty neat places to shoot....Have I mentioned how good the food is in Ireland.....that alone is worth the price of an airplane ticket...

The image today is from last Sunday up on the northern coast of Ireland - saw this pony out of the corner of my eye standing down in the field and was immediately attracted by the colors...made an immediate u-turn and went back....glad I did...one of my favorite images from the trip...

Only three days left.......went much too fast....

Ireland, Malin Head

2012-01-01T16:57:00.002-05:00

Main Well, Ireland

Today was County Donegal - northwestern Ireland. Headed out early wanting to make Malin Head, the farthest northerly point in Ireland. As usual in Ireland, if you don't like the weather just wait 5 minutes and it changes.....there were a minimum of 10-12 weather changes today from rain, to sun to hail to winds around 50 miles per hour........I can honestly say being pelted with sleet really stings......

PS: Both photos on this page were taken within one half hour of each other.....

At any rate we stumbled upon a rocky beach around three miles from Malin Head....the car was actually parked just behind where this image was made...This rock was just in front of Malin Well (the sleet adn rain came in so hard I never got that image) which contains both a natural spring as well as a natural cave. Since pagan times locals have viewed these as holy....The spring water was though to cure disease. Legend has it that a hermit once lived in the cave and no matter how many people entered there was always room for more....If only the weather had held up..but at worst a wee bit of a history lesson...

Not sure about anyone else but I see a fairly well defined face in this rock formation.....

The image below is an iPhone4s panoramic image looking east from the top of Malin Head... luckily there were some old military structures still standing to block the wind....

Malin Head is on the Inishowen Peninsula... According to Wikipedia during WWII the Irish Government allow the British to site two radio direction finders on the head. This was a top secret operation - The RDF equipment was to to monitor U-Boat and aerial activity in the North Atlantic. After the war it became a weather station..Several of these structures are still standing today...


Looking East from Malin Head

Ballycastle Beach, Northern Ireland

2011-12-31T15:33:00.000-05:00

Ballycastle Beach, Ireland

Left Belfast today and headed north and west to Londonderry. Drove back over some of the same roads from Wednesday - this time the weather cooperated a bit - some rain but mostly dry weather....I saw this image the first time through and was happy to get back for a second shot at it......

Spending New Year's Eve and Jan 1 in Londonderry exploring the northwest peninsula of Inishowen.

According to Wikipedia Inishowen is the largest peninsula in Ireland and the most northerly point, Main Head. Additionally, they say it has some of the highest sand dunes in all of Europe - as well as a fort constructed in the sixth century, Grianan an Alieach.....

Ireland, Foul Weather

2011-12-30T04:26:00.000-05:00

Irish Sea, White Park Bay, Ireland, Canon 5dmkII

Yesterday was one of the my worst weather days ever touring Ireland. We had Rain, Sleet, sun, clouds and winds sometimes as high as 60-70 miles per hour. As I posted on my iPhone blog one could lean back against the wind and it would hold you up. It was also one of the most fun days fighting these elements to get the image....

It was very difficult to photograph in a wind that strong - had to shoot at high ISO and shutter speeds and still hold the tripod down - the other problem was the water being blown on to the front element of the lens.....fun day all around fighting the elements....in the end it all worked out and now I know a few new places to get back too in the future....

Below is the image made just to the right of the above image - shot with my iPhone 4s also on a tripod.....took a few creative liberties with this one.

This morning it is the 'political murals' in West Belfast...Needed to hire a car and driver as the advice was to not go in there without a local....looking forward to seeing these famous murals close up with a camera in my hand.

stay tuned..more coming...

White Park Bay, Ballintoy, Ireland, iPhone4s

Low, Quebec, Christmas

2011-12-29T02:12:00.000-05:00

Low, Quebec, Christmas Day 2012

'The snow is snowing, the wind is blowing
But I can weather the storm!'....Irving Berlin

Yes, it turned out to be a very very White Christmas up in Canada.....Got up early and went out and captured a few snow images on Christmas day.....Nothing gets much better then freshly fallen snow...I truly enjoy the way it defines the landscape.....

Bachman Turner Overdrive

2011-12-15T08:43:00.000-05:00

Bachman Turner Overdrive

This image of Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO) is from mid-seventies in New York City - most likely the Academy of Music which was on 14th street.

BTO were originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Acording to Wikipedia Randy Bachman and Chad Allan were formerly with The Guess Who and Neil Young apparently suggested they use Fred Turner as the vocalist. 'Takin Care of Business' and 'You Ain't Seen nothing yet' were probably two of their biggest hits.

Judging from the grain structure in this image it was most likely made using Kodak 2475 High Speed Recording Film - a favorite for ISO's of 3200 and more...It' main use was surveillance film back in the day. Personally, I always loved the grain...maybe a bit more detail but....

