tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47542855832007985832024-03-05T04:04:05.494-05:00Figures of GraceThis is the web log of photographer Dave Rudin. Most of the photos posted will be of Dave's fine art nudes and travel images. In regard to there being nudes, please do not continue here if you are under the age of 18 or if it is illegal for a person of your age to view such things.
All images are copyright Dave Rudin, all rights reserved, reproduction prohibited.Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-16681875248081193322016-08-24T22:05:00.002-04:002016-08-24T22:05:52.500-04:0021 (and 20 Years) of Art Nude Photography<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now that I have moved my blog over to another site, I have been making posts here once a year (on the anniversary of my first art nude photos) to remind people where to go on the web to see my photos.<br />
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I just passed my 21st anniversary, and I see now that I must have been so busy for my 20th anniversary that I forgot to post here.<br />
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So, with that in mind, here are the blog posts for both my 20th and 21st anniversaries:<br />
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<a href="https://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/20-years/">https://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/20-years/</a><br />
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<a href="https://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/21-years/">https://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/21-years/</a><br />
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The overall URL for my new blog is, of course: <a href="https://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/">https://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com</a><br />
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See you over there!<br />
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DaveDave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-20041399132816503312014-08-24T15:52:00.002-04:002014-08-24T15:56:11.204-04:0019 Years of Art Nude Photography<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once again, I am making my annual post to remind people that my current blog can be found here:<br />
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<a href="https://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/">https://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/</a><br />
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To see my post celebrating 19 years of my art nude photography, please go here:<br />
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<a href="https://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/19-years/">https://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/19-years/</a><br />
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Thank you.<br />
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DaveDave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-61597821920755871122013-08-19T21:25:00.001-04:002013-08-19T21:25:27.869-04:0018 Years of Art Nude Photography<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Once again, I'm celebrating a milestone: today is the 18th anniversary of my first art nude photography session, way back on August 19, 1995.<br />
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As I've done the past few years, I'v made a big blog post, posting one photo from each calendar from 1995 to 2013. However, in order to see it, you will have to go to my new blog. Please see the posting and follow my photography at: <a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/18-years/">http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/18-years/</a>. (The general blog link is: <a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/">http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/</a> )Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-49722634203702317472012-08-25T22:39:00.002-04:002012-08-25T22:39:51.838-04:0017 Years of Art Nude Photography<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A year ago, I made a post on the 16th anniversary of my first art nude photo session indicating that I had switched my blog from here at Blogger (with its annoying warning page) to Wordpress.<br />
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Now, it's a year (and almost a week) later and I am doing the same. If you like my photography and would like of follow it on my blog, please visit it at <a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/">http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/</a> .<br />
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To see this year's 17th anniversary posting, featuring an image from each year that I've photographed nudes, please go to <a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/17-years/">http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2012/08/23/17-years/</a> .<br />
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Thank you for stopping by. Please continue to do so in the proper place!<br />
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DaveDave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-84927038622426466612011-08-19T03:30:00.000-04:002011-08-19T06:58:04.204-04:0016 Years of Art Nude Photography<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCSh2zk9hGlWLpwb2Mf6e_kzwm3yXeLMtjBZZEgycH_JAZeTL3cp7_iNw-WNOElUnMntldJPdfGIKJDy20j5Pspb1vVI4gQ2BRSbIf5zQD0dKwrdc3KAm3t0RJ1GISowwfVMjgu9gAoCA/s1600/1995+Untitled.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 311px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641633715123508738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCSh2zk9hGlWLpwb2Mf6e_kzwm3yXeLMtjBZZEgycH_JAZeTL3cp7_iNw-WNOElUnMntldJPdfGIKJDy20j5Pspb1vVI4gQ2BRSbIf5zQD0dKwrdc3KAm3t0RJ1GISowwfVMjgu9gAoCA/s400/1995+Untitled.jpg" /></a><div>Hi, everyone.
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<br />It has been seven months since I lasted posted anything on my blog here on Blogspot. That's not to say that I haven't done any blogging for the past seven months. I've done plenty. It's just that it's now happening over on Wordpress, where visitors don't have to deal with the annoying warning page that they have to deal with here.
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<br />You can visit my new blog by clicking <a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/">here</a>. Please come to visit often!</div><div> </div><div>The reason why I'm making the update here now is that today is the 16th anniversary of my first art nude photo session, which happened at a workshop in Woodstock, New York. To celebrate the anniversary, much as I did one year ago, I've prepared a special blog post with one photo for each of the 17 years that I've photographed fine art nudes. If you like my photography, you'll enjoy this post, so please take a look. You can access it today, August 19, by clicking on the general blog link above, but if you're getting here late, you can see the special post by clicking here.</div><div> </div><div>Be well, everyone. I hope to see you over on Wordpress!</div><div> </div><div>Yours,</div><div> </div><div>Dave</div></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-45379154067720214412011-01-19T11:52:00.008-05:002011-01-19T12:16:33.081-05:00A Farewell to Blogger<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7-BugLKcKXFq1grXvR5lNLSIpmXicAG_z4xoZXAtIihoctC6eOgXWCBoiw_o4iWLEU4AQAM_0zJF8hBFetp0_pskIEWgPFKzwbwEYPKcXJG4or2gBjRWeiyc7I01pdXznFbggwG0JsJE/s1600/Carly06--Page11_1wp-sm.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563945603014495938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7-BugLKcKXFq1grXvR5lNLSIpmXicAG_z4xoZXAtIihoctC6eOgXWCBoiw_o4iWLEU4AQAM_0zJF8hBFetp0_pskIEWgPFKzwbwEYPKcXJG4or2gBjRWeiyc7I01pdXznFbggwG0JsJE/s400/Carly06--Page11_1wp-sm.jpg" /></a> <div><div>I just made a new post at my new blog on Wordpress, but unlike the past few postings, I am not making a parallel post here. That's because, from now on, I will only be blogging on Wordpress.<br /><br />I have enjoyed my time here at Blogger, but the annoyance and inconvenience of readers' having to get through the content warning page is just too much for me to deal with anymore. If any of the admin people happen to read this, understand that that is the primary reason why I am moving over to Wordpress.<br /><br />To see my new blog, please go to: <a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/">http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/</a> . I encourage all 64 of my followers, plus any others who happen to come by this page, to look for my new postings there. </div><div></div><div><br />I will leave Blogger with two photos. The one at the top is one of my most popular photos - that of Carlotta out in the Nevada desert in 2006 - to give people an idea of what kind of art nude photos I will be posting at my new site. </div><div></div><div><br />The other photo, below, is of some cute kids waving goodbye after my group visited the home of a family in Tibet in 2007. It seems an appropriate way to end things here. </div><div></div><div><br />Be well, everyone! I hope to see you over at Wordpress. </div><div></div><div><br />Yours, </div><div></div><div><br />Dave<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 304px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563944868403182498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aOFYGgNvvYkXMZVHPlalx5PTccd_foLVFA9UEyIaRZlZ6Ok1WL7-s2_G6jXAgF_b8iXBQzeI5jKB4MH28_kRbdSjvbjcaMlfHshyvEYPcW2dW21WdYscHXOmTC0j8jaGjlPAYSkge1hS/s400/Tibet-2007-1168wp.jpg" /></div></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-30518533957218789862011-01-16T20:19:00.005-05:002011-01-16T20:33:51.569-05:00Oh, My Aching Back!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRNS3NIp6BNHg5AHP06SGKs7tdWpKdNXhQU0dCW5Te-OPJEN6gCbE-pb8v84tqXiJq3YU9vUcIa3Cnii_3xCjKqKrF_3Il3i8GiSUShOtGXqkZoSAyZ8KBZoUL42CsgEoD5x9Adv3BO7R/s1600/1804_4--Himeji-Castle.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562961086172297714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRNS3NIp6BNHg5AHP06SGKs7tdWpKdNXhQU0dCW5Te-OPJEN6gCbE-pb8v84tqXiJq3YU9vUcIa3Cnii_3xCjKqKrF_3Il3i8GiSUShOtGXqkZoSAyZ8KBZoUL42CsgEoD5x9Adv3BO7R/s400/1804_4--Himeji-Castle.jpg" /></a> <div><div>I hurt my back again yesterday. This is something that happens from time to time when I sit a certain way, turn a certain way or do something like that. I’ll be feeling fine, I’ll sit down, and when I try to stand up – oy!!!<br /><br />This time it may have been sitting in front of the computer here at home that did it yesterday morning. My back was bothering me so much that I was barely able to bend forward enough to put my socks on. When I got out of bed this morning it hurt so much that I just had to drop to my knees. A hot shower, though – and perhaps the ibuprofen that I took – has helped.<br /><br />Sometimes these back attacks can strike at inopportune times. It happened once during the time when I was working at the Metropolitan Opera as a supernumerary (i.e. extra) in Puccini’s final opera, “Turandot.” My part called for me to carry a ten foot high banner on stage, after walking up a flight of rickety stairs about fifteen feet high. The way my back was killing me, especially with the back spasms I was having, I don’t even know if I could have made it up those steps carrying my prop. If I could make it up and then had a bad spasm, my banner could have taken out half the people on stage. (Well, maybe not half, but it could have done a lot of damage.)<br />Needless to say, I opted out until my back was better.<br /><br />Then there was the time it happened in Japan in 2005. I remember how it happened: washing my socks in the sink. There I was in my hotel room in Kyoto, leaning forward while wringing the water out of a sock, and all of a sudden – oy!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />As bad as it hurt, and even though I was having spasms every few minutes that would literally make me freeze in place when it happened, I was determined to not let it stop me from doing what I had planned to do. I had not gone all the way to Japan to just lie around in the hotel.<br /><br />The next day, I had plans to make a day trip to Himeji. The castle in this city is the finest original castle still existing in Japan (as opposed to castles rebuilt after the Second World War). It’s truly worth the effort to go and see it.<br /><br />Taking a train to go someplace is one thing, but climbing up the steep steps of a Japanese castle with a bad back, carrying twenty pounds of camera gear, is something else. I really wasn’t sure if I should even try, but when I saw eighty or ninety year old little old Japanese ladies doing it, I figured that I might be able to make it, too – and I did.