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Art Night: Fun Printmaking! Block Carving and Printing at Art House 7
Come enjoy an evening at Art House 7 making simple linocut prints. Linocut is like woodcut but easier! You will carve into a soft block, ink it up and make multiple prints. You will make 5 notecards and multiple prints. You can use our designs or come up with your own. Sign-up with a few
Suffocating Subjects Long for Air in Nick Brandt’s Unsettling Underwater Photos
All images © Nick Brandt, shared with permission
Although warming global temperatures are causing sea levels to rise around the globe, the Pacific islands are experiencing the change at a more rapid rate than anywhere else. Higher tides and extreme weather can wage unrelating flooding, rendering low-lying regions uninhabitable and displacing the communities that call them home.
In Sink / Rise, Nick Brandt peers into the not-so-distant future to imagine the effects of rising waters. His photographs depict people performing unremarkable tasks like sitting at a table or tottering on a seesaw, although their surroundings are incredibly unsettling. Shot entirely in-camera off the coast of Fiji, each seemingly mundane scene occurs on the ocean floor. The subjects hold their breath as they pose, and their suffocation quickly becomes literal. Each wears a tense, rigid expression reflective of their catastrophic situation.
Conjuring an apocalyptic reality, Brandt is known for visualizing the often difficult-to-comprehend impacts of the climate crisis and now, its remarkable potential for danger. Sink / Rise is the third part of an ongoing series titled The Day May Break, which depicts people and animals affected by environmental destruction in Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Bolivia. Now available in a book published by Hatje Cantz, the most recent collection is the first situated underwater.
As Zoë Lescaze describes in the introduction, the portraits are haunting and appear “as though the familiar laws of physics have stalled in this strange, liminal zone between land and sea.” Rather than buoyantly swim or float, the subjects are critically bound to their submerged positions.
Pick up Sink / Rise on Bookshop, and find more from Brandt, including upcoming opportunities to see The Day May Break in person, on his site and Instagram.
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This Port Coquitlam park will soon have whimsical eco-sculptures
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Using High Speed Sync to Take Your Action Photography to the Next
In certain scenarios, such as photographing action outdoors, it’s all too easy to find yourself needing to work at shutter speeds that exceed the flash sync speed of your camera. This is where high speed sync comes into its own, expanding your creative possibilities beyond the limitations of conventional flash.
Many of you may not have heard of Ben Staley, but you have almost certainly enjoyed some of his work. Ben is an award-winning videographer and filmmaker whose stunning imagery has wowed audiences on popular TV shows like “Deadliest Catch” and “Ice Road Truckers.” But Ben also happens to be an avid (and excellent) still photographer and regularly features his still photography work on his YouTube channel “Adventure & Art”
In this insightful video which is equal parts education and inspiration, Ben discusses the use of a high speed sync (HSS) strobe in situations where you really need to be working at higher shutter speeds that are beyond the maximum flash sync speed of your camera. Ben demonstrates the use of high speed sync in a number of different scenarios such as photographing action outdoors in bright, ambient light, and managing challenging lighting scenarios for outdoor portrait work.
For the photo shoots featured in the video, Ben is using the Westcott FJ400 Strobe with Westcott’s FJ-X3m Universal Wireless Trigger on his Panasonic Lumix S5 IIX mirrorless camera.
The video itself is not really a review of the Westcott gear or the Lumix camera, but rather more of a field test and demonstration of how this Westcott HSS strobe and trigger can be used to manage challenging lighting scenarios, and what you can produce with them. As Ben himself says in the video, he tends to focus more on the artistic and creative aspects of photography rather than the technical details. That said however, he does an excellent job introducing HSS as a technique that can expand the creative possibilities of your photography, and the results that he presents in the video are sure to inspire any photographer who is looking to take their work beyond the limitations of conventional flash.
