A special post this week as I took the plunge to the latest and greatest iPhone released and acquired an iPhone 14 Pro Max (in Deep Purple). If you’re a frequent mobile phone photographer, like me, it’s always nice to verify that the restore part of the backup/restore process works.
When I checked my albums, I came across this fun shot…
Brit Floyd at the Hanover in Worcester, MA
This photo was from the last concert that I attended pre-pandemic; it was Brit Floyd at the Hanover Theatre in Worcester, MA, on March 11, 2020. Brit Floyd shows are always amazing and you can see that the experience is both sound and vision!
Welcome to the 199th round up of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
What an amazing set of action shots! You managed to take the word action and interpret it in various directions, which I really appreciate! I very much enjoyed going through each and every one of your posts and reading your narratives and looking at your photos. Thank you for all of your creative efforts!
Here’s a bit of action, frozen in times…
Keeping Time
In this image, that I shot as part of a series of decorative prints for a music school, the action of the metronome is frozen… in multiple locations. Using a bit of rudimentary math, I set up a repeating flash to catch the movement and freeze it at various times. It was one of those fun shots to set up, as it’s not something that one does every day!
Please enjoy the following blog posts:
Kammie kicks things off this week with some great action in her post in Nut House Central; the spider video is just amazing!
We get some rather high flying action in theOnlyD800intheHameau, as we see the Air Force of the United Arab Emirates in action!
Jackie captures some stunning action in her post in JunkBoat Travels, as the birds are coming back to settle in for the night.
Nicole catches the penguins at a wonderful time of action in her photo in Un Photo,Une Poeme; feeding time is probably the penguins favorite time too!
Cee shares some gorgeous photos in her post in Cee’s Photo Challenges, as she has birds in action.
Bren has a fantastic photo of the waves crashing on the shore in her post in Bren & Ashley Ryan Photography; also check out the slide show, as it gives a wonderful perspective of how the waves break up on the shore!
Diane shares some wonderful action photos of Maggie in her post in pensivity101. At the age of 15, some of the speed may be lacking, but her heart is still there!
Elizabatz brings us a view of the speed of a particular dog on a beach in Wales in Albatz Travel Adventures; the dog looks extremely fast!
Tatiana shares some of the action in Vegas in her post in Vegas Great Attractions, where the free entertainment can definitely be very entertaining!
Na’ama takes on the concept of active trust in her post in Na’ama Yehuda; the action can definitely raise one’s heart rate!
In another interesting post in the Jesh Studio, we get to experience the ighs and lows of family drama and the action of getting to the gelato shop!
Julie caught up with some interesting action in Paris, as we see in her post in Julie Does Stuff; lots of activity there!
Alice captures some balancing action in her photo in the59Club; balance can look easy or have a lot of action!
Brian captures plenty of action in and around the bird baths in his post in Bushboy’s World; even some flying like an eagle!
In a wonderful post in Don’t Hold Your Breath we get to enjoy a preening Shikra; this is a small raptor with a rather light touch!
The sand dunes of Ilocos are definitely a place for action, which we get to enjoy in a great post in My Camera and I…; sliding down the dunes looks like fun!
Rupali captured the most delicate of action in mazeepuran, as the butterfly exerts the gentlest of actions!
Viveka really pulled out all the stops in her action photos in myguiltypleasures; I particularly like the young lad flying through the air!
Sarah has a rather intriguing photo in By Sarah, as the action can best be described as bending over backwards! Looks painful!
David shares some incredible photos in his post in David M’s Photoblog; I’m blown away by the shot of the nestlings yelling for food!
Xenia really pegs the pied wagtail for what it is: very active, as can be seen in her post in Tranature. Of course, when we look at Xenia’s post in her wonderful blog, whippetwisdom, we see what we expect from a whippet: action!!
Radhika has some wonderful action photos in her post in radhikasreflection! I always wonder how many of those mortarboard hats find their owner again!
As we can see in sgeoil, there’s something special about the simple action of a human walking with their dog…
Sandy brings the river’s perpetual flow to the foreground in her post in Out of my Write Mind; there’s something eternal about that, as the river’s water eventually makes its way back toward the mountains and retraces its journey!