<br /><br />The two photos here are of Himeji Castle – which is called “white egret castle” for its resemblance to a bird – and give just a hint of how fine and beautiful it really is. </div><br /><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 310px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562960885680736738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYkeNMYqqOIdIgenqk1lQxtZPbWlnV6qaa7dTpL1eQrcm_hoqt5mf_UQN_M9vc6m1TXuKDCZNIpcCN5pnEfCyzaoD7zLeEVvRM6QCCUHKWg-hX4tWeVOKB_XLrryhi1ipa1ingufDab_P/s400/1800_9--Himeji-Castle.jpg" /> <div></div><div><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Despite my aching back, I still went into Manhattan as planned yesterday to go to the International Center of Photography. (I’m also scheduled to photograph a model tomorrow, and you know that my back won’t stop me from doing that!)<br /><br />The exhibit at ICP was “The Mexican Suitcase,” which I had read about last year. Not actually a suitcase, the object in question was three boxes containing negatives made during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 and 1937 by Robert Capa, David (Chim) Seymour and Gerda Taro. During the chaos of that event and World War II, the negatives had been sent for safekeeping and somehow ended up in the possession of the Mexican envoy to the Vichy government in France, eventually winding up in Mexico City. Not long ago, they were returned to the heirs of the photographers.<br /><br />Of those photographers, I had of course heard of Capa and Seymour but not Taro. Having escaped Hitler’s Germany, she was a young photojournalist who was tragically killed covering the war in 1937. It’s believed that she was the first female photojournalist to die in action. She was only 26 years old.<br /><br />Robert Capa is known for his photo of a soldier being killed during the war in Spain and then for his photos of the Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day. Sadly, he too was killed in action covering the Vietnamese war of independence against the French in 1954.<br /><br />As to the exhibit, it was primarily enlarged contact sheets from the found negatives along with quite a few vintage prints of the photographers’ work from the Spanish Civil War, along with numerous vintage publications of their work. Anyone interested in the history of photojournalism should try to see it. For more info, click <a href="http://www.icp.org/museum/exhibitions/mexican-suitcase">here</a>.<br /><br />As usual while at ICP, I made a visit to the book store. Rather than looking at books, I spent most of my time looking over the cheapo plastic cameras they have – Holgas, Dianas, Lomos and the like. In this age of hearing more and more blather about digital cameras, I find myself drawn to these plastic cheapies as a source of fun in photography.<br /><br />I have one Holga now. Who knows what will follow.<br />**************************************************************<br /><br />For those of you out there who are more interested in photography of the nude, I recommend that you take a look at the latest blog post by my friend Bill Ballard. He asks some questions about why people photograph nudes and why other people treat photography of the nude differently from other kinds of photography. See by clicking <a href="http://billballardphotography.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/95/">here</a>. There’s also a nice nude photo posted with it for your viewing pleasure.<br />***************************************************************<br /><br />Finally, this may well be my last blog entry here on Blogger. My new blog page over at Wordpress is pretty much complete, subject perhaps to a few more changes in the future.<br /><br />Therefore, to those of you who have been kind enough to follow me here on Blogger, I would recommend that you change my blog settings to those over at Wordpress. You can see my latest posting by clicking <a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/oh-my-aching-back/">here</a>, and the overall blog link is:<br /><br /><a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/">http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/</a><br /><br /></div></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-78519272502216533972011-01-13T20:49:00.005-05:002011-01-13T21:00:58.276-05:00Double X<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDimMQMm6s61yWAR_b5aOqIrxqLHd_dxEgL-73zXTUA7A-I0anjUbeEDTJio5Ag7X3xdTpmYHjT5hfxiYmbbvewo9vtCqohSnPblgrtqUY_yyKP4QftzhlnUto9mADO0s2aXdqFYzqFx0/s1600/Revielle--Aug10-R1_9-10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561855667556616930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDimMQMm6s61yWAR_b5aOqIrxqLHd_dxEgL-73zXTUA7A-I0anjUbeEDTJio5Ag7X3xdTpmYHjT5hfxiYmbbvewo9vtCqohSnPblgrtqUY_yyKP4QftzhlnUto9mADO0s2aXdqFYzqFx0/s400/Revielle--Aug10-R1_9-10.jpg" /></a> <div><div>Here’s another photo of Revielle that I made during my trip to Ohio this past August. This one, though, is part of my double exposure series. This is a series that I work on now and then – basically when I remember to do it on when on location – to try to create a different look to some of my images. Some work, some don’t. I don’t necessarily think it’s one of my best, but I like it all the same. Hopefully you will to.<br /><br />I made some other double exposures with Revielle and I’ll be posting some of those in the future. **************************************************************<br /><br />As for me, I’ve finally finished working overtime at the office. I worked two consecutive weekends (Saturday and Sunday), worked five consecutive twelve hour days and put in nearly 70 hours of OT in about a week and a half. It’s good to get back home at a normal time, though today I got home an hour late because of a subway delay.<br /><br />Still, today was a pretty good day overall, as I had lunch with a friend at a good Vietnamese restaurant in Greenwich Village. On the way to the restaurant, we met the actor Wallace Shawn on the street and talked with him for a short time. (Well, it was us mostly talking to him, telling him what characters we remembered seeing him play on the screen, like the Grand Nagus Zek in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and Diane Keaton’s old boyfriend in “Annie Hall.” He seemed to appreciate it.)<br />****************************************************************<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561855434156672770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrBVCziDFHNd260fy1EFpdDgmJoemjlajZ0oCNQYE-ojGtstcNemKPoQPGNYZNMHY6KmDUn5PVcpmtLwldoRwtARtL-XUfAHz9sMHQ7Mk2I6Hna7sc715qERESr3S51r9IEPQgpqbOZCV/s400/E4+-+cover_a.jpg" />For people who may be interested in purchasing my art nude calendar for 2011, Lulu is now having a 30% off promotion through January 15. The discount code is: SEASON305.<br /><br />You can view and order the calendar by clicking <a href="http://www.lulu.com/product/calendar/figures-of-grace-2011-art-nudes/13579565?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1">here</a>.<br />*****************************************************************<br /><br />As I've written in my previous posts, I am continuing my transition from here on Blogger over to Wordpress. If anybody from Blogger is reading this, the primary reason is to get away from readers having to deal with the annoying content warning page that they have to deal with before reading my blog.<br /><br />You can see this post on the new blog at:<br /><a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/double-x-2/">http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/double-x-2/</a><br /><br />On the new blog, you can now subscribe to my posts, too. </div></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-81717707255095422022011-01-03T23:10:00.003-05:002011-01-03T23:15:16.212-05:00Full Gallop<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9In6YkIohpy9of47e-KxsBhZUnxARRJkNDldOHm-3LFi4XOKT9KX0sm7f83EnqiZNR70N6GdG0lhiwX3RQTDt8wLWTvkgpDTgvrrdI_f_nkSmRSWD9gGfIxfn2QyB4zMAjNV3Ni1dNDc/s1600/1764_5--Nikko+Archer+04.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5558179451590653970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9In6YkIohpy9of47e-KxsBhZUnxARRJkNDldOHm-3LFi4XOKT9KX0sm7f83EnqiZNR70N6GdG0lhiwX3RQTDt8wLWTvkgpDTgvrrdI_f_nkSmRSWD9gGfIxfn2QyB4zMAjNV3Ni1dNDc/s400/1764_5--Nikko+Archer+04.jpg" /></a><br /><div>So, here we are in 2011, a new year. I hope it will be a happy, healthy and prosperous one for all of my readers.<br /><br />I normally stay home on New Year’s Eve, but stay up long enough to watch the ball drop in Times Square at midnight. I went to bed earlier this time, though, as I’ve been working overtime at the office and wanted to get in early on Saturday. I’d planned to get to bed by 10:30 p.m. so I could get up around 4:30 a.m., but I didn’t actually get to bed until a bit after 11:30.<br /><br />Then I was kept awake after what I assume was midnight. Firecrackers began to sound in the distance, but what was really bad was that some major asshole nearby was blasting some kind of loud horn outside (and I mean LOUD). I think I heard somebody shout out to him to stop the racket, but that didn’t stop him. All that I did was see myself in my mind picking up and aiming a rifle, pulling the trigger and watching the imbecile’s head explode as the bullet struck. He eventually went away, but then came back and blew the horn so loud that I actually jumped when roused from my slumber!<br /><br />I got up around 4:30 anyway.<br /><br />During the day on Friday I put the finishing touches on a CD of photos to send in to B&W magazine for its annual portfolio competition. I got a Bronze Award recently in the magazine’s single image competition (see <a href="http://figuresofgrace.blogspot.com/2010/11/b-magazine.html">here</a>), so I figured that I’d try sending in some portfolios, too.<br /><br />One of the portfolios I submitted was my series of photographs of archers in competition during the Tosho-gu Grand Festival in Nikko, Japan, in 2005. I think I have a total of 14 photos, so I had to scan all but two of those negatives, two having been scanned previously.<br /><br />At the top you can one of those previously unscanned images. As I’ve explained before, there was no way I could get a sharp picture, as I had to focus manually on a man riding a horse running at full gallop. Even if I could maintain focus, there wasn’t enough light to get a fast enough shutter speed to stop motion.<br /><br />Therefore, I resorted to the pan and blur technique of following along with the subject in the viewfinder as it moves across. Most of the photos I shot were of the horse and rider pretty much right in front of me. The photo at the top here is different, though, as the subjects were still off to my left. They were even far off away for me to capture the horses legs in motion. I kind of like it – and hopefully this post will help my photography get off to a fast start this year!<br />****************************************************************************<br /><br />As I've written in my last few posts, I'm in the process of switching my blog over to Wordpress. You can see my post there at: <a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/full-gallop/">http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2011/01/04/full-gallop/</a> </div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-51867922473642927862010-12-31T13:44:00.004-05:002010-12-31T14:03:34.334-05:00Warm Thoughts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCs8apXqWFCl-MNcktXYVIuuKVl75SqifW7nDitWLi3WriOfQKXAkNKoqgXFKbsPi6hcqaayMxZ7PZKI2TLnOwdx8EoFUtpyAMvjdubO0eVCQCjmDUc7vKTAz-SHw6X7euVWQPOJiwuAYO/s1600/Revielle--Aug2010_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 234px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556919485810337362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCs8apXqWFCl-MNcktXYVIuuKVl75SqifW7nDitWLi3WriOfQKXAkNKoqgXFKbsPi6hcqaayMxZ7PZKI2TLnOwdx8EoFUtpyAMvjdubO0eVCQCjmDUc7vKTAz-SHw6X7euVWQPOJiwuAYO/s400/Revielle--Aug2010_01.jpg" /></a> <div>So here we are on December 31 – the final day of the year. It’s been a long one, certainly, with its share of ups and downs. I normally like to finish the year with a post looking over the past 12 months, but with a lot of stuff going on lately – like dealing with snowstorms and working overtime – I just haven’t been able to put together an overview yet. </div><br /><div>Instead, I’m going to end the year with something simple: warm thoughts for all of my readers. Thank you all for taking the time to read my ramblings and look at my photos. I hope you enjoy them and will keep coming back. </div><div><br />On a more direct note, there’s another reason for warm thoughts at this time. Here in the northeast and in other parts of the U.S., we’ve been deluged with tons and tons of snow. My last blog post included a photo of a model photographed in Ohio earlier in the year – and last winter – in the snow. </div><div><br />To remind people that all of this cold stuff is temporary and that warm weather will (eventually) return, today I’m posting another photo of a model, <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/thecrawlingshoe">Revielle</a>, in Ohio – only this one was made half a year after the last one. Warmth had returned, after all, and there was no snow to be seen anywhere. </div><br /><div>So, let’s just deal with the cold as best as we can and wait for warmer days. Just be patient and they’ll get here. </div><br /><div>As for my own story, I was able to finally get to work on Wednesday, though I had to take a bus to another subway line as the one near me was still out of service. It’s back to normal now, though. </div><div></div><div>On the down side, it looks like I won’t be able to use my car for a while. All of the snow that had been on it is gone, but there’s a huge pile of snow directly behind it that’s too big for me to shovel away (and there’s no place to really dump it if I could), so there’s no way that I can back my car out of its parking spot in the lot. </div><div><br />I normally don’t use my car much in the winter, but I’m planning to go over to a friend on Long Island for his holiday party tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll be able to take the railroad there instead.