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...and today he turns 19!!!

Happy Birthday Russ!!!

This was shot across the river from Rutgers University where he is a Sophomore at Mason Gross School of the Arts as a bassoon performance major and also studying for a second major in Biology at Rutgers Arts and Sciences. The letters on the bridge supports spell out Rutgers.

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André Emelianoff and his student Hyewon Kim performing with the NJIO at their 15th Anniversary concert.

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Another photo of André Emelianoff from the NJIO 15th Anniversary Concert. To read his bio see the previous post. This one was shot during the concert.

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Back to the Series from the NJIO 15th Anniversary Concert. This is André Emelianoff who is Hyewon Kim's teacher at Julliard School of Music Pre-College Division. Hyewon was featured earlier in this series. They were invited to play with the NJIO as soloists and as a Duet. It was a wonderful experience. I shot this during the pre-concert warm up.

Below is André Emelianoff's public Bio.

André Emelianoff is known worldwide as a cello soloist, chamber artist, and teacher whose innovative recital programs interweave new works, neglected older works and the classics of cello repertoire. He has toured as soloist and chamber artist throughout Japan, Russia, Austria and England as well as North America and has given recitals in central Asia and the Mediterranean as an American Ambassador for the Arts. Mr. Emelianoff has been principal cellist of the New York Chamber Symphony, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Musica Sacra and a member of the Cleveland Orchestra. As a member of the Da Capo Chamber Players, winner of the Naumburg Award and in residence at Bard College, he has participated in over 60 premiers and recorded Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunatre. A winner of a 1985 NEA Solo Recitalists award, Mr. Emelianoff has recorded for RCA, CRI, Opus One, New World Records, Nonesuch, GM Recordings, Bridge Records and Prop Arte. He has been guest artist with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Houston's Da Camera, Mozarteum Salzburg and the Round Top Festival in Texas. He is on the cello and chamber music faculty of the The Juilliard School of Music and its Pre- College Division.

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Another shot of Hyewon Kim a soloist from the NJIO concert. The look of concentration is intense here. This was also shot during the pre-concert warm up. I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment. I will take a break from these and post something other than concert photos for the next few posts.

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This is another shot of Hyewon Kim from the NJIO concert series. I am particularly fond of this one. I thought it was such a great moment. I took this during the pre-concert warm up as they were doing the final run through of her solo piece. I thought it was sweet the way the conductor was looking at her with such admiration.

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Picking up where I left off with the concert series. This is the fourth in the series from the NJIO's (New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra) 15th Anniversary Concert.

This very talented young lady is Hyewon Kim. She was born in Korea in 1990 and has been studying cello since she was 10. She has won many accolades, awards, and scholarships in her short career. She is currently finishing her studies in The Julliard School of Music Pre-College Division and has been accepted into the Julliard School of Music.

The NJIO is as it says an Intergenerational orchestra and in keeping with that theme they invited Hyewon and her teacher from Julliard André Emelianoff to play as soloists and to also do a duet. It was quite a treat to listen to them and see them perform together.

This shot was taken during the pre-concert warm up. Hyewon and the conductor were discussing part of the solo piece she was rehearsing. She is so pretty and I could not take a bad photo of her if I tried.

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Mark often accompanies me on photo shoots...almost every weekend in fact. I got this shot of Mark sitting on some old concrete, which was probably from the artillery batteries, in Sandy Hook on February 1 which was a beautiful day. He was waiting patiently as I was in search of photos. We will usually spend the day together and then stop for a bite to eat. It is our time together on the weekends. He carries my stuff when my back gets tired. He also assists me on assignments whenever he is able.

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Yes I was a little girl once a long, long time ago. Having 3 older brothers made me a little toughie although it might not show here in this photo taken by my dad when I was about 1 1/2 in our backyard.

This is a photo of a photo. My scanner is pretty poor so I tried just taking a photo of the photo which was in pretty bad shape to begin with. It turned out ok considering.

