2
Jul
2009
London Calling – Print Available
To date, my most popular print was taken on my second trip to the UK in May of 2005. I have always had a fondness for the traditional British Red Telephone Boxes. There’s something about them that immediately says Britain. I simply cannot tell you how many photos I’ve taken of them in previous and subsequent trips. In some ways, they have very much become dinosaurs in this age of mobile phones, but from Scottish Islands to city streets in London, you’ll still find these boxes dotting the landscape.
The first Red Telephone Box was the result of a competition in 1924 and was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. There were a few iterations culminating in the current design in 1935 to celebrate the silver jubilee of King George V. This is the familiar design that has found its way throughout the United Kingdom and beyond today.
London Calling - Red Telephone Box
This particular phone booth was photographed near the Embankment Tube Station near the Thames. It was taken with my simple point and shoot Olympus camera. Obviously, I then utilized photoshop for the final product, converting the image to black and white and then with a virtual brush, removing the black and white layer just from the phone box to allow the booth to really shine. While I’ve seen this type of selective color treatment done frequently, it’s definitely a style that requires just the right image. I believe I found it in this case.
Although so far I have mainly created work that was destined to be printed for display, this is one work that I have also converted into a popular t-shirt which is also available.
London Calling T-shirt
26
Nov
2008
Dawdling Through England
Say Cheese in Avebury!
I finally had a tourist cheesey goodness moment in Avebury. It was my second trip to the lesser known stone circle in Wiltshire. Four years prior on my first visit to London, I took a day trip out that included a morning stop at Avebury. It’s a bit of a contrats to Stonehenge. A much larger circle and surrounding ditch and mound still evident. It lacks the horizontal stone lentils of Stonehenge, but if memory serves it is an older site. There’s also a village plop in the middle of it that has in fact harvested some of the stone for its buildings and over the years removed some of the stones due to their pagan past. All told, if you are in Wiltshire, it’s a must stop on your itinerary.
Reaching Back - Avebury Stone circle and Earth Works
Avebury Standing Stones In the Sun
Avebury - An Eternity of Sunlit Days
I just have to add to that last one that the British continually joke about their lack of sunny weather, but in some weird way it makes days like this one so special. Bright blue sky filled with puffed white clouds and a green carpet on the ground – what more could one ask for?
There are also many more photos from the Roman Baths, Bath Abbey, the city of Bath, and the wee village of Lacock to check out in my England September 2008 album. You can pick up where I left off with my last blog right here.
And to see you off, one bit of photoshoppery from the village of Lacock.
Selective Color Image from the Village of Lacock, England
16
Apr
2008
Magic Moments
I’m somewhat active on flickr, but then I’m somewhat active on a few art sites. Flickr, though, at the moment, is probably where I’m most consistently active. I especially keep current on the local groups for the Atlanta area. A relatively recent addition to the list is the Atlanta Creative Post, a group where members can post their photos that they’d like to see others do post processing for and see the different takes on it.
This week, Julie, posted a photo I really liked from a wedding she shot. I liked it, it was a really fun shot of the bride swinging the flower girl, and I took my stab at it. I especially like these people shots, as I’m sure you’ve all noticed I shoot very few of these types so far, leaning far more towards places and things. So, getting to at least post-process is a good experience.
Julie liked the result so much she posted it to her flickr stream and made the explore front page at flickr which is really an accomplishment – over 400 people have seen it in the last 24 hours! I thought I’d share with you guys.
