In one of the above photos, you can see a figure just behind a car.
Sunday was the official opening of a month-long showing of my photography, printed on canvas, at the Northport Tasting Room and Wine Cellar. It is a pretty terrific venue. A sincere thank-you to the Northport Arts Coalition for sponsoring the show, to Kate Kelly for curating, and to Matthew Spirn, proprietor. I also want to thank everyone came to the opening. It was wonderful to see you all, and you made the day special.
If you haven't had a chance to see the show yet, it will be up until October 8, and the Tasting Room is a nice place to relax while sipping a glass of wine and nibbling on some excellent cheese. I also plan to update my website with the images in the show — this week, I hope!
with assistance from my good friend Marie. I could say that they helped me hang my show, but in reality they did all the hard work —
As we enjoyed the music of the jazz combo playing on the west side of the park, Eddie thought the trumpeter was the same one we heard on the east side of the same park on Memorial Day weekend. Sure enough, when I check my photos from last May, there was the same musician with a different backup group.
Today we hung my show at the Wilkes Gallery (91 Main Street, Northport). This is the second year I have had the opportunity to display my photos at the gallery, and it is alway exciting to see my canvases displayed on a gallery wall. It it wouldn't look the way it does, which I think is really good, without my husband Eddie. Beside doing the heavy lifting and hanging the peices, he has such a good eye for hanging the photos - and I literally stood by while he decided what should go where. I also want to thank my good friend Marie for coming down to help us out.
Food is not a usual subject of my photography, but these shots were taken at the Northport Farmers' Market during last month's Photo Walk, and I thought they would be appropriate after seeing the movie Julie & Julia yesterday. It was wonderful. If you like a good film, or you like to cook, or eat, or all three, then see it as soon as possible. Eddie and I saw it yesterday and I just had to share my enthusiasm — and a few photographs of food.
The selection for best photo from the Northport Photo Walk was this photo by Joseph Nuzzo. The photo uses the very popular High Dynamic Range Technique — better know has HDR. With HDR, there is strong detail in the highlights and shadow, and often the colors are intensified. True HDR photographs are made by combining a series of pictures of the same subject, each exposed with different settings. To create the effect, Joe used Photomatrix Pro (http://www.hdrsoft.com/), software designed for HDR photography, and he used Lightroom 2.4 for finishing. While he often uses Photoshop CS4 for touching up his HDR work, he did not use it for this photo.
If you are in the Northport Area on Saturday, come down to the park and say hello. I'll be setting up a booth at the Northport Arts Coalition Saturday in the Park. It is my only show of this type this summer. Hope to see you. Linda
The stroller at the top right of the photograph belongs to Hunter, our youngest PhotoWalker.
First stop, Northport Harbor, the docks, and the Saturday morning, Farmers' Market. Here Anthony gets up close and personal with the harbor.
The owners of Seymour's Boat Yard, a Northport Landmark, were gracious enough to allow PhotoWalkers to enter their property and document Northport's maritime roots.
The walk continued along Bayview Avenue and included a stop at the home of friends of mine who were kind enough to offer their beautiful garden and harbor view to the PhotoWalkers. More than a few photographers did not want to leave the beauty of the backyard.
Next to last stop on PhotoWalk was Main street.
After meandering up and down Main Street, we met at Copenhagen Bakery for a bit of relaxation and lunch. When Fleming Hansen, the owner of Copenhagen, heard about the PhotoWalk, he immediately offered a discount to group members who stopped for lunch after the walk. Thanks so much, Fleming. Everyone loved the food!
Thanks to everyone who participated for a wonderful day. We have started a Flickr group — to view photos taken by some of the other PhotoWalkers, visit www.flickr.com/groups/northport_photowalk.
Above is a map showing the layout of Nothport Village. For directions, use the map below, which links to Google Maps. Click on the A in the marker and use the link to find directions, or click on the words VIEW LARGER MAP underneath the map. The link will take you directly to Google Maps. Entering your starting point will give you directions to the harbor area of Northport Village (I used the address for Hengstenberg's Florist, which is the Main Street store closest to the Park).
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