the liberty & ellis island collection

welcome associate artists of winston salem gallery visitors

Thank you for visiting my weblog and journal of my personal experiences in photography. This site has served as my temporary home where I have shared my works with friends, family, colleagues, and respected artists each month. I look forward to a permanent residence with an extended online gallery in the coming weeks. In the meantime, please feel free to browse the monthly archives filled with photos and personal sentiments.

If you are interested in quotes for services, prints, or have any other inquiries please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Eugenio C.

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About the photos:

The two works currently on display at the AAWS Gallery ("Eyes on Liberty I", "Eyes on Liberty II") are part of a collection of works from a visit to New York City in the winter of 2005. The photographs were created with an unrefined medium format film Holga 120N "toy camera" and printed on an enhanced matte paper with archival inks. The prints are professionally mounted on acid free cores and mats and outlined with black gesso finished wood frames. The finished pieces represent my gallery debut and will be on display from Dec. 1 - Jan. 13 or until they are purchased by a gallery patron.

"P" is for Parking

"P" is for Parking

After an evening of assignment shooting, Shanti and I went to the roof level of a downtown parking deck. I was actually trying to locate a high vantage point to photograph a local hospital for another assignment. The side wall is just tall enough to put it out of view. Perhaps if I brought a ladder I might have a shot.



It's funny how an empty and almost featureless parking deck offers a challenge. I started to see patterns in the shadows and parking lines. The solo letters even stood out on their own. Perhaps some day I'll meet the owner of a fancy sports car and offer to shoot their car up on this deck.

Going down?

Landscape Photography Workshop

Landscape Photography Workshop

Last weekend I enjoyed an opportunity to attend published photographer Carl Galie's fine landscapes photography workshop through the Associate Artists of Winston Salem Gallery. The workshop started on Friday evening where we were introduced to Mr. Galie and to other attendees. The goal of the workshop was to improve our eye for landscapes and to address issues that digital workflow photographers face. We saw plenty of Carl's work on a slideshow where he described the many facets of what it takes to bring in such great images. We were also priviledged to view some of his current work which will be published in one of his new books due sometime next season.


The morning sun is reflected off of the side of this canoe covered in dew.

The best part of attending the workshop was our Saturday morning field study where we all met at a local city park. Perhaps you have heard me mention it before - Salem Lake Park. (Click through or search my blog. I've featured photos from there twice in the past.) Attending this park at 7am offers a whole new perspective. The lighting is different, the weather had changed, fall had fallen, and it was early in the morning instead of the afternoon for once!

After the field outing we had lunch and headed straight back to the classroom for a review of our work. It was odd for me to present work without taking any time to make modest adjustments; but, truth be told I worked much harder at getting results straight out of the camera rather than depend on the computer. This is one other mantra of our instructor's. He has a 3-minute rule where if the image does not look right after 3 minutes of adjustments, then the image is simply discarded. Great rule!



The photo of the geese in flight was touted as the day's luckiest shot. I felt rather fortunate myself to have captured the image. Timing, luck, right-place-at-the-right-time....they are all factors. It should make for a great print down the road.

Thank you Mr. Carl Galie for your time and your advice. Best of luck with your newest book.

(A few more photos from this shoot can be seen on my Photo.net account. See "Links")

Winston Urban Nightscape

Winston Urban "Nightscape"


Most of the "city life" that I have posted in previous blog entries have been representative of Winston Salem's downtown environment. I promise to one day wander over to Greensboro and give that city it's fair amount of coverage. For now, Winston is just a short 10 minute ride to downtown from Kernersville and an easy place to meet up with my good friend Larry for some photo opportunities. Being the swell guys we are, we invited our ladies to join us while we walked through some of downtown. Afterwards, Larry treated us to Mellow Mushroom pizza. Thank you Larry!




Murals can be seen throughout the art district.







A hip Toyota FJ Cruiser is conveniently parked under great street lighting and with a view of the Wachovia building in the background.





(Left) Larry awaits passing traffic to achieve a motion blur in his photo. (Right) this alley was rich with art and urban style.

Wind

"Where had I heard this wind before
Change like this to a deeper roar?"

- Robert Frost