Well, part three happens to be the end of this year’s display of the “Tribute In Lights” and it marks a few firsts for me..
I made a somewhat spontaneous decision on Thursday night, abandoning my previous game plan, and electing, instead, to attempt to create a time lapse “montage” of photos of the display..
I will admit, that while I’m pleased encouraged with the results – I made a number of mistakes in hindsight – some of them the result of overthinking the project and thus talking myself into one setting when another would have worked better – and others just in the course of it being a “blind date” of sorts.
In any event, I’m now planning to make another stab at it with a bunch of lessons now learned..
I’ve embedded the video below – you can also find it on YouTube (another first for me!)
Please, let me know what you think.
Special thanks to Michael Lawlor, Ryan Krieger and Drop Thud Oops, a portion of whose “Phrygian Waltz” is featured as the sound track..
Hope you enjoy the show..
WTC Memorial Waltz by MDAVIDLEEDS
For those unfamiliar with YouTube, if you’d like to see the video full-screen, simply click on this button: 
(in the video viewer above)
If you have comments or questions, PLEASE let me know. Thanks! mdl
I just had a change in plans and I am happy to say that we’ll be on Long Beach Island (NJ) for Labor Day weekend, one of our favorite places on earth! – I’ll be shooting a job on Saturday, if all goes well, and I’m going to make some time for a couple of personal projects that I’ve been working on..
The first began in April 2007.. shooting with my Hasselblad Super Wide on a dark night, with my wife thankfully along for the ride, I shot this photograph as a gift for my aunt and uncle who have been incredibly generous hosts to us.
LBI - ©2008 MDAVIDLEEDS - All Rights Reserved
The reaction to the print at my aunt and uncles house was, frankly, a bit overwhelming. I decided to make a project out of this LBI at night photo and create a series… maybe even have a gallery show, something I’ve never done. During our next trip, the weather was not so favorable with lots of thunderstorms and heat lightning.. clearly not the best recipe for standing on the beach with a tripod!! When there was a break in the clouds, and the storm was mostly to the south of us, I went out to make a couple of pictures.. and one of them, spawned project number two.. “Lit By Lightning”, or, “LBI LBL”..
Corona - LBI LBL - © 2008 MDAVIDLEEDS - All Rights Reserved
I’ve got the photos in mind that I’m planning to make over Labor Day weekend, hopefully, I’ll luck out and have a variety of great weather with a storm or two mixed in.. I’m really excited about the potential for two really nice series of photographs and the potential for each.. hope you’ll check back to see this as it comes together.
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