San Diego Fine Art Society – Hollywood Ball – A group of Friends

I think all the people in this image are friends, or work together. At least they know each other through each other with just one degree of separation. … Maybe it is only in my mind. … 😉

Anyway, I was shooting some images of guests, and just before I shot this image of the group, I saw these two women sitting in the dark area of the third floor at Anthology in San Diego. It was the soft light on the red hair that caught my eye.

I then asked them out to the patio area to shoot an image with some of the city in the background. And everyone came along. I had not seen them as a group before I asked the two women for a new location, but as soon as I did, it became this wonderful group on the patio. Of course the women are beautiful, but I also find it interesting that the man with the martini, has no socks.

And the set of the interior of the Anthology during the event.

And here is the link to
San Diego Fine Art Society

Whistling Ent

Posted on April 29, 2010 by LensLord™

Whistling Ent

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

Trees are beautiful. I think that I would like to have been a tree. They stand with the sun on their faces, soaking energy from its light. The breeze moves through their leaves, gently caressing the total body. When the rains come softly, they catch the tiny drops from the air and moisten their own roots. When the wind and the rains blast against the tree, it bends and twists, but comes back. The life energy is strong in a tree.

Some people personify trees even more than I do. Here is such a tree, a happy tree in a beautiful section of town.

Pondering Beauty

Posted on April 28, 2010 by LensLord™

Pondering Beauty

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

Spring in the desert of Southern California is full of beautiful things.

This particular Friday evening, was no exception when I went for a ride with a friend to the desert. Warm winds moved the branches, and hair, but did not chill the body. It was evening, and the sun was very low, creating long shadows, and a little later, as the sun dropped behind the mountains, no shadows at all.

I have several favorite images of the evening, but I always come back to this image of Jenivive looking at this large, and beautiful Ocotillo.

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San Diego Fine Art Society Hollywood Glamour Ball – Everything

Posted on April 28, 2010 by LensLord™

Smiles All Around

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

Delivery today. …

I am taking everything to April Game today. … And for your pleasure, these are the final sets from the Hollywood Ball. Of course, you can view everything by wandering around in the galleries, but here are a few high points to me.

And the set of the interior of the Anthology during the event.

And here is the link to
San Diego Fine Art Society

Now I am headed off to the offices of the San Diego Fine Art Society, with DVD in hand. 😉

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San Diego Fine Art Society – Hollywood Ball – The lights

Posted on April 27, 2010 by LensLord™

Two Happy Faces

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

At the Hollywood Glamour Ball, we set up some studio lighting and shot a few images. … Anyone who wanted a shot, we shot.

These are those images.

And the set of the interior of the Anthology during the event.

And here is the link to
San Diego Fine Art Society

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A Wonderful Evening – S.D.F.A.S. Hollywood Glamour Ball

Posted on April 23, 2010 by LensLord™

A Wonderful Evening

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

It was a wonderful evening, and the image editing is moving along. … There are one hundred and fifty newly edited images from the evening of the San Diego Fine Art Societies Hollywood Glamour Ball.

I think you will like some of these very much.

There are still more to come, and as these images are being placed on the server, I am editing the other sets that will be going up tomorrow.

All the images will be reachable from this location.
The San Diego Fine Arts Society galleries.

And the set of the interior of the Anthology during the event.

And here is the link to
San Diego Fine Art Society

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Dancing at the Ball

Posted on April 21, 2010 by LensLord™

Dancing at the Ball

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

Notice!!! This is a
PARTIAL upload of the interior of the Ball.

The Red Carpet portion is final.
As is the Dancing in the street.

I did expect to be finished with the upload today, but the final uploads should be finished tomorrow.

All the images will be reachable from this location.
The San Diego Fine Arts Society galleries.

And the set of the interior of the Anthology during the event.

And here is the link to
San Diego Fine Art Society

View the entire set..
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S.D.F.A.S. Hollywood Glamor Ball – Ansley Pye and April Game – Dancing on the Street

Posted on April 20, 2010 by LensLord™

Ansley Pye and April Game – Dancing on the Street
S.D.F.A.S. Hollywood Glamor Ball – April 17, 2010

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

This is a very small set of images that we shot out in the street during the evening.

Now I am moving on to the larger set of images shot inside Anthology, during the San Diego Fine Arts Hollywood Glamor Ball.

As these images are being placed on the server, I am editing the other sets that will be going up today.

All the images will be reachable from this location.
The San Diego Fine Arts Society galleries.

This link jumps to the first image in the set.
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San Diego Fine Art Society – Hollywood Glamour Ball – Red Carpet – One Of Four Sets

Posted on April 19, 2010 by LensLord™

San Diego Fine Arts Society – Hollywood Glamour Ball
Red Carpet – One Of Four Sets

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

The Red Carpet portion is now final, moving on to the other sections of this fine event!