</div><div><br />For now, I wish you all a happy and healthy new year! See you again in 2011. </div><div>*********************************************************************************</div><div></div><div>As I wrote last time, I'm in the process of switching over my blog to Wordpress, as that blogging site doesn't put up a content warning page for people to get by before seeing my posts. I'll be doing parallel posts for a while until I can get things there finalized, so for now, please take a look at my new post over there and let me know what you think of how it looks. See it at:</div><div></div><div></div><br /><a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/warm-thoughts/">http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/warm-thoughts/</a><br /><br />Thanks again.Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-87768446878824469032010-12-28T20:05:00.006-05:002010-12-28T20:45:39.482-05:00Snowbound Blues<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgH6_noMIbJknxDF-uVfpctFJ1bp0ro8AUB29Pk9fWDd1x-Yw9EKQY3AE1UjsOu955mT3mBCLaBg3BQIoo-TpcTmVxGGnF05vsSSgXEbaTrEUlIAhcpWWTB0NN8L_xKrTmlEFu-xIzmoA/s1600/Angie%2526Nahmana2010-02--2963_.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 255px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555904320064509490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgH6_noMIbJknxDF-uVfpctFJ1bp0ro8AUB29Pk9fWDd1x-Yw9EKQY3AE1UjsOu955mT3mBCLaBg3BQIoo-TpcTmVxGGnF05vsSSgXEbaTrEUlIAhcpWWTB0NN8L_xKrTmlEFu-xIzmoA/s400/Angie%2526Nahmana2010-02--2963_.jpg" /></a><br /><div>It snowed here in New York City on Sunday – a lot! We got at least 20 inches of snow. I heard on the radio this morning that it was the sixth largest snowfall that the city has ever gotten since record keeping began, which was probably in the late 1800’s. </div><div><br />I couldn’t get into work yesterday. I guess I hadn’t realized how much snow had fallen overnight, so I got up a little earlier than normal, went through my normal pre-breakfast morning routine, and then decided to take a look at my computer. I checked the website of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and guess what – the subway line that I take into work was out of commission. That line runs in on outdoor, uncovered gulley for the most part, so snow can easily accumulate there. Given enough of it, trains just can’t get through.</div><div><br />I never even left home. I developed three rolls of film from my trip to Japan instead.</div><div><br />Today was a different story. I checked the MTA website when I got up and, unfortunately, my subway line was still out of service. However, another subway line – this one elevated outdoors and close to where I used to live – was back in service but with delays. If I could get to one of its stations, I could get to work, even if I might be late. To get to a station, though, I had to take a bus that stops a couple of blocks from me. I decided to give it a try. </div><div><br />I should never have left home. </div><div><br />Walking toward the bus stop, I saw a bus making a turn as it’s supposed to do at that corner. “Great,” I thought, “the buses are running!” Then when I got closer I saw that the bus had no passengers, but its lights were flashing. Next, I saw the driver slumped against the window, apparently dozing. Then the sign in front reading “Not In Service.”<br /></div><div>“What the hell’s going on here?,” I wondered. I walked down to the next stop, where I spoke to some people walking by. One man told me that the bus had been stuck in that spot since the day of the blizzard – two days ago! </div><div><br />I knew then that it would not be good, people saying that they hadn’t seen one bus running this morning. I walked on in the other direction, toward the supermarket where I’d go to get a few things to take home if all else failed. Waiting at the bus stop across the street, I spoke with a man who’d been waiting for about an hour and a half and hadn’t seen a bus. Then another man came by who said that three buses and an ambulance were stuck in the snow further along the buses route, indicating that no bus was likely to get through.<br /></div><div>He did make another suggestion: walk several long blocks up to the next main avenue, where I should be able to get a different bus to that one working subway line. “Why not?,” I figured. “I’m out here already, so I might as well give it a try.” </div><div><br />Before I even got to that avenue I heard people along the way saying that no buses were running there, either. Still, on I went on the odd chance that a bus might actually go by. I gave up after about twenty minutes. By that time I'd been looking for a bus for over two hours. No bus seemed likely to go by, and even if it did, there’d be a good chance that I’d have to stand on it (if I could get on at all) and on the subway, too – and my bad foot was already hurting me so much that the prospect of having to stand for a couple of hours more was unthinkable. </div><div><br />So, in the end, ‘twas all for naught. (Well, maybe not all. I did get a gallon of milk on the way home.) What lay in wait tomorrow morning is yet to be seen. All I know now is what the MTA website says: right now, my subway line is still not working, and neither is the bus I need as an alternative. Wish me luck.</div><div>****************************************************************************<br /><br />In keeping with the snowy theme, that’s another photo of <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/goddessangie1">Goddess Angie</a> and <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/jypsie">Jypsie Nahmana </a>in the snow during my trip to Ohio in February. </div><div>****************************************************************************</div><div></div><div>Finally, I'm thinking of switching my blog over to Wordpress to avoid people being put off by the annoying warning page that people have to deal with here and to publish my photos full size if I so desire.</div><div></div><div>With that in mind, today I created a blog account at Wordpress and posted this entry over there. It's all very rudimentary now as I need to figure the whole thing out, but please take a look here and let me know what you think:</div><div></div><br /><a href="http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/snowbound-blues/">http://figuresofgrace.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/snowbound-blues/</a><br /><br />Thanks.Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-737040750921618812010-12-22T22:47:00.006-05:002010-12-23T06:28:03.619-05:00Solstice Bells<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvmFQCgmLUhnyiAJbmVSvMQFru9ysRq1zK9HYyHiN3iM6IqF-luzBB6xIAAutADdsbRu6xnALJeM7rdD8lkZqC6rMDK7TmIOAReGUnhght29k21jhKDBE0eNCv_6WOAMGCO09VBJG6agY/s1600/Angie2010_02--2966_02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 335px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553720595122105090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCvmFQCgmLUhnyiAJbmVSvMQFru9ysRq1zK9HYyHiN3iM6IqF-luzBB6xIAAutADdsbRu6xnALJeM7rdD8lkZqC6rMDK7TmIOAReGUnhght29k21jhKDBE0eNCv_6WOAMGCO09VBJG6agY/s400/Angie2010_02--2966_02.jpg" /></a> <div><em>“Now is the solstice of the year,<br />Winter is the glad song that you hear.<br />Seven maids move in seven time.<br />Have the lads up ready in a line.<br /><br />Ring out these bells.<br />Ring out, ring solstice bells.<br />Ring solstice bells.” </em></div><div><br />- Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull (“Ring Out, Solstice Bells”) </div><br /><div>Those words begin one of my favorite songs from the Jethro Tull album “Songs From The Wood.” As the winter solstice took place this week and winter officially began (I know – try telling that to the folks in Minnesota), I thought I’d quote that line to celebrate the season. </div><div><br />What a solstice it was, too! A lunar eclipse, a full moon and the winter solstice all in one day, the likes of which hadn’t happened in over 450 years. I’m sorry that I couldn’t stay up to watch the eclipse around 2:30 a.m. here in New York (having to get up at 5:30 in the morning to get ready for work will do that), but the moon did look spectacular when I saw it the following evening and the morning after that. </div><div><br />So, let us rejoice in the season. Sure, the days may get colder, but the hours of daylight will be getting longer, too, day after day, until day equals night (equal night = "equinox") on the vernal equinox in March and then on to the summer solstice in June.</div><br /><div>Winter brings snow, too, and without it, how can photographers create images such as this one here, showing <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/goddessangie1">Goddess Angie</a>, bravely sacrificing the warmth of a studio to help create some outdoor art during my trip to Ohio in February of this year. Thanks again, Angie!</div><div><br />(To hear the song by Jethro Tull, click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFZ9TK37E78">here</a>. Turning on your computer's speakers is highly recommended.) </div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-48988440329211325722010-12-16T21:17:00.015-05:002010-12-16T22:27:53.336-05:00A Busy Couple of Weeks<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcO8g5QJS-Q7QaQsGnN5UC_Jy8Rp65ZgiVKfz-VGDOBqdsfQ-iM1OdCumHp0eDEyz__k8m86477PKh-4KGRs0xgdzw1i72RmDeESnG0uC1x5X_K0J8Hkmue-EOj5b40YqclUDLXL11c8b/s1600/IMG_1724wp.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 313px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551474856592871058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcO8g5QJS-Q7QaQsGnN5UC_Jy8Rp65ZgiVKfz-VGDOBqdsfQ-iM1OdCumHp0eDEyz__k8m86477PKh-4KGRs0xgdzw1i72RmDeESnG0uC1x5X_K0J8Hkmue-EOj5b40YqclUDLXL11c8b/s400/IMG_1724wp.jpg" /></a> <div align="center"></div><div align="left">Hi again, everyone. </div><div align="left"><br />Yes, I know. I haven’t posted anything for a while. I had actually planned to make a posting this past weekend titled “A Busy Week,” but unfortunately some more problems cropped up with my new computer and I’ve had to spend several hours on the phone with tech support people in India, the Philippines and – would you believe it? – the United States (!) trying to get the problems sorted out. </div><div align="left"><br />As of now, they are still not all worked out, but they are to the extent that I can take a few days off from conversing with people on the other side of the world. More on this later. </div><div align="left"><br />The action began a couple of weeks ago when I made a weekend trip to Las Vegas to visit family. As has become the norm for a Vegas visit, I got together with my good friend <a href="http://www.photoanthems.blogspot.com/">Terrell “Big T” Neasley</a> for breakfast on Saturday morning. After I downed my pancakes and he finished his eggs benedict, we drove on over to a camera store where Terrell and some of his buddies like to hang out on Saturday mornings. That’s a photo of Big T in the store at the top. </div><div align="left"><br />I returned to New York on Monday, December 6, but as it was a late afternoon departure from Las Vegas, my plane didn’t get into JFK until around 12:45 a.m., I didn’t get home until around 2:00 and I didn’t get to bed until around 3:00. If that weren’t bad enough, it was up at 5:30 a.m. to head into work as usual. </div><div align="left"><br />There wasn’t much time to rest after work, either, as that Tuesday evening was the annual benefit photo auction for <a href="http://www.fwab.org/">Friends Without a Border</a>, which I wrote about last time. This is always a nice event to attend, helping to raise money for a childrens’ hospital in Cambodia. The difference this year was that one of my own photos was being auctioned off, so I was happy to contribute in another way. </div><div align="left"><br />So how did my photo do? Well, it sold for $200 to a woman who told me that she really liked it a great deal, but quite honestly I was hoping that it would go for a bit more. Still, $200 can buy a lot of medicine to help the needy, so I am happy that it sold for what it did. Hopefully I’ll be able to contribute another print next year. </div><div align="left"><br />Here are some photos from the event. