Ellen Giamportone PHOTOGRAPHY: 2013

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Muscle Beach, Santa Monica CA

Muscle Beach in Santa Monica is an area along the beach walkway just south of the SM Pier. It's a great place for athletic types to show off their prowess on the rings, a tightrope, hanging ropes, and ground gymnastics. It's also a great place to hang out and watch the exuberant activities with the enthusiastic crowd it draws.

Throw in a blue sky filled with cirrus with assorted wispy strands of clouds that Sunday afternoon, and it became a treasure trove of sparkling energy with graceful bodies set in the magnificent nature.

By the way, all of these photos were shot and produced on my iPhone4S. It's pretty much the only camera I've been using since I got it in early spring.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Back to Los Angeles: #2 - Seeing In Color

Although I'm concentrating on black and white these days, occasionally color jumps out, being the attraction to make a picture. Here are a few.

The mermaid photo also holds up in black and white, but I couldn't resist the green and red... that's what grabbed my attention while walking down Abbot Kinney Blvd, in Venice one late afternoon.

The night shot, on La Cienega Blvd. also works converted, but I prefer the soft color hues of the environment.

Walking down Melrose Ave, seeing a scene unfolding framed in bright orange bricks and people gleaming in the sunlight, there was no question. Pure color bliss!

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Back to Los Angeles: #1 - Palm Trees

A long time past, and many images since, that I've posted. (go figure that sentence out!) A few weeks ago, I returned to live in LA again, after being in Chapel Hill for the last 13 years. For all the trees out there in NC, I found I, myself, perhaps not being a tree, didn't really root very deeply.

So, here I am again, this time armed with my iPhone instead of the usual assortment of cameras I toted in the past, until a few months ago, when I fell hard for this way of shooting. It started in NY, and I haven't looked back. In fact, I haven't posted anything from the first series of iPhone based images from then, because all of a sudden it's now, and these are the new photos I'd rather share.

I'm finding much inspiration and shooting most everyday, ranging from people in my daily life, the nature and architecture in my surroundings, and the usual cornucopia of what is Los Angeles.

This group will involve palm trees. It's a place to start.

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Flowering Tree Meditations

A few quiet afternoons of warm spring weather with fresh air, not yet filled with North Carolina yellow pollen, drew me outside. Some neighborhood trees provided moments of quietly
lingering with my camera.

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Trapped Spirits: (What Lies Within) - NEW

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

NYC - With Camera, While Walking Leon

The other day, when I arrived in NY to be with my family it was chilly and misty, and the dog needed to be walked.
We headed from the apartment in Tribeca toward Chinatown, Little Italy and the City Hall area. Leon spent his time excitingly sniffing out walls and what-not to pee on, while I metaphorically followed the same sort of involvement with the environment, but with my camera.
I loved how much of the neigborhood architecture (and the fish market) was classic. I felt transported into a different era.

These pictures, I hope, carry the spirit of Old /New York as I experienced it that lovely, misty afternoon.