Saturday, the 17th of April, The San Diego Fine Arts Society hosted their Hollywood Glamor Ball, red carpet affair. … And a great time was had by all!

I shot this event with two other photographers, Patricia Cabezas, and Cameron Gary. One part of Patricia and Cameron’s duties was shooting the Red Carpet arrivals. This first gallery is the Red Carpet, ONLY, arrivals shot by Cameron and Patricia.

As these images are being placed on the server, I am editing the other sets that will be going up today.

All the images will be reachable from this location.
The San Diego Fine Arts Society galleries.

Concourse d’Elegance – Greystone Mansion – Beverly Hills, April 11, 2010

Posted on April 12, 2010 by LensLord™

Vintage Palm Beach Ferrari

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

The Concourse d’Elegance at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, was a great learning experience with my friend Lois. I learned some things about showing my images to crowds of people. … I sold nothing … But I earned a thousand things that I had not had before. …

I learned that most people like the work I do. They would stand for quite a bit of time and just look at my images, asking a question now and then. … I learned the young people, very young people, would walk by with their hands in their parent’s hands, and say, “Wow! That’s cool.” Even the other artists liked my work, and wondered why they had never seen me before. … All that felt really good.

And a magazine asked for a submission of three images, along with a short article for publication. Great!

And I chose this green Palm Beach labeled Ferrari as the image to go with this post because I think the car is beautiful.

Yellow Flames on Red Rod

Posted on April 9, 2010 by LensLord™

Yellow Flames on Red Rod

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

Sunday the 11th, I will be at the Greystone Mansion Concours d’Elegance in Beverly Hills. I have some framed images and a bunch of prints that will be available.

Saturday, I will be loading in my setup from one to five pm. Then the place will be locked up until Sunday morning. You should check out some of the cars that are going to be there. … With any luck, I will be able to make some contacts to shoot another set of images!

Later.

DeTour Salon – Encinitas, California

Posted on April 9, 2010 by LensLord™

DeTour Salon – Encinitas, California

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

I used to live in Leucadia, Solona Beach, Del Mar, and a couple other places along the coast. One of the places I worked was “Beach And Town Liquor,” a store in Encinitas. So whenever I am coming from somewhere North, towards home in San Diego, I take the beach route, Pacific Coast Highway, old 101, just to look at my old haunts.

This evening I noticed a very pretty addition to Encinitas, next to the place where I used to work. The new place is The De Tour Salon, in Encinitas. I stopped and hauled out some camera gear and took a couple shots of Encinitas. This image is one of the Salon.

The Salon was using a different image that I shot that evening for their Facebook page.

Kicking With Buds And Beers in the Old Oak Tree

Posted on April 9, 2010 by LensLord™

Kicking With Buds And Beers in the Old Oak Tree

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

I like to walk my dog in different places. Part of the reason my dog goes along with me on these walks, is to give me the excuse to go somewhere she has not been.

This day, I took her down to Tecolote Canyon, not far from our normal route, but off the normal path. I was following the sound of laughing, and voices in good humor. The sound was coming from a hidden area. When we moved between trees, and next to the creek, we found six young men drinking beer, and having a good time.

These three were up in the tree, drinking. I thought the light looked very cool, and I asked them whether, or not, I could shoot this image. They said yes.

So here we have three young men, standing in a tree, drinking beer.

Kat on a Cannon

Posted on April 8, 2010 by LensLord™

Kat on a Cannon

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

This is Kat, on a cannon in central area of Old Town San Diego.

This is one of several shoots of beautiful women, who could not enjoy a day like this day was. A warm, beautiful day, walking around in the park with two great women, Kat and Connie, laughing and having a good time.

This was a test of a new lens. I was testing my 85mm f1.2 lens. It turned out be be an excellent lens!

I would do it again. 😉

Abstract of Downtown San Diego, by night.

Posted on April 6, 2010 by LensLord™

Abstract of Downtown San Diego, by night.

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

Sometimes, “You cannot see the forest because of the trees.” Meaning that you are too close to the small details of the larger subject that the small details obscure the big picture.

When someone is telling you that you are too close to something to see it clearly, then the time is here for you to back away from the subject and look at the subject from a distance, gain a new perspective, open your eyes to the new vision, get out of the rut.

This image is a rut changing new perspective vision of San Diego.

Also, sometimes fuzzy logic is better than a clear vision.

We Shall Collect Eggs

Posted on April 5, 2010 by LensLord™

We Shall Collect Eggs

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

It was a fine Sunday. And it was close to egg collecting time.