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551473908045891538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic7V1UpxPYKnoUmv9Td_XGi4-d0ay-YEmZYT_dz9oF7lv1YqhxjtZPq0G2rJyK7FLLPT2hgLd2dNrqz8_Ie33DL2gsd_MbFaOq1oNr9c9IAFlc9zk4H0Ru6M4WIdEzMvAjJUHTD1Dk4AHG/s400/FWAB01.jpg" /> <em>Some of the volunteers<br /></em><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 276px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551473903979294610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrhdTLJTnlLFnmYP0-B7HMhjnSIMcWFji_WpkgfaJVAKBqZjjZMnWUog_b0BeLPDVVm7BgZdNHgUcY5aLQc-p_FyyFpbzMeDkzTMyP3g9KjRtZMhooUiFebGojcP8OJheeThkzJ9s94kV/s400/FWAB02.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 275px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551473893041944114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTzI2nNEaWOkvdi9kggGpwMLkPR9MZZIdYhMVxQHTTfpzrgcInah9sekpJCFacb-NcXb1qIydgwmgHrQPVtt3NFm6V3TlXs858-l1yFkwgI-q6a2UZrBzLNvEYOkWwsmVlYc1QtXG0KTN/s400/FWAB03.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551473890113026706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcyJ7-4fBiYENxjzLL_CKevv72plGWvH4Hhun3K6zeDN59wD6EiP3bU5Jd0rqYHtxBnJA1IHEjnyuWtWUccd-kA74rSL3OSYQzKDseGuYCbUJ3u1m25LQA1Ohl_f_U4STXp7mSPQypCr_/s400/FWAB04.jpg" /> <em>That's my photo at the top. Note that somebody had placed a bid and then crossed it out!</em><br /><em><br /></em><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551473888228341458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciHUTzbiWHU71BflKlvPW1hbrQLgKKqx1yg92USl0W3zsSLbqoPw5LMhAHtFYWbNKr_5LHiQIpEZJoJrIzInZeu-kT-Zky02HAi3FT-m5qsdd6hO3TS2-6FIyqwG-Fi0cNxwjIb0DnF0m/s400/FWAB05.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551472716075595074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfNFyPfLXBObzyA4q_tZ5HtUuQ3mJEA1nNcHV4PkDTdWwzW6lzeJSQLvFLEyCcextqAy7UEpNXVa71RK0GdG6_enfUtBWRNrgxZJqvsnS9NNx5Nom0M_7Sp0HNYFrcLEsufWosHmIAb5t/s400/FWAB06.jpg" /> <em>My friend Omar<br /></em><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551472710755950338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdg6vajlqMjW4CzUWyXiQqKkEbgB6gGpV9AuuAlceA8H0knPHMDdmFnHlRfrbfzxdHXBsMLSDYXzkdtJ1O0okviG4g285CvRHaBzF_qKNRRAMst-B7nrh6MAv5FjS7ob8tbCQyH4VFxNo6/s400/FWAB07.jpg" /> <em>The gorgeous photo by Lillian Bassman that I wish I could have afforded</em><br /><em><br /></em><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 277px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551472708631465906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrILjB60bxyYMQ8lRvof0IOSVadlFQjRwF8Qtfgg1wiNFNq70Fwvt7mjlfgiFFhQXkrO0vjPr61TCwCdEMtvspmYeJettI0sUfwCvCdk3TS2AK32y7QUGdjo94C3ayPuM1LVEN4W-zb8F/s400/FWAB08.jpg" /> <em>Yours truly with the buyer of my photo<br /></em><br /><div align="left">At the end of last week, on Friday, I decided to go after work to the holiday party being held at the <a href="http://www.nyaa.edu/nyaa/home.html">New York Academy of Art</a> in TriBeCa. I wanted to get some dinner first, so I used it as an opportunity to finally eat at a place called the Square Diner (even though it’s on a roughly triangular shaped piece of land) a couple of blocks from the school. There are plenty of diners in New York, but I've wanted to try this one as it seems to be one of the few railroad car style diners left in the city, so it was an interesting visit. (The food was decent, too.)</div><div align="left"><br />Here are a few photos. </div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 283px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551472701770978610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYPLfwRX9MIoKzenAaxVwhyphenhyphen5SCPHQ7obooBWhNBQLnXT_OF1vSReK18KjkiC2ayRXY81LlElWB_8i25W6I1cMYSM9j1UfrVAIDHq6L12DzWwxwG24LbkXNsRsRFKHYBQ5X39BGcMB56Gb/s400/Diner01.jpg" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551472696483668994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aI26sRX4tQAT8Lxo23nX7_MoBjUyFJNvjFL9e4R1LwzFgqm6E6HwaJbxjEAl0tS1d3lq3Omp4zgtRQgk3FpLbEkOOGnMCq96xs5QvMSN43ZoBWH5Huj1ha4Mf2PtrVCys2ZVZT2DcG8X/s400/Diner02.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 241px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551471711914508274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUjDvwVQggQIybxMocXHd3dl16GAFDvV6bpeM5htzggQPM5YhW3X3aT0pMNPSfWio9rf1eOtVWL0UeO5ajl_QBA1aJwNCsiBpQr70JJ__3iTFWjo-Xn3RL84vsANPVvoHeKJYX1OE8GZd/s400/Diner03.jpg" /><br /><div align="left">After dinner it was off to the art school, where the event was held in the main gallery on the ground floor. The walls were covered with small, relatively inexpensive artworks for sale to benefit the school, and there were a lot of wonderful paintings, prints and drawings. Among the people I met and spoke with were John Cichowski, who runs the school’s continuing education department (perhaps I’ll sign up for a figure drawing class one day when I have time) and an art student named Lisa Benson, whose website can be seen <a href="http://artisticobservations.com/">here</a> and blog <a href="http://artisticobservations.blogspot.com/">here</a>. </div><div align="left"><br />There was art being created, too, as several artists were making drawings and paintings of the models who occupied the center of the room – several young guys covered in a glittery covering, wearing nothing but white undershorts and white angel wings. (It would be great if they could have some female angels dressed that way next year, but somehow I don’t think that will happen!) </div><div align="left"><br />Again, some photos. </div><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 289px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551471704171368738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHMVGTLVznCAZF_L5xLPV4FQe8FGmO68hOel43UihzlkGlKIHyL7u98ILeR6UCEzWZBzfDXwKAQRQ1ePbjTwAeA1N-hoWlacvs7ZwNHyAxZa_BtYbh6dEZKVfGU1CFRAVa_Jy8vEu-5GN/s400/NYAA01.jpg" /> <em>Art for sale </em><br /><em><br /></em><em></em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 276px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551471695170677586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hCsH5VwLzGdJziz2gFIqWlQ5ilQGwEVwGjfULb9u1wTyHJsv9_WoatNhGZnpduFMnbEFdwLcGzfcRSJhyKhhj8ZzRvpExphqGcyPkh-3aXUXmVsOHijfIEpzVeO98bPGrQtjrn39hRQj/s400/NYAA02.jpg" /> <em>A gorgeous mezzotint</em><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 345px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551471693153278690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7E7aVM3NyN2HcBzOawpYGv4W_R6FPUsxr74UtZtB-tktkRGvMQcUWUIji38QLxrhOoD_taXV8UPHJgklARarHSyzmTJESOStnLXW4GJIP69fIjXA39pywdAgdWPa1Nt_szOTZVPGUhQN/s400/NYAA02a.jpg" /> <em>Another interesting print<br /></em><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 301px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551471689326870242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjenUQD4pVNuL-vzUBQM_j49HThEWiOrSMnvKPb6KaJZtcMH-EuBSBz1eYG8juDZ7DNGPjdJmNn1fhTQBbFa0f-6zXHLwEt8wPr5aNU3p0rnzZGja1BPVjdWhqLTuLubXPWwV37xf1X0QJA/s400/NYAA03---JohnC.jpg" /> <em>John Cichowski</em><br /><em><br /></em><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 337px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551470568776535330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vZo_deDHjxK7vVmDkJr_yY0hdGOSg-4hLGJMHbiMdedGkUVVQBvYpnfgS4Pa5-16UHPPe1pLCSZaga9nYgWNaEmzWI6GXt2O-MTNZ_4RayXGNAcBmIIJRpRzVKKbGAW-5QRljlrpjwzG/s400/NYAA04.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 335px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551470558109601202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdFuiLOxX8n5XuorZ1zeXezYCTJGQaDeWEkb521RyQ-zqPS1AOLToEqo0Q1CPCVh7uj9CFAmek9-yjYSZeTnHyS3n2Mw9hD64ORY9PmSRDaLVilanstyGFqxfYEMlTPf1sa5PzJhiD7Na/s400/NYAA05.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551470550742721346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JHOnNlfz2cPq-v_YtgKlAynQbCJpXKe5i_JCp0_11UgK_F0PC14w7gDJ0xw7oxfSH35E3nYd1SxwwBArxozv_m8JpQS0vX0eRVJQJfxNWQKAIDtXGmkBttp_mVFyEUnkqZ0WpB8dFi-k/s400/NYAA06.jpg" /> <div align="center"><em>Nudes can be nice, too!</em></div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551470552056940450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEWjEZrDptoXj8jP8Y6wizLzBj1qxvp6ap93h2rhjOFE7hdD_m2mpsgzCc9Xjdh_DGMKBFK6oMfPkYAZ2Hw5WArrGe3rcfw9ePh1WL2kIA2zVvV25Itz7QmESMHX5GaTnIiCTuFfuenS9/s400/NYAA07.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551470548214484898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyrxWPGijz5Xc5HfJ5E7RPCxj18j6Pq-_Ah3xNPfhWkrVT_u-TlLXXG8jwCBcDCONAbXCSz2cAu2cWCz36kCdLoabrz-0xejaHpv7hEIHbOmpnz3_17gTjfr08-U_dIJbWkqjnCcBsfh1/s400/NYAA08.jpg" /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551469970664936338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPur_KhrHZyqZjyW2ZW-GFvTWDkwqlnhiaCdrY-GjJQjd-HD1nMvF4UOflHTpW1zUYb21ualn9HkN0KKTGsUVJ_bY2u8KQvvs-sr3qsbqOtb0ApoBd9XpxplazkUiTjtp5Jx-116CRhTQ/s400/NYAA09---LisaB.jpg" /> <em>Lisa Benson</em><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551469968000537506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEeXJ5AY3JSw6bgGKvCbPEWFPxJfaMKnAVDLB4fWobFuEgIXO-Ol9iST5tF1D-VrpLOmG1HDXnf1bGH2LIHDzqT_RBtFBVCSJpfPOebng1Vlrj_ivQPUb781QU77saesGIkmOrS76z7Vfg/s400/NYAA10.jpg" /><br /><div align="left">************************************************************************<br />As to my computer problems, where shall I begin??? Come to think of it, I’ve probably posted enough for one day, so I’ll hold off until my next post to deal with that. Perhaps I’ll even be able to get something resolved between now and then. </div><div align="left"><br />Before I end, though, here’s a You Tube link that every American citizen should watch:<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7q5F2u1I_Q&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7q5F2u1I_Q&feature=related</a> </div><div align="left"><br />Stay tuned and stay warm. </div></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-53419767745328016632010-12-03T06:45:00.005-05:002010-12-03T06:57:11.936-05:00Friends Without a Border Benefit Auction<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mEk_oqC72M-OocRGFXLBB0L_471k3wK0PM5fTixuZN2VMAW_sAgC3h6ONQUfzVNH3h_gf1MUGUe9VDUVio_-eKRyx2IVB1W2Qc-ypYOEsDVk07uw_Xwnw7bPYz2GDzXiK2pmImz5aES-/s1600/1765_6--Nikko05_Archer.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 313px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546423262567496738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mEk_oqC72M-OocRGFXLBB0L_471k3wK0PM5fTixuZN2VMAW_sAgC3h6ONQUfzVNH3h_gf1MUGUe9VDUVio_-eKRyx2IVB1W2Qc-ypYOEsDVk07uw_Xwnw7bPYz2GDzXiK2pmImz5aES-/s400/1765_6--Nikko05_Archer.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Sorry for the delay in writing, everyone. I'm afraid that things have piled up around here so I've been busy trying to get out from under. There was also a death in my family recently that has required me to divert much of my attention to family matters.</div><div></div><br /><div>Today's entry is a quickie, but an important one. Next Tuesday, December 7, <a href="http://www.fwab.org/">Friends Without a Border </a>will hold its annual photography auction in New York. The proceeds go to support a hospital for children in Siem Reap, near the famous ruins of Angkor, in Cambodia. This is a cause I have supported over the years by purchasing a number of photos from the auction, and I'm pleased to announce that one of my own photographs will be auctioned this year as part of the fundraiser.</div><br /><div></div><div>My photo included is the one shown here, "Archer in Competition, Nikko, Japan, 2005." This photo was also on the cover of the <a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1109957">first volume</a> of books published by the f-eleven group, and the purchase of my photo also includes a copy of that book, too.</div><div></div><br /><div>To find out more about the auction and to register to bid, please click <a href="http://www.fwab.org/fwabphotoauction2010/index.html">here</a>. This is a very worthy cause and I hope readers will consider contributing. My photo can be seen <a href="http://www.fwab.org/fwabphotoauction2010/silentauctionlots.html">here</a>, in the fourth row, second from the right.</div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-88070399289967581032010-11-23T20:19:00.007-05:002010-11-23T20:26:38.275-05:00B&W Magazine<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikY_WOia1zw88zmQ-2rRADCwHF1Rqf9ECNkJLirp8rde1VObS0-yWt2tpZrA-nHw9RFKx7AW7SZglX614GCHkjEubTOe86AIWhlSUp5-4v5CbETqlseO5DNZvv1fPKuz0Wng4m200L-YgQ/s1600/DR+page.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542920407558970370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikY_WOia1zw88zmQ-2rRADCwHF1Rqf9ECNkJLirp8rde1VObS0-yWt2tpZrA-nHw9RFKx7AW7SZglX614GCHkjEubTOe86AIWhlSUp5-4v5CbETqlseO5DNZvv1fPKuz0Wng4m200L-YgQ/s400/DR+page.jpg" /></a> <div>I received the new issue of B&W magazine in the mail a few days ago. This is the Single Image Contest issue that includes one of my photos, “Nude, Prince Edward Island, 2006,” that won a Bronze Award. My photo is on page 51 and can be seen above. You can see the cover below. </div><div><br />The issue, #80, is also available now in bookstores and on newsstands for those of you who may want to purchase a copy or just take a look.