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120,000-Year-Old Stingray Sand ‘Sculpture’ Found in South Africa
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Foxborough photographer offers end-of-life pet photoshoots through ‘The Tilly Project’
(WJAR) — A Foxborough photographer with a love for animals is giving a gift to people who have pets that are coming to an end of life.
Joan Powers has been taking pictures for as long as she can remember.
Several years ago she opened her own business: ‘Images Through the Eyes of Joan Powers Photography.’
“I’ve always had a camera in my hand for as long as I can remember, and just you know, capturing friends and nature,” said Powers. “I love taking pictures. I love capturing the moment in time.”
For 22 years, Powers said she worked as a manager in the veterinary world.
A few years ago, before leaving her job, Powers said she had a conversation with her boss at the time about ‘The Tilly Project.’
That sparked her interest to get more information.
“It’s an end-of-life pet photography network,” said Powers. “So for animals that have had a bad diagnosis and are coming around to the end of their life journey or they are elderly, senior, pets.”
The non-profit connects pet owners with end-of-life pet photographers across the world and aims to provide accessible, educational, and supportive resources for photography, anticipatory grief, and pet loss/bereavement.
“You can sign up, you can volunteer to do it, you can make it a paid service if you’d like,” said Powers. “I personally volunteer for it, but you sign up and then the website just asks you to pick your country, pick your state, then pick your town and it’ll give you a list of photographers who are part of the Tilly Project.”
Powers volunteers her services to people in Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts.
To date, she photographed about a dozen people and their pets.
This past weekend, she met with Bryan and Jennifer Piper, and their almost 11-year-old dog Grabriel.
The Pipers who live in Carver, Massachusetts now, and adopted Gabriel from East Providence.
“I’ve pretty much been next to that dog for the last 10 years that we’ve had him. Every time I come home he’s happy to see me, always excited,” said Bryan Piper. “He follows me around the house like my little shadow. If I go to bed he’s going to bed. He always has to make sure that he knows where I’m going, like, he always keeps an eye on me.”
A few months ago, ‘Gaby Baby’ as they call him, was having an issue with his eye being swollen.
The Pipers brought him to the vet to have a CT scan done, and they discovered a rare cancer which ultimately led to them removing the eye, and starting chemotherapy treatment.
Doctors gave Gabriel four months to live.
“Heartbreaking, but I mean what else can I say? Like, it is heartbreaking like you know he’s a member of the family” said Jennifer Piper. “They gave him four months, it’s been six, so fingers crossed.”
Through support services for Gabriel, the Pipers were partnered with the Tilly Project thanks to the ‘Live Like Roo’ Organization which offers financial assistance to families with pets who have received a cancer diagnosis.
The Pipers had expressed interest in a final photoshoot, and they looked up Powers’ on The Tilly Project.
“With the way that it is now. I don’t think we’d be able to come up with a photo shoot so the fact that she volunteers to do it is amazing. Amazing,” said Jennifer Piper. “Definitely hopeful for the memories now because there’s only we don’t know how much time we have. It’s overwhelming at some point because it’s something that we can hold onto it. It’s one of those things that just once the photos are there, it’s a memory that you can see every time you look at it and get that feeling.”
On Saturday, Powers met the couple at Boarderland State Park in North Easton.
There, she took tons of photos with Gabriel and the Pipers.
“Every dog is different and today when we did Gabe, he was full of energy and was able to run around,” said Powers. “I explain to people that they should feel their emotions. Don’t be afraid to cry, and don’t be afraid to have your emotions while you’re doing these shoots. I think they showed a lot of happiness in their shoot today.”
Powers not only takes the photos, but she edits them too.
Her clients are given five prints with the option to purchase additional, printed ones.
“I’ve been through this. I’ve had to euthanize my pet at the end of life. I’ve had dogs that have been senior dogs. It’s a really tough time and I like to bring pleasure through my portraits and so if I can help someone have a lasting memory capture a moment in time that’s what I like to do,” Powers said.
