Festival Of The Winds, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
Image by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer
It was on for young and old, as the skies above a majestic and very busy Bondi Beach came alive with hundreds of kites of all shapes and sizes from locals, as well as international kite makers and flyers.
The event officially started at 11am and finished at 4pm, but folks stayed for hours after.
Kites were the main drawcard and both beginners and professionals had a field day, as did the public at large who took it all in. Delta and Free Form kites from the Australian Kite flyers Society members were all the rage, as well as kite designs from India, Malaysia, China and Japan. Personally I loved the giant whale, dragon kites as well as the more arty ones.
Sure, the Festival Of The Winds may be focused on the kites, but today had so much to offer. There was the beautiful weather, big waves, jumping castles, craft workshops, green goon and Captain Cook types dressed to the nines, magic displays, Aboriginal dancers and storytelling (Freeman Dancers from Wiradjuri Nation), Brazilian martial arts dance routines, and my youngsters just loved the unofficial beach wrestling and football.
It was also a photographers dream come true for many keen snappers. I personally took over 200 photos which captured a modest amount of the action.
Waverley Mayor Sally Betts told media prior to the event “Bondi Beach’s sky will be infused with colour with hundreds of kites swaying in the ocean breeze. There are some amazing kites - in the past we have seen a lobster, shark, dragon, cartoon characters and flowers floating above the beach and park.”
“Now in its 33rd year, Festival of the Winds is a definite crowd pleaser attracting professional kite-makers and flyers as well as novices as it’s the only time in the year you can fly a kite at Australia’s most famous beach.”
“Anyone can join in the fun! If you don’t own a kite there are kite making workshops or you can buy one on the day.”
International guests included Peter Lynn from New Zealand and Janneke Groen from the Netherlands.
It’s worth stopping by the the Bondi Pavilion Gallery where there is an aerial art exhibition. The good news is that it will run to the 18th September. Michael Richards is the curator and he did a fine job. The exhib showcased a cross-section of kites from across the globe.
Locals seemed to think that between 100,000 to 150,000 people attended The Festival Of The Winds today and its a safe bet that today was a stand out for Bondi Beach.
We’re looking forward to doing it all over again next year. Well done to Waverley Council and to everyone involved with putting on a fantastic festival which was world class all of the way.
*photography by Eva Rinaldi Photography
Websites
Waverley Council - Festival of the Winds www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/things_to_do/pla…
Waverley Council - Bondi Pavilion - What’s On www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pd…
Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography
Eva Rinaldi Photography www.evarinaldi.com
When MEME Was Little
Image by Cayusa
1. Charlie Brown: It's a Hole in One, Charlie Brown, 2. dinner, 3. naptime, 4. The Great Escape, 5. Cd Art, 6. Japanese Maple Autumn Colors, 7. Chim Chim, 8. Garbage Man.., 9. A Portrait Of My Father (Black & White), 10. Roof Addition Lovett Elementary 2, 11. Decahedron (d10), 12. AMEDEO MODIGLIANI La femme aux yeux bleus
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
The concept:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste the html into your blog or Flickr stream (the easiest way is to copy the URLs and then head over to the fd's flickr toys link above and use the mosaic maker).
The Questions:
1. What was your nickname as a child?
2. What was your favorite food as a child?
3. What was the theme of your favorite childhood birthday?
4. What were you punished most often for ?
5. What special talent or skill did you have?
6. What was the name of your first best friend?
7. What was your favorite cartoon character or superhero?
8. What did you want to be when you grew up?
9. Who did you look up to?
10. What elementary school did you attend?
11. What was your favorite game to play?
12. What was your biggest fear as a child?
The Answers:
1. Charlie Brown
2. Mac and cheese
3. A zoo themed party when I was a kid
4. Escaping from the house when I had a baby sitter
5. Art / Drawing / Creativity
6. Amber
7. Speed Racer
8. A Garbage Man (Our Garbage Man would always talk to me as they were picking up our trash and I just thought that was the coolest thing)
9. My Dad
10. Lovett Elementary
11. Dungeon And Dragons
12. Modigliani (I had a nightmare about a Modigliani Print my parents had that stuck with me. I never wanted to be alone in the room with that painting)
Mind Bending Colour - David Bryan Lile Guest Shot
Image by Boogies with Fish
www.messersmith.name/wordpress/2010/12/02/mind-bending-co...
Finally, someone has sent something interesting which allows me to crawl, all pale and creaky, out of my navel for a while for a bit of sun. Ah, fresh air! I bet it smells sweet. Hey, it's pretty nice out here. Maybe I'll stick around for a few days and see what happens.
Our Guest Shooter today is David Bryan Lile. I stumbled across David via one of those serendipitous "friend of a friend" interactions which sometimes produce surprises which fall outside the proverbial box, er . . . that would be the surprise box, I guess. Think of Forest Gump's mom's box of chocolates. You get the picture, eh?
This one is titled simply Akron Art Museum. David comments briefly, "Blue and yellow building with canopy. Akron, Ohio. Shot at 8:30 in the morning. Nice sun." Succinct, eh? This reminds me of some High Dynamic Range photography which I have seen. It is sometimes taken to extremes and produces very unusual effects. David uses a bewildering array of techniques to create his images. The resulting vision is surreal.
This one is Beatles Image With Water or Aged Beatles. Sometimes I'm not sure what the title is, but it's the image that counts:
David comments, "This image was painted on the side of an old barn, in Thompson, Ohio. It is out in the middle of nowhere, and as I was driving, I saw it from the road. I stopped at the farmhouse and asked the woman that answered the door, if I could take some photos of it, on their property. She said, "Yes!" and then she told me that her daughter had painted this mural on their barn, 21 years ago. I did, of course, some post production work on it. You could barely see the image, color wise, before I saturated it, because of 22 years of weathering. I really love this image."