Chicago - Derby Scrimmage

2011-12-09T10:54:00.000-05:00

Chicago Roller Derby Scrimmage

In Chicago to shoot some studio portraits tomorrow and was invited to attend a Women's Roller Derby Scrimmage.....I like shooting little vignettes of what is going on around the track - don't get me wrong I love the thrill of the bouts but the 'odds and ends' always draw my interest...The movement in this sport reminds me a lot of my days as a Rock and Roll Tour Manager - love the fast moving flashes of color....

Women's Derby is a fast growing sport in this country - in fact the US Team won the World Tournament last week in Toronto.....If you can get to one of these bouts yo will be totally entertained by this fast moving sport, and, the athletic ability of these women....

Lake Michigan

2011-12-08T11:43:00.000-05:00

Lake Michigan - Dis-Appearing America

Found this old abandoned park on the way to Chicago.....I am not usually prone to HDR type images but on this particular image I liked the juxtaposition of the old and the new.....

Photostream Resolution

2011-12-08T09:51:00.000-05:00

OK, I signed on to the cloud today to see for myself what was happening with the photostream images. It does appear, unless I have done something wrong, that the cloud does lower resolution. Possibly I am missing something - so if you have any more info on this subject please feel free to jump in here....

Thanks

1. Low Res in Photostream

2. High Res on IP4

I did notice that Hipstamatic Images seem to come into Photostream with a higher resolution percentage then other camera applications....Could this be?

MIck and Keith

2011-12-03T10:12:00.001-05:00

Mick and Keith, 1975

From the 1975 Stones Tour...The first tour with Ron Wood featuring Billy Preston on Keyboards...The tour opened in Baton Rouge with two shows.....I believe after listening to the beginning of Keith's book he is talking about this particular tour...

Ed's Truck

2011-11-29T13:41:00.000-05:00

Ed and Willy's Truck

My friend Ed is a vintage car collector. One day while visiting I said why not photograph the Willy's Truck at sunset - he had just finished getting this vehicle back into prime condition. That is except the brakes - but he said yes and we met up one night at an open field near his home in Indiana. Today's image is that photograph - I post today as I am bringing a few prints (one is canvas) with me on my trip out to Indiana this week...Quite the vehicle.......

The Cure, Robert Smith

2011-11-28T10:13:00.000-05:00

The Cure, Robert Smith, Beacon Theater, NYC

Wow, last minute Sunday plans and went off to photograph The Cure at The Beacon Theater, New York City. I always like photographing at the Beacon - great sight-lines, and, as with most theaters, a great shot from the balcony (which I forgot to do yesterday)....

This band has been around since the late 70's, part of the post-punk and New Wave movements in the UK. They have been given credit for stating 'gothic rock' in the early 80's....During the early 90's they were often called the most popular 'alternative' band in the world.


Robert Smith, The Cure

Robert Smith is the lead singer, guitar player and main songwriter in The Cure. He was also in the band Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Childhood, Other Neighborhoods

2011-11-27T06:14:00.001-05:00

"Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder".....Eberhard Arnold

When Jesus Left Birmingham

2011-11-25T07:38:00.000-05:00

Found this one this morning - circa 1993 - a video still from John Mellencamp's When Jesus Left Birmingham video. The video was made in 1993 in and around Bloomington, Indiana.....If memory serves me well this video was quite controversial - check it out on YouTube.....

Orignal image was made using a Pentax 6x7 and Tri-x FIlm...converted to the digital world with an Imacon/Hasselblad scanner.....

Denver Roller Dolls Scrimmage

2011-11-21T15:43:00.001-05:00

Derby Scrimmage

On my last day in Denver I was fortunate enough to be invited to shoot a scrimmage at the home practice facility of the Denver Roller Dolls. Fortunately as I was also allowed to shoot from the center of the track - something you really need to experience to understand what goes on out there during a bout. It is complete mayhem and I now understand why you need some experience before allowed on to that turf...

These gals work very hard and are totally dedicated to the sport....Me, I am looking forward to getting the opportunity to do this again.... For more images from this scrimmage go to http://harrysandler.com/Denver_Scrimmage/.

Pre-Scrimmage

I can't thank the Dolls enough for the hospitality shown to me in Denver.....I made a few rookie mistakes - Derby is much harder to shoot then I had imagined so I learned under fire....I really like the fast moving action and the blurs of color - sort of feels like rock and roll meets NASCAR....

Derby Illustration...

Death Valley, Rhyolite Ghost Town

2011-11-19T12:39:00.003-05:00

Rhyolite Ghost Rider Sculpture 1984

Rhyolite is a ghost town in the Bulfrog Hills about 120 miles NW of Las Vegas, near the town of Beaty, Nevada. Rhyolite was founded in 1905 as one of several mining camps during the gold rush. Somewhere around 1907 Rhyolite had electric lights, water mains, telephones, newspapers, a hospital, a school, an opera house and a stock exchange. It is estimated that between 3500 and 5000 people lived there. It collapsed very quickly and by 1920 was a ghost town.

This sculpture posted today is one of many at the Goldwell Open Air Museum, the most distinctive being a re-creation of The Last supper. Well worth a visit if you are ever in Death Valley...

