tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81136986790223303242024-03-05T11:15:12.371-05:00Shadows, Light and Fog... foggy thinking lookin' for lightPhotography scribbles by Deb Russell Photographic, based mostly photographing Lake Tillery and The Uwharries along the Pee Dee River basin.Deb Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08403720337321190213noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113698679022330324.post-5784718068134408302012-01-22T10:56:00.018-05:002012-01-22T11:05:58.105-05:00The Fork<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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<tr><td align="center">Thank you, Jim and Bernadette Cogdell, for allowing me to begin<br />
capturing some of magic of your 1600 acres just south of Norwood, at the "fork" of the<br />
Pee Dee and Rocky Rivers.<br />
Also greatly appreciated was Debra and Janet's help,<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I consider "Golden Swift Island" my signature piece.</div><br />
The 2 consecutive early autumn mornings I spent in 2007 witnessing and photographing the shifting fog and light beneath "the big bridge" on the "the river" were transformative ones in my life. It pulled me back into a life-long love of photography, but within the realm of digital, and the fun of :"finishing" the original artistic vision of a composition, as I saw it, with aesthetic digital post-processing.<br />
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"Golden Swift Island", a 24x40 canvas gallery wrap, sold last week from <a href="http://www.fallingriversgallery.com/">Falling Rivers Gallery</a> in downtown Albemarle ($840.00) Although that canvas is unique and will never be reproduced in the exactly the same way, I will continue to create and print slightly different versions and sizes of my signature image.<br />
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A framed 20x30 canvas version is currently available at 2nd Street Gallery in Albemarle for ($800.00). Other of my bridge canvases can be found at <a href="http://www.thecottageattillery.com/index.html">The Cottage on Tillery</a> and<br />
<a href="http://thecottagehousebadin.com/index.htm">The Cottage House</a> in downtown Badin.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View from the steel bridge area on Indian Mound Road north of Norwood, NC.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On display at the Stanly Agri-Civic Center now</div>Deb Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08403720337321190213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113698679022330324.post-30791206583737942092011-03-29T20:39:00.002-04:002011-03-29T20:44:05.700-04:00Swift Island - More Than a Bridge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">16x24 metallic gallery wrap</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">McKameys and Inspirations in Concert </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>March 3 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">- 7pm</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Charlotte Concert Band </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>March 19 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">- 7:30</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">101 Dalmatians the Musical </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">March 24-26 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">- 7pm</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Stanly Arts Guild </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Anita also snapped these photos. "In Morning's Glow" is just behind me,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> from one of my Norwood/steel bridge </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">series of shots on some early November morning</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s in 2007.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> The fishing boat drifted into my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">view after I'd been shooting for some time. The smaller</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> fishing image, "Lilly's Bridge Morning", to the left is from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">November 2009, and was shot </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><u>from</u></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Anyone who appreciates the picturesque<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Uwharrie landscape is in for a real treat in March 1-31, when The Stanly County Agri-Civic Center hosts an exhibition by Deb Russell, known locally for her breathtaking photographic imagery of </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Lake</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Tillery</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> and the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Pee Dee</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">River Basin</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Hosted by the <a href="http://fallingriversgallery.com/stanlyartsguild.html">Stanly Arts Guild</a>, in cooperation with <a href="http://fallingriversgallery.com/">Falling Rivers Gallery</a>, the exhibit features two of Deb's metallic gallery wraps on loan from <a href="http://hdphotolab.com/About_HDPhotoLab.htm">HD Photo Lab</a>. Their glossy finish and metallic appearance result in striking three-dimensional imagery. Photographers often describe the effect as "chrome on paper."<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ItuRiZRPZI_bZWCVEkWreYlJuQ_xe1DbK7SkQP6f8GKMly_J7tWev_2RRWQ37XTMdSgzp5Qw8rGerbe9hunBc38EHVNVJdCphw-uQJi6wfuP3WF_jnOzMKejLxNw04cZVUDwHCkNaTew/s1600/Deb-Russell-photo-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ItuRiZRPZI_bZWCVEkWreYlJuQ_xe1DbK7SkQP6f8GKMly_J7tWev_2RRWQ37XTMdSgzp5Qw8rGerbe9hunBc38EHVNVJdCphw-uQJi6wfuP3WF_jnOzMKejLxNw04cZVUDwHCkNaTew/s1600/Deb-Russell-photo-web.