PUBLISHED

OMG i have waited quite some time for this recognition. When i shot this image i know it was a winner. the people, the white trench, the dark skin, all made my composition in my eyes interesting. It was planned i saw the scene and snapped it . I knew i was going to do a vignette with high contrast.
i am finding myself still. but this is proof that i am on a road, a road that is going places : )

and thanks to all who voted and supported.

YEE HAA

putting my ass out there

taking chances is what its all about.
im steppin out and hoping for something to happen, and if nothing comes of it well ... i gave it a shot.

on another note about this image, i quite like it even proud of the work i did on this b/w landscape . i guess its a statement on all the over saturated crap color digital imaging out there.i think its warping peoples perception of color photography.

wonder what eggleston thinks of it.

so here i give you an " ode to ansel "

and i do hair

nella
Originally uploaded by d kelly photography

i have been doing hair for over 30 years... cough ... yea i'm THAT old !

but now when people ask me what i " do " i want to say photography ! but in reality i am a master hairdresser/ educator and i really should not deny that part of my life. i love doing hair, and teaching especially the group i'm teaching now. their so motivated and interested in learning.
recently i helped write an article on the "consultation " and making a connection with a client. as soon as it gets published i will post a link.

NYPH

NYPH-bw.jpg
Originally uploaded by d kelly photography

this was one of my favorite shots of the day. and again its not as good this small.

i went to the New York Photo Festival yesterday in Dumbo Brooklyn, all in all it was interesting untill i went to a lecture by Penelope Umbrico and Joachim Schmid, both these " photographers " use images from flicker for installations.

Penelope took the sun part of sunset images from thousands of images to create this installation , she claims and i quote .....

"This is a project I started when I found 2,303,087 pictures of sunsets searching the word “sunset on the Flickr site. I took just the suns from these pictures and made snapshot prints of them. "

she also claims the images she took were of the sun and could not be owned, i say then she dosen't own that installation ! is she sharing the commission ?

it was pure bullshit.

but so are a lot of things, for instance on the subject of posting on the internet ... when i view someone's photostream and i see something i like i comment , especially if i know them on a personal basis. if i don't like something or have nothing good to say i usually say nothing and make no comment .
but i upload several images to several groups some of which i actually get together with for outings, only to get minimal comments to none.
now i know my images are good or i would not post them !
wtf is up with that ?

i decided not to upload many images anymore and concentrate on MY work ..

save the best images for my website and printing.




d kelly out.

even if they say they do ...

the quiet life camera club

my submission was accepted !