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There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment. This kind of photography is realism. But realism is not enough – there has to be vision and the two together can make a good photograph. It is difficult to describe this thin line where matter ends and mind begins.
~ Robert Frank - 1962, World History of Photography by Naomi Rosenblum , ISBN: 0789209462 , Page: 516
P.S. Non-HDR-processed / Non-GND-filtered ● Black Card Technique 黑卡作品
I took a manual focus 28mm lens, a circular polarising filter and a gradient Grey filter to the beach and got this.
Not much happening in the sky unfortunately....but there were plenty of waves.
ND4 + Circ Polarising filters
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Marina Bay Lights || Blame The Monkey 2.0
A big thanks to everyone who has supported me over the last year and half. From blamethemonkey.com to Flickr, I’ve really felt the love from everyone and things have been growing rapidly. Thank you so much -- I sincerely appreciate it.
We don’t have a team of people working at blamethemonkey.com. It’s just myself and my wife +Naomi Locardi . Everything you see is the result of a true love for photography and a passion to freely give away knowledge, experience, and information. I do this purely because I love it and she helps me purely because I’ve cleverly tricked her into loving me. (I find that subliminal messages work the best).
Over the next week, significant updates will be coming to blamethemonkey.com, starting with the re-design followed by new content and tutorials. -- (Not to worry, all the before and afters will stay in place). -- Hopefully we can prevent taking the site down in the process but if things start acting funny, you’ll know the reason. So, please bear with me over the next week as I enter my sleepless, caffeine driven - obsessive - get things freaking done mode. : Hopefully we’ll come out with something wonderful when it’s all said and done.
This is all in preparation for a huge life change in March. In 2011, with a comical blend of insomnia and jet lag, I flew 220,000 miles to feed my passion for Travel and Destination Photography, almost always with a return ticket. But as of March, after we finish relinquishing all of our personal possessions, there will be no more round trips, no more going home, and no more looking back. The world will become our new home with 22 countries planned for this year alone.
I openly invite you to come share the world with us and learn how to create beautiful photography in the process.
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Marina Bay Sands and The Helix Bridge
With only 2 days to explore Singapore last week, I hit the big areas first - and they don’t get much bigger than Marina Bay. And what could possibly make one of the most opulent places in the world more attractive? How about a laser light show? Now that’s cool!
Trust me - having only a few days in this amazing city was a complete tease but thankfully, I’ll be back there very soon. :)
From Wikipedia:
Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort fronting Marina Bay in Singapore. Developed by Las Vegas Sands, it is billed as the world's most expensive standalone casino property at $8 billion, including cost of the prime land. With the casino complete, the resort features a 2,561-room hotel, a 1,300,000-square-foot (120,000 m2) convention-exhibition centre, the 800,000-square-foot (74,000 m2) The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands mall, an iconic ArtScience museum, two large theatres, seven "celebrity chef" restaurants, two floating Crystal Pavilions, an ice skating rink, and the world's largest atrium casino with 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines. The complex is topped by a 340m-long SkyPark with a capacity of 3,900 people and a 150m infinity swimming pool, set on top of the world's largest public cantilevered platform, which overhangs the north tower by 67m.
The Helix Bridge , previously known as the Double Helix Bridge , is a pedestrian bridge linking Marina Centre with Marina South in the Marina Bay area in Singapore. It was officially opened on 24 April 2010 at 9 pm, however only half was opened due to ongoing construction at the Marina Bay Sands.
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It is required of and should be the aim of the artist photographer to produce in the likeness the best possible character and finest expression of which that face and figure could ever have been capable. But in the result there is to be no departure from truth in the delineation and representation of beauty, and expression, and character.
～ Albert Sands Southworth - 1871, World History of Photography by Naomi Rosenblum , ISBN: 0789209462 , Page: 38
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● Non-HDR-processed / Non-GND-filtered
● Black Card Technique 黑卡作品
You owe me three beers, Jenna!
Makeup by: Tabi Belaunzaran
Hair by Marlene Chao
Design by Naomi May Designs
You owe me three beers, Jenna!
