Little top really. My wife got these out of the in-laws basement this past weekend, she originally brought them home from a visit to her grandparents in England during her childhood, belonging to her father when he was a child. Fascinating that they used to make toys out of lead.
When I saw these along with a whole bunch of lead animals, something really appealed to me about the clowns. I had to photograph them, and try to capture them in the big top under the spot light.
It’s been awhile since my last post, things have been, and still are, kinda hectic and stressful. Which makes me wonder why I’m expanding on the last post rather than posting on a new subject… oh right, I think it’s way cool.
Remember my last post? The one about The Library of Congress posting rights free historical photos on Flickr? Well, it turns out that there is a project called The Commons that Flickr piloted with LOC back in February. Since then The Powerhouse Museum, and The Brooklyn Museum have joined The Commons.
What is the Commons? Flickr says:
The key goals of The Commons on Flickr are to firstly show you hidden treasures in the world’s public photography archives, and secondly to show how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer.
Awesome. Like I really needed another reason to spend more time on Flickr.
Yes, there has been a few photography posts of late. Why? I took up the pastime, is why. This week in fact, I got serious and bought a Pentax K20D, along with a couple lenses. Yay.
Now, back to the headline that probably got you reading this in the first place. The Library of Congress has a Flickr Account, check it out here, for some pretty awesome early century (mostly) rights free photographs. If you follow the “Persistant URL” found in the comments of each photo, you’ll find a link to the archival TIFF file, very print worthy. Of course, they are just cool to browse too.
Fredrick Van posted this awesome screen-cast tutorial on how to remove people from your shots using multiple exposures and Photoshop. Read the accompanying post here.
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As an artificial limb designer and hobbyist robotics engineer, artist Christopher Conte rarely uses blueprints or sketches to craft his elaborate biomechanical sculptures.