I agree.
Here is Birds Of A Feather:
And David says, "Cleveland, Ohio / The Flats, along the Cuyahoga River, as it flows into Lake Erie. Multi layered Photoshop post production work."
And this one is For Whom The Bell Tolls:
David's description, "Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Just a fire alarm on the side of a building. I liked it, I shot it. I post produced it with my special effects!"
Sounds like Julius Caesar - Veni, vidi, vici. I came. I saw. I conquered.
This one is, strangely enough, All Gassed Up:
And David is a little more generous with his comment, "One of my favourite images. I was in a juried art show with this image. Please don't tell the secret about this image! Everyone sees a rock band on stage, with the guitar players lined up, or some sort of a chain saw. What it really is, between you and me? Simply a line of one gallon gas (Petrol) cans lined up, on a shelf. I did a ton of post production work to make this image look so different. Keep the secret between us, as photographers!"
Okay, that was fun.
Here is Our Lady:
David: "This is in Cleveland, Ohio - Tremont, which is the arts area of Cleveland. Front of a church. Just liked the beauty of Mary and Christ. Added color and my own David B Design touch."
Try this one - Open Circuits:
And here's David again, "Akron, Ohio. Downtown Akron Erie Canal Lock 3 Section. I just thought that the two circuit boxes and the wires looked really interesting. Added my DBD look to it."
I like the way he takes very ordinary things and makes them extraordinary.
This is Days of Glory:
David's comment, "Akron, Ohio. 125 year old, abandoned building with awesome pillars. Loved the pillars and made them stand out. Played with distort and perspective in Photoshop, along with my other effects. Gave them a deeper tone than what they looked like in reality."
This one is Exhausting: (David's word, not mine.)
And David says, "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 2010 at the Pittsburgh Air Show. This was a very large vent on one of the larger US military aircraft. I simply liked the look of it, shot it and post produced it."
Okay, this is my favourite. Very funky!
And last we have Wing Man:
David: "Same Air Show. One huge wing. Loved the look of this wing and the sky behind it. Added just a touch of extra color to it."
Okay, that one got me too.
As one who dabbles in image making I can't help but think of things which I might have done differently. For example, I am a fan of what I call the "plastic look" which has the effect of smoothing out a surface, removing noise, especially colour noise, from the image. David doesn't mind the noise. In fact, he seems to use it as part of the texture of the surface. As for myself, I like a cartoon effect. However, my preferred technique would not work for some of these images. You can see the effect of which I'm speaking here, here, here and here.
These differences of interpretation possibilities are part of what makes playing with images so much fun. If you sat ten image makers down with an interesting photograph and a computer with Photoshop on it you would end up with ten radically different images. Everybody would have fun.
Thanks, David, for sending me your beautiful creations. It's nice to get out of myself.
Festival Of The Winds, Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia
Image by Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer
It was on for young and old, as the skies above a majestic and very busy Bondi Beach came alive with hundreds of kites of all shapes and sizes from locals, as well as international kite makers and flyers.
The event officially started at 11am and finished at 4pm, but folks stayed for hours after.
Kites were the main drawcard and both beginners and professionals had a field day, as did the public at large who took it all in. Delta and Free Form kites from the Australian Kite flyers Society members were all the rage, as well as kite designs from India, Malaysia, China and Japan. Personally I loved the giant whale, dragon kites as well as the more arty ones.
Sure, the Festival Of The Winds may be focused on the kites, but today had so much to offer. There was the beautiful weather, big waves, jumping castles, craft workshops, green goon and Captain Cook types dressed to the nines, magic displays, Aboriginal dancers and storytelling (Freeman Dancers from Wiradjuri Nation), Brazilian martial arts dance routines, and my youngsters just loved the unofficial beach wrestling and football.
It was also a photographers dream come true for many keen snappers. I personally took over 200 photos which captured a modest amount of the action.
Waverley Mayor Sally Betts told media prior to the event “Bondi Beach’s sky will be infused with colour with hundreds of kites swaying in the ocean breeze. There are some amazing kites - in the past we have seen a lobster, shark, dragon, cartoon characters and flowers floating above the beach and park.”
“Now in its 33rd year, Festival of the Winds is a definite crowd pleaser attracting professional kite-makers and flyers as well as novices as it’s the only time in the year you can fly a kite at Australia’s most famous beach.”
“Anyone can join in the fun! If you don’t own a kite there are kite making workshops or you can buy one on the day.”
International guests included Peter Lynn from New Zealand and Janneke Groen from the Netherlands.
It’s worth stopping by the the Bondi Pavilion Gallery where there is an aerial art exhibition. The good news is that it will run to the 18th September. Michael Richards is the curator and he did a fine job. The exhib showcased a cross-section of kites from across the globe.
Locals seemed to think that between 100,000 to 150,000 people attended The Festival Of The Winds today and its a safe bet that today was a stand out for Bondi Beach.
We’re looking forward to doing it all over again next year. Well done to Waverley Council and to everyone involved with putting on a fantastic festival which was world class all of the way.
*photography by Eva Rinaldi Photography
Websites
Waverley Council - Festival of the Winds www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/things_to_do/pla…
Waverley Council - Bondi Pavilion - What’s On www.waverley.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pd…
Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography
Eva Rinaldi Photography www.evarinaldi.com
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