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Deb grew up just a few miles away from the lake in </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Mount</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Gilead</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> and considers the area her "home turf." She has seen her beloved </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Lake</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Tillery</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> change over the years. It's no longer the quiet, sparsely developed river of her youth, when most houses along its shores were simple weekend river cabins. Gone are the days when weekday boating could mean a long paddle to the shore if you ran out of gas.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Through her imagery, Deb hopes to convey – and, perhaps, to recapture – the quiet harmony and mystery of </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Lake</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Tillery</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">, to remind busy Sunday afternoon boaters of the majesty of "our river."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">"For those with a life-long appreciation of this stretch of the </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Pee Dee</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">River</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">, I want to confirm that your river is still beautiful," she says. "For everyone, I hope there can be a renewed or continued desire to preserve that which is close to us, so precious and delicate, and so critical to our way of life."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Deb has worked at Bullock Professional, a pro lab in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Albemarle</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">, for the last 12 years. In that time she has complemented her artistic instincts with refined editing and post-processing skills that help her turn ordinary photographs into art. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;">"The masters canvas product is great for my landscapes because the Kodak metallic paper is 'right out there,' behind no framing glass, allowing the room light to play with all the vibrant color, contrast and depth in the paper," she says. "In one of my graphic bridge shots, the morning sun hitting the glistening water is so much more enhanced by the reflective properties of the metallic paper. It brings additional life and pop to the sunlight as the viewer moves to examine at different angles. I know I smiled when I first saw that one in the lab."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">All photographs in the exhibit are available for sale by contacting Anita Ammerman of the Stanly Arts Guild </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">(704) 982-0924, or by contacting Deb Russell through</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.debrussellphotographic.com/">Deb Russell Photographic.com</a>. More of Deb’s art, including her book, are on display at Falling Rivers Gallery, a cooperative of local artists, in downtown </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Albemarle</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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The owner and I immediately recognized one another and he (Steve Cycotte) began to tell me about his new beauty. His brother, Tim, mostly constructed the boat by hand, using mahogany, white oak, teak and cherry. The Smilebox here, are are few shots I grabbed this morning, but Steve offered to let me take more in better lighting on a weekday late afternnoon. When I happened back down on the docks later in the morning, Steve and his two brothers were just getting back from a cruise up past the Uwharrie River into about 3 feet of water and rocks. The other shots are ones I took while goofing around later on the docks.<br />
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So, the Smilebox is 2 little vignettes of a 4th of July morning at Woodrun on Tillery. Enjoy.<br />
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In the introduction to the Smilebox, I mentioned "a bridge sage". Near the end of my morning (a weekday) of shooting on my last trip to the bridge, I stopped near one of the folks fishing off the bridge.<br />
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Adjusting my tripod for just a few last shots, an old fellow, probably retired and enjoying a slow pace (sitting on left here) turned around to me and posed the question, "are ya 'bout caught up?". Finally feeling my 4th shoot there had given me what I wanted for your project, I replied, "well, yes, as a matter of fact I do feel about caught up...yes, I do." I thought my reply was a positve and cheery one, and a very true one. <br />
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A few seconds passed and I asked the same question of him. His reply surprised and enlightened me. With a happy twinkle in his voice, he said, "ohhh no, I'm never caught up...I've always got plenty to do...I always want it that way". I hadn't thought he was "doin' much" before that, but in an instant, he conveyed the philosophy of thoroughly savoring each moment and anticipating all those moments to come.</div><div><br />
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hole...a good morning on the Stanly side.<br />
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Thanks to all who have viewed my book online and to those who have purchased a copy. Special thanks to Sonja Simmons of <a href="http://www.reflectionsonmain.com/contact/index.shtml">Reflections on Main in Albemarle, NC</a> for her support and willingness to display not only my books, but selected large prints from the book. I also want to thank Dorothea Theus, Jackie Smith, LaDonna Greene and Jean Thompson for their permission to publish their very kind and thoughtful comments. I also thank neighbors in Woodrun who allowed me access to their beautiful views, and to the Woodrun board members and office staff who supported a joint sales venture to benefit our quiet and special subdivision by the lake. I can't fail to mention Don Bullock of <a href="http://www.hdphotolab.com/">Bullock Pro Labs</a>, who is one of my "unofficial business managers and marketing directors". I say "one" because I've received so many marketing ideas and so much support in general from old friends and new friends,and I want to acknowledge them. Being a self-described "hermit", much of the promotional aspects of the book have been challenging, so I am most appreciative of all the help.<br />
