AWAKE Photography Vol. 6

AWAKE PHOTOGRAPHY

Di gi t alExcel l ence Sept ember2020 Vol .6

Wel come once agai n!

The phot ographers ofouri nt ernat i onal AWAKE Group have been busy t hese pastf ew mont hs gat heri ng yetanot her col l ect i on ofphot ography t oi nspi re and del i ght .

Buthere’ s somet hi ng t hatoccurred t o me,and Isuspecti tmi ghtbl ow your mi nd: I nt he pages ahead you wi l lexperi ence nearl y 150 t rul y ext raordi nary phot ographs ...i mages creat ed al lover t he worl d,each a t reasure i ni t s own ri ght...

Yeti fyou t hi nk abouti t ,wi t h each phot ograph capt ured at ,l et ’ s say,an average shut t erspeed of1/250t h ofa second ...Thatmeans everyt hi ng you di scoveri nt he pages ahead — al lt he phot os you’ l lenj oy l i ngeri ng over across t he nextquart erhourorso — everyt hi ng i ncl uded here adds up t oj ust overhal fofa second ofl i ghtpassi ng t hrough a l ens.

(Mi ghtneed t ol ett hatsi nk i n. I tmakes my head whi rl . )

Each and every day 86, 400 seconds hurt l e pastus al l ,and we barel y not i ce.

Yetwhen we DO not i ce — when we not onl y not i ce butexpert l y snat ch t hem i n passi ng — even hal fa second i s wort h cel ebrat i ng.

Foras evi denced i nt he pages t hatf ol l ow, i nt hathal fsecond we can assembl ea hundred and f i f t y exqui si t ei nst ant si n t i me ...a hundred and f i f t yi rrepl aceabl e moment s ...caref ul l y orchest rat ed, shut t er-snapped,f rozen f orever...t hen curat ed and assembl ed here f oryour enj oyment...

A worl d ofwonders — capt ured i nt he bl i nk ofan eye.

Whata breat ht aki ng mi racl et hati st o cont empl at e. ~ Sebast i an

Mari e Ot ero

Dee Adams

I an McGregor

Crai g Wal t ers

Mari e Ot ero

Di di erHannot

Kat hl een KerndtKl ei f avat n

Jean Hut t er

James Bet hani s

I l ona Abou Zol of

Vi kiMurray

Paul a Powers

Suzanne Fi t zpat ri ck

Jul i ePowel l Feat ured Phot ographer When a group ofcreat i ves gett oget her t o creat e somet hi ng wonderf uland t rul y j oyf ul ,i tshows i n each and every phot o.

Al i ce i n Wonderl and (orThe Mad Hat t ers Tea Part y)was one such st udi o shoot .

The i ni t i ali dea bel onged t o Bevl ea Ross (VPC),buti twas a j oi ntcol l aborat i on t o arrange backdrops,props,cost umes, model s,hai rand makeup art i st s.Then i t was l i ght s,camera,act i on.

Each phot ographergott o creat et hei r own uni que vi si on wi t hf i ve di f f erent set s,a green screen and f ourmodel s.A compl et e Tea Part y wi t h cakes and ni bbl es.

I twas a chaot i c and f un af t ernoon.

Three hours passed way t oo qui ckl y,but i twas so much f un t o be a partof .

