2D Armory Student Show This Summer

The following was sent out by e-mail this morning. I confirmed with Talya that this does include Photo Salon members.


Good day students!

I’m proud to announce that we have a new annual exhibition opportunity for student artists within the 2D departments! This exhibition will be featured in our East and Greenfield galleries each summer.


Drawing & Painting Students

Printmaking, Digital & Related Arts Students

Jul 20-Aug 18

Steps to participate:


1. Please email Brianna.guthrie@armoryart.org if you intend to participate (your RSVP helps us plan out the gallery space)

2. Please drop off one artwork on Monday July 16 or Tuesday July 17. (these are the ONLY dates the works will be accepted)

3. Tell your friends and family about the show!

4. Come to the opening reception on July 20th from 6-8pm!


So, let me know if you have any questions!


Talya Lerman, Director of Education
Armory Art Center
1700 Parker Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone: 561. 832.1776 x 13
Fax: 561. 832.0191
www.armoryart.org

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On The Beach

Surf's Up!

It seems I've been busy with the business of photography lately and got away from shooting for fun. This past Saturday I took a break from the mundane and headed over to the beach with Candice to shoot a few pictures for her.
 
Although very attractive Candice is not a professional model and only works with the few people she enjoys shooting with. She had just bought a new swimsuit and wanted to enter a contest by the manufacturer. We had a great time and I hope she does well in the  contest.

Candice on the Beach

Taking care of yourself really pays off.

It's Greek to Me!

Spiritual
Photo by: Michelle Ashley
via Picasa Albums
Creative Commons License

It started with a comment on the image of Amy in my previous post by one of her friends on Facebook. That triggered a touch of inspiration and after a few minutes research on the Internet I found the story about Sunna, daughter ol Sol according to Norse mythology. So in the spirit of carrying things to the excess I started researching mythology and the Muses.

Originally there were said to be three muses but later that was expanded to nine. Muses were inspirational figures, each with their own particular specialties. From the muses I expanded my study to Greek mythology. (a damn hard subject to read that gives me a greater appreciation for the term "it's Greek to me"). The stories from Greek and other mythology actually are ways of describing actual events of conditions of ancient times in more eloquent and romantic ways.

Has it Been Two Months?

I really have to post here more often. But I've been busy with some classes, both my regular photography classes and some private studio classes. Plus there are some more on the horizon. I'm working on some locations to teach location lighting for commercial and figure work. More on that as it comes together.


Meanwhile I've started a presence on the Fine Art America web site. (You may have noticed the small slide show in the right menu bar.) They offer online gallery as well as fulfillment services for many types of artists. You can check out my portfolios as I add more images for sale.
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/robert-swinson.html


For now I'll leave you with one of my favorite images from 2011. This is Amy at sunrise. I titled the image Sunna after some comments on Facebook.

From Norse mythology: after the time of Ragnarök when the world has been destroyed, a new world shall be born, a world of peace and love, and the Sun's bright daughter Sunna shall take the reigns and drive the chariot of the sun across the sky, And that Sunna shall outshine Her mother, Sol.

Amy's Always Jumps Right In, Eager to Get Started

The weather promised to be nice with a little breeze out of the east yesterday. Finally we could get by the beach and shoot a few ideas. Amy and I headed over just at sunrise with a few things to work on. We picked a section of a local beach that has little if any traffic.


As you can see Amy is eager to get to work, jumping in at the first opportunity. Swimsuit and beach modeling has not been a large part of her work but she took to it right away.

We only shot for a couple of hours but the skies changed constantly from clear, direct sunlight to hazy and puffy clouds giving many different looks to the pictures. The wind out of the east kept the surf kicked up and the hair and scarves blowing.

Need Rain? Just plan a Sunrise Shoot.

I went by the inlet Sunday morning to take a look at the erosion and shoot the sunrise while I was there. If there had been a sunrise that's what I would have done. Instead I managed to get some "Crack of Gloom" shots of the jetty. Applied some tweaking with NIK HDR Pro to find some texture in the clouds.

Eventually the sun came up. Somewhere behind the clouds...
We haven't seen it since.