</div><div><br />That’s the good news. Now the bad: my photo was placed in the wrong category. The image was created as an in-camera double exposure on film, but it won third prize in the category called Digital Conceptualization. That’s right: digital! I work hard to use film and make prints in a darkroom, and pride myself on the fact that I don’t do digital, but now people will see my photo and think that it was something that I doctored up in the computer, rather than being a product of creative vision on location. That’s a real disappointment for me. </div><div><br />So, I wrote the following message to the magazine’s staff yesterday morning: </div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">“Dear B&W: </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I recently received my copy of issue #80, the special Single Image Contest Awards issue. As you had notified me, one of my photographs was given a Bronze Award (on page 51), and I want to </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAoslu4zH8kGxa0LrJw5mDfStudPa_RHo7Fv1s7yPcISQ9poxX0W5fVUXNQ-2jxg822wSIDz-fkL_fM18odxZX4REmOVMpm1F7H1B8sgNs4epku75-Utq0c2Rc3OoHz6Zb8yTNnu6Qv5t/s1600/Cover.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 242px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542920297091593906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKAoslu4zH8kGxa0LrJw5mDfStudPa_RHo7Fv1s7yPcISQ9poxX0W5fVUXNQ-2jxg822wSIDz-fkL_fM18odxZX4REmOVMpm1F7H1B8sgNs4epku75-Utq0c2Rc3OoHz6Zb8yTNnu6Qv5t/s320/Cover.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">thank you again for selecting my image out of the many that were submitted. I feel honored. </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">However, I am also writing to inform you of my great disappointment in seeing that my photo was placed in the wrong category, Digital Conceptualization. While I agree that the image is conceptual in nature, it is definitely not digital. Rather, it was made as an in-camera double exposure – something that I conceived in my mind with forethought while on location and not something that I assembled on a computer screen afterwards. </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Actually, I take pride in the fact that I still use film which I develop myself and that I still make silver prints in a darkroom. The only digital work I do is to make straight scans from negatives to post on the web and to submit to competitions and publications such as yours. It is therefore quite upsetting that readers of B&W will see my photo and think that the image was something that was doctored up in a computer, which is something I would never do. </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">What is perhaps even more unsettling is that someone would simply assume that a photographic image is the result of digital computer manipulation without considering the alternatives or even trying to find out. Is this what photography has come to? When a fine publication such as B&W does so, it’s even worse. </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">You say in the contest prospectus that it makes no difference if an image was made via film or digital capture. If that is so, why only have a category for Digital Conceptualization? Why not have one for Analog (Film) Conceptualization as well? Think of the fine work that Jerry Uelsmann has done over the years using film and multiple enlargers. Think of the photographs that have been created in a darkroom using sandwiched negatives. Think of the work such as mine that were done as multiple exposures in the camera. All of these are conceptual in nature, yet none of them fall into the category of Digital Conceptualization. Is it fair that they should be excluded or wrongly labeled? </span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Perhaps a better solution is this: create a category that is simply called “Conceptual.” This way, it would encompass everything. Of course, people might still look at a film image and believe it was done digitally, but I much prefer that ambiguity to having somebody told outright that a photograph is the result of digital manipulation when in fact it is not. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br />Again, I want to tell you how pleased I am that my image was given a Bronze Award and I thank you for doing so. I just believe that your way of categorizing images could be improved and I hope you will consider what I have written. “ </span></div><div><br />I wasn’t sure if I would get a response, but in fact I got two. One was from the staff of the magazine that handles the competition, and they thanked me for writing and for making suggestions for change. They wrote that they have also been thinking about the same things.</div><div><br />The other response was a phone call from Henry Rasmussen, the original publisher and editor of B&W magazine and now the person in charge of judging the magazine’s competitions. He left a message while I was out yesterday, but I called him back today and we had a nice discussion on the topic. </div><div><br />He apologized for the error and admitted that he could have been more diligent in determining the method by which my photo was made. As a film and darkroom user, I told him of my belief that for any category that is reserved for digital only, there should be one just for film users, too.</div><div><br />In the end, he told me that changes should be made that will hopefully prevent this type of error from happening again, so although I’m disappointed that my photo was put in the wrong category this time, I can at least have some satisfaction in knowing that I’ve helped to correct things for the future. As with my photo being selected for an award and getting published, I am happy about that. </div><div><br />(Now if only the producers of “Dancing With the Stars” will listen to my suggestions and come up with a system that will prevent someone like Bristol Palin from ever making it to the finals again. Until they do, I am not planning to watch.) </div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-55070534350206709032010-11-14T13:15:00.006-05:002010-11-14T21:43:25.634-05:00Calendar 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m1Bhk_i1crC_Ac9YQQsdUVtouxolpI56IO8fBiaMCg-MRb46CZxdQZg7BfLFFrjz2zhRVtILIkWtYiwWu1X1ON5xOU7k5cocpRwmXdqLjBo1rxpl0uyN9Qr8D8DMckKhpmAIkaN9TYqw/s1600/E4+-+cover_a-sm.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 309px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539473640420019026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m1Bhk_i1crC_Ac9YQQsdUVtouxolpI56IO8fBiaMCg-MRb46CZxdQZg7BfLFFrjz2zhRVtILIkWtYiwWu1X1ON5xOU7k5cocpRwmXdqLjBo1rxpl0uyN9Qr8D8DMckKhpmAIkaN9TYqw/s400/E4+-+cover_a-sm.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I’ve just finished putting together and publishing my art nude calendar for 2011. I made calendars for 2008 and 2009, but I never got around to making one for 2010. Now, the calendar is back.<br /><br />Please click <a href="http://www.lulu.com/product/calendar/figures-of-grace-2011-art-nudes/13579565">here</a> to take a look. Click on the preview link to see a full preview. The photos – 12 months plus the cover – measure 8.5 x 11 inches and are in glorious black and white. <br /><br /></div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div>The price of the calendar is $17.95, but I was able to order one at 30% off with the code EARLYBIRD305. You may be able to do so, too, but the offer expires tomorrow, November 15. For more information, click <a href="http://www.lulu.com/static/110410_EARLYBIRD305wv.html/?cid=110410_en_email_EARLYBIRD305">here</a>.<br /><br />The new calendar includes a selection of photos from outdoor, indoor and studio settings. The models depicted include <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/carlottachampagne">Carlotta Champagne</a> (cover), <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/candacenirvana">Candace Nirvana</a>, <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/LizAshley">Liz Ashley</a>, <a href="http://www.katlove.com/">Kat Love </a>and <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/rubiacaea">Sarah Ellis</a>. </div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-83095103025852265182010-11-11T13:16:00.006-05:002010-11-11T16:28:22.137-05:00Bronze<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkWjDdvHVddGsqv-92M1YhJPSwA5LgOfUjt_uWv3VErhyGB2Xv2JFzhbIWnILQgbd4I-fP_R40Z_xN_x0E43F4tfnz8WEeWRDkhf5M8eOi_Yiun5A8oE1RnJRcYbyjGini077cp5r-c5w/s1600/Rachel06_2X-02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538358409260342738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkWjDdvHVddGsqv-92M1YhJPSwA5LgOfUjt_uWv3VErhyGB2Xv2JFzhbIWnILQgbd4I-fP_R40Z_xN_x0E43F4tfnz8WEeWRDkhf5M8eOi_Yiun5A8oE1RnJRcYbyjGini077cp5r-c5w/s400/Rachel06_2X-02.jpg" /></a> <div>I found out a couple of weeks ago that one of my photos has received a Bronze Award (third place) in the upcoming Single Images competition issue of B&W magazine. The issue, B&W #80, should be available on newsstands and bookstores the first week of December.<br /><br /></div><div>According to the message I received from the magazine, 555 photographers entered a total of 3,395 photos in the competition. It said that 15 people received Bronze Awards (one for each category, I believe) so with the Gold and Silver awards, that’s 45 images getting awards – or about 1.3 percent of the total number entered. I’m happy.<br /><br /></div><div>The initial message didn’t say which image was selected, but after inquiring, I was told that it’s "Nude, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 2006,” which should be the photo at the top here – an in-camera double exposure of Rachel.<br /><br /></div><div>I’ll let people know when the issue is available.<br />*******************************************************************************</div><div><br /></div><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538357946315462610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuF_QQrfWiVSmo1KDRxUHfkFF-BJ0N62rJRJM6JJNqgDGsT-gZoR3sFWm0RfemzTJAyqjKOVd2A4dyU5KB3Rfz-Qw0duJA3_Q9tjlXoztIW_VBrHMqDsIBUpqZ2NacuTBK9SDnyVy_yuL/s400/IMG_1581wp.jpg" />Today is Veteran’s Day here in the United States. As it happens, yesterday would have been my father’s 87th birthday if he were still with us. My dad fought in World War II as a paratrooper in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. He used to fly in gliders, which he told me were given the nickname “flying coffins.”<br /><br />A number of years back he gave me one of his glider wing pins, which you can see here. I’m just upset that his Eisenhower jacket that used to hang in my closet when I lived with my parents somehow got lost when my folks moved out of New York. I can’t imagine him wanting to get rid of it, but I have no idea where it is now.<br /><br />Anyway, I salute all of the veterans – from WWII and earlier to the most recent – plus those men and women still in uniform, for risking all to protect us all. Thank you.Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-30672618412726866402010-11-05T00:47:00.007-04:002010-11-05T01:09:02.133-04:00The Photo Review Auction<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRMXYjPNHJDd974YzY5wmTps_5BbP5JlAoy0Q1Pal_UZf9aaOzF7sjIwkREMqfWo2ir2A6kbLH-XdZg04JY5vKjJ5ep_DI5KJUWD4tvaz4IZGo5HNatafPcLsoH-lbiTJlVjz8flmp5va/s1600/BetceeMay07_07--01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 357px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535927639982478338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitRMXYjPNHJDd974YzY5wmTps_5BbP5JlAoy0Q1Pal_UZf9aaOzF7sjIwkREMqfWo2ir2A6kbLH-XdZg04JY5vKjJ5ep_DI5KJUWD4tvaz4IZGo5HNatafPcLsoH-lbiTJlVjz8flmp5va/s400/BetceeMay07_07--01.jpg" /></a> <div><div>The annual Photo Review benefit photography auction is taking place tomorrow night, November 6, in central Philadelphia. You can get more information about it <a href="http://www.photoreview.org/Auction/intro.php">here</a>. </div><div><br />As I have been doing for quite a few years, I am once again donating some photos to the auction.</div><div></div><div>One of them is the image at the top – a photo a of model made in a motel room in Los Angeles County in 2007. My unofficial name for it is “Banned by Kodak,” because Kodak refused to print up a book I put together because this photo was in it. (Apparently, Kodak cannot tell the difference between someone covering up her naughty bit, which is what she was doing, and some “touching herself,” which is what Kodak assumed she was doing).