On April 12th, the seacoast community of New Hampshire, the entire state, and beyond lost a police officer. Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney was killed in the line of duty while serving a warrant in the town of Greenland. He was killed while saving the lives of injured officers during the shootout. He was a huge part of this community, an incredible officer, and someone who truly cared for his people and the town he served. He was only 8 days from retirement and unlike most people, wasn't going to take the easy road to his retirement date. The wake for Chief Michael Maloney was on Wednesday April 18th and the funeral and memorial service for the public was Thursday 19th. There was a walk down Route 1 in Hampton to Winnacunnent High School where the memorial service was held. Thousands of law enforcement officers from around the country were in attendance as well as thousands of community members. This is a link to the blog of the photographer who was hired by the New Hampshire Chief of Police Association to photograph the events for Mike Maloney's services.
Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Final Project
So, I haven't taken any shots yet for the final but I'm thinking about continuing with my Emulation project because I really liked the way the images came out and I really enjoyed trekking through the woods to find interesting compositions. I'm debating between shooting with the Bronica again or shooting this project with my 4x5 because the images with the 4x5 are much more focused and with my intention of going 16x20 for the final images, the photos won't be so grainy.
Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to get out into the wild and investigate exactly what I'm looking for for this project.
Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to get out into the wild and investigate exactly what I'm looking for for this project.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Currier Museum Visit
On Thursday we visited the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester to see the exhibit: A New Vision: Modernist Photography. Although, our visit was interrupted by a fire alarm, I was able to have enough time in the museum to study the photographs in the new exhibit. There were plenty of photographers that I recognized however there were a few that I enjoyed more than others.
The two photographs that I'm choosing to compare and contrast are:
Alfred G. Buckham's "Edinburgh"
and Berenice Abbott's "Theoline"
I think that both these photographs have great compositions which move the viewer's eye throughout the entirety of the photographs. I think that even though these are digital copies of the originals, from what I remember the print quality of both images was pretty good, especially for the age. I was amazed with how in focus the images are. It seems like both of them are in focus from foreground to background. Both images have a geometric quality to them. "Edinburgh" has the buildings and such in the foreground which are very angular and "Theoline" has lots of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines from the ship and also the cityscape in the background. Both images have a good tonal range between the shadows and the highlights. I especially enjoy the shadows cast by the ship parts in "Theoline." Clearly, the subjects are different between the two images. I think that "Edinburgh" is more of a landscape and perhaps even an advertisement type photograph for air travel but I think that "Theoline" was a photograph created with an artistic intent. I think that Abbott noticed the shadows, lines, and the somewhat chaotic scene in front of her and decided to capture it.
I can't think of the names but there were pieces of artwork in the exhibit that were not photos. They were pen and ink drawings, etchings, and some paintings. I felt like those pieces didn't fit well in this photography exhibit. I also think that some of the Edward Weston photos were the best ones they could have included. There were a few that would've been more successful if Weston had included more of the tree or excluded something things in a few of the other pictures. Like I said, I don't have the exact names or descriptions of the images because I clearly didn't read the blog requirements prior to visiting the museum.
If I could have an image hanging on my wall in my house it would probably be a Gelatin-silver print made by Ralston Crawford. It's untitled but the description includes 'wharf objects.' It's a photo of a wharf with a building on the left side, a dock going into the background with what looks like a mooring ball and some other things similar to that sitting on the pier. I'm drawn to this image because of it's tonal quality and because I'm partial to some of the more pictorial images. Even though this image isn't technically a landscape, I still feel like that this would fall into the category of Pictorialism.
Overall, I enjoyed my visit to the museum. I'm glad that this exhibit was worth the time it took to drive down to Manchester because I've had experiences traveling to the Currier where the exhibit wasn't really worth my time and left disappointed. I was happy to see an exhibit at this museum that was different and more interesting than the more permanent exhibits that are on display.
The two photographs that I'm choosing to compare and contrast are:
Alfred G. Buckham's "Edinburgh"
and Berenice Abbott's "Theoline"
I think that both these photographs have great compositions which move the viewer's eye throughout the entirety of the photographs. I think that even though these are digital copies of the originals, from what I remember the print quality of both images was pretty good, especially for the age. I was amazed with how in focus the images are. It seems like both of them are in focus from foreground to background. Both images have a geometric quality to them. "Edinburgh" has the buildings and such in the foreground which are very angular and "Theoline" has lots of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines from the ship and also the cityscape in the background. Both images have a good tonal range between the shadows and the highlights. I especially enjoy the shadows cast by the ship parts in "Theoline." Clearly, the subjects are different between the two images. I think that "Edinburgh" is more of a landscape and perhaps even an advertisement type photograph for air travel but I think that "Theoline" was a photograph created with an artistic intent. I think that Abbott noticed the shadows, lines, and the somewhat chaotic scene in front of her and decided to capture it.
I can't think of the names but there were pieces of artwork in the exhibit that were not photos. They were pen and ink drawings, etchings, and some paintings. I felt like those pieces didn't fit well in this photography exhibit. I also think that some of the Edward Weston photos were the best ones they could have included. There were a few that would've been more successful if Weston had included more of the tree or excluded something things in a few of the other pictures. Like I said, I don't have the exact names or descriptions of the images because I clearly didn't read the blog requirements prior to visiting the museum.
If I could have an image hanging on my wall in my house it would probably be a Gelatin-silver print made by Ralston Crawford. It's untitled but the description includes 'wharf objects.' It's a photo of a wharf with a building on the left side, a dock going into the background with what looks like a mooring ball and some other things similar to that sitting on the pier. I'm drawn to this image because of it's tonal quality and because I'm partial to some of the more pictorial images. Even though this image isn't technically a landscape, I still feel like that this would fall into the category of Pictorialism.
Overall, I enjoyed my visit to the museum. I'm glad that this exhibit was worth the time it took to drive down to Manchester because I've had experiences traveling to the Currier where the exhibit wasn't really worth my time and left disappointed. I was happy to see an exhibit at this museum that was different and more interesting than the more permanent exhibits that are on display.
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