Di ana Haroni s

Li nda Cel i s

Ki m Benson

Don Neuf el d

Jul i e Powel l

Bob Egan

Ri c Mat kowski

Dov Fuchs

Penny de Jong

Amel i a Bl anco

Ni na I rvi n

Mart ha Bauder

Jean Hut t er

Bea Rosenl eaf

Di ana Haroni s

Li sa Del p

Chri st i na Brunt on

Dee Adams

Jeanne Hoadl ey

Shel l ey Benj ami n

RobertCost i n

Vi v Buckl ey

Jenni f erKi l l by

Di ana Haroni s

I an McGregor

Mari e Ot ero

Ni na I rvi i n

Don Schi f f ner

Ri c Mat kowski _

PaulBart el l

Shel l ey Benj ami n

Paul o Crus

Jul i e Cowdy

Di di erHannot

Don Neuf el d

Jul i e Powel l

Loui se Smi t h

I l ona Abou-Zol of

Paul a Powers

Mari e Ot ero Rebeccah Thompson

Deborah At ki nson

Ni na I rvi n

Ni na I rvi n

Sara Ann

Kat hl een KerndtKl ei f arvat n

Jean Hut t er

I l ona Abou Zol of SherriReed

Peggy Col l i ns

At hal i e Tayl or

I nna Mal ost ovker

Jef fVal dez

SheriEmerson

RobertCost i n

Shel l ey Benj ami n

Susan Park Crosby

Ni na I rvi n

PaulBart el l

Ni na I rvi n

Di ana Haroni s

Chri st i na Brunt on

Jul i e Powel l

Susan Cant i n

Del i a Qui gl ey

Deni se McDermot t

Ni na I rvi n

Howard Gri l l

Mari e Ot ero

SheriEmerson

Mari e Ot ero

I nna Mal ost ovker

Jul i e Powel l

Rozanne Pat e

Paul a Powers

Jeanne Hoadl ey

I l ona Abou Zol of

Jul i e Powel l

Vi v Buckl ey

Dean Hohn

Dee Adams

Hel ga Bl anke

Expl osi onsi nt he Backyar d

Susan Crosby

The Bench

Hel ga Bl anke -The Craf tsmen Seri es

The Cl ogmaker

The Mason

The Whi t esmi t h

Expl osi onsi nt he Backyar d

The Br azi er

The Car pent er

Ni na I rvi n

The Cont or t i oni st

Snow Whi t e Mi r r orMi r r or

Vi nt age Ser i es

by Vi v Buckl ey

Icapt ur ed t hese vi nt age noi r i magesduri ng a Sessi on Day atAWOLSt udi osi n Manchest er ,Engl and. he monochr ome To make t f ormatal lt he mor e dr amat i cI empl oyed sever aldi f f er ent l i ght i ng set ups.Al t hough manyoft he i mageswor ked r eal l ywel li n col ort oo! ) I twasa wonderf ul oppor t uni t yt o work wi t h new model sSophi a Mont r ose and Joshua Jason)and t o br i ng cl everpr opsand war dr obe i nt ot he mi x.

Al lt he i mageswer e shoton a Canon 5D MkI I Iwi t h a 50mm f /1.

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Parrot s

byJudiLapsl eyM i l l er Parr ot sar e one oft he mosti nt el l i gent speci eson t he pl anet ,endl essl y engagi ng,and f ul lofpersonal i t y.I ’ ve been i ncr edi bl yf or t unat et o be deepl y i nvol ved wi t h kākā parr otconservat i on her ei n New Zeal and,butmyl ove of parr ot sext endst o everyspeci es.I ’ dl ove t o meetand phot ogr aph t hem al l !

Parr ot sar e asbri ghtand mi schevi ousas human chi l dr en.Even when st i l li nt he nest ,each nest l i ng hasi t sown personal i t yand i sverymuch an i ndi vi dual-we’ ve even devel oped a si mpl e personal i t yt estf orkākā parr ot nest l i ngst o see i fi thel pspr edi ctt hei r f ut ur e heal t h and behavi or .

So much ofmyar ti saboutshi ni ng a l i ght on t hese char act ersand t hei rst ori es,and t ot hen use myar tt o advocat ef ort hei r survi valand t he pr ot ect i on oft hei r ecosyst ems.Butt he firstst ep i st o gett o know each bi r d asan i ndi vi dualand t hen t ot ryand capt ur et hei rpersonal i t yi na phot o.Her e ar e some ofmyf avori t es… .