<br /><br />As it happens, somebody liked the photo enough to buy it outright in the pre-auction, but I have decided to donate another print of the same image. You can bid on it <a href="http://www.photoreview.org/Auction/large.php/9/14">here</a> on the Photo Review website (ignore the “Sold” sign) or <a href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/8117426">here</a> on the Live Auctioneers site. </div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 274px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535927008857316018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSAhs384WVyNU7JaszBRF36sPSICYI40deLRPzzaol9YLZdf3YpG4455fOFnjCswh3tiENizggv9ZJhU02UlCmTbyERaxGe4jGiCqytQId3j-neYwKrfMTDtI2SSQ-PWJmkQPn0SAliYG/s400/Tokyo04_MeijiShrine_OfferBox_b.jpg" /><br />The other photo I’m donating is the one seen above here, that was taken on my first trip to Japan in 2004. It depicts an offering box (for people to throw donation money into) at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. I happened to return to this same spot on my trip to Japan earlier this year and I saw “no photography” signs posted there. I just wonder if the signs are relatively new or if I missed them in 2004 and did something I wasn’t supposed to.<br /><br />You can bid on this photo <a href="http://www.photoreview.org/Auction/large.php/9/15">here</a> and <a href="http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/8117431">here</a>. If you’re in the Philadelphia on Saturday, you can come on down the auction, too.<br /><br /><div>******************************************************************************<br /><br />In other news, I’m really upset about the results of the voting on Tuesday night. No, I’m not referring to the political, governmental elections (though I’m not happy about those, either). I’m talking about “Dancing With The Stars.” Can somebody please tell me why the hell Bristol Palin is still on? As I’ve written before, she should never have been on in the first place . (I guess we can blame the “liberal media” for her being on, right?)<br /><br />Anybody who’s watched her plodding across the dance floor can tell that she should have been eliminated weeks ago. She wasn’t, but much better dancers like Audrina and Rick Fox have been sent packing instead. As one of the judges said, there is no justice in this. </div><div></div><br /><div>I guess that if someone like Bristol Palin can be voted in to stay on the show, anything is possible – and that is a scary thought.</div><div></div><br /><div>That scary thought came to life on Tuesday with the political elections. Well, now that the Republicans have a bigger voice in things, let’s see if they’ll put up or shut up. Will they try to do what’s best for the people of this country and try to work with the Democrats (and, of course, vice versa) or will they be obstructionist and do what’s best for themselves? So far, it does not look good for us as a nation. </div><div><br />I’ll just finish off my thoughts about the Republicans by saying that they’re a bunch of hypocrites. They say they want to reduce federal spending and the federal deficit, but why weren’t they saying these things when the Bush administration and the Republican controlled Congress took the budget surplus that Bill Clinton had given us and turned it into a huge deficit? I guess that when Republicans spend the taxpayers’ dollars such things don’t matter. (After all, it was Dick Cheney who said that the deficit is “meaningless.”) </div><br /><div>They say they have a better way to fix the health care system, so why didn’t they try to implement it when they controlled the White House and Congress for six years? (Oh, yes, I remember now. They were too busy giving big tax breaks to wealthy people and trying to privatize Social Security to have time to make life better for the millions of Americans without health insurance. I guess that if you make less than a six figure income you just don’t rate in the Republicans’ financial playbook, do you?) </div><div><br />Enough said on this subject for now. </div></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-4773964531361421312010-11-01T00:10:00.015-04:002010-11-01T00:30:37.259-04:00"f-eleven, volume 3"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxRH4lAuiDpZBUyMFeWB1CsF7ACPw342XdE1Vyo5hpitZteHQ3_wZL-qjGGhF0UqbrhGQXYjmwjKsJ-BG2iU8nz-_8tZLvJsPL_jxpOhyphenhyphen65k2rfeEF8Ak5jgS6PkKLNoshjKTKJBRqQ4r/s1600/f-eleven+volume3+cover.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 336px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534430785928354626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxRH4lAuiDpZBUyMFeWB1CsF7ACPw342XdE1Vyo5hpitZteHQ3_wZL-qjGGhF0UqbrhGQXYjmwjKsJ-BG2iU8nz-_8tZLvJsPL_jxpOhyphenhyphen65k2rfeEF8Ak5jgS6PkKLNoshjKTKJBRqQ4r/s400/f-eleven+volume3+cover.jpg" /></a> <div><div><div><div>The latest volume of photographs published by the f-eleven group, to which I belong, has just been released. As with the first two volumes, a number of my photos are included in this volume, as well. I'm posting two of those photos here, but by all means, take a look at the book yourself on the<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJsYK4NHel_qJFFKs7bGmweWFlg8fbyp8TIqKBn6W33kusOHuYMy8WS2-Te3URHm1KCFNgsjPy-wIbnAVRxv5z7CSH4p4qeo2InpJ7DsNy9GjKdbsGjoHqGby0ixKjW1MQrCqMRtAWehQ/s1600/Rhowena03_01.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534430617262051858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJsYK4NHel_qJFFKs7bGmweWFlg8fbyp8TIqKBn6W33kusOHuYMy8WS2-Te3URHm1KCFNgsjPy-wIbnAVRxv5z7CSH4p4qeo2InpJ7DsNy9GjKdbsGjoHqGby0ixKjW1MQrCqMRtAWehQ/s320/Rhowena03_01.jpg" /></a> Blurb website, where you can order a copy. Information can be found by clicking <a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1682381">here</a>, and a full preview of the book can be seen <a href="http://www.blurb.com/books/1682381">here</a>. </div><br /><div>Proceeds from each book sold will go to benefit the <a href="http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/">The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction</a>. </div><br /><div><br />If you’re interested in purchasing a copy, I’d suggest that you do so now in order to take advantage of a 25% discount currently being offered by Blurb. Hurry, t<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UQVk0njGcWymDJ4eFkl4P_0aSYThFi9U7cd7WD1_Ld8ntXJEwh5_pI5BYpZdimBd1qz4o81CeqPJqAWAPAcNCEW8bR2UqafifYmVvfGwt8zyD3Vj1GDkldL55m6DFGJDwoLQ-amsZTQ3/s1600/Alison04---1600_4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 259px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534430200077325538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UQVk0njGcWymDJ4eFkl4P_0aSYThFi9U7cd7WD1_Ld8ntXJEwh5_pI5BYpZdimBd1qz4o81CeqPJqAWAPAcNCEW8bR2UqafifYmVvfGwt8zyD3Vj1GDkldL55m6DFGJDwoLQ-amsZTQ3/s320/Alison04---1600_4.jpg" /></a>hough, as this discount offer ends on <u><strong>November 2</strong></u> – tomorrow! The discount code to use is BOOKIFY. I used this code to purchase my copy of the book and it works. </div><br /><div><br />About the book itself, here is a list of contributors and the type of work included: </div><br /><div>Brooks Ayola (nude portraits)<br />Ralph Barker ( fine art landscape + still life )<br />Matthew Cherry ( fine art )<br />Sita Mae Edwards ( fine art nude )<br />April-lea Hutchinson ( nude portraits )<br />Leo Lam ( editorial fashion )<br />Dave Levingston ( fine art nude )<br />Clay Lipsky ( portraits )<br />Frank Love ( street / documentary work )<br />Brooke Lynne ( fine art nude )<br />Ken Mierzwa ( fine art nude)<br />Trish Noble ( portraits )<br />Dave Rudin ( fine art nude )<br />Ward Shortridge ( portraits )<br />Wolf189 ( editorial fashion + erotic portraits ) </div><div><br />As with the first two books, this volume was also edited by my friend, <a href="http://wolf189.com/">Wolf189</a>. </div><br /><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 336px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534429638062645570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHx4bXhWTTYrSqKX83RG2iuiKrVm52nM1S2PLWLgUc5CkZisRYns2CAc9TId7O9ZlLaKQo5KBp7i7lH9Kq7ISBPyyZfbkAX3mdUty040lfCh88dDgIqxewGLUWaASCLHvslO2wcGnOmRZ/s400/f-eleven+volume+3+back.jpg" /></div><p align="center"><em>The back cover</em></p></div></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-89293546885918920402010-10-31T11:00:00.014-04:002010-10-31T14:01:10.477-04:00Boo!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-hijd_c6hT53-19wUZJtUzUqymE5ANJhswoWCsTKrP7Kj_X9QOIuhHYFWSf5jwdYIhmIovJMC8C8_ynctUNLiZgATASL8PBSKUApSS1UWtIHTezD9iYZiCJWSj0NT6YeoizMVlrMHOjk/s1600/Revielle10--2959_03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 196px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534234775120632370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-hijd_c6hT53-19wUZJtUzUqymE5ANJhswoWCsTKrP7Kj_X9QOIuhHYFWSf5jwdYIhmIovJMC8C8_ynctUNLiZgATASL8PBSKUApSS1UWtIHTezD9iYZiCJWSj0NT6YeoizMVlrMHOjk/s400/Revielle10--2959_03.jpg" /></a> <div><div><div><div><div><div>Okay, folks. Today is Halloween – a day for ghosts and goblins, witches and werewolves, spooks and spiders, and, of course, the pumpkin pie and the Great Pumpkin.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXHaiudqW_vI6kDgNUPKZIOzZmHGRRNj04TfJF997fhjuEB1ZXTxF9QtPG79M0MQQhW95b9A9E-bvstd2ps63F5bF2Bb5e0M21H-Vi7e13nG49a7rdiNXzlopcg3RwHrUaHu5IMR8ehik/s1600/Revielle10--2959_02.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 185px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534234546375375266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMXHaiudqW_vI6kDgNUPKZIOzZmHGRRNj04TfJF997fhjuEB1ZXTxF9QtPG79M0MQQhW95b9A9E-bvstd2ps63F5bF2Bb5e0M21H-Vi7e13nG49a7rdiNXzlopcg3RwHrUaHu5IMR8ehik/s320/Revielle10--2959_02.jpg" /></a><br />It’s also the day for me to post a spooky photo or two, so here are this year's entries. For those who are wondering, that’s <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/thecrawlingshoe">Revielle</a> photographed earlier this year as Madame Skullface.<br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div>Somehow, I don’t think you’ll find anybody going around trick or treating today looking quite like that, so enjoy the photos.<br /><br />Here are a few other Halloween oldies of mine, too. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534233782895017666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7G1kWbfRdXC5VmR3mLHkBL0A12Qmix5Oq5vl5ccUprheJGalvtndp7smk-TZRE8FbZ1NCLd2MOxoYWltgGIYWsS30esUcfK08KYoQgX4imHIKFVq3mhbIMu2Pwnn-IlUN20sqXOsMCnqc/s400/JackieChantelle0407--46_3wp.jpg" /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534233053497410770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIwsjfCGYWNpsUzvFByTC7l0oJv9DBALFVvW_Z5J1ZpIvoSrNVG6ed0nnbdp1huGPuZKBGSs3hNJdL7NEiNj9bETb_igAMc9TJTzXSNRttgBntKbmjcqtFs-VTWc-xt_QjxwvvVMcc9vB/s400/Brit05_01.jpg" /></div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534233050407609714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu66z_mba8rS8dUlEw3e_-AsZbM8IAtvPiTv4lM1l7R2QbMBkOCOAcm8xIOUQtfsrXEYUSXm-angO3r8GVZ9QNG-zM3ZUfLkmws7PAg5NvccWP-dGHHW4K4E9gwoKYQsZgY8-HEHheCTj/s400/Brit&Erin05_02.jpg" /><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 331px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534232495046725138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl5jJjxM3DzQ_3GnEp9yLUYrhqkgxafSD5E1x_7jO32ShMXmIUWsipnIYq5PqhXgtONr7g65OwZaOx1kZvxjWYH7f7_C1Izf-NC1f8PxBB83COSA9w1tZMHRfOoR1YLVGrNdpaWhDCQcuM/s400/Tamara05_1.jpg" /><br /><div><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534232145842251586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiUcsargnISJ0gr49SjBC6fKVpsEqtiqZBy0U9YYLWKJ1ZW4-UdukqkApS4AUgImTYe1VNh5Q0uX3TOC-LHMlaUywY0t83wLuCq5AwxLW8R0MMEBswdx-S62_OngK8tHzJ_why23muxua/s400/Candace05--Ghouldace2.jpg" /><br />Have a safe day, everyone. Watch out for shaving cream and flying eggs. Here in New York we’re having the great Halloween parade in Greenwich Village. One of these days I may try to photograph it, but as today is Sunday, I’m just planning to stay home to try to catch up on work here. </div></div></div></div></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-8598705888536665542010-10-25T20:10:00.003-04:002010-10-25T20:25:03.261-04:00Pennsavania (or: Where Am I?)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX87iNxIlZo3fNEnOBjD_eMvRfB_wsUOSR3B-ts9eyIhMpx2CUFKAAyogx2ifsCsummE_Q9IAjCXSb-1O9D5wHTArlUCgImtCiY-R0bNsKrry91whF7onKmz4kXGhd0G6LZmB3OyTeaTA1/s1600/JulieMax0209--2773_03.