Showing posts with label greensboro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greensboro. Show all posts
POD: Day 291 | Noam Chomsky
Testing, testing...1, 2, 3...
Technology finally found its way to me last Friday. And it fits in my hand as though it was always meant to be there. This is the first photo I took with it. I am already in love.
Eat Me | Green Bean | Greensboro, NC
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POD: Day 128
The day began with dog drama at the vet's office. Murray and Leo had to get caught up on their shots and other fun stuff that involved needles. Aside from unleashing their Napolean complexes on every dog in the vet's office and being told that they have "pudgy bellies" (so what if they look like little brown ottomans?), it went pretty well. All the excitement wore Murray out.
Then I went to Greensboro to meet some fellow photo kids for coffee, convo and of course, candid photos around the table :)
POD: Day 128
POD: Day 95
Flash Mob: "A group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and sometimes seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, artistic expression."
This evening at 5:15, a group of students (Team B.A.M.F.) in a Communications Studies Course (CST) from UNCG held a flash mob in downtown Greensboro, on the corner of Elm and Washington Streets. In the CST, they are studying the persuasion and communication of dance and movement. They walked across four crosswalks and performed a choreographed dance as they moved through the intersections--much to the confused delight of people in their cars and nearby businesses. By carrying out this project, they hoped to remind people to "keep on keepin' on and be happy."
Even though it lasted for a few minutes, it provided a much-needed break in my day (not to mention a FUN one!).
This evening at 5:15, a group of students (Team B.A.M.F.) in a Communications Studies Course (CST) from UNCG held a flash mob in downtown Greensboro, on the corner of Elm and Washington Streets. In the CST, they are studying the persuasion and communication of dance and movement. They walked across four crosswalks and performed a choreographed dance as they moved through the intersections--much to the confused delight of people in their cars and nearby businesses. By carrying out this project, they hoped to remind people to "keep on keepin' on and be happy."
Even though it lasted for a few minutes, it provided a much-needed break in my day (not to mention a FUN one!).
POD: Day 95
POD: Day 89
I had the pleasure of helping hundreds of people welcome home World War II veterans as the final Triad Flight of Honor landed at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro this evening. (more photos to follow)
POD: Day 89
Tickling the Ivory
I ventured to downtown Greensboro yesterday with my fellow PJ, Anna Eyler, in search of a POD that was not taken at school or from my car. This little boy was hamming it up on the piano at Elsewhere Collaborative and did not mind being the center of attention.
POD: Day 46
Faces from the March
Taken today, 9.20.11, in downtown Greensboro during a march against the White Street Landfill.
Ignite Greensboro
Ignite Greensboro (a student-led project to engage students in the Greensboro area in the community through ongoing social action and comprehensive programs) led a march that began at NC A&T University and ended in downtown Greensboro, in front of the Melvin Municipal Building.
The people that were marching are opposed to the opening of a landfill on White Street, which would be in close proximity to a residential area. The Greensboro City Council was scheduled to meet today a 5:30 to vote on awarding a contract to a business to start building the landfill. Gate City Waste Services was the front runner to receive the bid, but as of today, they have withdrawn their proposal. The power of many voices banding together as one in order to save their community proved to be a worthy fight.
The people that were marching are opposed to the opening of a landfill on White Street, which would be in close proximity to a residential area. The Greensboro City Council was scheduled to meet today a 5:30 to vote on awarding a contract to a business to start building the landfill. Gate City Waste Services was the front runner to receive the bid, but as of today, they have withdrawn their proposal. The power of many voices banding together as one in order to save their community proved to be a worthy fight.
POD: Day 37
Central Carolina Fair
In an attempt to find something interesting for my POD, on my way home this evening I stopped by the Central Carolina Fair in Greensboro. It was small, but packed full of patrons. I think I might have been the only person without two children by my side (albeit I had two cameras by my side). As I walked around trying to find moments, I thought it might be a good opportunity to work on a major weakness of mine---on-the-spot portraits of strangers. I only approached carnies (baby steps) and the one pictured below, was the nicest of them all. His name is Sean and he is from Florida. He generously posed for more than one photo, during which time a little kid with a big smile also wanted his photo taken. I couldn't resist.
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| Sean, from Florida |
POD: Day 36
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| Kid with a scab on his forehead and ice cream on his chin |
Speaking of not being able to resist, I had to take the obligatory 'ferris wheel in motion' photo. I know everyone has done this, but this was my first. I can officially cross it off my list.
Festivals
I went to Tate Street Festival in Greensboro today and also to Rock the Block in Winston-Salem. There was plenty of awesomeness, cuteness and weirdness. Typical festival fare.
POD: Day 34
Catching Up | Carolina Cup
POD: Day 28
Not only was this the weather for today, but the weather all weekend long. Between Winston-Salem and Greensboro, there were more events than one person alone could attend. If you did not find something to do this weekend, then you did not try hard enough. I got my first (and second) taste of photographing a bike race. I have to say that while I am no expert, I am most certainly hooked. In addition to the great photo opportunities around every bend, i found the sound of the bikes as they approach, the brief, cool breeze they provide as the cyclists fly by and the pure energy you feel as they vie to finish ahead of one another, absolutely incredible. Here's to a great weekend of shooting and to all the riders who competed in the races over the weekend.
Mondays are for...
The one random photo I'm allowed with no person---no stranger, no friend, no part of a person, no face---nothing specific, just a moment. And because Mondays are always so busy with class and lab and learning and planning and digesting and wondering how I can squeeze just one more hour into my day.
As seen on my drive home on the bypass portion of Interstate 40 Westbound. I pulled to the side of the road and got out of my car to take this. If I had not done so, I would have surely had an accident because the scene had all of my attention, while the highway had none.
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POD: Day 15 |
Field Trip
For Multimedia class today, we met at UNCG for an assignment involving gathering audio and photos with the theme of 'Back to School'. We met at the Elliott University Center and received instruction from our teacher, John Rash, before heading out. (Unfortunately, Brooke caught onto my sneaky ways.)
POD: Day 5
Up Close and Personal
The assignment was to find thirty-six people we did not know, photograph them no less than three feet away (2/3 of them with flash), get their name, age and an interesting fact. Finding strangers is not hard, they're everywhere. Finding strangers who are willing to have their personal space invaded by a camera and reveal something about themselves to someone they've never met---well, that can be a little more tricky. I got a lot of people quickly saying "No" (and even one "Hell No"), but I also got a lot of people who gladly said "Sure." I think people are intrigued by the notion that they are being documented by someone who knows nothing about their personality or their life or circumstance and in the span of a few minutes, you walk away knowing one less stranger in this world.
One thing I enjoyed the most was talking to these people. Some of them instantly had incredible parts of their lives they wanted to share and others took a little while, not because they didn't have an interesting fact, but because I had a feeling it was not often they had someone to converse with. Some facts that I collected were truly interesting ("I was born in a meteor crater"), some were adventurous ("In 17 days, I'm going to jump out of a plane 7 times at 1,000 feet"), some were morbid ("I like working in graveyards") and some were a little silly ("I'm lookin' for a sugar mama"). A few of these turned into full-blown stories that could not be summed in one sentence---those were my favorite.
all things summon us to death
"All things summon us to death. Nature, almost envious of the good she has given us, tells us often and gives us notice that she cannot for long allow us that scrap of matter she has lent ... She has need of it for other forms. She claims it back for other works."
-Jacques-Benigne Bossuet
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