Ahhhh Friday. Time for the weekend and a little Rest and Relaxation. Thank goodness! We have a full plate of things to do, people to see — a long training run before the Baltimore Half Marathon in 2 weeks, looking at houses on Saturday, and watching McNabb and the Redskins beat the Eagles. What are your plans?
did art ever die?
…take some time to stop and photograph the roses.
…shot while exiting the metro at New York Avenue/Florida Avenue/Gallaudet University. This red line stop, which opened in 2004, happened to be the first in-fill station in the metro system, filling the gap between Rhode Island Avenue/Brentwood and Union Station.
A cool shot of the lights at The Warehouses at Union Row, 14th and V Street NW, shot with an Olympus XA.
The beautiful (in my humble opinion) images that you see below are my submissions to the 2010 DCist Exposed photography show. This is my third year submitting photos to the contest – fingers crossed! The entry pool for the show this year includes 1,130 photos from 435 photographers. Tough competition would be an understatement. Exposed will open on March 6th at Longview Gallery (1234 9th St NW). It is a great showcase of local photographers and most certainly worth visiting.
This image is taken with a Holga at the Dupont Circle North metro station. I love how the long exposure was able to pull a fire out of the evening sky.
We watched the fireworks from Meridian Hill park this year. The gentleman that climbed the Joan of Arc sculpture had the best view in the house. His focused gaze up towards the theatrics is the sky is eerily similar to the look on Joan of Arc’s face as she charges into battle.
My final submission was snapped during my morning commute. It is taken with a Vivitar Ultra Wide and Slim, a junk camera with a wide angle plastic lens. Even in the blustery weather that we have had recently, my morning rides always put me in a good mood. I think this photo captures the pure enjoyment of a leisurely ride.
A fire escape somewhere around 14th Street. Shot on film. Anyone ever had to actually use one of these??
Alleyways are often the best places to find color and textures, and this rusty wall near Q ST is a perfect example. Would be great to see a sped-up time-lapse of the invasion of the rust.
Since 2001, Brendt Barbur has been putting on the Bicycle Film Festival (BFF). In the years that followed the BFF has grown to include international showings in 39 cities and an annual attendance of a quarter million people. 2009 was the first year that the BFF was held in Washington DC and from what I could garner the DC cycling community was quite excited to finally have it in our city. The DC BFF was a one day festival held at the Navy Memorial Theater on 7th St. There were three showings, we attended the 9pm program which featured of 14 short films. Without futher adiu, I give you 14 equally short reviews:
On Time 1985/16mm/USA: racing through the streets, a special delivery of utmost importance leads to hilarity, danger, and a BOOM!
Safari London 2009/HD/UK: sexy imagry. If I shot video this is what I would want to do. Timelapse, motion blur, multiple exposure. Wonderful.
Made in Queens 2008/Video/USA: tinkering teenagers from Trinidad create 300 lbs speaker bikes that will knock your socks off.
Polo Manual 2009/DVCPRO HD/UK: cycles, community, competition, and collision come together for a little game. No horses allowed.
Some Things Ride a Bicycle 2006/Video/USA: ever see an oaktree or an elephant ride a bike. Yeah, I didn’t think so.
An Apology 2007/DC/USA: some people get so bent out of shape when you pretend to get a mortal injury while demonstrating how to steal a bike with powertools.
Kant 2009/DVD/Japan: I most certainly can’t do any of the impressive fixie riding demonstrated by the Japanese crew.
Pixel Gear Bikes!! Ride Safe, Ride Fast, Ride Free 2009/Video/Spain: the familiar comfort of 8 bit video game technology meets some snazzy riding and a brutal dooring
What’s a Girl To Do 2007/Video/UK: syncronized cycling to music while riding down a dark wooded road at night and wearing giant animal masks. ‘Nuff said.
Ski Boys 2006/Super8/Canada: oh the things that idle hands, miscellaneous farm equipment, and some ingenuity can do to bikes and skateboards.
Belle Epoch 2008/Video/Italy: I’ve got an idea, lets ride up some of the hardest terrain in Italy on a bike with no handle bars or brakes, while playing various musical instruments. Brilliant!
The Scraper Bike King 2009/16mm/USA: “If it wasn’t for scraper bikes, I’d be either dead or in jail. I’m not sure which.”
Broadway Bomber/Bridge Battle 2009/HD/USA: 1st person helmet camera perspective on an addrenalin filled street race. See NYC in a whole new way.
Anima D’Acciaio (Soul of Steel) 2009/HD/Italy: a passionate life’s work. I just wish I spoke Italian so I could have understood it.
Looking forward to next year’s festival.