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 261px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532143890833913282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX87iNxIlZo3fNEnOBjD_eMvRfB_wsUOSR3B-ts9eyIhMpx2CUFKAAyogx2ifsCsummE_Q9IAjCXSb-1O9D5wHTArlUCgImtCiY-R0bNsKrry91whF7onKmz4kXGhd0G6LZmB3OyTeaTA1/s400/JulieMax0209--2773_03.jpg" /></a> <div>I’ve had a busy weekend, most of the busyness being done on Saturday when I made a day trip to Pennsylvania (or as the locals there call it, Pennsavania). It was basically intended as a visit to family I have in Lancaster (pronounced LAN-cas-ter, not Lan-CAS-ter), but it had some photographic components added to it, too. </div><br /><div>My first stop was in Langhorne, PA, north of Philadelphia, where I paid a visit to my friend Stephen Perloff, the editor of the non-profit photo publication, the <a href="http://www.photoreview.org/index.htm">Photo Review</a>. On the way there, I got lost, missing a right turn after I got off the highway and ending up back on the highway, but I managed to figure out where I had to go. </div><div><br />I normally donate a couple of my prints to the Photo Review’s annual <a href="http://www.photoreview.org/auction.htm">benefit auction</a> in Philadelphia (on November 6 this year; more on that later), so I stopped by to give Stephen my two prints. One of those prints will not be auctioned off in Philadelphia this year, as I was told that someone down in the great state of Texas already bought it in the pre-auction sale – for $500! (More on that in an upcoming post, too.) </div><div><br />From there I made it to my family in Lancaster without incident, and I enjoyed my visit. My next stop was to pay a visit to the photographer <a href="http://www.lightphilestudios.com/">Bill Earle</a>, who lives about an hour’s drive east of Lancaster. After a big traffic backup due to a broken down car on the road, my trip to Bill went smoothly – until I got lost again by getting off the highway an exit too soon! Riding around and around, I ended up on the main street of the local town, not really knowing where I was going. When I saw a parking lot I could pull into, I did so and gave Bill a call. Fortunately, I was right by a major intersection, and Bill gave me directions to get to his place, which I was able to do, despite it getting dark, making the street signs very hard to read. </div><div><br />Anyway, I had never met Bill before, and he turned out to be a fine host. After going out to dinner at a nice local restaurant, we returned to Bill’s house where he showed me some of his prints (including lith prints) and he looked through a box of my own prints that I’d brought with me. Afterwards, I ended up trading one of my prints for one of his, which I’m glad to have in my collection. </div><div><br />Overall, it was a nice visit, and a rare chance for me to talk with someone else seriously about photography and darkroom printing – something I rarely get to do here at home in New York.<br /></div><br /><div>The adventure continued, though, on the way back home, when I got lost yet another time! As it was about 10:45 pm when I left to return home, it was too dark for me to glance at my hand drawn map to check where I should be going. (I always draw up an easy to read map when driving in an unfamiliar area and I have nobody with me to read directions to me.)</div><div><br />This time, I missed the exit that would have lead me to the Pennsylvania Turnpike, probably because I had gotten the route numbers confused, and was really thoroughly lost, driving around in the dark wondering where the hell I was going. I did finally get to the turnpike, but not before stopping to ask for directions not once but twice, and did continue on to New Jersey and then New York. (As I told someone today, I was never before so happy to see New Jersey!) </div><div><br />In the end, I got home around 1:30 a.m., having driven a total of 350 miles, but I came away with an even greater realization: I really need to get a GPS. </div><div>********************************************************************************<br /><br />In other news, I’ve spent some time lately writing about and writing to models. I got an e-mail recently with the subject line “nude girls !” that I, at first, thought was a spam message. It wasn’t. Instead, it was from a well known photographer of the nude who I’ve known for a number of years. He wrote to say that he’ll be coming to New York and asked that I suggest some models that he might want to photograph. </div><div><br />One of those models I suggested is the gorgeous <a href="http://www.juliemaximova.com/live/">Julie Maximova</a>, who I photographed in February of last year. I also want to work with her again, so this was an opportune time for me to write to her. I also decided to scan a few more photos of her from our photo session. You can see one of them at the top here. (As I said, she is gorgeous.)<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-14700655670421800982010-10-20T20:32:00.004-04:002010-10-20T23:01:59.525-04:00Online Again<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7tc_qB826Na29zf_FJ7S0j0MOpboTmbpnAQSltqY1FPnIxjVssHSYtqSymbiMIUQDF0xsrDdBIrftb46MhmkUbNDNmXR7Fs77CRplp6tvQR8z9eWFHNcDPBZqIC16baGgP6GUOdaq_DK/s1600/Angie&Nahmana2010_01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 317px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530328302917612546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7tc_qB826Na29zf_FJ7S0j0MOpboTmbpnAQSltqY1FPnIxjVssHSYtqSymbiMIUQDF0xsrDdBIrftb46MhmkUbNDNmXR7Fs77CRplp6tvQR8z9eWFHNcDPBZqIC16baGgP6GUOdaq_DK/s400/Angie&Nahmana2010_01.jpg" /></a> <div>The internet connection on my computer is working again. As I wrote last time, Verizon did send me a new router that arrived yesterday via UPS – but it arrived at my home address, when I was I was not at home, instead of being sent to my work address, where I had specifically asked them to send it. Still, even though they did the wrong thing, it ultimately turned out to be the right thing for me.<br /><br />As it happens, I got my internet connection working again without the help of a new router. The problem turned out to be my firewall program. For some reason, when I turned the computer on, the firewall somehow set itself to blocking all internet traffic. How I do not know. I just know that I didn’t do it. When I changed the setting, things returned to normal. Ordinarily I turn off web traffic when I won’t be using the internet for a while, but I do so with a different setting than the one that was causing the problem, so I never thought to look there initially.<br /><br />At any rate, had Verizon sent the router to me at work, I would have had to carry it home on the subway, open up the box, remove the return shipping label (for the old router), tape it to the box and then take it to a UPS Store to send it back. By sending it to me at home where it could not be delivered, I just called up UPS and asked them to send it back to Verizon – much easier than having to send it back myself.<br />****************************************************************************<br /><br />Otherwise, I’ve been busy developing film. I think I developed about 20 rolls in the past week and a half. I’ve even finished developing all of the film from my trip to Ohio – in February! It will be a while until I get to the film from my trip to Ohio in August, as I first have to finish developing the film of a couple of models I worked with in the spring, plus most of the film from my trip to Japan in May.<br /><br />The picture at the top is from that February trip. The great majority of the film I shot then was done in my friend <a href="http://davelevingston.com/">Dave Levingston’s</a> studio, but one day we went out with a couple of models so I could do photos in the snow for an hour. The weather the rest of the time that I was there was good for photos – an overcast yielding nice, even light, but the day that we went out in the snow, the lighting turned out to be horrible – that is to say, bright and sunny.<br /><br />It was tough going photographing in a forest with that kind of light, but here’s one example of what I saw when I pushed the shutter button. The scene may look tranquil, but I’m sure that the models weren’t feeling very tranquil at that moment, so I give my thanks again to <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/goddessangie1">Goddess Angie</a> and <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/jypsie">Jypsie Nahmana</a> for agreeing to freeze their asses off just so I could get some photos of nude models in the snow – something I had never done before and (for all I know) I may never do again. </div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-61692859334106762602010-10-16T20:58:00.005-04:002010-10-16T21:42:42.811-04:00OfflineHello again, everyone.<br /><br />Yes, I am still around, despite my not having posted anything for a couple of weeks. One of the reasons for this is that I haven't had any new photos to post for some time. While I have been photographing, I haven't developed much film for quite a while - until last weekend. Even though I've been feeling lousy for the past week and a half (all congested, now taking medication for it), I decided to finally get to work, and began last weekend with film that I shot way back in February of this year.<br /> <br />Although I developed 14 rolls in total (with more to hopefully follow tomorrow), I haven't scanned any yet. Still, that's not the reason why there's no photo with this post. Instead, it's because my computer has lost its internet connectivity. I turned it on yesterday, couldn't connect to the web, rebooted a few times to no effect, so I called my internet provider, Verizon. After speaking with someone for quite a while, he concluded that the problem lies with either the router, the cable connecting the router to the computer or the computer itself. I do hope that it's not the latter.<br /><br />Verizon is sending me a new router and cable that will hopefully arrive on Tuesday. Hopefully that will straighten things out. For now, my only web access is with my iPod Touch, and that's what I'm writing with now. (Thankfully, the wifi from the router is still working, though the signal has dropped out a few times.) If things work out well, you'll hopefully see a posting here with a photo next week. If it doesn't - well, we'll see.Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-73305974737069635152010-10-03T23:05:00.010-04:002010-10-03T23:29:10.432-04:00A Day in New York<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8kg3m57Zho0X6LlsraKNgk52AMbBuA3Cmyz7YykMsKAX4thk0rer8gs4sVnAlOe3yGfPtfXTWpFtHNVgnfusQP0xBEb_M9AOPKAkJxSLDQeul34zpWHKYw_N8d86aBdv6iht2AwV3SiY/s1600/Alison04---1601_7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 274px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524024266612514338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8kg3m57Zho0X6LlsraKNgk52AMbBuA3Cmyz7YykMsKAX4thk0rer8gs4sVnAlOe3yGfPtfXTWpFtHNVgnfusQP0xBEb_M9AOPKAkJxSLDQeul34zpWHKYw_N8d86aBdv6iht2AwV3SiY/s400/Alison04---1601_7.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Yes, people, I am still alive and kicking. My apologies once again for not having posted anything for awhile, but I’ve been busy. As I mentioned last time, I had trouble getting a new webcam to work. Well, I finally got it working – after spending time online with support from HP (not much help there) and about two hours on the phone with someone from Logitech (who actually did help me to get it working, although the Logitech drivers still cannot be installed and something is still wrong). </div><br /><div>Then I spent time working on editing and submitting photos for another book project I’m part of. (I hope to give you more information about that in a few weeks, but for now, you can see one of the photos I submitted at the top.) Finally, I got to work matting a bunch of photos, including two which I’ll be donating to a benefit auction next month. (More on that later, too.)<br /></div><div>***************************************************************************** </div><div><br />Now that the summer is over, the autumn fine arts season is into the swing of things. I decided to celebrate that – and what may have been the last day in New York to walk around without a jacket for some time – by going to visit some galleries in Manhattan. I ended up spending most of my time, though, at Sotheby’s auction house on the Upper East Side, where the preview exhibition for the upcoming photography auction is on display. As I like to tell people, these auction previews are great places to view great photography – and it’s free. I’m just sorry that I didn’t have time to see the previews at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center and at Philips over in Chelsea. </div><br /><div>The main reason I went to Sotheby’s, though, was to see the preview exhibit of the items for the sale in the upcoming George Eastman House benefit auction. The Eastman House is one of the world’s great photography museums and a lot of wonderful photos are up for sale – and well as a number of books and Herb Ritts’ Mamiya RZ67 camera. The live auction of the more expensive works takes place tomorrow (Monday) night, but the more affordable works are being sold in an online auction ending Thursday. </div><div></div><div>If you’re interested, you can get more information <a href="http://auction.eastmanhouse.org/">here</a> and <a href="http://bid.igavelauctions.com/AuctionHelp.taf?S=N&R=2&C=2&return=50&sort=1&ST=1&days=&category_id=&_start=1&keyword=G1BA">here</a>. </div><div><br />Here are some photos from the preview:<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTUPf-pbIpe_h914QplIBq43WWLzuonGrLeWcrVEuwyAnrX_gmRHPUEUKkxIrmf72Eq_yRkPOEyJpulmwxhEerI0d0ST5igQ_ETDm0fmSol7cLdCX-sN4JYfaWBAAFf2Uq_VQnW4d4N9B/s1600/EastmanAuction01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524022734622209842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTUPf-pbIpe_h914QplIBq43WWLzuonGrLeWcrVEuwyAnrX_gmRHPUEUKkxIrmf72Eq_yRkPOEyJpulmwxhEerI0d0ST5igQ_ETDm0fmSol7cLdCX-sN4JYfaWBAAFf2Uq_VQnW4d4N9B/s400/EastmanAuction01.