Point Reyes, California

2011-11-18T15:48:00.000-05:00

Sunset - Point Reyes, California

Reminds me of a Picasso Story in a biography I read:

Patron: Picasso, what is this painting?
Picasso: it is a fish
Patron: It does not look like a fish
Picasso: probably because it's a painting of a fish

they move on to another painting...

Patron: Picasso, what is this painting?
Picasso: It is a sunset
Patron: I have never seen a sunset that looks like this
Picasso: WHAT A PITY.....

Enough said....had to be there...

Jimmy John's

2011-11-16T04:00:00.013-05:00

Jimmy John's Delivery Person

Sometimes you just have to be there......I was shooting at a studio in Denver yesterday and we ordered food from Jimmy John's for lunch. My cell phone rings and this female voice tells me the food is here but she can not find the studio door. So I volunteer to go outside and guide her in, and, immediately upon seeing her my photographic bell starts ringing.....I just loved everything about her right down to the pearls and the pen hanging off her t-shirt...she agrees and the image is posted today.

Sometimes reality does inspire....

WFTDA - Roller Derby

2011-11-15T10:00:00.000-05:00


WFTDA Impression 1001

Here are a few more images from last weekends Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association finals....it is hard not to like the time and energy these gals put into their sport.....I am looking forward to doing some more work with Roller Derby...

WFTDA Impression 101

WFTDA Announcer Team

WFTDA Impression 102

Roller Derby

2011-11-13T12:03:00.000-05:00

One more day of Derby today - the US Finals.....Gotham form New York versus Oly from Seattle.....it has been quite the experience being at this event....first time shooting Derby although it has some similarities to rock and roll. The derby action moves much quicker without the benefit of large lighting systems.

Today's images are a few more impressions from the finals....

Gunaella Pass

2011-11-12T08:01:00.001-05:00

Guanella Pass, Georgetown, Colorado

Been quite busy lately but I found the time to get out with my camera one morning last week in Colorado. I was staying with a friend in Gerogetown, Colorado and drove up to the top of Guanella Pass, 11,669 feet. And PS, it is hard to breath at that altitude if you are a sea level New Yorker....

It was bitter cold that morning. Despite the cold, on the way down the pass, I managed few images, one which is posted today. It was the wispy cloud that caught my eye and I wanted to made theimage before it dis-appeared behind the mountains...

Whidbey Island - Deception pass

2011-11-07T15:34:00.000-05:00

Deception Pass - Whidbey Island

Whidbey Island - Deception Pass....This image was made on the last day of the Last-Pixel Show workshop at the Pacific Northwest Art School. The weather held up and everyone seemed to be having a fun time......Hopefully wil be back next year....

Really liked the school and the area - lots of places to shoot and everyone is quite friendly. Perfect place for a photographic trip.

Image made with a medium format digital back...

Coupeville - Penn Cove

2011-11-04T14:11:00.000-04:00

Penn Cove - Coupeville, Washington State

Caught this image yesterday at sunrise on Whidbey Island, Coupeville, Washington State. The best thing about shooting in the cove is the coffee shop that opens 30 minutes before sunrise - out on a pier in the cove. Does it get any better then that?....And they have freshly made cherry scones....

I am up here teaching a workshop at the Pacific Northwest Art School and will definitely be taking the class to this cove for sunrise tomorrow morning....

Image made using a the phase one p65+ medium format back, Alpa STC with a 47MM Schneider lens...

Jerry Jerry Jerry

2011-10-30T11:20:00.001-04:00

Jerry with Poplyfe

Jerry Springer is the host of the show I am working on in Las Vegas.....The last show is today so I thought why not post a few images of Jerry....He is fun to work with.....and, of course, very funny.

Jerry with Australian Jack Vidgen

OK, off to find a place to watch the New York Giants-Miami Dolphins......

Jerry with Anna Graceman

America's Got Talent

2011-10-29T12:30:00.000-04:00

Anna Graceman

First show played last night at The Colosseum at Caesar's....went very well....Two more to go - Saturday and Sunday. So much really good talent on this show - here are a few more images from last night....Two more days and off to Whidbey Island...but who is counting...


Michael Grimm - David Barry


Jaden Wiggins - Poplyfe


Dillon Ingram - Poplyfe

Dylan Wiggins - Poplyfe

America's Got Talent

2011-10-27T18:46:00.001-04:00

Landau Eugene Murphy Jr - The Winner

Here are a few more candid rehearsal images - 1st show tomorrow......lots of really good young singers on this show - should be a really good show....Off to Whidbey Island and points Northwest after this is over.......

Poplyfe

House Band Guitarist Dave Barry

Desert Sunrise

2011-10-26T13:57:00.001-04:00

Desert Sunrise

I was driving to Las Vegas earlier in the week hoping to catch a good sunrise...As the sun was coming over the horizon it seemed rather bland and I was thinking 'not today'. Then I saw an exit called 'Old Ghost Town Road' and could not resist.....Long story short the sunrise was spectacular so I pulled over over and grabbed a typical off highway desert sunrise image.....about all I had time for....