Makeup by: Tabi Belaunzaran
Hair by Marlene Chao
Design by Naomi May Designs
Dudley Beach at sunset.
8/2/2008 @ 7:24. One of the few fine afternoons we have had in the last week.
Our last day in Carbis Bay was a very sunny one, so the family spent the majority of the day down at the beach. Naomi and her mum even went for a proper swim in the sea!
I had a quick play with stopping the lens down as far as it would go (f/32) and lowering the ISO as far as I could (ISO 50) to give me the slowest shutter speed as possible (I'd left my variable ND filter back in the flat but that would have given me far more control). A few quick pans and this was the result. I like this one the best as I'd managed to pan perfectly horizontally so there was no blur in the vertical direction.
Heading home tonight ... just in time for the heat wave!
Have a great weekend everyone.
The December #conservationlands15 Social Media Takeover Ends with the Top 15 Film Locations on National Conservation Lands.
1. Pacific Crest Trail, CA-OR. Wild (2014) chronicles Cheryl Strayed’s (Reese Witherspoon) 1,000 mile journey on the trail that challenges, strengthens and ultimately heals her. The 2,650 mile trail includes segments on BLM lands in California and Oregon.
2. Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, OR. In The Ring (2002), the lighthouse takes on an eerie glow for scenes from this supernatural horror flick starring Naomi Watts.
3. Paria Canyon Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, AZ. The deep canyons, tall cliffs and pinon covered uplands were backdrops for scenes from Billy the Kid (1941) and later the Outlaw Josie Wales with Clint Eastwood (1976).
4. Unaweep Canyon Wilderness Study Area, CO. Follow Thelma and Louise – the famous roadtrip duo– along a scenic byway backed by several Wilderness Study Areas (Sewemup Mesa and Palisade) with towering cliffs.
5. Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument, NM. Terminator Salvation (2009), Natural Born Killers (1994) and Wild Hogs (2007) are among the films that used the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge to film dramatic scenes above the canyon and churning river almost 600 feet below.
6. Fort Ord National Monument, CA. The Bugle Sounds (1942) stars Wallace Beery as a cavalry sergeant reluctant to replacing horses with modern equipment.
7. The San Juan Islands National Monument, WA. The film location for Free Willy II (1992) included the islands and surrounding rocks and islets of this national monument.
8. Rogue Wild and Scenic River, OR. Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon floated the river during the River Wild (1994), preceded by John Wayne and Katherine Hepburn who were filmed on the river in the 1975 film Rooster Cogburn.
9. Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT. The Pariah townsite in the southern part of the monument included a movie set which was built in the early 1960s for Sergeants Three, a Western featuring Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. It also provided settings for the television series Death Valley Days and Gunsmoke. The last movie filmed there was The Outlaw Josie Wales in 1976.
10. California Coastal National Monument Point Arena, CA. This spectacular coastal landscape capped by California’s tallest lighthouse provided a dramatic setting for the ending scenes of Forever Young starring Mel Gibson (1992) and Need for Speed (2014).
11. Valley of the Gods and Road Canyon Wilderness Study Area, UT. This iconic red-rock landscape was the backdrop for Forrest Gump (1994) when Forrest, played by Tom Hanks, ended his cross-country run.
12. Red Rocks National Conservation Area, NV. Red Rocks featured Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger in Bells of San Angelo (1947) and was a location for The Stalking Moon with Gregory Peck in 1968.
13. Organ Mountains National Monument, NM. In Due Date (2009) with Robert Downey, Jr., the Organ Mountains were used extensively as a backdrop for the movie, once being cited in the film as mountains in Dallas, Texas, which is actually quite flat!