Maria has some fantastic action shots in her post in Kamerapromenader; the little bird in the second photo is really eye-catching!
Nandini has another wonderful set of haikus in her post in queennandini; several of them really caught me by surprise!
In an excellent post in Kanlaon, we find out that it doesn’t take a Nikon Coolpix to take cool photos! The Coolpix might have expired, but the photos keep coming!
It’s hard to ignore the look of joy on the dog’s face, as they bound through the snow in a great shot in Up North!
Amy shares with us how she worked her magic on action photos taken with her iPhone in her post in Photography Journal Blog; go check this out, as there’s a lot that can be done with our smartphones!
Deb shares a fantastic shot in her post in Twenty Four; the timing on taking the shot is just spot on!
TiongHan has a wonderful approach to the theme in his post in TiongHan’s Blog; the action here is that of a sale on all sorts of goods!
Woolly has some truly amazing actions shots in his post in WoollyMuses; the kitesurfing was cool, as is the bicycle race; however, the surfing is just stunning!
I very much appreciate this week’s entry in the wonderful blog, One Letter Up – diary 2.0, as we talk about an action that I enjoy: guitar action! Go check it out!
Chris has plenty of action in his photo in What’s (in) the Picture, and I’m sure the dogs appreciated it! In a second contribution in What’s (in) the Picture, Chris brings us the all important action of ‘fetch’!
I very much enjoy the photo that we get to see in Geriatri’X’ Fotogallery, as it captures the action perfectly. It’s pretty gnarly!
Susan caught some of my favorite action in Musin’ with Susan: two dogs playing like that is just awesome! For more great photos, go check out the week in review in Musin’ with Susan; that sleeping seal is just too cute for words!
Ken showcases a wonderful surfing shot in his post in Pictures without Film, although I wonder how cold that surfer is…
Hammad shares a type of action that I enjoy observing as well, in his post in the Blog of Hammad Rais: the clouds are filled with action!
Jez brings out the best kind of flying fur in his post in Photos by Jez; those dogs are having the kind of fun that is wonderful for them!
There’s a certain juxtaposition of speed of action in the wonderful photo in Land of Images; the dunes might be moving, but their pace is not quite that of the seagull…
Aletta’s post in her blog nowathome highlights several types of action; I have to admit that going down a water slide is my kind of action!
Hannah caught the action of the seagull just at the right moment in her post in Zebra’s Child; great shot!
Please let all of these great bloggers know your thoughts about their posts!
Welcome to week 174 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
You had your sights locked on some amazing posts last week and I’m sure that some of you thought about what theme could follow… Of course, you guessed that I might just go with Key to match last week. I did give this some thought and what I like about the word Key is the directions, in which you can take this theme! As a noun there are multiple definitions, and, of course, as an adjective it could be key to your success. Then there’s the verb! You understand my excitement 🙂
Please take this Key into the direction of your choosing and let your creative minds roam freely! I can’t wait to see what you might generate this week!!
What key might this be in?
The Score
This shot came from a series of images that I did to provide wall art for a newly opened music school in Worcester a number of years ago. This one did not sell, but several others did; regardless, I am still partial to this one, as it brings about a mood of music made in a time gone by.
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
Remember that singing off-key is just fine in the car and shower and have fun!!
The WordPress Daily Prompt provides the theme of Constant, which would be something rather unvarying…
The idea of something constant made me think of a metronome, which, after all, provides a constant rhythm, and is a constant companion to the musician looking for just that beat!
I photographed a metronome a couple of years ago for a show at a music school…
Keeping Time
This was taken with a single exposure, setting my flash to provide a series of bursts that I dialed in to get the timing just right. With a bit of control, I managed to keep the background solid black, so that there was very little editing to be done.
What is your constant companion? Have a wonderful day!
As many of you are aware, last weekend I was at a guitar workshop for the entire time. Even though I have only been playing for about 3 1/2 years, I wanted to see what the experience of focusing on guitar playing for an entire weekend would bring. It was truly enjoyable, as well as educational!