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I will also be taking into consideration those suggestions from residents of other lakes along the Yadkin-Pee Dee River system that I make "their" special lake the focus, or at least part, of my next book. When I commented to Sonja <strong>that </strong>"would be a very big project", she shot back, "well, you better get busy!" <br />
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</div>Deb Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08403720337321190213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8113698679022330324.post-46749496298515809162009-11-13T05:51:00.032-05:002009-12-12T12:55:55.066-05:00My Lake Tillery landscape book is done ...the lake's gift to us<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHSvCPrF2Kfw-IbPv7eX1oTATVORkSa1n7mA4T0iCpkHsqQMknXZttAg_h7jWQfhl1TyRvIX8LRgKFe-rw2qp-rVoQp2CPRrp96rS5MO171R32MbEFdwoUrflZ2LC4yKp8wuyZCyxZGtt/s1600-h/10x8+Blurb+Cover+3++EMAIL.jpg">GREATGIFT</a> $ 10.00 off coupon code<br />
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Last week, I finished the project I most wanted to complete and share - <a href="http://http//www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/933657">LAKE TILLERY - Our River, Our Beauty</a>. A collection of landscapes shot during winter, spring, summer and fall, along with sunrises and sunsets, it represents much of what I feel about our lake.<br />
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From 2007 thru early fall of 2009, I have enjoyed the hunt for the likes of dramatic, misty sunrises, the glorious color of fall maples and sunsets and the first pops of yellow-green spring buds twinkling along the lake's edge. Checking the local radar for cloud cover and movement, deciding on a couple of target locations, leaving the house with my tripod and camera before dawn and driving along the pre-dawn country roads simply makes me happy. It also makes me happy to show Tillery enthusiasts how beautiful and precious "the river", "their river", "our river" remains.<br />
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Of course the lake and it's surrounding rural landscape are also full of interesting photographic opportunities at all times of the day. Sometimes, I just walk across the street to one of my neighbor's docks to check the setting sun, or the morning light hitting the River Haven lakeside cottages and homes. Planning a vacation day and hoping for a misty daybreak or interesting light or clouds is exciting in it's own way. Not unlike a fisherman hoping for the fish or the hunter hoping for deer, I am alway looking for a unique capture of light and color. Showing up lots of times at the same place increases the odds of being in the "right place at the right time" every now and then. I admit to being lucky more than once and I admit to having another day job that makes the whole process even more randomly successful. <br />
<div></div><div></div><div>Creating this book has been Tillery's gift to me, and I hope you find it one, too.<br />
</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/933657">LAKE TILLERY - Our River, Our Beauty </a>can be previewed and purchased on <a href="http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/933657">blurb.com</a>. <br />
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<div><span style="color: #cc0000;">Special holiday pricing applies until Dec.10th and you'll receive your book by Dec. 24th if ordered by the 10th. </span><br />
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<div>120 pages - 10x8" landscape format <br />
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</div><div>Available in softcover, hardcover with jacket, or hardcover image wrap<br />
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<div>Finally, feel free to "comment" in the section below the book's description after looking through the preview on blurb.com. Here's my first such comment....<br />
</div><div></div><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">"This book is gorgeous! An inspirational and heartening book for anyone who values the beauty of the land and water we have left. For those fortunate enough to live in the Lake Tillery area, it is a beautiful record of the gems that are just outside their door and down the road." ~<span style="font-size: 85%;">DorotheaT</span> </span><br />
</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">"Wow!!!!! You capture the magic of Tillery....the essence of why we are at </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">peace while there! " ~ Ladonna.Greene</span><br />
</blockquote><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">"Deb Russell has brilliantly shared her photographs of Lake Tillery with such passion and appreciation of the beauty of this body of water we call our playground, our vacation spot, our place of inspiration, our home".</span><br />
<blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11833406@N04"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">J. Smith</span></a><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"> </span><br />
</div></blockquote><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">"Deb, this book is such a wonderful display of "The Lake" in all it's fine natural glory! Thank you for all the work you've done to give us more insight to God's spectacular inspiration and beauty!!"</span><br />
</blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">~Jean T.</span><br />
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</div></div>Deb Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08403720337321190213noreply@blogger.com0