Peter J. Crowley

Fine Art Photographer

November First, A Day, A Metaphor, Some Color Light, Too Much Darkness

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DSC_0017 S30 Sat+25 R+20 Drk20 noon 11-1-15The morning light came and went. Bright spots, dark clouds like my week radical changes often dark. Noon a incredible downpour.

DSC_0023 S30 Sat+25 R+10 Drk20 1-11-15Three pm a breeze sun and rich saturated light. There is a look that follows a Thunder Storm or downpour. Clear yet so much moisture in the air, combined with the late light warm on the kelvin scale.

DSC_0028 Sat+20 SatR-10 SatB+30 11-1-15It is the light, the smell it is Autumn

DSC_0029 S45 Sat20 Y30 R10 11-1-15Just color swatches here not high art just a look at the day. My day seeking bright color at the end of a dark week.

The day mirrors my week. The E.R. on Wed. night. Not able to walk for three days. A friend is gone, my best friend. The call came Sat morning it was not unexpected but I still start to cry Inara rushes to me hugging me so much love, compassion from a child. She takes me through knowing when to play and when to hug.  peace pjc

Photographic Art Abstract Nude

October 16th an Afternoon Stroll

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The days start slow coffee, meds eat, wait for meds to work play online. Second, third gear lunch. Out to the world the light is right it always is, State Street meander to Percival landing.

DSC_0028 JPG CvtNews S20 B-2 R+1 LgtWin75 10-16-15 B+W Architecture, design graphic shapes B+W. 

DSC_0045 S45 B-2 Shd Lgt20 HiLtDrk-20 10-16-15 Percival Landing often a destination to read, write but today the sun that shone when I left for the bus was replaced by a cool breeze and a hazy shade of winter. The table and chairs where I would sit and write have been moved indoor for the season. Winter is closing in, but the light was right it always is. The water the boats abstract reflections.

DSC_0039 S50 B-2 Cnst+60 Brt Shad Lgt Hi30 10-16-15I wonder is everything just a reflection? Light and shade create  reality the reflection different each time you look painted with a wider brush.  Summer dances on the ripples of Autumns chilly breath.

DSC_0040 RAW S40 B+2 G-2 R+2 Cnst+60 10-16-15Trying to catch a reflection of a gull cavorting above, not easy. Twenty minutes no gull. I walk on viewing the public art and shooting some skateboarders. A Molasses cookie at Traditions and back to the bus ninety minutes after getting off the bus I am heading home a good productive walk.  The light was right it always is………………………..

peace pjc

Photographic Art    Round Figure Graphic Shapes Silver Gelatin Print

The State Fair, Upside Down Traveling Through the Imagination

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September twenty first three kids, two moms and a grandpa join thousands of others at the fair. Food, Fun, Colors Sounds and Scary Rides.

DSC_0065 Ss15 G-4 flying 9-21-15Well scary for moms and grandpas. But not for the fearless 3’s a trampoline triple flips “higher, higher.” She wants to go on the slingshot 200+ feet in the air. Mom “you can go on it when you are 25.” “I’m 36 [inches] this year and can go on the giant slide.”

DSC_0012 S30 Crop Sat+9 Friends 9-21-15Meeting up we talk about what to do first. But the friends watch in wonder of so much going on hands held contemplating the rides. We can do that, not scary fun rides fast. The quiet thoughts evaporate and the fun begins.

DSC_0031 S15 Sat+10 Tracktor and Tongue 9-21-15All that is cool isn’t scary, there are tractors to plow the fields of imagination. With three kids the harvest is bountiful. The barns with piglets feeding on the video screen if you can’t get close, bunnies, birds and wonder. More then you can absorb in just one day “Grandpa Grandpa look at ………………… Faster faster Grandpa Grandpa.”

Sometimes the story is told with images, you can hear the laughter, feel the warmth and connection between children. Little hands, big hearts sharing each others joy and fear. At 3 you see clearly just seeing without the filters, walls, fear imposed and taught to you. I strive to be 3 seeing with my eyes and my heart. Telling the story with images for many more than three years.

DSC_0079 Ss15 Lots Spot LgtDrk DrkSky 100 The Ferris Wheel Wa The Ferris wheel at night shot at extremely high ISO a bit of grain [noise the new language] I knew it would be there I wanted the grain. The feel of film an understanding of the light my element.

DSC_0081 Cnvt Port Ss15 Bacon Wa 9-21-15Bacon certainly one of the most marketed foods lately, Vodka, Perfume gotta be Bacon. The Fair is not about low fat or cholesterol. The flavors of the fair enhance the air a potpourri  of the senses. In the 70’s I had a couple friends who would raise a pig or two a year, fed on garden scraps and from a couple fine restaurants. I would only eat Bacon at their house. Once you have had home grown well the plastic package of chemistry from the market is not edible. A slab on the cutting board smoked out back. Cut your own how thick what ever you want. Jerry Garcia on the stereo Sunday mornings …………….Drifting a bit here. 

The Tiger Coaster with Mom and her friends Just fun, just fun.                               enjoy pjc

DSC_0038 Ss60 LgtFace 70 Tiger 50 9-21-15

Photographic Art  Walkins Glen 1973