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFr9HGqyrydYzQP0Xb8RzB6c7gzaKfhMQttPWRpPKkNlgO_Ndyk4cza_6GA1JkV9oyJYAXFC5R2jaLwcgT1EeyDjHgmP-doqB32VeDxi5MUQjwpKt-EXNn5Ya9_CiDhIsv-L_7jFfAYTkd/s1600/EastmanAuction02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524022722152850738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SLW1OylaTSyg0q77J1Sll5SpHZvdUczOPGbiVYghYxjLS5wiKHxJ4JX0_DGcHlqO6OMkpD95yTd9NVQa7TzMAyUCeq0GIyqR25qYMVR8hot1PFhgUAuX3UaAD_L1wA6beCH_TcznjLRc/s400/EastmanAuction04.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-BiWgbZYOXkYxAfehzedtKcpq64TUAVfadVkiudhobD2sCYqaZounFvmzd_j2ZAe585T9QBqqtM-qJ2KWQZXf91e5rULYieO-Jxw380Fko16LGPbp7qsUtZcmOGpstkcp0r6xBnDhYMQ/s1600/EastmanAuction05.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524022487399496482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-BiWgbZYOXkYxAfehzedtKcpq64TUAVfadVkiudhobD2sCYqaZounFvmzd_j2ZAe585T9QBqqtM-qJ2KWQZXf91e5rULYieO-Jxw380Fko16LGPbp7qsUtZcmOGpstkcp0r6xBnDhYMQ/s400/EastmanAuction05.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGx1bbZGxT_I3M6didndF24EdiVEsMzg8NyrSNwwzbcem7H7UCn1QLF4_u8ZY8hgNIAc4RYzpr4Z2RZVO9X1suui-pPv_ws9QtYRt8XraQi4HlyMRowjmYiIsQUVKMlR6RoPyRbAonS2kA/s1600/EastmanAuction06.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524022489902527986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGx1bbZGxT_I3M6didndF24EdiVEsMzg8NyrSNwwzbcem7H7UCn1QLF4_u8ZY8hgNIAc4RYzpr4Z2RZVO9X1suui-pPv_ws9QtYRt8XraQi4HlyMRowjmYiIsQUVKMlR6RoPyRbAonS2kA/s400/EastmanAuction06.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg631KJc3BvMZa1JDNCm5MxFJERFV9PkyZ_W0wqI2NSYu3AeVJN1-iHruvwV-wAJvXdUGrqtEfMznozgNZAqJCh7sdfQzdnyb5k9cwVEgskQdvjwv3ZF3zIRZk96-jNxSQM2LMrezIuwhSv/s1600/EastmanAuction07.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524022482528228194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg631KJc3BvMZa1JDNCm5MxFJERFV9PkyZ_W0wqI2NSYu3AeVJN1-iHruvwV-wAJvXdUGrqtEfMznozgNZAqJCh7sdfQzdnyb5k9cwVEgskQdvjwv3ZF3zIRZk96-jNxSQM2LMrezIuwhSv/s400/EastmanAuction07.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6dDCSC6eQCqksyanPhMm3_7qCQaGj_LVtcNzr18k-0rRas8xzMoB7J5qwEn-_Z-8O6r943kAB4_WZ9sLA8VZDYYFo78EZnopYetkH1xvsvryhd1a0UKYSxRqXAVBJOn73y91lFvTq-Dq/s1600/EastmanAuction08.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524022483927896226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6dDCSC6eQCqksyanPhMm3_7qCQaGj_LVtcNzr18k-0rRas8xzMoB7J5qwEn-_Z-8O6r943kAB4_WZ9sLA8VZDYYFo78EZnopYetkH1xvsvryhd1a0UKYSxRqXAVBJOn73y91lFvTq-Dq/s400/EastmanAuction08.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJbjswQDK4pkgRyMk2VHBsjwJgyGX9M4po6RDTcdDNFvJMgA28yIxjkVL4y9jFKDewWDvty6VLbPko0uM3lF_3NIaVPpXQj-98dv4oHiqbd8B56MagkqeOL8NNMeKqLMZNjkYTmLVL7w8/s1600/EastmanAuction---Ritts-Came.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524022303490018818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyJbjswQDK4pkgRyMk2VHBsjwJgyGX9M4po6RDTcdDNFvJMgA28yIxjkVL4y9jFKDewWDvty6VLbPko0uM3lF_3NIaVPpXQj-98dv4oHiqbd8B56MagkqeOL8NNMeKqLMZNjkYTmLVL7w8/s400/EastmanAuction---Ritts-Came.jpg" /></a> <em>Herb Ritts' Mamiya RZ 67 camera with 220 film back<br /></em><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>*****************************************************************************</div><div></div><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM09AtM7Ur3W1npYJk9yZ3u2BXipz-IbKvePOFkiRMotYuJV1YERwC3v2Uw8Ni2SvLsakC7Gi5bivT2DlbF-6OtJXgQ3mtg-8XjQyxI1AShLg9a92NkLVDZpdtQ69EfMpClux-jXE-ul4/s1600/Grand-Central.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524021942051678050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM09AtM7Ur3W1npYJk9yZ3u2BXipz-IbKvePOFkiRMotYuJV1YERwC3v2Uw8Ni2SvLsakC7Gi5bivT2DlbF-6OtJXgQ3mtg-8XjQyxI1AShLg9a92NkLVDZpdtQ69EfMpClux-jXE-ul4/s400/Grand-Central.jpg" /></a> Finally, I thought I heard on the radio that Grand Central Station would be once again displaying huge, banner sized photographs in its main hallway this weekend. Some of you may remember these bright, huge, colorful photographs that were put up as advertisements by Kodak. If they were being put up on display again, I had to go see them, so I made sure I ended my day there. What a disappointment to find that not one banner photo was to be found, so I guess I heard incorrectly.<br /><div><br />Still, Grand Central Station is Grand Central Station, and it is one of the great public spaces of New York – even without a huge banner photo hung up in it. So, I decided to take a few photos, all the same. Here's one.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754285583200798583.post-63218501676341612932010-09-22T23:24:00.010-04:002010-09-22T23:41:35.630-04:00In The Desert With “Big T”<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S4Drro7zQ50Qd_DrdOMpJSzHfWD1LGPc4fyKx5zTO4zZXJq2jFKDnMGAkHMkfFyJLo8fdBxH3pTwt9TSD4GBbMMWEBkOzmm6U3e3pPf2tP-Xw-cYACa_3sFSg5efNf5dsuHiA4W0ibbL/s1600/Terrell04.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519947067958858242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S4Drro7zQ50Qd_DrdOMpJSzHfWD1LGPc4fyKx5zTO4zZXJq2jFKDnMGAkHMkfFyJLo8fdBxH3pTwt9TSD4GBbMMWEBkOzmm6U3e3pPf2tP-Xw-cYACa_3sFSg5efNf5dsuHiA4W0ibbL/s400/Terrell04.jpg" /></a> <div><div><div>I wrote last time about my recent trip to Las Vegas and how I photographed a new model and had dinner with another one. Today, as promised, I’m writing about my visits with my good friend, Terrell “Big T” Neasley.<br /><br />I go to Las Vegas primarily to visit family that I have in the area, but in the past few years, I’ve added Terrell to my visiting list as we’ve become friends. This trip was no exception. In fact, we were able to get together twice. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGZITkoXKjSVNky_PB_dLlmWcTud575EVkNYWQBqkqo4ChkUqwSFLrWtBiAnRzxHYAQ4dn8UA6RTYpoLzRLB4mhqPbXUhdIQiiVCWQLgXFkC9iJ3tse3-CGC4r2N3ew31_xniDn01QLlQ/s1600/Terrell---At-the-movies.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519946953626356098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGZITkoXKjSVNky_PB_dLlmWcTud575EVkNYWQBqkqo4ChkUqwSFLrWtBiAnRzxHYAQ4dn8UA6RTYpoLzRLB4mhqPbXUhdIQiiVCWQLgXFkC9iJ3tse3-CGC4r2N3ew31_xniDn01QLlQ/s320/Terrell---At-the-movies.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The first time we just met for breakfast, as usual, but also did something else – we then went to see “Avatar” in 3D at a movie theater. It was the first time that I’d seen the film and the first of the recent 3D films that I’ve seen that way. It was long but entertaining.<br /><br />While waiting for the film to begin, we were talking about different things, many of a photographic nature, and I mentioned that I really didn’t know of too many locations to photograph nudes in the Las Vegas area. As we both had the time, Terrell was kind enough to take me to one of the locations he likes to use for photos out in red rock country.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAUzHJrth0UjGP53dQGQuDnVMACUBBDdKA2hUXCtDZfSf35ci4TUMQpFv8eO1YsZWwW2ZLu4SZ9R_pzr80DtK4QOST45EjXHZcLeh2hSkKDdwjKyk_LoZYf5umB1YUQnz3TaAew_CCVKs/s1600/Terrell---Lake-Bed.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519946815234801826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAUzHJrth0UjGP53dQGQuDnVMACUBBDdKA2hUXCtDZfSf35ci4TUMQpFv8eO1YsZWwW2ZLu4SZ9R_pzr80DtK4QOST45EjXHZcLeh2hSkKDdwjKyk_LoZYf5umB1YUQnz3TaAew_CCVKs/s320/Terrell---Lake-Bed.jpg" /></a><br />We met again the following weekend, again beginning with breakfast. Terrell had actually written to a number of local models to ask if we could set up a photo shoot, but it was at too short a notice (my fault, as I’d originally thought of us doing something else), so again, Terrell took me out to some of his favorite photo spots. One was a dry lake bed in the Las Vegas area where I had actually photographed a model back in 2003. The other place he took me was in another part of red rock country, which really is spectacular.<br /><br />So, I just want once again say thanks to “Big T" for being so kind as to share these spots with me. Perhaps one day I’ll actually shoot some photos at them. </div><br /><div>You can see some more of the photos from our adventures below.<br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGMlfOp6eqvuVxyxUmO2eT87ciyZcR20_-fWK4B-vWIeEi2e4XJr1lr7yWpxtg9n2YJlPBsRjnJfqPda9eSPs37g0rEsDbyyKeX4aIWuv1HIiJBW_Iq9CiIu5DrWd1eDkdP18QuTSDUOq/s1600/Terrell01.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519946331217028306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGMlfOp6eqvuVxyxUmO2eT87ciyZcR20_-fWK4B-vWIeEi2e4XJr1lr7yWpxtg9n2YJlPBsRjnJfqPda9eSPs37g0rEsDbyyKeX4aIWuv1HIiJBW_Iq9CiIu5DrWd1eDkdP18QuTSDUOq/s400/Terrell01.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak5e5P8iKlzZLeBFHZaM5yLTo3yw8BOcfvZpGYlqkUuPU6JY5AbcJFv-pzQXeQ1C1pMnz1KevbCbygFJ0Ct9yaU601-qabE0-YJv9YWgzNA_EfAHZHJrAG1Y05xTc_JdUVZ5N2_1aujbZ/s1600/Terrell02.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519945686688947666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipma0JpGWOEC8D28kYDNjqKVmG_ZbUz1r5kCR8Mb88dposkHmkW0i7ozPS6MQ2hwLmd0lD7eKsR95IWfcbvCXIMYmx2c9hdy3A-j3h_oinvCNWAWZEJsCe2NwiF2fE1RWZToKc0p61HO8K/s400/Terrell---Red-Rock-03.jpg" /></a><br />**********************************************************************<br /><div>Remember how my electronic devices like the television set, computer and MP3 player went haywire on me earlier this year and had to be replaced? Well, the year isn’t over yet, as I’ve had more troubles.<br /><br />First there was my iPod Touch, which I bought to replace the old MP3 player. I was downloading the new iTunes 10 software and for some reason it failed to install properly. I figured that I’d just use the previous iTunes, but unfortunately, it totally screwed up the iPod. It had to be restored, but then the restoration failed and the thing just became frozen. I couldn’t even shut the damn thing off. All that was visible was the Apple logo and nothing else, pretty much.<br /><br />Finally, it did shut down, and when I turned it on again, after recharging it a bit, it asked to be connected to iTunes via my computer. This I did, and it was indeed working again, but it had been wiped clean and everything had to be reloaded. I was nearly late for work one day as I waited for a download/synch to finish before I could unplug it and head off to the office.<br /><br />That story was the good news. The bad is that I finally signed up for Skype but have not been able to get a webcam working. I bought one on Monday, loaded the software and connected the webcam to a USB port. The result? The computer didn’t recognize the camera. It’s as though it didn’t exist.<br /><br />Well, I figured that maybe the camera was a lemon, but as it was made by a reputable company, I decided to return it today for credit and bought another one of the same model. Can you guess what happened when I plugged in the new one? Exactly – the same thing as happened last time!<br /><br />This time I contacted HP online and had a chat with one of their tech people. The result? He could find nothing wrong with my system and everything seems to be working fine on it. I checked the spec requirements on the box and my computer more than meets them.<br />So, I am just left to scratch my head and feel frustrated because I have no idea why the damn thing won’t work. I guess I’ll bring this one back and try another type, then cross my fingers.<br />****************************************************************************<br /><br />Finally, I’ve got another reason to be upset – “Dancing With the Stars,” which began its new fall season this week. First off, why the hell is Bristol Palin on? What did she do to deserve being called “a star”? Having a kid at 18? Having a mother who couldn’t even finish her first term as governor of an underpopulated state? At least someone like Chelsea Clinton is more accomplished than a Bristol Palin.<br /><br />Still, that’s not my main gripe. It’s that David Hasselhoff was eliminated in this, the first week of competition. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not a huge fan of “the Hoff” or anything like that. It’s just that his dance partner, Kym Johnson, is my favorite of all the pro dancers on the show. She’s a knockout with a fantastic bod and she certainly knows how to shake it to maximum effect. Sadly, for some reason, she was not on in the spring season of the show this year – and now that I was looking forward to seeing her week after week for a while this time, she gets booted off with her partner in Week One. @##$%%&!!!!!!!<br /><br />On a positive note, Carlos Santana was really great playing “Oye Como Va” to begin the results show, and Kym was one of the pros who, together with the music, were super hot. I think I’ll have to watch it again on the DVR. (I'm not sure about the rest of the season.)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dave Rudinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840520300856579933noreply@blogger.com10