So they re-felted the pool table @ the Bloodhound, prompting a re-shoot. ...
On the topic of handling a "bad" critique as discussed in class on Saturday, I was reminded of some very negative feedback that I received at an art show a couple of years ago. I made a ghost story responding to a 911 mural on a garage door in Brooklyn, NY.
Well the exhibit was called, "the Ghosts of Brooklyn" and the guy in the Wine Bar, Embaracadero where my show was, had had some wine. He was pissed. Told me who the hell do I think I am to exploit the tragedy of 911 when I wasn't even THERE when it happened, and stuff like that. Come to find out, he was in NY that day, I was living 2 blocks from the Pentagon that same day, so I didn't make that image lightly. I too knew people that died that day and while none of my relating to him seemed to work, he cussed me on the way out the door. THis image touched him in a negative way. Being drunk seemed to heighten that, but I realized a bit after he was gone how intense it felt to be yelled at about MY work! I then realized that it didn't hurt. It felt true. So an image that evokes an emotional response, makes our images a success.

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Here's a new bar in SOMA (Folsom & 7th) that I shot some interiors for last week. These are from part one of two shoots. ...
a work in progress.Exposure: 30 seconds in camera@ f 32. Post production time in photoshop: about 10 minutes. Might need some more time in photoshop to correct the levels just right.. looks a bit muddy. ...
My new favorite. There are many ghosts captured in the train when it paused for a stop. It took a couple hours, but I finally got the timing down to my satisfaction. Photoshop time: 2 minutes. ...
My concept was to show the ghost's hesitancy to "walk toward the light" My concept was to show the ghost's hesitancy to "walk toward the light" ...
I really wanted to illustrate the 'dying and rising from the dead, becoming a ghost'. My goal as always is to create my images in camera and not rely on a lot of post production to get it done. -successful? I think so. especially considering the danger involved ;) ...
Spent some time in NYC this month. I was happy to have some snow to shoot in. 1 am in Brooklyn, there was a lot of moisture coming down so we had to act fast. It's a Christmas-wishing ghost.. She misses Christmas and is looking to this tree as if to expect it to sparkle. ...
So i took my boyfriend up north to Calistoga for his birthday for a surprise hot air balloon ride. It turned in to a "surprise, the weather isn't good enough so no hot air balloon ride for you" day. We decided to make the best of it so drove up to see California's Old Faithful geyser and some petrified trees. Here are some...