civilized ku # 1037 ~ on seeing

An alley in Plattsburgh ~ Plattsburgh, NY • click to embiggenSven W (no link provided) asked, re: civilized ku # 1032: "Another conspiracy theory: have the rocking chairs been "arranged"? ;-)

my response: the rocker arrangements were made by those who last sat in them.

In fact, I rarely (if ever) change or adjust the "arrangements" of which I make pictures. That's simply because it is the "found"/ seen natural/human-world "arrangements" which catch my eye and that is exactly what I picture. In an extraordinary number of my pictures, I have made them from almost exactly the same POV as that from which I first saw the referent they depict.

Without exaggeration, all of my non-still life pictures are of found/seen "arrangements". That is to say, my eyes are drawn to and and my brain consciously recognizes arrangements and relationships nearly everywhere I go - the arrangement of objects and things (in the natural and human-made world) and the relationship of those objects/things to each other and their surroundings as well as relationships of colors and the tonal qualities of light.

I consider that "ability" to see and recognize arrangements / relationships as a "gift" or what some might call "talent". My skill lies in being able to select and isolate those arrangements / relationships from the surrounding world in a manner that draws the viewer's attention to them in a compelling, interesting, or sometimes pleasing but most often discordant 2D visual representation.

Re: 2D visual representation - in addition to the referent depicted (the "noted") and any implied meaning(s) (the connoted) to be seen and found in my pictures - AKA: the ability of any picture to illustrate and illuminate, to my eye and sensibilities, all my pictures also can be viewed as arrangements / relationships of completely "abstract" 2D shapes, color "splotches", and tones which are totally devoid of any specific descriptive qualities. IMO, it is these abstracted "abstract" qualities which create a sense of visual energy in my pictures or, for that matter, the visual energy I see in the pictures (made by others) that I admire.

In a very real sense, I "see" those pre-existing arrangements / relationships which catch my eye and tweak my picture making sensibilities as some kind of Jackson Pollock moments.

Is there anyone out there who can see a picture in this manner?

civilized ku # 1036 ~ behind the scene, so to speak

Alley ~ Plattsburgh, NY • click to embiggen

civilized ku # 1035 ~ the butt end of things, so to speak

Back lots, parking lot, and church ~ Plattsburgh, NY • click to embiggen

civilized ku # 1034 ~ 2 questions

Charlie's ~ Lake Clear Junction, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenI am writing an entry / article and need a little input from from you -

Have you ever purchased an original photograph? $5/$5000 - cost doesn't matter. And, have you ever sold a photograph? Again, $5/$5000 - price doesn't matter.

Input will be greatly appreciated.

civilized ku # 1034 ~ 2,300+ crazy people come to town

Ironman competitors ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenIt's Lake Placid Ironman Sunday and during the 103 mile bike leg of the competition, the crazies ... er ... I mean "competitors" (some of them bleeding) arrive at the edge of Au Sable Forks (twice) and turn right around and keep on going. For some of them, that means to keep on going to the bitter end. For others, it means to keep on going 'till they can't keep on going anymore.

All I have to say is I wish I had the $5,000.00+ bicycle concession. Or, if I only had $0.40 for every $5,000.00+ bicycle in the competition, it would have at least paid for my bicycle.

ku # 974 ~ evening settling in

Oregon Pond cove ~ Onchiota, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenA view of a cove from our dock on Oregon Pond.

picture windows # 41 ~ a Kodak moment

Making a picture ~ St. Peter's RC Church / Au Sale Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen

picture windows # 40 / civilized ku # 1032-33 ~ basking in the glow, pt. II

Chair and window ~ Quakenbush Long View Wilderness Lodge / Long Lake, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Porch ~ Quakenbush Long View Wilderness Lodge / Long Lake, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Lawn and lake ~ Quakenbush Long View Wilderness Lodge / Long Lake, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenA week ago last Saturday, there was some warm early evening light bathing the landscape in and around Long Lake.