14. Saint Anthony’s Dunes Wilderness Study Area, ID. Although Napoleon Dynamite (2004) was not actually filmed here, St. Anthony’s gets a prominent mention when Napoleon’s grandma breaks her coccyx riding a bike in the dunes and leaves him in the care of his uncle. A proclamation by the Idaho State Legislature commending the movie’s portrayal of the state calls out Saint Anthony’s as a “long honored Idaho vacation destination”
15. Blackfoot River, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, MT. Flowing just east of Missoula Montana, the Blackfoot was made famous by Norman Macleans novel “A River Runs Through It” and a movie of the same name starring Brad Pitt (1992). Filming was conducted on several other river segments, as fishing on the Blackfoot had declined since the Macleans fished there. However, the movie sparked a restoration effort and the Blackfoot is once again a popular flyfishing destination.
photography: lutty moreira
model: naomi davis
hair & make-up: yenn xin
assistant: christiane ferreira
© lutty moreira
Model: Naomi Kazama
Date: 15 Apr 2012
Gear: Ricoh GXR + leica 35mm f1.4 asph fle/ 50mm f1.4 asph
Full album are available in my facebook page: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.360967500615909.84236.1...
Copyrights © Naomi Hayes / Island Memories Photography
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Hummm...what else could I write in the sand!
Model: Naomi Kazama
Date: 15 Apr 2012
Gear: Ricoh GXR + leica 35mm f1.4 asph fle/ 50mm f1.4 asph
Full album are available in my facebook page: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.360967500615909.84236.1...
Model: Naomi Kazama
Date: 15 Apr 2012
Gear: Ricoh GXR + leica 35mm f1.4 asph fle/ 50mm f1.4 asph
Full album also available in my facebook page: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.360967500615909.84236.1...
"Inspiring, beautiful, arresting." ~ The Village Voice
PLEASE SHARE! We are thrilled to announce the New York City Theatrical Premiere of OCCUPY LOVE May 3-9 at Cinema Village.
LIVE Q & A's with filmmakers and special guests from the film Fri Sat Sun 7.15 and 9.15 pm shows
Friday at 7.15 pm Join Director Velcrow Ripper and Producers Ian MacKenzie and Nova Ami, along with executive producers Gregg Hill, Betsy Carson and Catherine Tait.
All weekend special Guests who are featured in the film:
Reverend Billy (Chuch of Stop Shopping), Hero Vincent (Occupy Wall Street). Malik Rhassan (Occupy the Hood) Colin Beavan (No Impact Man), Marina Sitrin (OWS, Author, Horizontalism), Noah Fischer (Occupy Museums) and Judy Rebick (Occupy This!) and more!
Followed by a Premiere After Party
NICKODEMOUS ~ 2MELO ~ TRUTHNOW
11pm - 3.30 am
Tammany Hall
152 Orchard St, Manhattan
21+ with ID
Free for ticket holders
Else $5 in advance, $10 at the door
wepay.com/events/occupylovenyc
www.facebook.com/events/501022769951615/
Watch and share the Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cTBlGcZCeA
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GET OCCUPY LOVE FILM SCREENING TICKETS BEFORE THEY SELL OUT!
TICKETS & SHOWTIMES
3:05p 5:10p 7:15p 9:20p
Cinema Village ~ 22 East 12th Street
New York, NY 10003
www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/show_movie.asp?movieid=2794
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Featuring interviews from some of the world’s leading visionaries on alternative systems of economics, sustainability, and social organization, including Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Jeremy Rifkin, bell hooks and Charles Eisenstein.
For more information, visit:
OCCUPY LOVE SYNOPSIS
A profound shift is taking place: humanity is waking up to the fact that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning. Join Velcrow on a journey deep inside the revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet, as he asks the question, “How could the crisis we are facing become a love story?”
Featuring captivating insider scenes from the Egyptian Revolution, the Indignado uprising in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York, Indigenous activists at the Alberta Tar Sands, the climate justice movement, and beyond, Occupy Love shows that love can unite as much as greed can divide.
Occupy Love is the culmination of Ripper's Fierce Love Trilogy which began with Scared Sacred, named one of Canada’s Top 10 movies of 2004, and winner of the 2005 Genie (Canadian Academy Award) for best feature documentary. It continued with 2008′s award winning Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action.