The weekend started on Friday, as the five students gathered at a wonderful location near the coast of Massachusetts in Essex; after a wonderful dinner (the chef did a great job all weekend), we gathered for some informal jamming, playing an assortment of classics ranging from Tom Petty (what a loss) to the Beatles. This was a great way to start and Janet, our teacher, talked about her plans for the weekend.
Early Autumn
On Saturday, after a jog and breakfast, we started on songwriting skills with an excellent variety of exercises to get our minds engaged and open to writing lyrics. With a bit of time spent on song structure and the narrative of songs, we created some rather interesting songs by writing a line at a time and passing the task on to the next person in line; this underscored the benefit of clarity in getting the idea across in each line.
The second part of the morning, included an exercise in co-writing, which was highly enjoyable. In this exercise we first wrote the lyrics, after which we worked on the melody; melody is best worked on without the guitar by singing the song in an effort to find what sounds good. Once we had the basic melody, we worked on the chords that would support the melody. A great exercise, and even though our song is not likely to be a hit, I felt pretty good about my first song, and really excellent about the process and interaction.
In the afternoon, we focused on performance skills, which was in preparation for open mike in the evening. Set structure, audience interaction, how to start that first song in your set and others were the topics of this session. The level of this session was likely to be a bit too advanced for where I am in my guitar development, but still had a lot of valuable learning in it.
On Sunday, after another light jog and breakfast, we started on voice maintenance and development; as I’m one of those people who were told that they couldn’t sing as a kid (and told to mouth the words), this was very interesting and probably most useful of all sessions. This led us to singing harmonies and playing together as an ensemble, in which we played different voicings on our guitar to create a more interesting palette within a song. After a number of exercises, and lunch, we took what we learned to play and sing a number of songs together. My favorite among these is Crosby, Stills and Nash’s Helplessly Hoping, in which our harmonies came together pretty nicely!
All in all, this was a great weekend! If anything, I would have liked to have worked more on guitar playing skills, which is something that I will look at more closely with any future workshops.
Welcome to the 62nd round up of the Tuesday Photo Challenge! I have to say that I’m glad that I went with the theme of Music, as your posts were a joy to read!
Many of you took a path that I expected to some degree, and your creativity in how you portrayed what music means to you and the impact that it has on your lives was wonderful to behold. Some of you presented music and instruments that I didn’t know about, which was fascinating! One really stood out, as Miriam’s post in Out an’ About even included a recording of her singing a fantastic song!
Thanks to each and every one of you for your great contributions!!
Here’s an image from my collection of performers of music…
GT Nightcrawler
Portrait photography can be a lot of fun, as you get to control everything from the light to the pose. Despite the desire for control, sometimes, an impromptu portrait, such as the one here is very satisfying. You catch the subject in their natural element, being themselves; of course, with performers, the latter is not 100% true, as you’re really capturing the persona that they portray on stage.
The following were this week’s participants in the challenge with links to their posts:
By Sarah kicked things off with a lighthearted post that captures something that most, if not all of us, have done: playing air guitar!
Nicole’s entry in Une Photo, un poéme gives us a beautifully photographed and well-written report on a balalaika performance. Go check it out!
pensivity101 tells us about the influence that music has on her life, particularly, playing the piano!
Xenia gives us a wonderful tanka in whippetwisdom.com and accompanies it with photos of her whippets dancing to Nature’s music.
iballrtw shares a great post with some very early sculptures of musicians with unusual instruments.
The post shared by theonlyD800inthehameau brings us up close and personal with an absolutely stunning pipe organ!
Photo Robert’s Blog shares an amazing set of photographs of instruments and musicians, that you really should go see!
Ladyleemanilla shares an amazing array of photos in her entry this week!
Candace’s photo of performers in the Paris subway in Netdancer’s Musings is just wonderful!
Miriam’s post in her blog Out an’ About is simply magical, as she not only shares her thoughts and photos about music, but she also graces us with a recording of her performing a song that is inspired by a poem written by one of her friends.
