Plant Lust. Whether naturally occurring or deliberately created (for example, ‘living walls’ such as the Succulent Cube at the 2010 SF Garden Show) plants can form beautiful living tapestries. The springtime display offered by the naturalized shrubs on the embankment of the west side of the DC Beltway (near Annandale, VA) caused me to pen…
Category: Hobbies
Sponsored Street Art?
Philadelphia Museum of Art – On View : Current Exhibitions. Does a protest song become merely a song when “the man” pays for it? Is graffiti art still legitimate when it’s created for a gallery showing? And likewise should the public art installation currently on view on the exterior of the Philadelphia Museum of Art…
Photography Tips
From a column by Anne Burke in the July 2012 issue of Via magazine: “In direct sunlight, use forced-flash mode to eliminate facial shadows”. Have the camera ready before you ask people to pose. If your (digital) camera has an action photo option (an option to take photos so long as the button is pressed),…