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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris
4/15/19 – 4:40pm EDT I am watching with horror and sadness the incredible destruction by fire of Paris’ iconic Notre Dame cathedral. In grief and helplessness I decided to go through the pictures I took when Ed and I visited … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged art, Cathedral, Notre Dame, Paris, photography, religious, sculpture, stain glass
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VERSAILLES – A Walk in the Park (and what a Park!)
A detailed guided tour through the baroque mythological splendors and eye popping and head scratching extravagance of the park of Versailles. The park grounds of Versailles are immense and splendid. Below a map of the whole park: Only the bottom … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Apollo, Apollo's Bath Grove, Bacchus, ballroom, Ceres, Chateau, Colonnade, cove, dragon, Ed Elder, Enceladus, Flora Fountain, Fountain, gardens, Girandole, Grand Canal, Hades, Hermitage, King's Garden, Latona, Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Mirror Fountain, mythology, Neptune, Orangery, park, Parterre, Persephone, sensuality, statues, Sun King, Trianon, Versailles, water, Water Theatre Fountain
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A logo for FREDRICK BYERS
I’ve been producing theater with my husband Ed as “Fredrick Byers Productions” for some time now, since 2002 I believe. Now that we are producing a short film I thought it was about time I realize my vision for … Continue reading
HEAD SHOTS BLOOPER GALLERY
I needed new head shots. I also knew I’d be shaving my beard for the Tell-Tale Heart shoot. So I scheduled a head shot photo shoot right before the Tell-Tale film shoot in order to schedule my shave in … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Live! On Stage
Tagged 8X10, actor, Beard, blooper, clean shave, head shot, photography
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SUN GLARE, 46th Street, Early February
Specifically February 4, 8am, on 46th street between 7th and 6th avenues. Do you too see animal faces in the steam? A boar, a schnauzer, a fox? … or maybe Fuchur AKA Falkor the … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged 46th street, animals, dolphins, Falkor, Fuchur, glare, Neverending Story, New York City, photography, photos, steam, sun, Times Square
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TELL-TALE CAMERA TEST
Yesterday I met my Director of Photography Jason Chua at the film equipment rental place to do some camera tests in preparation for our upcoming “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” film shoot. For me that mostly meant standing … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged a musicabre, camera, Cinema, Director of Photography, filter, Jason Chua, lens, pale blue eye, photography, RED, short film, test, The Tell-Tale Heart
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OOO! LOOK AT THE LIGHT!
Pics with a Touch of Light plus a complimentary light-hearted music quiz Light Music Query #1: Which musical features this dance into the light? (as ever, the answers are tucked into the tabs below) Above, my gym’s basement … Continue reading
6TH AVENUE, MIDTOWN, DECEMBER
I think my phone’s camera has astigmatism. The way artificial light gets smeared, blurring the images, especially at night. Reminds me of why I need glasses at the movies and theater under stage lighting. And last night … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th avenue, astigmatism, blurring, december, Holiday, light, midtown, photography, photos, smearing
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MARK TWAIN NEVER GOT TO THE LOUVRE (but I did)
A trip to the magnificent Louvre museum with Mark Twain. Well actually Mark Twain himself never got there, but he wrote about not getting there in “The Innocents Abroad”, and that satirical anecdote about what happens to unwary, blustery … Continue reading
EXITING ETERNITY’S GATE
Ed and I had just seen Julian Schnabel’s movie about Vincent Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate”, and were exiting one of the more tucked away screening rooms at the Landmark 57 multiplex, which required walking down a long, narrow, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged At Eternity's Gate, cinematography, corridor, death of Van Gogh, Ed Elder, exit, German, Landmark 57, light, Loving Vincent, movie, photography, sci fi, Van Gogh
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SENSUAL RODIN
We start with a famous thought. We end with a famous kiss. Rodin’s Thinker greats you in the courtyard of the Rodin House in Paris. And so he will be the introduction to this post of some of Rodin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged classical music, Impromptu, Kiss, Paris, Pavane, photography, Ravel, Rodin, Schubert, sensual, sensual classics, sensuality, statues, Thinker
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JON BUNGE’S SHAPES AND SHADOWS
The other weekend artist Jon Bunge opened his studio up to the public as part of the Gowanus Open Studios 2018. I’ve known Jon for many years. His work was always abstract. The black and white pictures … Continue reading
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Tagged art, branches, collage, colored paper, gowanus, Jon Bunge, open, photography, sculpture, shadow, studio, willow
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VERSAILLES – Reflections in the Hall of Mirrors
Paris provided a wealth of imagery and perspectives for me to share – it’ll probably take me a year to process it all in blog post sized bits (here the first one two three four five posts). Why, alone the long … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged art, gold, Hall of Mirrors, mirrors, photography, reflections, statues, Versailles
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