Raj’s post in his blog XDrive shares a beautiful set of images of his daughter performing an intricate dance, filled with wonderful facial expressions. Just lovely!!
ARHtistic License shows us a wide array of musical instruments and implements; I particularly like the dulcimer!
Cee has some great images in her post in Cee’s Photography; I really like the sheet music, which looks truly old!
Roaming Urban Gypsy has a wonderful blog with street photography, which is well represented in their entry for this week.
Miriam shares photos of some of her performances in Showers of Blessing and tells us about her hero!
Stella’s images in Giggles & Tales tell us a story of instruments, the music they bring forth and the places where this music occurs!
Bushboy has a wonderful collection of guitars and music in his post in Bushboy’s World, as well as a great work of art!
Judith shares her experience of going to the opera in Milan in her post in Nature Knows Best; she was in for a surprise! As a bonus, we get to find out who her favorite violinist is!
Leaking Ink introduces us to the Manganiyar Seduction, a group of musicians from Rajasthan, India.
Debbie’s post in ForgivingConnects has her singing her joy from the rooftops, as she takes a leap of faith!
Lacy’s photos in Adventures of a Busy Mom describe the soundtrack of a busy mom! I think you can guess whose music takes front stage!
Bullyboy’s post in Travel387 combines both the instrument to make music with the inspiration for this music!
Ron tells us of his experience with music through excellent photography in Progressing into Solitude.
Khürt’s entry for this week’s theme in Island in the Net tells us the story of his journey through music throughout his life; a great read and awesome photos!
If there were the concept of music for my eyes, these posts definitely brought it forth, for which I thank all of you!
Welcome to Week 62 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge.
Last week’s entries were absolutely spectacular! I expected to see a great turnout with the theme of Unusual, and you blew my mind with those creative, funny and intriguing entries. As I was thinking about this week’s theme, I was leaning toward something rather tricky, which I may still use at some time in the future, but decided to expand the reach of the challenge a bit with Music.
Music is all around us and more than just a human form of expression, as Nature is filled with examples of great music from the birds in the trees to the whales in the oceans. As usual, you can take poetic license into any direction that you desire, so that it can be music to your ears, a great performance or a cacophony of atonal sound!
One way of capturing music for reproduction is shown here…
The Score
This image is from about 5 years ago, when we were challenged to provide some appropriate wall decor for a music school that was just opening nearby. Interestingly enough, this is not one of the images that was chosen, even though I thought it to be technically superior to one of my images that was selected.
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
I’m looking forward to a symphony of wondrous entries!
On this nice relaxing Sunday, I’m working on getting ready for my first public guitar performance, which is coming up this Thursday. It’s not a solo, so there’s definitely some safety in numbers, as there will be a fair number of us guitarists. We’re doing two songs: We’re Going to be Friends by the White Stripes and Circle Game by Joni Mitchell.
There’s still quite a bit of work to be done to get it to the level that I want my performance to be at, but I have plenty of practice time available, as I’ve taken the rest of the year off.
Cupcake Delight
These little circles will definitely keep me in the mood to keep practicing!
With these little snacks it’s time to get back to this beautiful song. Here’s a great cover that I found:
After a week of fighting some kind of virus that has been giving me a combination of cold and flu symptoms, I’m hoping to shake it on this Sunday. The plan is to get a bit of work done around the house and go for a short hike to get enough fresh air.
Of course, there are lots of great spots to go for a hike around here and I do have a location in mind, such as in this image (it won’t look like this anymore, as this is from earlier in the Autumn season).
Autumn Serenity
It should be restorative to walk through the landscape, as it is a beautiful day. I might even capture an image or two!
Then there will be time for guitar practice, for which I have a specific goal: with this week’s passing of the great Leonard Cohen, I want to spend time on improving my playing of his magnificent song, Hallelujah. There are many great covers of this song by artist ranging from Jeff Buckley and Rufus Wainwright to Jon Bon Jovi, but for my ears, I always like going back to the master…
Dutch goes the Photo! 