Today was, supposedly, the final day of operation for Astroland the famous Coney Island amusement park. Molly and I decided to pay a final visit today and the weather couldn’t have been nicer.
It is not my intent to turn this in to a political blog, but with the DNC underway and the state of the world as we know it right now, things continue to be on my mind. It’s been a long time since I’ve worked in a “news gathering” capacity that didn’t involve sports coverage, and while I don’t miss it, I have felt the need to start a bit of a journalistic project.. In any event, I found myself walking past what I’ll call “Signs of the Times” the other day, and have decided to start looking for these signs (as well as other “telling moments”) and see if I can’t create a little picture story along the way..
These are two of the “Signs of the Time” (“SOTT”) that Molly and I passed on Saturday..
The first – nicely lit by the florescent MTA lighting scheme, I must say (I am so in love with my Nikon D3 – the first camera I can say that about since the F5 – more on this incredible and amazing camera to come)..
"No War With Iran" - ©2008 MDAVIDLEEDS - All Rights Reserved
The second, Molly and I passed, just minutes later, as we walked north along Central Park West, en route to my dad’s apartment for dinner.. “There is no such thing as ethical torture.” proclaims this sign on the Ethical Culture Society Building – I couldn’t agree more…
"There's No Such Thing As Ethical Torture" - ©2008 MDAVIDLEEDS - All Rights Reserved
More of these to follow – I’ve really taken on a number of promising personal projects of late, but I’m excited about each and look forward to bringing you along for the creative process.. highs and lows.
Alright, sorry to be brief (again) but I’ve got to do a bit of work, and have pack up some gear for a portrait that I’m doing of my brother, Phillip and Ruff Lauren (aka Paw Newman) for a German fashion magazine (to be named later)..
Peace!
Got an idea for the name of this blog? Please let me know. Thanks!
Just a quick note this morning..
There is another very informative post on A Photo Editor, this one on SEO (for photographers in particular). In “SEO Is Not Just For Wedding Photographers Anymore”, Rob interviews a new partner of his, Erik Dungan – I think the story is a must read, and will let it speak for itself, I hope you’ll check it out if you have a website that you want to optimize.
One point from the story, that I’ll focus on today, is based on this tip from Erik on updates you can make to a site:
“Edit your browser title, making sure that it contains at least 2 keywords/phrases that are important to you. This is easily the biggest “bang for your buck” update that you can make.” -Erik Dungan
With that in mind, and with the hope of generating some audience participation here, I’m considering changing the name of this blog.
I am wide open to suggestions – presuming that they are appropriate, catchy and cool – and will come up with a prize for the winning suggestion, chosen by me.
Just a quick post with some links to share of images from the Olympics..
This is particularly cool – it’s been shown on the NBC broadcasts a number of times, but in case you missed it (or if you want to check it out directly) – it’s a frame by frame sequence of Michael Phelps 1/100th of a second victory in the 100 meter butterfly – by Sports Illustrated’s legendary Heinz Kluetmeier from an underwater remote camera looking straight up at the finish.. amazing.
Additionally, Sports Illustrated has an extended online photo gallery of the games – here
A very nice frame from the Laoshan velodrome, by Mike Powell, is Newsweek’s Picture of the Day – here.
If you like that one, look for the photo also from the velodrome, by Nick Laham of Getty Images from a couple of days ago – it is in this gallery of wonderful pictures from Stern Magazine – please note, some of these images are a bit graphic or risque and may not be “Safe for Work” viewing.. here.
Chicago Tribune staffer Scott Strazzante shares the experience of the 2008 Summer Games.. here.
Hope you will enjoys these -
mdl
PS – If anybody reads this that knows how trackbacks work, I’d appreciate any help you are willing to provide – I’ve had them work and had them not work.. I’d like to know how to make them work. Thanks!
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