“Occupy Love is the movie I have been waiting to make, all my life,” says director Velcrow Ripper. “Today’s global awakening is what my earlier films have been anticipating and fostering – a current of potential that was pulsing and rumbling just below the surface. As the popular Occupy sign reads, The Beginning is Here.”
Occupy Love is a moving, transformative, heartfelt film, featuring Ripper’s signature stunning visuals and rich soundscapes. A powerful cinematic experience that will leave audiences inspired.
Occupy Loves opens in New York City with an exclusive engagement at Cinema Village Friday, May 3 – Thursday, May 9, 2013. Events and discussions with directors, producers and cast to follow all weekend screenings.
ALSO LAUNCHING MAY 3RD:
MULTI PLATFORM RELEASE
Occupy Love will be available on DVD and on-line via OccupyLove.org and most major platforms including iTunes and cable Video-On-Demand (VOD) starting May 3rd in the US and internationally, DVD and download only in Canada.
FOUND LOVE MOBILE APP A free global photo sharing application and web gallery that focuses on capturing and geo-tagging “found” heart images with moods and stories that describe love and interdependence. A collaboration between One Net Marketing, Fierce Love Films and SuperChannel occupylove.org/found-love/
ADDITIONAL CITIES
Additional theatrical screenings to follow in Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, London, Berlin and more. Canadian Theatrical release begins May 27, 2013 in theatres across Canada.
CANADIAN BROADCAST PREMIERE ~ This summer on SUPER CHANNEL, a key partner in the production of Occupy Love www.superchannel.ca/
GLOBAL COMMUNITY LAUNCH APRIL 11
Community screenings begin April 11th around the world, including multiple cities in Brazil, New Zealand, England, Germany, Australia, Turkey, Bulgaria, France, across the U.S. and Canada, with new screenings being added every day. This crowd sourced, social media driven approach to distribution is consistent with the theme of the film, which was also partially crowd funded through IndieGoGo and Kickstarter.
JAPAN THEATRICAL RELEASE ~ AUGUST via Unite People Corporation
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Occupy Love is directed by VELCROW RIPPER. Produced by NOVA AMI, IAN MACKENZIE and VELCROW RIPPER.
Executive Producers BETSY CARSON, CATHERINE TAIT & GREGG HILL.
A Community Funded Film, produced in association with SuperChannel and the Canada Media Fund.
For more information, visit:
Twitter @OccupyLoveFilm
About Fierce Love Films
Fierce Love Films is committed to changing the world through cutting-edge feature documentary films that inspire personal and global revolutions. We produce films that entertain, enlighten and offer transformative perspectives on the world we live in through effective and innovative methods of storytelling. We believe in reaching the widest audience possible, and release our films with a powerful combination of traditional film marketing and the latest social networking tools, transforming movies into movements
"Inspiring, beautiful, arresting." ~ The Village Voice
PLEASE SHARE! We are thrilled to announce the New York City Theatrical Premiere of OCCUPY LOVE May 3-9 at Cinema Village.
LIVE Q & A's with filmmakers and special guests from the film Fri Sat Sun 7.15 and 9.15 pm shows
Friday at 7.15 pm Join Director Velcrow Ripper and Producers Ian MacKenzie and Nova Ami, along with executive producers Gregg Hill, Betsy Carson and Catherine Tait.
All weekend special Guests who are featured in the film:
Reverend Billy (Chuch of Stop Shopping), Hero Vincent (Occupy Wall Street). Malik Rhassan (Occupy the Hood) Colin Beavan (No Impact Man), Marina Sitrin (OWS, Author, Horizontalism), Noah Fischer (Occupy Museums) and Judy Rebick (Occupy This!) and more!
Followed by a Premiere After Party
NICKODEMOUS ~ 2MELO ~ TRUTHNOW
11pm - 3.30 am
Tammany Hall
152 Orchard St, Manhattan
21+ with ID
Free for ticket holders
Else $5 in advance, $10 at the door
wepay.com/events/occupylovenyc
www.facebook.com/events/501022769951615/
Watch and share the Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cTBlGcZCeA
***
GET OCCUPY LOVE FILM SCREENING TICKETS BEFORE THEY SELL OUT!