America's Got Talent

2011-10-25T09:10:00.001-04:00

Musical Director Will Hollis with Anna Graceman and Jack Vidgen

In Las Vegas working on America's Got Talent - three shows this weekend at The Colosseum at Caesar's Palace. This years winner was Landau Eugene Murphy who is the headline act along with Michael Grimm (last year's winner), Jack Vidgen who won Australia's Got Talent, Silhouettes, Anna Graceman, Fighting Gravity, Poplyfe and Landon Swank.


Anna Graceman - Jack Vidgen Duet

The first rehearsals were in Los Angeles with musical director Will Hollis and have now moved to Las Vegas. Shows are Friday, Saturday and Sunday.....This is a fun show with some fabulous artists......

Yosemite - Abandoned House

2011-10-22T11:00:00.000-04:00

Deserted House - Yosemite

Look! Look! Look deep into nature and you will understand everything. Albert Einstein

Gary US Bonds

2011-10-20T08:02:00.001-04:00

Gary US Bonds

Don't you know that I danced, I danced till a quarter to three
With the help, last night, of Daddy G.
He was swingin on the sax like a nobody could
And I was dancin' all over the room.
Oh, don't you know the people were dancin' like they were mad,
it was the swingin'est band they had, ever had.
It was the swingin'est song that could ever be,
It was a night with Daddy G.

Bon Jovi

2011-10-19T09:36:00.000-04:00

Jon Bon Jovi

This image from the opening of the new Meadowlands Stadium last year....

Death Valley - Mesquite Dunes - Detail

2011-10-18T08:13:00.001-04:00

Mesquite Dunes - Death Valley

Not much to say today - busy trying to organize leaving for the next month...Las Vegas, Whidbey Island and Denver....found this image of Mesquite Dunes in the archives from November 2009 - my first trip to Death Valley...doing a 'Nature's Peace' show in February with several other artists using images from nature with the focus on National Parks to call attention to the need to expose children to one of our countries finest ideas....check out Ken Burn's National Parks series...great viewing.

that's all folks....

Toldeo Gun Shop

2011-10-17T08:14:00.000-04:00

Gun Shop - Toledo

I was driving out of Toledo last week when I caught this image out of the corner of my eye....not something I usually stop for but today could not resist the juxtaposition of guns, ominous sky and corn...So I turned around and went back.....All I kept thinking was 'Ain't that America'......

Coney Island Pier

2011-10-16T07:13:00.001-04:00


Coney Island Pier

Death Valley

2011-10-15T06:32:00.000-04:00

Death Valley, California

'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children'.........Navajo Proverb

Coney Island - Morning Fog

2011-10-14T11:00:00.000-04:00

Coney Island - AM Fog

I really enjoy walking on the beach on a cool foggy morning - always create an much diffrent perception of the beach when the fog rolls in - creates something very different to photograph....Reminds me of a quote a friend sent me awhile back...

'I do not want to end up simply having visited this world'.....

Toledo - 1Matters - Silent Auction

2011-10-13T10:57:00.000-04:00


Silent Auction Items

Finally back home from the 1Matters Toledo trip - WOW. I was introduced so many dedicated people who volunteer their time for a great cause - helping the 'un-housed' get domestic autonomy. It was an eye opening experience. My props to these dedicated folks through which I was able to see what is possible with a 'little help from our friends'...it felt really good to be a proverbial fly on the wall watching them tirelessly work their magic.....I have started a 'face of 1Matters' on my facebook page and will be posting images of these good folks in the next week or so.

To this end I have donated almost 60 images which include vintae and new music, iPhone and personal work to the cause. This work is at the 20 North Gallery in Toledo (not sure they have updated their website yet but the work is truly there) until October 30th. One component of this show is the silent auction that includes a few signed prints - 2 Billy Joel and 2 John Mellencamp - signatures and images are below. There is also a rare Mountain photo and a canvas print of Leonard Cohen available. Below are the images in the silent auction...

Billy Joel - Budakon Arena - Tokyo 1984

John Mellencamp - Los Angeles - 1994

Signature on the print

And below ar ethe other two music items in the silent auction.

Leonard Cohen - Beacon Theater

Mountain (last show) - Dec 31, 1974 - The Felt Forum in New York City

And let's not forget Kathleen Stevens who donated a piece of her artwork to the silent auction - Kathleen runs the Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery in Carmel, Indiana where I rteach workshops and show work.

Birdyboo: A pique assiette work made with vintage bits of china, stained glass, rhinestones and victorian findings. The artist loves to use found items that possess a beauty all their own, creating a new life for bits and pieces that might otherwise be lost to time. Birdy boo is a piece from a collection that honors re-birth of the creative spirit and what that can mean to individual artistic expression. 1 Matters Silent Auction is the perfect place for Birdyboo to have landed...

