Welcome traveler, another work week has waned and boy, is it a dreary day it is in New Jersey. One of those "Can't I just stay in bed?" kind of days. Whether you decided to play hooky or not, put on some nice rainy day music and relax. You have the whole weekend ahead of you.
I haven't had much time to visit any galleries this week, but I plan on hitting up Yosi Milo again to see a new show that just opened up featuring the work of the late Tim Hetherington who is best known for his work on the film Restrepo. The featured image above is from this series titled Inner Light: Portraits of the Blind, Sierra Leone 1999- 2003, which documents the children of Milton Margai School for the Blind in Freetown, Sierra Leone where the effects of war and lack of medical care have left many with loss of eye sight. Beyond being stunning black and white prints, these images are very powerful. The opening of this show marks the second anniversary after his untimely death while covering the civil war in Libya. There will also be a documentary on HBO that pays tribute to Hetherington that I think would be important to catch. Not the cheeriest subject matter, but like I said, it's important to understand what's going on beyond the blinders and we owe it to the photographers that risk their lives to pay attention.
On a lighter note here's this week's Flickr Friday:
by David Droney
Thankfully, we're past high snow season, but this hasn't stopped mother nature before. I really enjoy the tranquility and kind of introspection I gain from this image. It reminds me of Walden's Pond, or rather trying to find our own. The perspective is pretty neat too. It's wide angle but the tree branches emerging from the frame gives it a natural point of view. The tones are great too, I love the deep blacks in the still water contrasting with the lonely ice island.
by Drop Photography
Ah, stopping time for a mid fall. Here's something I always wanted to attempt...but I'm sure I'd make it extremely unflattering with a look of sheer terror. These are never easy to pull of and you need an extremely fast shutter speed to stop motion altogether. Lighting would get muted, but it's nice and subtle on the subject. Also cool is the narrow plane of focus that keeps the falling guy and the ground below him tack sharp while the woods around him kind of blur into time.
Don't look so dead in the eyes over there...I can't wait for happy hour either.
by joedif
Hey don't look so dead over there, I can't wait for happy hour either. Last up we have a nice portrait of a zombie...What's good about shooting zombies (not literally) is that they're pretty slow moving. You won't need a really fast shutter speed to keep up with them shuffling along. Just make sure you don't get too macro, you might lose your shutter finger.
That's all folks. Stay classy and see you next week B-)