GRAFFITI OVER TREE GRAIN

Another montage; I went for a more blended effect vs the straight superimposed look, as it was done on the Redemption photo.

WEST CLIFF- SANTA CRUZ, CA

Go and take a beautiful sunset walk along Santa Cruz's "West Cliff" if your ever in the area-- it is wonderful!

REDEMPTION

This photo was created in line with John 3:16, a very popular verse in the Christian Holy Bible.

THIS POSTING IS NOT BY ANY MEANS TO TAKE ON ANY FORM OF PREACHING, BUT RATHER SHARE A THOUGHT.

MAXXI

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/11/12/arts/design/1112-zaha_5.html


I would love to do a photo shoot inside of this new museum. The design by Zaha Hadid is fresh, in the B-Boy sense!

LEAF

This shot was very simple to make. A black paper back ground with black thread tied at the end of the leaf's stem, as I pulled and turned it a bit, the camera was in operation with a 30 second shutter. Imported it to Photo Shop, minor adjustments made with levels and curves plus two layers: an overlay layer-- tweek the opacity a bit, a channel mixer layer at 80 % red 10% green 10% blue hit monochrome, and there it is. A nice solid black backing and a dramatic leaf. Don't forget to apply the sharpen filter.

LAKE MERRIT

Five years ago with the sun just rising, I took this shot, and it is one of my favorites.

STILL I RISE by Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Maya Angelou

MOTION

These three photos are a part of a series of 12 that I am working on. Hope you like them. I will continue to post new images to this series as they manifest.