Oh the reason for the photo is because today is my Birthday. :)

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This is probably my favorite photo in this series on Jersey City. I walked past these three men, construction workers, on the street while they were waiting for their ride after a long day working. The man standing called out to me "why don't you take a picture of the men that build America?" Of course how could I not? The men and women who build this country are the backbone, the very soul of us. These 3 guys were very proud and very pleasant to chat with. I thank them so much for allowing me the honor of taking their photo. I never did catch their names.

I had my fisheye lens on the camera and I warned them that it might look a little strange, but I was pleased with the powerful perspective it gave this photo.

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9.11.01 It's been 7 years.
Never Forget

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This photo of the Bucknell Quad is a 2 page feature photo in the Summer 2008 issue of Bucknell Magazine.

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...Or a couple of old relics...

JUST KIDDING!!!

I love you honey! Mwah!

xoxoxoxoxo

Happy Birthday!

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This photo of the Bucknell Quad is a 2 page feature photo in the Summer 2008 issue of Bucknell Magazine.

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As of July 2008 I have decided to post the same photos on "Parallel Universe" as I do here. It has become too complicated to maintain two different photoblogs on a regular basis. Feel free to visit "Parallel Universe" and look through the portfolio/archives since there are quite a few photos there that were never posted here. I will continue to post on both since each one gets different viewers.

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I went to a local street fair on Sunday and found this guy performing under the railroad bridge at one of the vendor booths. He was trying to coax a kiss from a woman who was passing by. He actually did get one, unfortunately I was not able to get a clear shot of "the kiss" because of the people walking between me and the entertainer.

When he moved his "suit" made electronic noises for each robotic movement and his "eyes" flashed red. It was really quite interesting to observe.

The vendor was very clever in choosing him to entertain possible customers. It happened to be a roofer and wouldn't you know it? We happen to be in the market for a new roof!

I've heard of the company before and have seen their work. I've seen them doing work in the area many times before, but probably would not have thought to call them for an estimate had I not stumbled upon their booth, which caught my eye because of this guy. So now we have another roofer to get an estimate from for our much need new roof.

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so I just wanted to remind everyone of the importance of regular self exams, mammography, and anual checks by your doctor. For more information here are several links:

http://www.nbcam.com

1(800) IM AWARE

http://www.komenpeoria.com

http://www.cancer.org

Please pass on this information to your family, friends, and co-workers. It's very important and could save the life of someone you love.

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This was shot back in the Spring at an NJIO concert. Cynthia Longley was a guest musician who played Vivaldi's Double Cello Concerto along with NJIO member Martin Steinberg during the NJIO Spring Concert series.

Jon and Russell have been involved with the NJIO now for several years. It's a great group of musicians from all walks of life and a wide variety of ages, hence the name New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra. Jon and Russ have both benefited greatly from being a part of it. Please visit their website NJIO.org for more information.

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I am continuing with some more candid street shots. It's not something I do very often but I thought I should do more of these since they really give a view into the diversity that I experience every day in my travels around the area I live, work, and play.

This was shot on Saturday in Peddler's Village PA, which is a touristy, and beautiful, shopping village in Lahaska, Buck's County PA. Even though I don't live in PA, I do spend a lot of time there. I have since I was a little girl. I have friends and family there so it definitely feels like home to me. I was passing through Lahaska when I saw they were having their anual Scarecrow Competition and Festival in Peddler's Village, so I though I would just stop in and have a look. I hadn't been there in years for the festival and thought it could be fun.

At the festival, besides all the fun and creative scarecrows, there were also all manner of street entertainers. I got there really late so most of them were packing up for the day. I did have the pleasure of coming across these fantastic musicians. They had a table set up with some of the most beautiful instruments I'd ever seen. They drew quite a crowd with their musical talent as they played some of the same instruments that they had for sale.