Fall Color

2011-10-11T05:44:00.000-04:00

Highway 24, Ohio

Caught this image yesterday returning from Toledo. It is that time of year once again......

Jupiter Beach, Florida

2011-10-08T07:54:00.000-04:00

Jupiter Beach , Florida

It never fails to amaze me at what water looks like in a photograph - and Jupiter Beach has quickly become a mainstay for me. The rock formations at this beach are like 'a box of chocolates' - one never knows what will appear in the images. I have always thought this particular rock formation was some sort of prehistoric creature rising from the mist. Looking forward to another trip south this winter...

Pete Townsend - Keith Moon

2011-10-06T06:25:00.000-04:00

Keith Moon - Pete Townsend

Not sure exactly sure where this image was made. Cannot recognize the venue from the gate 22 sign might be the old Spectrum in Philadelphia....Date would be 1974'ish

Death Valley - Badwater Basin

2011-10-05T05:51:00.001-04:00

Badwater Basin, Death Valley

'Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in craggy garden nooks full of nature's darlings. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings, Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but nature's sources never fail'..........John Muir

Boston Sunset

2011-10-04T07:15:00.001-04:00

Boston, Massachusetts

This is from summer 2010. Photographed from a hotel near the bridge to Cambridge.......I was still playing with HDR at the time...whatever happened to HDR....

Made it to Carmel, Indiana yesterday - dinner with friends and past students last night - Indian Food.....always happy to catch up.....lots of talk about a location workshop next year - maybe the West Coast......

Packing the show today and off to Toledo tomorrow....I think Jamie Farr was from Toledo or maybe that was just in the Mash shows.....

I am slowly getting lost images back into the blog - the process will take weeks and weeks of tedious work. Actually am thinking about starting a newsletter instead....stay tuned...

Carmel, Indiana

2011-10-03T06:24:00.000-04:00

Carmel, Indiana

On the road traveling to Indiana....Seems like I spend a good deal of time out there these days - who knew! The image today is from the car show in Carmel, Indiana a few weeks back....

My blog is still w=out of whack - going to have to reload every image one at a time....Http://HarrySandler.com is still up and running....And I have added a print purchase page.....

Missing Images

2011-10-02T06:00:00.001-04:00

Indianapolis BBQ

A few weeks back I was in Indiana and got terribly lost trying to find the Jazzfest location. All the corners had 'no left turn' signs and, of course , that was precisely what I was trying to do. So I made a right turn and this oasis of BBQ appeared in my windshield. It looked so PERFECT (the firewood outside did help) I simply had to stop. And I was not dis-appointed....Going back to Indiana this week and hopefully will be able to find this again......you can almost smell how good this was.

On a separate note, there is an issue with my blog where all of the images have dis-appeared. I inadvertently deleted a Picaso Photo Album where these images were stored - I was not aware that images for this blog were stored there....Something for all blogger on this platform to understand. I am working to replace as many as possible as quickly as I can....THANKS

Death Valley - Mesquite Dunes

2011-10-01T14:32:00.000-04:00

Mesquite Dunes, Death Valley

'This sand seemed to us the connecting link between land and water. It was a kind of water on which you could walk, and you could see the ripple-marks on its surface, produced by the winds, precisely like those at the bottom of a brook or lake. We had read that Mussulmans are permitted by the Koran to perform their ablutions in sand when they cannot get water, a necessary indulgence in Arabia, and we now understand the propriety of this provision'...Henry David Thoreau

Publish Post

Alex and Eddie van Halen

2011-09-30T07:28:00.001-04:00

Alex and Eddie Van Halen

Found this one in the archives today.....This was from Hershey in 2004 - The Van Halen Tour with Sammy Hagar....I was the tour manager for the first two legs...

Rolling Stones 1975

2011-09-29T09:30:00.002-04:00


Stones 1975

Been working on this image and decided to post today.... Mick, Keith, Ron and Billy Preston from the 1975 Rolling Stones Tour that started in Baton Rouge, where that tour started....was one of the images I was lucky enough to recently get back....stay tuned for more....

Leaving for Indiana again on Sunday - moving my Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods show to Toledo for the 1Matters.org benefit. Prints from this show are also available on the 'print sales' page which is live on my website, HarrySandler.com.

Nicoli and Family

2011-09-28T10:29:00.001-04:00


Nicoli and Family

Scanned from a Polaroid Type 55 negative - image was made in my Brooklyn studio circa 1996. The child in the image is probably 14 or 15 years old by now.....quite the reflection on time.

Bad Company - Color EFX 4.0

2011-09-27T07:30:00.001-04:00

Original Image

Woke up this morning to an email from NIK releasing the new Color EFX 4.0 which I had pre-ordered. Color EFX 3.0 has been a favorite for quite some time but the new 4.0 has made some significant changes. You can now add filters without leaving the application. 4.0 also has a new feature for saving a recipe/preset. More info when I get a chance to play a bit more.

