Category Archives: Museums This might be the goddess Hathor. Apparently we are not certain. One of the things I like about shooting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the lighting. There are abundant lights hitting each piece from several angles, yet not so much light that there is a lack of shadows. Tweet   This is photograph of a statue of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The entire room is filled with statues of her. I suppose we have so many because “Hatshepsut has been called the most accomplished pharaoh at promoting her accomplishments.” Tweet  Earlier this week Edith Levy published a beautiful shot of a glass ceiling in a shopping mall in Rome, and she noted that she doesn’t “recall any shopping centres that look like this here at home.” True enough. But in Vegas? Well. These are the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace. And I’m not saying they...  I take it that these items are not particularly rare. From a shelf of small Epyptian statues in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tweet  This is probably the least ostentatious piece of artwork in the Caesers Palace Hotel in Las Vegas. I quite like it, including the way the image is broken into 4 pieces, creating black horizontal lines across the statue’s face. It would probably not be considered subtle in any other context, but here, it earns the...  Statue of The Priestess Tagerem displayed within the Temple of Dendur in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The statue depicts a priestess who served at a different temple, and would not have been displayed in a temple sanctuary. Tweet  I spent the afternoon at the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday with my family, and grabbed some shots along the way. I was very diligent about remembering to shoot a picture of the plaque identifying each object, except for this one. All I know for certain about this fellow, is that he’s Greek, he lost...  About halfway through our photowalk last Saturday walk we passed 5Pointz, a free outdoor graffiti art exhibit, and the good folks there were very gracious to us. The folks from 5Pointz made it clear to us that we were welcome to take pictures, and asked only that if we posted them online we describe the...  Late post today, so I’m rushing this out a bit. This is, of course, the Guggenheim Museum taken somewhat early on a Sunday morning. Played with the colors for a long time and can no longer tell exactly what it should look like. Sometimes you’re better off taking your first adjustment and running with it...  The HDR collaboration group with no name or schedule and a fluid membership is back! I previously hosted entries here and here. The participants this round are Mike “TheaterWiz” Criswell, Jimmy Denham, new member/guest (like I said, it’s fluid) Scott Frederick whom we are all glad to have join us, me, Rob Hanson, and Bob Lussier (who...  My family and I just returned from a whirlwind long weekend at Disney World. We were so busy fitting in many attractions that I had little time for photography, but I did carry my Nikon around for one evening which included our tour of the It’s A Small World attraction. Took these with a 50mm...  This is a Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 PFM, shot on the flight deck of the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum. According to the information posted at the museum, this MiG was flown in 56 air forces, more than any other fighter, and involved in more conflicts than any other fighter in history. This specific...  Yesterday I took a one day mini-vacation and took my daughters to the USS Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in the morning, followed by a viewing of Toy Story 3 in the afternoon. Both were a big hit with the girls. My photographs were concentrated on my girls, but I did grab a...  I have a tendency to always be shooting things from the side. Not people – I will sometimes shoot them head-on – but things and places almost always get this treatment. I believe this tendency usually serves me well, but not always. I took this during a morning visit to...  This is a detail from a sculpture called “Chas’ Stainless Steel, Mark Thompson’s Airplane Parts, About 1000 Pounds of Stainless Steel Wire, and Gagosian’s Beverly Hills Space” which is about as ungainly a title as I’ve come across. It’s a piece of art that is ridiculously easy to mock if you are...  This is a display of arms for men and horses in the Metropolitan museum of art. The pieces date from the middle to late 16th century, and come from Germany and Italy. I strongly recommend close inspection of the detail in the armor, especially the face plates for the horses. If necessary, click the image...  WELCOME BING VISITORS on December 27, 2011! Please feel free to look at other images here on my site. One easy way is through the “You Might Also Like” links, with thumbnails, at the bottom of each page. If you are interested, you may subscribe to my RSS Feed at this link. I also love...  Eastman House is located in a residential section of downtown Rochester, NY. It is the house that George Eastman lived in. Eastman, of course, founded Kodak, and invented and developed consumer-ready roll film and cameras. He arguably did more to popularize photography than anyone who ever lived. The house now consists of two parts: a...  |
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