Stop Hate – Love More / This has been on my computer for a bit, (it’s probably been done before?), but it has a strong message so I’m sticking it up! Stop hate people!!
My Memories series Tshirts as wall art Thanks to The Brown Dot for the boot up the derrière!
Cool song, hopefully you’ll like the shirt
Pencil Drawing, 10” x 12” (254×304.5mm).
With this view from the top, we can see everything. The Dragons lair is just beyond the valley of the flowers. We best stay low… as those dragons have great eye sight… it’s gonna be a long trek.. I have a few friends in the area.. perhaps they can help us out… hmmmm.. I’ll see if Snow White is around.. she’s a moth with all the right moves.
This is a picture of my husband and one of my 4 y.old adopted twin sons hands. My husband was teaching him how to do “knuckles”.
A tree limb clutches the cool depths of South Ballina’s shoreline with gnarled knuckles. Nikon D700 with 24-70mm / ISO 100 / 1/8 so on a tripod we go! / f/22
My father-in-law is nearly 81, and holding on to his way of living, taking care of his appartment, fending for himself, and looking after his ailing girlfriend as well. Walking to her appartment everyday to help her with the daily chores, to do the necessary errands, and to make sure that she takes her medication properly. Walking back to his place in the evening, doing his own housework, laundry, sweeping and shoveling, choosing to maintain two households instead of moving in with his girlfriend, holding on dearly to his independance. Stubbornly holding on to his dignity, refusing to use the cane that could help him when he gets the occasional bout of dizziness. Choosing to do all this hard work instead of going to a retirement home, holding on fiercely to his pride and autonomy. Taking care of his son and grandsons, always making sure that they are well and happy, that they have everything they need. Holding on lovingly to his fathership. Going on through life, with the constant pain in his joints, the weight of all those years pressing down on his shoulders and on his heart, just holding on… Focal length 55mm / ISO-200 / Aperture f/5,6 / Shutter 1/13 sec. Shot in manual mode, in natural light from the window / Nikon D60 / AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G VR
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2 of 6 Gangs of New York series. Watercolour and ink. ‘DEAD RAIBEADS (Irish for Dead Rabbits)’ was inspired by John Morrissey also known as ‘Old Smoke’, an Irish bare-knuckle boxer and a Dead Rabbits gang member in New York in the 1850’s. Later he became a Democratic State Senator and U.S. Congressman.
This is the hand of a hard working man. A man who used to get up at five o’clock every morning and walk several miles to his workplace. A man who went back to work after his retirement because he was offered a position and couldn’t stand the idleness. When he became a widower, freshly retired for good, he chose to occupy his mind with hard physical labour, restoring furniture, and volunteering to clean up and maintain the cemetary where his own parents and family were buried. He’s also a man who won’t listen to his doctor’s advice and will not hesitate to do any work when there is work to be done… even at nearly 81, even with a heart condition. A man from another generation, like we almost can’t find anymore… My father-in-law! Shot in the natural from the window, on a dark background to preserve the low key effect / Focal length 55mm / ISO-200 / Aperture f/5,6 / Shutter 1/13 sec. Shot in manual mode / Nikon D60 / AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G VR Featured in the Image Writing group on March 27, 2009
After seeing the original Labouring Hand photo, my good friend Squelia suggested that I try adding a Dragan effect to the image, which would emphasize all the wrinkles and textures of my father-in-law’s hand. Celia also kindly provided the link to this tutorial . I did try, and this is the result. Cool effect! However, I decided to elaborate a little on the concept of old age, combining a black and white, inverted version of Arthritis 2 to demonstrate one of the painful difficulties of getting older. For you Celia, and thank you for suggestion! Finished in 4th position of Top Ten* in the Top 20 challenge of the Images and Ideas group on April 11, 2009 Original shot /
Kisses
...belonging to Sam Keevers in the James Oehler Trio line-up. Winsome Pub in Lismore gig 18.03.08
Close up of two hands playing the piano. Nikon D200 – 18-200mm / ISO 100
Street performer sketching a fun cartoon caricature. No, it is not an image of me…
.. but the packets of coloured plastic ones always said Jacks. Now if you were really cool, you had real ones, which you tried to colour in with paint or textas! The plastic ones were far too light and impossible to do sweeps with!!
The Infusion…............a white knuckle ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. My boys rode it 6 times! :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q0LLT8CIBk&NR=1
This is a 3 shot, HDR of an AAR Coupling knuckle. Nikon D80, 18-135mm, +/-2.0EV, ISO 100
Another shot of an AAR knuckle coupling
Have you ever noticed how the hands of older people are almost never completely still? They often get what I call the twitchy fingers, as if the nerves kept jumping all the time and refused to remain unmoving. Perhaps it is because they have too many things to communicate, too many feelings to express, too many experiences and stories to share. Perhaps they are twitching with impatience because their bodies are making them slower, but their time is getting so much shorter, leaving them with huge amounts of thoughts bottled up inside their hearts and heads, and so little opportunities to pour them out. Even when they are resting, elders hands are talking and telling us things… Shot this afternoon, in the natural light from the window, these are my father-in-law’s expressive hands. Focal length 48mm / ISO-200 / Aperture f/5,6 / Shutter 1/13 sec. Shot in manual mode / Nikon D60 / AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G VR
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