Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Haiti April 2010

The following photographs are from my trip to Haiti in April 2010. I will be showing these photos next week.  The purpose of the show which will be in print is for fund raising for our indigent patient fund. They will be framed in simple white mattes and thin black metal frames and displayed on easels.   I am looking for some feedback as to if they work together, in this order, and alternating between high saturation (scenery) and low saturation (people).  Should I up the difference between the two extremes?  Should I do the people in straight B&W? I kind of liked the hint of color left in the photos, but the low saturated made me stop and pause with a bit more drama than full color. As a contrast, I liked the high intensity color in the landscape photos.  I alternated between people and landscape to almost make the viewer go from high to low, from one extreme to the other.  What do you all think? You can post comments here or email me, which ever is easiest for you.  They are at the bottom of this post, so just scroll down a bit. Thanks in advance!  Karen





























Photograph by Karen E Fields

Photograph by Karen E Fields

Photograph by Karen E Fields


Photograph by Karen E Fields


Photograph by Karen E Fields


Photograph by Karen E Fields

 
Photograph by Karen E Fields

Photograph by Terry Dietrich

Friday, March 18, 2011

Bjorklunden 2011

Bjorklunden's website is showing the week of Phil's photo class (and Helen's watercolor, and the class on Abraham) as full with no more lodging available. Commuter students only accepted from now on. Hope you got a room if you wanted to, and way to pack a class, Phil! Looking forward to it, Claire

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

From the NY Times today

As you are all probably aware, Wisconsin has been in the news. WI is now known internationally for  peaceful protests happening in Madison.  The NY Times did a slideshow that was published today on the protests, and I found this photograph just beautiful.  I thought I'd share it as an interesting use of near-silhouette, great composition, and also unique perspective in highlighting the protesters in the capital rotunda. Click on the photo to see the full size version.  I'll link to the beginning of the slideshow in case anyone is interested.

People danced, slept or meditated on marble floors, while drumbeats and chants rose into the inverted cup of this landmark’s dome.
Credit: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times

Here's the entire show:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/02/28/us/LAND.html?ref=us