Staying on the photography theme, here’s a good way to keep your Charlie the Tuna camera safe.
The great Instructables shows us how to make a buoy for your digicam. Follow the step by step process for fun and safety!
Flag dip to Petapixel on Twitter.
I took this photo the other night. It’s of the windvane on the gazebo located on Shipyard Park in Mattapoisett.
From the pamphlet “Shipbuilders of Mattapoisett” by Charles S. Mendell, Jr:
The present Shipyard Park ( Mattapoisett) was the site of the famous Holmes shipyard, started in 1812 by Josiah Holmes Sr. and continuing until the Bark Wanderer, built where the bandstand sits now, slid down the ways in 1878, the last vessel ever launched in Mattapoisett.
The first seven years of the 1850′s marked the peak of the whaleship building in Mattapoisett. Only three yards were in operation – Wilson Barstow, Holmes, and Meigs – but in eight years these three yards launched 47 vessels. These were the yards that carried Mattapoisett’s reputation far and wide, and brought forth such comments as these in in the New Bedford newspapers:
“This thriving town ranks high in shipbuilding and is distinguished for its naval architecture.” (W.S.L.6/20/1851)
Here’s a very short slide show of the life the Shipyard Park Gazebo gazebo.
Happy FotoFriday and Memorial Day Weekend!
Photography is about catching moments in time. This amazing photo by French photographer and biologist Laurent Ballesta does just that. I first saw it on the equally amazing Guardian UK iPad app. If you own an iPad and love photography, download it now.
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If you are a photographer, you’re probably familiar with the term photowalking. Well, I have a couple little kids learning about the excitement of photography and we call it photoddling. It’s a fun activity and a great way to create an appreciation for art, nature and community. Of course, we’re working on a website.
Here’s a couple of shots from the other night.
Mattapoisett Harbor Sunset by Daddy
Mattapoisett Harbor Sunset by Luke (7)
Luke
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Taking a page from the Boston Globe’s always amazing The Big Picture blog, Pictory is a relatively new website that really excels at visual storytelling. Actually it’s the combination of great photography and interesting writing that makes it work. Lucky for us, some of the featured photographers have done their work at sea.
The above photo was taken by Rice Jackson and you can read about it here. Here’s his website and you can find him on Twitter too.
Go over and experience all of the amazing photography and stories over at Pictory.
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The above photo was taken by Captain Tim Ruttledge. Here’s what he wrote on his Flickr page which is a place the you should visit because he’s a talented photographer:
Snow storm off the coast of Utsira, Norway last night. The wind was blowing a gale into the bargain and we were rolling like a dog on wet grass, I fired up the starboard searchlight to check the main deck and saw a lot of wet snow flakes flying towards me, tried to catch the effect on a longish exposure.
Tim also has a great blog called Tim’s Times and you can read a little more about this photo there too. Snow, storms and seasickness (December 25, 2009)
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The New York Times has a great multimedia series called One in 8 Million which features stunning black and white photography coupled with interesting audio interviews. This week Todd Heisler photographed and Tanzina Vega interviewed Captain Patrick Harris – The Boat Dweller. Give a look and listen, it’s a nice piece about maritime life on the island of Manhattan.
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Today’s Wall Street Journal has an interesting article about children’s books currently being made for the big screen but not necessarily for their original audiences. (Kids’ Movies Grow Up Oct. 9, 2009) I’m really looking forward to seeing Spike Jonze’s version of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are which is opening next week.
Another wildly anticipated movie is Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland which is being remade by Tim Burton and starring, you guessed it, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp; that should be interesting! (website with trailer)
Elena Kalis is a very talented photographer who has her own take on this classic story with “Alice in Waterland.”
From Kalis’ website:
I was born in Moscow (Russia) and have lived for the past ten years on a small island in the Bahamas with my husband and two children. I have an education in art, but have recently been following my interest in photography. Over the past year I have been doing some underwater projects with my children and friends.
Check out all of her interesting images on her website, Facebook and Flickr sites.
How is it possible that one of the greatest photographers of all time was sent to shoot one of the greatest American writers of all time in advance of a book that ended up selling over 5 million copies in 2 days and many of the photos remained hidden from the public view for 57 years?
The photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt; the writer: Ernest Hemingway; the book: Old Man and the Sea; the setting: Cuba
Check out Life’s great slideshow (19 slides)
Report via Sea-Fever Twittersphere Correspondent Mia Chambers.
