A quick note about the 1,000 Doors CD that I have been working on for, um.... 18 months now...
Had a great day in the studio on Monday and have some amazing musicians coming in to help add the finishing touches over the next month or so. Release date is August 1. This project is finally coming together -- music with a purpose. The details will be announced later, but a significant portion of the proceeds from this album and associated concerts will be donated to an important non-profit organization.
So among other on-going activities, this is a significant reason that I have not been able to post much lately. To atone for my absence, I have posted a couple of previews of songs from the new album (and an old, already released song) here: MUSIC They are unfinished, rough mixes, but you'll get the idea.
Please feel free to sign up for my email list while you're on the site, or click the link to the right of this post...
Thanks for your support -- more to come....
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Portrait: Michael Reno Harrell
Yes, I am still alive. Busy, but very much alive.
Enjoyed the music and stories of North Carolina's Michael Reno Harrell last night at European Street (San Marco) in Jacksonville last night. Great songwriter. Excellent photography subject. Interesting dude...
Al of these were shot with my Nikon D700 using the SIgma 150mm f/2.8 lens, available light only at ISO 5000... the one above was processed in Lightroom adding a slight bottom to top brightness gradient. The one immediately below was converted to B&W in Lightroom, then processed using Topaz Adjust with the Portrait Smooth pre-set.
The las one below was converted to monochrome in Lightroom. The contrasty effect of MRH's silver hair and the dark background (actually a street-facing window) was striking...
Until next time -- maybe six weeks, maybe less...
Enjoyed the music and stories of North Carolina's Michael Reno Harrell last night at European Street (San Marco) in Jacksonville last night. Great songwriter. Excellent photography subject. Interesting dude...
Al of these were shot with my Nikon D700 using the SIgma 150mm f/2.8 lens, available light only at ISO 5000... the one above was processed in Lightroom adding a slight bottom to top brightness gradient. The one immediately below was converted to B&W in Lightroom, then processed using Topaz Adjust with the Portrait Smooth pre-set.
The las one below was converted to monochrome in Lightroom. The contrasty effect of MRH's silver hair and the dark background (actually a street-facing window) was striking...
Until next time -- maybe six weeks, maybe less...
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Beauty In Destruction
Trio
These photos were taken last weekend before I flew off to the snow and ice of the north... The body of water above is called Lake Oklawaha on the map. In reality this is the result of the damming of the Oklawaha River -- an utterly unnecessary reconfiguration of the Saint Johns most beautiful tributary. The pilings above support the exclusion fence at the west end of the lake, immediately east of the dam's spillway. A remnant of the failed cross-Florida barge canal, this is a monument to environmental re-engineering at its worst.
Below is the barbed wire fence protecting the unused Buckman Lock on the abandoned barge canal, about 5 miles east of the dam. An appropriate metaphor of the stupidity that continues to wreck natural Florida. Not that I have an opinion...
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
The Intellectual
www.riverroadphoto.net
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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