“TheFi ght er” Rai nbow Lori keet

“TheSweet heart ” Kākā

“ThePos er”

Scal y Breas t ed Lori keet

Red Sqi rrel s

byDavi d A Tayl or,LRPS

My f at herst art ed me outi n phot ography when I was qui t e young,even t eachi ng me how t o devel op my f i l m i n a darkroom. Because oft he i nspi rat i on he gave me earl y on,I ' ve been creat i ng phot os my whol el i f e. Today I ' m a memberoft he RoyalPhot ographi c Soci et y of t he Uni t ed Ki ngdom.

My i nt erest s are mai nl y wi l dl i f e and l andscape phot ography,and Ispend as much t i me as Ican outwi t h my camera,of t en enj oyi ng hours on end admi ri ng t he creat ures we share ourpl anet wi t h. I ' m l ucky t ol i ve i n Norf ol k,and I ' m f rankl y rat herspoi l ed wi t h al lt he wonderf ul l ocat i ons and wi l dl i f e Ihave avai l abl et o me.

Thi s part i cul arseri es ofi mages,however,I capt ured whi l e on hol i day vi si t i ng Brownsea I sl and (a Nat i onalTrustl ocat i on)and I speci f i cal l y want ed t o phot ograph Red Squi rrel s whi ch are becomi ng qui t e rare i nt he UK. Fort unat el yt here were some t o be f ound and t hey proved qui t ef ri endl y and seemed more t han happy t o be phot ographed.

Shapes

byDovFuchs Photography hasal waysbeen an i mportant partofmy l i f e.Eversi nce Iwasa boy,i n the 50' s,I ’ ve had a camera wi thi n hand' sr each.I started wi th my f i rstcamera,a Kodak "Box" ( wi th a 9x6cm f l exi bl er ol lf i l m) ,pr ogr essed tp a nonr ef l ex camera,then to an actualSLR and ul ti matel y onto a DSLR and now mi rr orl ess.

I ' ve experi enced al mostevery aspectof photography,f r om capturi ng the i mage on f i l m,and pr ocessi ng of negati vesand pri nts, to handl i ng the mostupdated i mage pr ocessi ng sof twar e.Recentl y If i nd mysel f spendi ng mor e and mor e ti me i n di gi talart.

My photography coversl andscape,portrai t, ar chi tectur e,ni ght,f astphotography,speci al ef f ects,etc.Itry capturi ng uni que moments and the ever changi ng beauty ofnatur e, manmade obj ectsand peopl e.Isee photography and wri ti ng astwo f acetsofthe

dea:capturi ng l i f ef r om an unexpected same i vi ewpoi nt.

Shapes,col ors,patternsand movement f asci nate me,and my photography i san ef f ort suspend them i n ti me.