Wanting to jump right in I pulled up a recent scan made of the band Bad Company from the Academy of Music, circa 1976. Band members were Simon Kirke - drums, Mick Ralphs - Guitar, Boz Burrell - Bass and Paul Rodgers - Vocals. Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke were from the band FREE.....Mick Ralphs was in Mott the Hoople. They were managed by Paul Grant who, in prior years, had worked with Led Zeppelin. But I digress.....I was looking to make this image more appealing by adding some depth and color in the background - a bit more like the lighting you would see in a live show.

First thing I did was take one of my back-ground textures and blend it into the original image - needed some color behind the band - see below..

Added Background Clor

Took this image into NIK 4.0 Color EFX and used the vintage film dialog (see below) to create a grainy look for the background. Final move was to use a brush in CS5 to paint the effect out of the players.

So after a rather quick look at the new NIK 4.0 it seems a rather useful tool to add to the workflow-still need a closer look but that will happen over the next few weeks....check it out...

Print Purchase

2011-09-26T07:30:00.001-04:00

There is now a purchase prints page on my website, http://harrysandler.com/music-iphone_and_other_neighborhoods/.

The images on the purchase page are from the current gallery show, Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods. The show is currently at the Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery in Carmel, Indiana and moves to the 20 North Gallery in Toledo, Ohio in October.

This show was built to support 1Matters.org located in Toledo, Ohio. There are a wide range of images in the show designed to raise money and awareness of the homeless situation in this country. Click on the link above for more information.

Peter Frampton

2011-09-25T08:45:00.002-04:00


Peter Frampton

Working at scanning and printing more rock and roll images over the past few weeks...Trying to get a few more images for the Music and iPhone show that opens in Toledo in October. As I mentioned over on my iPhone-antics blog I have been working with iPhone applications on the Mac and created the background for today's image in Photo Artista Haiku - blended back with the original in Photoshop CS5.

Genes

2011-09-23T11:48:00.002-04:00

Image fr Morocco

I bought my daughter a Canon EOS Rebel T1 for Christmas last year as she wanted to pursue photography....It all started on a trip we made to the Oregon Coast where she used my 5DMKII.....It was the 5DMKII she was after but I thought starting a bit smaller was the way to go....

So fast forward to last night when she came up to the house asking for help in printing a few images from a recent trip to Morocco. This morning we met at the monitor with coffee cups in hand and started to look through the images - suddenly I realized she was quite good at seeing composition - and was duly impressed with her progress as a photographer. We spent some time with me teaching her some photoshop - some sharpening, curves, selections and masking.....I think she had the aha moment....With her birthday three weeks away it appears that Photoshop has made it to the gift list.

After we worked on the image above I decided to make it my blog today. I know it sounds like a proud father, well I am....Photography and music have given me back some magical moments, friends and life lessons......And passing it on does not get any better.

Genes are a powerful thing.........

Mick Jagger - 1975

2011-09-21T05:52:00.001-04:00

Mick Jagger, 1975, Baton Rouge

This image is from the start of the Rolling Stones Tour 1975. It was the first show with Ron Wood and had two keyboard players, Billy Preston and Ian Stewart...The tour kicked off in Baton Rouge with two shows. I was on assignment for Circus Magazine...

Took about three weeks of working on and off with this image to get it back to a presentable state. It had lived in a storage locker for who knows how many years before making it's way back into the light - no pun intended...

Photograph made using a Nikon F Series camera with Ektachrome film. Scanned into the digital world with an Imacon/Hasselblad scanning device....

Indianapolis Car Show 2

2011-09-20T07:14:00.004-04:00

A friend called yesterday and wanted to see a few more car images. Here a few more from the Goodguys Car Show in Indianapolis....I was so caught up in the images I forgot to write down the make and model of each car....NEXT TIME......I want one of these....

Indianapolis Car Show

2011-09-19T05:59:00.000-04:00

Found another passion this last week - photographing antique cars. As mentioned in a previous post I am loving the reflections and detail on these cars.....the craftsmanship and TLC in these vehicles is awesome.

I had planned to leave Indianapolis early on Sunday when I learned there was a large car show at the raceway home of the Indianapolis 500. On Saturday there were over 3,000 cars but with the possible rain on Sunday there were only about 750 cars. There was no lack in quality....so I stopped by on the way out of town..NOTE: The overcast day made the perfect lighting to photograph cars...

In addition to the great color and reflections they cars are a trip down memory lane - saw a few cars I actually owned - a 55 Pontiac, 55 Chevy, 57 Ford and a few others. These vehicles are like old songs and made me think about where I was when I owned a particular car....

Today's post are a few posts from the 350 images made on Sunday...

The owner of the vehicle below actually drove it to the show.....

Indianapolis Jazzfest

2011-09-18T07:19:00.002-04:00


George Benson

Stayed over in Indianapolis yesterday to photograph the Jazzfest......and was treated to a perfect weather and fabulous music.....Her a few images...more to come...

