University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
by James Howe on Mar.25, 2009, under Ann Arbor, Architecture, Michigan, University of Michigan
(Olympus E-3, 14-54mm at 42mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/320 sec @ f/8)
This is a shot of the entrance to the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). The building was originally built as Alumni Memorial Hall. A Beaux Arts style building completed in 1910, the building was built as a tribute to University of Michigan graduates who had died or were wounded in the Civil War, the Mexican-American War, and the Spanish-American War. The building became home to the museum in 1946. A new addition to the museum opens this weekend and architecturally is a dramatic contrast to the original structure (but in a good way.)
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Image and text Copyright © 2009 James W. Howe – All rights reserved
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Michigan Theater Marquee
by James Howe on Mar.24, 2009, under Michigan
(Olympus E-3, 70-300mm at 120mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/125 sec @ f/10)
This is a shot of the marquee on the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The theater has undergone a restoration which took several years to complete. I believe they have at least one more phase to go. Part of the restoration was to install a ‘new’ sign which replicated the sign which was originally installed for the theater. In the 50’s the sign was taken down and a ‘modern’ marquee was installed. With the ‘new’ sign, the theater looks like it did when it was built. More information on the Michigan Theater can be found here.
This shot has had minimal processing done to it, most of which occurred in Lightroom 2.0. I’ve also created a more ‘artistic’ version of this shot through the use of some Photoshop filters shown below.
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Image and text Copyright © 2008 James W. Howe – All rights reserved
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’52 Pontiac Chieftain
by James Howe on Mar.23, 2009, under Automobiles
(Olympus E-3, 70300mm at 300mm (2x crop factor), ISO 320 exposure 1/800 sec @ f/5.6)
This is a close-up of the hood ornament of a 1952 Pontiac Chieftain automobile. This car was at the Gilmore Car Museum for a car show. I used my 70-300mm (2x crop factor) lens and a small aperture to make sure the background was blurred out. Processing was minimal, although I tried to bring out the head and downplay the color of the car itself.
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Lines in the Sand
by James Howe on Mar.20, 2009, under Abstract
(Olympus E-3, 70-300mm at 300mm (2x crop factor), ISO 100, exposure 1/250sec @ f/13)
This shot was taken in North Myrtle Beach, SC where I had spent some vacation time last year. The beach there is quite wide and firm at low tide and people like to ride bicycles on the sand, particularly recumbent tricycles. People really seemed to like to ride these things in circles, making interesting patterns in the sand. I was heading out of our hotel room to look for pictures to take and I noticed these two cyclists on the beach making some interesting patterns in the sand. Just as I was framing the shot, they decided it was time to move on. I had wanted to capture both cyclists as they were riding, but I was only able to capture one, just as he was leaving the edge of my composition. While I wish I had a shot of both of them, I am actually quite pleased with getting the one cyclist.
I didn’t really do much post processing work on this image. The raw image, shown here, was pretty flat and didn’t really convey the feeling that I experienced when I saw the shot. The sun was out and it highlighted the tracks in the sand. The raw image doesn’t really show that. Most of my processing was intended to bring out the pattern created in the sand by the tricycles. I did a post on my photo processing blog here which gives more details on the processing. Here’s a quick look at the image as it came out of the camera:
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Auburn 852 Phaeton
by James Howe on Mar.18, 2009, under Automobiles
(Olympus E-3, 14-54mm at 14mm (2x crop factor), ISO 400, exposure 1/10 sec @ f/2.8)
This is another in a series of ‘photo art’ images which shows some of the front side details of a 1936 Auburn 852 Phaeton automobile. The ’36 Auburn was designed by legendary car designer Gordon Buehrig and exhibits many interesting touches. I’ve always been attracted to the Auburn’s and Duesenbergs with the chrome exhaust pipes coming out of the side of the engine compartment. To me these exhaust pipes give a feeling of power to the automobile. This particular automobile, when new, sold for $1725, which is roughly equivalent to $26,000 after adjusting for inflation. Pretty good car for $26,000.
The image itself was created from a digital photograph. The lighting on the car wasn’t terrific but I liked the composition, so I decided to make the photo look more like a poster. I used a couple of different filters in Photoshop to create the look you see in the finished image.
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Image and text Copyright © 2009 James W. Howe – All rights reserved
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