I feel awful because I forgot to grab a card for this pair of wonderful musicians. In reality I should have bought one of their CD's but I was short on cash so I didn't, figuring I could contact them later to purchase but I don't have their card and don't remember their names. I will say that the music was soulful and very moving. Just beautiful. If anyone out there knows who they are please, please, tell me. I tried doing a search but got nowhere with it. I plan on calling the shop where they were set up in front of to ask if they know. I will update this post with the information.

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In our continued search for colleges for Russell, we went to visit Princeton University on Thursday. It is the #1 University in the nation and it just so happens to be here in New Jersey, not terribly far from us with about a 50 minute drive. It has an impressive reputation and the campus is of course beautiful in the most classic sense with it's majestic architecture and Ivy covered halls. It is a University that is rich in history and has a long list of very distiguished Alumni. Being the #1 University in the nation means that it will also be extraordinarily difficult to get accepted. This is definitely one of Russell's "Reach" schools. Russell really liked it very much but I think that the intimidation factor has pushed it to #2 on his list with Lehigh still being #1.

After the information session and tour we took some time to walk around the campus. The campus was pretty quiet since classes don't resume until Monday. There were some students already moved in but this weekend will no doubt be the big one when the remaining students, both returning and new, get settled into there residences.

The students that were already there were doing various things and just seemed to be having fun in general. We stopped to watch this group of kids who had set up tightropes around these trees. It seemed almost like a metaphor for college life. Trying to strike a balance of social life and studies. They were really sweet kids and tried to coax me onto the tightrope. I politely declined. It did look like they were having fun though and they didn't seem to mind me taking their photos.

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This is actually a shot taken at a fair last summer. Jon has big beautiful eyes which he's taken to hiding behind his long shaggy hair. His hair in this shot was actually short compared to what it is now. I have to sneak up on Jon to get photos of him and that was the case for this shot.

I went for a high key look for this shot. I blended a slightly softened, overexposed layer with the original and masked back in the detail and color in the eyes.

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On Saturday we got up at 2 AM to get on the road by 3 AM so that I could be at Eastpoint Lighthouse in Maurice River Twp. in Cumberland County in time for the sunrise. It was wonderful to have the morning all for me and my camera and some rare Saturday time together with Mark. It was a beautiful morning, warm and pleasant, although the sunrise itself was just so so. I felt so peaceful and happy to be there doing what I love to do.

After shooting for over an hour Mark and I went to breakfast then made our way southeast where we wandered around in Cape May for a while taking pictures and walking around. We eventually made our way to my brother's house back in Cumberland County for a visit. It was good to see Alan and Peggy. We don't get together nearly enough and I hadn't seen them in a very long time. That needs to change!

We had planned on going back to East Point for the sunset but when we got there the "green heads" (large, nasty, biting flies that can bite right through your clothes) were unbearable even for a dedicated photographer like me! I tried to walk up to the lighthouse but was swamped by the flies even after liberally applying bug repellent. I gave up. Some other time when there isn't a land breeze maybe I will try again.

Eastpoint Lighthouse is probably my favorite in New Jersey because of it's remote location on the Delaware Bay. It isn't the tourist attraction that the others around NJ seem to be. Unfortunately the lack of tourists has actually hurt it. It's not being kept up even though a major renovation and effort to save it was undertaken a number of years ago. An effort that my brother was involved with.

I will be posting a series titled "Looking Through" in the next couple of days/weeks which will feature the Lighthouse and surrounding area. It will include some unusual views.

This photo is of a really friendly gentleman we met while at the lighthouse that morning. He comes there with his dog (also in the photo) and a cup of coffee every morning to just sit and take in the tranquil beauty there. Of course his dog was having great fun playing with the horseshoe crabs that came on shore to mate the night before.

We talked to him for some time about how the area has changed for the better and for the worse. He seemed to get lost in a memories as he was talking. I wish I remembered his name but I don't and for that I am sorry. He was very gracious to allow me to take some snaps of him while we talked.

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