Rufus Reid

Russell Ferrante, Yellowjackets

George Benson

Jimmy Haslip, Yellowjackets

Graham Fielder

2011-09-17T08:15:00.001-04:00


Graham Fielder

There are times when the blog just rolls off the keyboard.....

I was in Lexington, Kentucky yesterday working on a project at the Magic Frog Studio.. I knew that my friend, Tom Fielder, had a son who is, amongst other talents, a videographer and had made several music videos over the past few years. Being a school day, I asked Tom if he could come by and shoot a bit of 'the making of' footage for the project I am working on. I knew how talented Graham was as he has previously come out on various road projects I working on to shoot archival footage. But I had never actually watched him work in close quarters.

The point of this post is how wonderful to see a young man follow a dream and in a very humble way......taking nothing for granted....always well mannered and a fly on the wall - which is difficult at best with the video gear he was using.....It will be fun to watch him over the coming years to see what he gets into - whatever it is I am sure it will be successful...Graham kindly posed for a few test images - one of which is above.

Graham had a video premier last night on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spy9SiOPDCg. There are several Graham videos on YouTube but the 'Motives' video was last night premier...

PS: Did I mention Graham is high school senior and 17 years old.....I am a huge fan....

Chapel - Las Vegas

2011-09-16T06:26:00.000-04:00

Chapel - Neon Boneyard, Las Vegas

On a shoot in Lexington, Kentucky today so not much time as we have an early call - 8AM. This image from my last visit to the Neon Boneyard in Las Vegas.....Very busy weekend for me then driving back to New York on Sunday....

Planning a trip back to the boneyard in late October.

Las Vegas - Red Rock National Park

2011-09-15T07:01:00.001-04:00

Red Rock National Park, Las Vegas

“Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world"............John Muir

Scotland - Inveraray Castle

2011-09-14T07:33:00.001-04:00

Inveraray Castle, Scotland

Inveraray Castle is located in Argyllshire, Scotland. According to Wikipedia the castle is haunted by the 'ghost of a harpist' who was hanged in 1644 for peeping at the lady of the house. There are those who say they hear mysterious sounds of a harp in the castle.

This image was made in January 2009 using a Mamiya 645DF and a phase one p65+ digital back.

Antique Car Detail

2011-09-13T05:14:00.001-04:00

Three images from the antique car show over the weekend. I really enjoy the shapes on these old cars. They make excellent compositional elements, specifically the straight lines and the round shapes of the front end and tires. The reflective surfaces are an added bonus that really makes it for me.

They do not make them like this anymore - the attention to detail simply does not exist.

Image Management:

Canon 5DMKII
135MM Canon prime lens
Lightroom 3

Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods

2011-09-12T06:16:00.001-04:00

Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery

The show is finally open and will remain at the Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery until October 2. The show then moves to Toledo at 20 North Gallery. Keep an eye on this blog or iphoneantics for more information. The show in Toledo will benefit 1Matters.org http://?p=1581 and their work with the homeless.

I was up early and made this image just before sunrise.

Carmel Indiana - Car Detail

2011-09-11T06:14:00.000-04:00

Car Detail, Carmel, Inndiana

Opened the Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods gallery show at the Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery this weekend in Carmel, Indiana. Friday night there was an artist presentation with the official opening on Saturday night. The show will remain in Carmel until October 2 when it moves to Toledo, Ohio and the 20 North Gallery opening on October 7.

There was an antique car show happening today just outside the gallery so naturally today's post is a bit of classic Automobile detail. Unfortunately I was a bit rushed and never quote caught the kind of vehicle this was....stay tuned for more images from the car show.

Iceland - Jokulsarion Galcier 2

2011-09-09T07:07:00.000-04:00

Jokulsarion Glacier 2

'The glacier was God's great plough set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth'...Louis Agassiz

Iceland - Jokulsarion Glacier

2011-09-08T06:23:00.000-04:00

Sunrise, Jokulsarion Glacier, Iceland

'Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative'.....H.G. Wells

Bastion Falls

2011-09-07T05:40:00.000-04:00

Bastion Falls, Hudson Valley, New York

Writer

2011-09-06T06:33:00.000-04:00

Writer, Los Angeles

Happy to say that these two images were juried into a portrait show, PERSONA, at the Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction, Vermont which opens mid-September.

Driving to Carmel, Indiana today for the opening of my gallery show, Music, iPhone and other Neighborhoods at the Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery. The show will move to Toledo om October 10 at the 20 North Gallery. This show will be images from my 40+ years avocation with photography.

Street Photographer, Street Fair, New York City

Mick Jagger

2011-09-05T06:34:00.001-04:00

Mick Jagger, circa 1981

Not sure what tour this is from - maybe Tattoo You??? If memory serves me well, the Rolling Stones toured stadiums to promote the Tattoo You album in 1981. Hard to remember but I am sure someone will provide me with the answer...