Foxborough photographer offers end-of-life pet photoshoots through ‘The Tilly Project’
(WJAR) — A Foxborough photographer with a love for animals is giving a gift to people who have pets that are coming to an end of life.
Joan Powers has been taking pictures for as long as she can remember.
Several years ago she opened her own business: ‘Images Through the Eyes of Joan Powers Photography.’
“I’ve always had a camera in my hand for as long as I can remember, and just you know, capturing friends and nature,” said Powers. “I love taking pictures. I love capturing the moment in time.”
For 22 years, Powers said she worked as a manager in the veterinary world.
A few years ago, before leaving her job, Powers said she had a conversation with her boss at the time about ‘The Tilly Project.’
That sparked her interest to get more information.
“It’s an end-of-life pet photography network,” said Powers. “So for animals that have had a bad diagnosis and are coming around to the end of their life journey or they are elderly, senior, pets.”
The non-profit connects pet owners with end-of-life pet photographers across the world and aims to provide accessible, educational, and supportive resources for photography, anticipatory grief, and pet loss/bereavement.
“You can sign up, you can volunteer to do it, you can make it a paid service if you’d like,” said Powers. “I personally volunteer for it, but you sign up and then the website just asks you to pick your country, pick your state, then pick your town and it’ll give you a list of photographers who are part of the Tilly Project.”
Powers volunteers her services to people in Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts.
To date, she photographed about a dozen people and their pets.
This past weekend, she met with Bryan and Jennifer Piper, and their almost 11-year-old dog Grabriel.
The Pipers who live in Carver, Massachusetts now, and adopted Gabriel from East Providence.
“I’ve pretty much been next to that dog for the last 10 years that we’ve had him. Every time I come home he’s happy to see me, always excited,” said Bryan Piper. “He follows me around the house like my little shadow. If I go to bed he’s going to bed. He always has to make sure that he knows where I’m going, like, he always keeps an eye on me.”
A few months ago, ‘Gaby Baby’ as they call him, was having an issue with his eye being swollen.
The Pipers brought him to the vet to have a CT scan done, and they discovered a rare cancer which ultimately led to them removing the eye, and starting chemotherapy treatment.
Doctors gave Gabriel four months to live.
“Heartbreaking, but I mean what else can I say? Like, it is heartbreaking like you know he’s a member of the family” said Jennifer Piper. “They gave him four months, it’s been six, so fingers crossed.”
Through support services for Gabriel, the Pipers were partnered with the Tilly Project thanks to the ‘Live Like Roo’ Organization which offers financial assistance to families with pets who have received a cancer diagnosis.
The Pipers had expressed interest in a final photoshoot, and they looked up Powers’ on The Tilly Project.
“With the way that it is now. I don’t think we’d be able to come up with a photo shoot so the fact that she volunteers to do it is amazing. Amazing,” said Jennifer Piper. “Definitely hopeful for the memories now because there’s only we don’t know how much time we have. It’s overwhelming at some point because it’s something that we can hold onto it. It’s one of those things that just once the photos are there, it’s a memory that you can see every time you look at it and get that feeling.”
On Saturday, Powers met the couple at Boarderland State Park in North Easton.
There, she took tons of photos with Gabriel and the Pipers.
“Every dog is different and today when we did Gabe, he was full of energy and was able to run around,” said Powers. “I explain to people that they should feel their emotions. Don’t be afraid to cry, and don’t be afraid to have your emotions while you’re doing these shoots. I think they showed a lot of happiness in their shoot today.”
Powers not only takes the photos, but she edits them too.
Her clients are given five prints with the option to purchase additional, printed ones.
“I’ve been through this. I’ve had to euthanize my pet at the end of life. I’ve had dogs that have been senior dogs. It’s a really tough time and I like to bring pleasure through my portraits and so if I can help someone have a lasting memory capture a moment in time that’s what I like to do,” Powers said.