TICKETS & SHOWTIMES
3:05p 5:10p 7:15p 9:20p
Cinema Village ~ 22 East 12th Street
New York, NY 10003
www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/show_movie.asp?movieid=2794
______
Featuring interviews from some of the world’s leading visionaries on alternative systems of economics, sustainability, and social organization, including Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Jeremy Rifkin, bell hooks and Charles Eisenstein.
For more information, visit:
OCCUPY LOVE SYNOPSIS
A profound shift is taking place: humanity is waking up to the fact that the dominant system of power is failing to provide us with health, happiness or meaning. Join Velcrow on a journey deep inside the revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet, as he asks the question, “How could the crisis we are facing become a love story?”
Featuring captivating insider scenes from the Egyptian Revolution, the Indignado uprising in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York, Indigenous activists at the Alberta Tar Sands, the climate justice movement, and beyond, Occupy Love shows that love can unite as much as greed can divide.
Occupy Love is the culmination of Ripper's Fierce Love Trilogy which began with Scared Sacred, named one of Canada’s Top 10 movies of 2004, and winner of the 2005 Genie (Canadian Academy Award) for best feature documentary. It continued with 2008′s award winning Fierce Light: When Spirit Meets Action.
“Occupy Love is the movie I have been waiting to make, all my life,” says director Velcrow Ripper. “Today’s global awakening is what my earlier films have been anticipating and fostering – a current of potential that was pulsing and rumbling just below the surface. As the popular Occupy sign reads, The Beginning is Here.”
Occupy Love is a moving, transformative, heartfelt film, featuring Ripper’s signature stunning visuals and rich soundscapes. A powerful cinematic experience that will leave audiences inspired.
Occupy Loves opens in New York City with an exclusive engagement at Cinema Village Friday, May 3 – Thursday, May 9, 2013. Events and discussions with directors, producers and cast to follow all weekend screenings.
ALSO LAUNCHING MAY 3RD:
MULTI PLATFORM RELEASE
Occupy Love will be available on DVD and on-line via OccupyLove.org and most major platforms including iTunes and cable Video-On-Demand (VOD) starting May 3rd in the US and internationally, DVD and download only in Canada.
FOUND LOVE MOBILE APP A free global photo sharing application and web gallery that focuses on capturing and geo-tagging “found” heart images with moods and stories that describe love and interdependence. A collaboration between One Net Marketing, Fierce Love Films and SuperChannel occupylove.org/found-love/
ADDITIONAL CITIES
Additional theatrical screenings to follow in Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, London, Berlin and more. Canadian Theatrical release begins May 27, 2013 in theatres across Canada.
CANADIAN BROADCAST PREMIERE ~ This summer on SUPER CHANNEL, a key partner in the production of Occupy Love www.superchannel.ca/
GLOBAL COMMUNITY LAUNCH APRIL 11
Community screenings begin April 11th around the world, including multiple cities in Brazil, New Zealand, England, Germany, Australia, Turkey, Bulgaria, France, across the U.S. and Canada, with new screenings being added every day. This crowd sourced, social media driven approach to distribution is consistent with the theme of the film, which was also partially crowd funded through IndieGoGo and Kickstarter.
JAPAN THEATRICAL RELEASE ~ AUGUST via Unite People Corporation
__________
Occupy Love is directed by VELCROW RIPPER. Produced by NOVA AMI, IAN MACKENZIE and VELCROW RIPPER.
Executive Producers BETSY CARSON, CATHERINE TAIT & GREGG HILL.
A Community Funded Film, produced in association with SuperChannel and the Canada Media Fund.
For more information, visit:
Twitter @OccupyLoveFilm
About Fierce Love Films
Fierce Love Films is committed to changing the world through cutting-edge feature documentary films that inspire personal and global revolutions. We produce films that entertain, enlighten and offer transformative perspectives on the world we live in through effective and innovative methods of storytelling. We believe in reaching the widest audience possible, and release our films with a powerful combination of traditional film marketing and the latest social networking tools, transforming movies into movements