CONTRI BUTI NG PHOTOGRAPHERS 0 0 2L E T T E RF R O MS E B A S T I A N 0 3 6D I A N AH A R O N I S 0 6 3K A T H L E E NKK L E I F A R V A T N 0 9 0I N N AM A L O S T O V K E R 0 0 3M A R I EO T E R O 0 3 7L I S AD E L P 0 6 4J E A NH U T T E R 0 9 1J U L I EP O WE L L 0 0 4D E EA D A M S 0 3 8C H R I S T I N AB R U N T O N 0 6 5S 9 2R O Z A N N EP A T E H E R R I R E E D , I L O N AA B O UZ O L O F 0 0 0 5I A NM C G R E G O R 0 3 9D E EA D A M S 0 9 3P A U L AP O WE R S 0 6 6P E G G YC O L L I N S 0 0 6C R A I GW A L T E R S 0 4 0J 0 9 4J E A N N EH O A D L E Y 6 7P E G G YC O L L I N S E A N N EH O A D L E Y , S H E L L E YB E N J A M I N0 0 0 7M A R I EO T E R O 0 9 5I L O N AA B O UZ O L O F 0 6 8A T H A L I ET A Y L O R 0 4 1R O B E R TC O S T I N 0 0 8D I D I E RH A N N O T 0 4 2V I VB U C K L E Y 0 6 9I N N AM A L O S T O V K E R 0 9 6J U L I EP O WE L L 0 0 9K A T H L E E NKK L E I F A V A T N 0 4 3J E N N I F E RK I L L B Y 0 7 0J E F FV A ; D E Z 0 9 7V I VB U C K L E Y 0 1 0J E A NH U T T E R 0 4 4D I A N AH A R O N I S 0 7 1B O BE G A N , M A R I EO T E R O 0 9 8D E A NH O H N 0 1 1 J A M E SB E T H A N I N S 0 4 5I A NM C G R E G O R 0 7 2S H E R I E M E R S O N 0 9 9D E EA D A M S 0 1 2I L O N AA B O UZ O L O F 0 4 6M A R I EO T E R O 0 7 3R O B E R TC O S T I N , D O NN E U F E L D1 0 0H E L G AB L A N K E 0 1 3V I K I M U R R A Y 0 4 7N I N AI R V I N , D O NS C H I F F N E R 0 7 4S H E L L E YB E N J A M I N 1 0 1S U S A NC R O S B Y 0 1 4P A U L AP O WE R S 0 4 8R I CM A T K O WS K I 0 7 5S U S A NP A R KC R O S B Y 1 0 2H E L G AB L A N K E 0 1 5S U Z A N N EF I T Z P A T R I C K 0 4 9P A U LB A R T E L L 0 7 6B O BE G A N 1 0 3N I N AI R V I N 0 1 6-F E A T U R EP H O T O G R A P H E R 0 5 0S H E L L E YB E N J A M I N 0 7 7P A U LB A R T E L L S P E C I A LP R O J E C T S 0 2 3J U L I EP O WE L L 0 5 1 P A U L OC R U S 0 7 8N I N AI R V I N 1 0 4 -AV I N T A G ES E R I E S 0 2 4D I A N AH A R O N I S 0 5 2J U L I EC O WD Y 0 7 9D I A N AH A R O N I S 1 0 7VI VB U C K L E Y 0 2 5L I N D AC E L I S 0 5 3J U L I EC O WD Y 0 8 0C H R I S T I N AB R U N T O N 1 0 8 -P A R R O T S 0 2 6K I MB E N S O N 0 5 4D I D I E RH A N N O T 0 8 1J U L I EP O WE L L 1 1 1J U D I L A P S L E YM I L L E R 0 2 7D O NN E U F E L D 0 5 5D O NN E U F E L D 0 8 2S U S A NC A N T I N 1 1 2 -R E DS Q U I R R E L S 0 2 8J U L I EP O WE L L 0 5 6C 8 3D E L I AQ U I G L E Y 1 1 5D H R I S T I N AB R U N T O N , J U L I EP O WE L L0 A V I DT A Y L O R 0 2 9R I CM A T K O WS K I , B O BE G A N0 5 7L 8 4D E N I S EM C D E R M O T T 1 1 6 -S H A P E S O U S I ES M I T H , I L O N AA B O UZ O L O F 0 0 3 0D O VF U C H S 0 8 5N I N AI R V I N 0 5 8P A U L AP O WE R S 1 1 9D O VF U C H S 0 3 1P E N N YD EJ O N G 8 6H O W A R DG R I L L 0 5 9R 1 2 0C E B E C C A HT H O M P S O N , M A R I EO T E R O 0 O N T R I B U T I N GP H O T O G R A P H E R S 0 3 2A M E L I AB L A N C O 0 8 7M A R I EO T E R O 0 6 0D E B O R A HA T K I N S O N 1 21P H O T O G R A P H E RWE B S I T E S 0 3 3N I N AI R V I N 0 8 8S H E R I E M E R S O N 0 6 1N I N AI R V I N C O V E RJ U D I L A P S L E YM I L L E R 0 3 4MAR 0 8 9D O NN E U F E L D 6 2N I N AI R V I N , S A R AA N N T H AB A U D E R , J E A NH U T T E R 0 I N R OI M A G EV I VB U C K L E Y 0 3 5BR O S E N L E A F AwakePhotographyMagazi neVol6.September2020

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