I Like Bergamot Station Arts Center

I think it was sometime last year, I heard someone say or maybe I was talking with the person who said something kind of disparaging about Bergamot Station Arts Center. Whatever or whomever it was, I don’t agree. I like Bergamot Station Arts Center. It's like a small art show every time you go there. There is a lot of photography there too. If you have never been there, you should go. If you’re into art, I think you’ll like it.

I like hanging out here the most.

Danziger is no longer here.

I managed to photograph myself on this one.

One day I will have an exhibition here at the Rose Gallery

Ontario International Airport

I may have mentioned that my application to exhibit art at Ontario International Airport was approved by the Chaffey Community Museum of Art. Installation of two of my prints (these two) is scheduled for March 19, 2025, and will be up until January 2026. Please, let me know if you see them.

Kinetic Ambiguity 65549, nicknamed “Hilltop”

Kinetic Ambiguity 87665, nicknamed "Lone Joshua Tree”

And regarding the nicknames, I’m starting to nickname just the images that I will be printing for exhibition.

Hello friends and poetry lovers. I’m shaking the cobwebs off of my blog as I need it for the great things that are coming in the near future. I was also wondering if I should scrub the old stuff or just leave it so folks can see a part of the journey. Tell me what you think about keeping or getting rid of the old stuff.

I should probably read it before I do anything else, just in case.

The image with this post is Kinetic Ambiguity 13468. That’s its name. It’s nick name is “Ice Tea” because it kind of looks like a glass of ice tea.

Ok, I’ll talk with you soon.

Have You Seen These?

Have you seen these never-before-seen, secret art pieces?  I don’t imagine you have.  So, here for the first time, free of charge, I give you these artworks! Well, not literally free - just free to look at.

(Designation, Kinetic Ambiguity Project 623 – not named at this time.)

Designation, Kinetic Ambiguity Project 733 – not named at this time.

Designation, Kinetic Ambiguity Project 734 – not named at this time.

Designation, Kinetic Ambiguity Project 735 – not named at this time.

Designation, Kinetic Ambiguity Project 736 – not named at this time.

Designation, Kinetic Ambiguity Project 756 – not named at this time.

Do You Know Your Visual Signature? – Part 3

(Designation, Motion Project 40713 – not named at this time.)

(Designation, Kinetic Ambiguity Project 54150 – not named at this time.)

Working with a 50mm focal length and a 1x1 aspect ratio (see previous 2 post) gave me a better picture (pun definitely intended) of what my visual signature is with my ongoing principal projects.  The images above have a 50mm focal length and a 1x1 aspect ratio.  The images below have a (1) 135mm and (2) 300mm focal lengths with a 1x1 aspect ratio.  Both of those projects will stay at the 3x2 aspect ration I normally photograph at, as I feel it serves my visual signature well, especially after doing this.  It’s not that I don’t like the results because, yes, I do like the results.  I just believe I have other projects that 50mm and 1x1 will work better with – in particular, my Victor Valley Project which initially was at 50mm and 1x1, for a time.  I’ll have to create some new work with that project and share that with you soon.  This experimenting with focal lengths and aspect ratios has helped me to take a closer look at how I can better communicate with the viewers of my photography.  And it also helps me dial in the motif of my artistic style, or rather, my visual signature in my work.

If you haven’t done so, you should experiment with your visual signature.  I imagine that creative ideas will spring from doing this exercise.  And I think you will have some new fun while you are at it.

(Designation, Motion Project 40210 – not named at this time.)

(Designation, Kinetic Ambiguity Project 54779 – not named at this time.)

Do You Know Your Visual Signature – Part 2?

So, I have been doing some work with the 50mm focal length after watching that “What is Visual Signature?” on YouTube.  See previous post for details.  I think I mentioned this before, but I use to shoot mostly at 50mm until I gradually moved away from it.  As I said in the previous post, I’ve been at 300mm for my Kinetic Ambiguity Project and 135mm for my Motion Project for a while now.  Well, I did not only experiment with 50mm, I also photographed with 1x1 aspect ratio as well.  I made some interesting self-discoveries in doing this that I will share with you on the next post.  I’ll say this though, 50mm is a proven focal point.  Still, we need to keep in mind our own visual signature.

(Designation, Objects 457 – not named at this time.)

Do You Know Your Visual Signature?

(Designation, Motion Project 32926 – not named at this time.)

There may be visual signatures for every art form – every form of expression really.  But what I am briefly talking about here is your visual signature in photography.  So, I watched this YouTube by Ted Forbes on his channel, The Art of Photography.  The title of the YouTube was, “What is Visual Signature?”  I thought it was very interesting and if you are into art photography stuff you should watch it.  In Ted’s video, he explains that your visual signature is your lens’ focal length and that it is a good idea to master your visual signature in your photographic work.  To my point, my visual signature for my Kinetic Ambiguity Project is 300mm and for my Motion Project it is 135mm.  That is not how I began on those projects but that is how it has developed over the last few years as those have proven to be the best focal length for those projects.  The video gave me a new way of looking at focal length.  You should watch the video.

(Designation, Kinetic Ambiguity Project 28825 – not named at this time.)