Popular singer and musician Iraj Weerarathna’s wedding was held recently at Cinnamon Lakeside hotel in Colombo. Here are some of the photos from the beautiful wedding and we wish this lovely couple happy wedded life. Studio3000 was the official photographer. We will bring more about the couple and their love story soon.
Photographer Mark Seliger on Shooting Barack Obama, Cindy Sherman, Kurt Cobain, and More
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By James Lim Mark Seliger made a name for himself in the nineties with his now iconic portraiture work for Rolling Stone magazine. From that memorable shot of the nude Red Hot Chili Peppers to one of the last portraits of Kurt Cobain, Seliger quickly cemented his status as one of the leading portrait photographers of his time. The ...
Can anyone give me the identity of these guys?Location : Wilpattu National Park - Sri LankaDate(s): 15th-17th March 2013 Camera Model Name : Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL | Tv(Shutter Speed) : 1/1250Sec. | Av(Aperture Value) : F5.6 | Metering Modes : Evaluative metering | Exposure Compensation : -1/3 | ISO Speed : 400 | Lens : EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM | Focal Length : 300mm
Reeds in the water.
Reblogged from Art Blart: Exhibition dates: 26th January - 19th May 2013 The more I see the work of this outstanding artist, the more I fall in love with it. There is just a beautiful lyricism here - nothing extraneous or superfluous within the picture frame, sensitively balanced photographs that are whimsical and engaging. A woman and her dog in Harlem, ...
Octopus and Orange Salad“There are few animals as visually stunning as a baby octopus when cooked. Purple-tinged arms curl and twist into an eye-catching swirl that looks more like a sculpture in an art museum than a meal on a plate.”– Mark Sisson, ‘Mark’s Daily Apple’More photographs inside.We thought we’d try an ingredient we’d never worked with before for ‘O’ ...
[Green Bee-eater]Location : Wilpattu National Park - Sri LankaDate(s): 15th-17th March 2013 Camera Model Name : Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL | Tv(Shutter Speed) : 1/100Sec. | Av(Aperture Value) : F5.6 | Metering Modes : Evaluative metering | Exposure Compensation : -2/3 | ISO Speed : 800 | Lens : EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM | Focal Length : 250mm
Exhibition: 'Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive Part III: Poetics and Politics' at The Walther Collection Project Space, New York: Part 1
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Reblogged from Art Blart: Exhibition dates: 22nd March - 18th May 2013 Undertaking research in to the work of South African photographer Ernest Cole, I wanted to know more about "South African colonial photography" pre-Apartheid. If you type the phrase into Google images there is absolutely nothing online about this historical archive. So it is a great privilege that The Walther ...
Exhibition: 'Gilles Caron, The Conflict Within' at The Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne
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Reblogged from Art Blart: Exhibition dates: 30th January - 12th May 2013 Dead at 30 Died so young Probably at the barrel of a snub nosed gun. Guilt, narcissism, parody or irony Doesn't matter now He's dead... Photos live on . Many thankx to the Musée de l’Elysée Lausanne for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on ...
Ruchira conducted his PhD on the ecology and conservation of freshwater crocodiles in the rugged and scenic Kimberley region (the northern outback of Western Australia) and has done many expeditions in this remote region with the Department of Environment and Conservation and the West Australian Museum since 2008. He’s currently a Senior Zoologist at Biologic Environmental Survey in Perth and ...
Location : Wilpattu National Park - Sri LankaDate(s): 15th-17th March 2013 Camera Model Name : Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL | Tv(Shutter Speed) : 1/400Sec. | Av(Aperture Value) : F5.6 | Metering Modes : Evaluative metering | Exposure Compensation : -2/3 | ISO Speed : 800 | Lens : EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM | Focal Length : 300mm
It was on a rain-washed morning like today, that I drove to Bentota to see for the first time Geoffrey Bawa’s famed Lunuganga Estate. Bawa is Sri Lanka’s legendary architect and Lunuganga has been described as his “first muse and experimental laboratory for ideas.” Michael Ondaatje, the writer, poet, is quoted as saying the gardens were “self portraits” and leafing ...
This year is what probably you should call the Year of Astronomy. We are going to have three lunar eclipses, two solar eclipses (and one of them being a hybrid solar eclipse; an eclipse that appears as a total eclipse to some areas and an annular eclipse to other areas), three comets and Saturn at the closest to Earth. If ...
Probably about an year or so back, I tried to capture Saturn. It didn't work out well because there was a collimation error in the telescope; Saturn turned out like two saucers placed face to face.Last week, when I visited a national park, I decided to try it once more, this time with the Samyang 500mm Mirror Lens. This also ...
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[Sambar Deer/ Rusa Unicolor] Location : Wilpattu National Park - Sri LankaDate(s): 15th-17th March 2013 Camera Model Name : Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL | Tv(Shutter Speed) : 1/30Sec. | Av(Aperture Value) : F8.0 | Metering Modes : Evaluative metering | Exposure Compensation : -2/3 | ISO Speed : 800 | Lens : EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM | Focal Length : 300mm
Exhibition: 'The Greatest Wonder of the World' at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
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Reblogged from Art Blart: Exhibition dates: 23rd Feb 2013 - 12th May 2013 Another fascinating posting, this time featuring Australian colonial photography. In 1951, a hoard of 3,500 glass plate negatives from the nineteenth century was discovered in a garden shed in Chatswood. In time, the find proved to be the most important photographic documentation of goldfields life in Australia. ...
Nham Dtok (Grilled Beef Salad)“The name of this salad comes from the beads of meat juice that form on the side farthest from the heat as the meat grills, which Thai cooks refer to as ‘nahm dtock’ – literally ‘water falling’. This is their cue to turn the meat, which is normally cooked to medium-rare.”– David Thomas, ‘Thai Food’More photographs ...
Exhibition: 'Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop' at The National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Reblogged from Art Blart: Exhibition dates: 17th February - 5th May 2013 Further images from this impressive exhibition devoted to the art of photographic manipulation before the advent of digital imagery from its second stop, at The National Gallery of Art, Washington. . Many thankx to the National Gallery of Art for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. ...
Wallawatte train station.