Ron Wood

2011-09-04T06:14:00.002-04:00

Ron Wood, 1975

This image is from the start of the Rolling Stones Tour in 1975. They opened in Baton Rouge and did two shows. I was on assignment for Circus Magazine.....

This image and about 60 others were just returned to me the other day after 35 years. It seems they were in a storage locker and the person who ended up with them was a friend of mine - he called and asked if I wanted them back....makes one believe......I am totally amazed and equally thrilled at how well they held up over that long a period of time....

stay tuned -more stones coming over the next month or so...Now if I can find those missing Frampon's Camel and Frank Zappa Halloween show photos....

Black Oak Arkansas

2011-09-03T06:12:00.001-04:00

Black Oak Arkansas

Black Oak Arkansas full band image from the mid 70's....this photograph made somewhere in the hills of Arkansas......

Jon Bon Jovi

2011-09-02T06:05:00.000-04:00

Jon Bon Jovi 2011

Image from the opening of the New Meadowlands Stadium in New York.......

Peter Gabriel - Genesis

2011-09-01T07:34:00.000-04:00

The :Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Genesis

This image from the mid 70's Genesis tour for their concept album, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway......Photographed at The Academy of Music in New York City....

Poco

2011-08-31T07:30:00.000-04:00

Poco, Academy of Music, New York City

I am not quite sure which version of Poco this image is from but my best guess is the 1973-1976 line-up which included:

Timothy B Schmit - Bass
Rusty Young - Pedal Steel, Dobro, Banjo
George Grantham - Drums, vocals
Paul Cotton - guitars, vocals

This photograph was taken at the Academy of Music in New York City.

Image made with a Nikon F Series Camera, Ektachrome Slide Film

I was lucky enough to be included in an article about Tour Managers in this months issue of Elmore Magazine. The link is below - note that the article starts on Page 12..It was written by a up and coming young music writer, Melissa Caruso...keep your eye out for her byline.....

http://www.onlinedigitalpubs.com/publication/?i=79123&page=1

Video Still

2011-08-30T07:20:00.001-04:00

Video Still, 1994

This image is from a John Mellencamp video shoot in Belmont, Indiana (near Bloomington, Indiana). The song was 'Baby Please Don't Go' which was used in the 1994 movie 'Blue Chips' with Nick Nolte and Shaquille O'Neal.

Image made using a Pentax 67
Tri-x 400 speed film
Scanned into the digital world using an Imacon Scanner
Image management in Lightroom3 and Photoshop CS5

Zion - Weeping Rock

2011-08-28T11:48:00.000-04:00

Zion National Park, Weeping Rock

Very quick post today - continuous water 'weeps' out the the Weeping Rock. This water comes from Echo Canyon, one of Zion's many slot canyons. One of a few seepage areas in the park, and arguably the most impressive one....The water has been on these rocks for about 1200 years.....a bit of a hie but well worth it....bring plastic bags....

Bear Mountain

2011-08-27T06:46:00.000-04:00

Bear Mountain State Park

Not much more today - getting ready for Hurricane Irene due in my neighborhood late today or tomorrow...Let's see - fill the car with gas, batteries, food, water, radio...........post a blog...maybe even get a nice image of the storm...

Ronnie Van Zant

2011-08-26T06:29:00.000-04:00

Ronnie Van Zant, Lynyrd Skynyrd

Found this in the archives a few days ago... I belive this was made at The Academy of Music in New York City, circa 1974...

Ronnie Van Zant was a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. Wikipedia writes that the name is a mock tribute to a high school teacher - Leonard Skinner - who disliked men with long hair.....probably true...

For those not aware Lynyrd Skynyrd was in a horrible plane crash in 1977 traveling from South Carolina to Louisiana...Ronnie Van Zant and several other band members passed in this accident....

Skynyrd gave us songs like Free Bird, Sweet Home Alabama, What's Your Name and many many more....They opened for The Who on the Quadrophenia Tour 1973...

New York Subway Impression

2011-08-25T07:25:00.000-04:00

New York Subway

So much goes on in the subway system in New York City....everyone moving quickly and directly to wherever they may be going. For someone not from NY this can be a daunting experience but as a New Yorker the subway provides the most direct, quickest form of transport for getting from one place to another...most just keep their heads down and keep moving forward.....this image is what my camera saw as I walked up the stairs at the West 3rd Street station in Greenwich Village....

This image is from my 'No Look - Point and Shoot' series.....

Fire Island July 4th

2011-08-24T06:03:00.001-04:00

Fire Island, July 4th Parade, 1994

Fire Island is is a barrier island just off the south shore of Long Island. They say it is approx. 30 miles long and between 520 and 1300 feet wide...and has maybe 500 permanent residents...

The island is reachable in the summer by ferry which means no cars allowed....perfect place for kids....

On July 4th every year there is a parade. Kids dress in costumes, make elaborate floats using wagons and bike.....and march through Ocean Beach, one of the hamlets that dot this island...

Today's image is my look at the judging/viewing stand for the parade....