Here sit the collectors of eggs, prior to the collection.

Cute are they not?

Surfers Shower – A Gentle Rain

Posted on April 5, 2010 by LensLord™

Surfers Shower – A Gentle Rain

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

A shower is always nice, be it a Surfers Shower, or a rain across the land.

The soothing water washes the sand and salt from the surfer. A gentle rain washes the settled dust, and grime from the plant leaves and streets. Rain feels good on the leaves of plants and on the flesh of mankind.

This young man, leaning against the post that supports the shower, is completely relaxed, content, in love with this moment in his life. The not cold, not hot, water courses through his hair, and down his wetsuit, creeping into all the nooks and crannies of his body.

I think I will go take a shower now, lean against the tile, and let the water warm and wash me clean.

Gravid – The Bloom is Gone

Posted on April 4, 2010 by LensLord™

Gravid – The Bloom is Gone

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

Sometimes transition is a hard thing, like this flower, past beauty, now gravid with tomorrows life.

Sunrise, and sunset.

We are the children of those that came before us. With eyes closed we can see backwards, in time, to the very beginning of those lives. We can see their existence as part of our own lives, and now they are gone. Part of our life has ceased being, except as memories already fading. We can no longer smell the flower that was there, or hear the laugh of a father friend.

Look to your children, your friends, and rejoice in the present. Hold them, and love them, for tomorrow they will feel as you do now.

Heading West

Posted on April 4, 2010 by LensLord™

Heading West

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

Heading West is not just a direction on the planet, it is a direction for the future. …

Horace Greeley did say this, “Go West young man, go West!” But, he lifted the intent from John B. L. Soule, an Indiana journalist, phrase, “Go West, young man, and grow up with the country”

To me, Heading West is heading to the future. In this image it is a railroad track leading to clear blue skys, out from under a dark cloud. … But, the track is set, you cannot vary from a track. With luck, our track will lead mankind to the stars.

The Little Boat That Could

Posted on April 3, 2010 by LensLord™

The Little Boat That Could

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

In the past, I have been feeling like this little boat, continually working my little effort, and not seeing much change.

But lately, things have seemed to be moving forward. Once my little boat finally started the mass moving, it is still moving, and all the continued effort seems to be additive, and the movement is accelerating.

Toot, Toot. Throw some more coal onto the fire!

A Finch on a Flower of Green

Posted on April 3, 2010 by LensLord™

A Finch on a Flower of Green

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

Spring is here. Go outside and stand, very quietly, for ten minutes, listening. I just heard, what must be hundreds of, birds singing in every direction my attention was focused. What a wonderful sound.

This image is from the Huntington Botanical Gardens in Pasadena. In the image is a little red headed House Finch for you to compare colors. The flowers are that color green, and beautiful.

This is in the cactus gardens, and they have separated planted areas of these kinds of flowering plants. Each of the areas has flowers of one color. Blues, greens, yellows. … Of them all, the blues and the greens caught my eyes most.

Two Dogs, Two Shadows, Footprints, and the Sea

Posted on April 2, 2010 by LensLord™

Two Dogs, Two Shadows, Footprints, and the Sea

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

One day a friend, Margaret, called. She wanted to take her dogs for a walk on Coronado Islands Dog beach.

This is an image from that day. … Two happy dogs walking, and playing on the beach.

You can see; it was a beautiful day.

The Dancer With Lively Eyes, as the Lonely Boy Watches

Posted on April 2, 2010 by LensLord™

The Dancer With Lively Eyes,
as the Lonely Boy Watches

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

This is one of my favorite images. Here, we are at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park, San Diego, on the occasion of the Organs 90th birthday.

These dancers were part of the celebration.

The young woman looking at the camera point of view is the only girl looking our way, and she is smiling, proud, happy, dancing for us. I was lucky enough in framing the one young woman against the only birthday balloons that were flying stage left. In the background, through the window, peeks someone. I choose to see the person as a small boy that yearns for the dancer’s heart, but it could, just as easily, be the Instructor, Choreographer, watching the movements of her pupils.

Either way, I love this image because of the eyes of the young woman. You should really view the larger size image to see the emotion of the young woman.

Big Red 1938 Ford Truck

Posted on April 1, 2010 by LensLord™

Big Red 1938 Ford Truck

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

This is a really cool 1938 Ford truck.

A few people will not like that I am in the image as a reflection, but, in this image, I did that on purpose. It was a way of taking credit for my work. … Next time, I will take two versions of the image, one with me, and one without me. Options are always good.

That is the way I shoot images. I do the homework first, planing all the shots I intend shooting, and then I shoot those shots, and I am open for unexpected shots that are sometimes very interesting. … After the shoot, and after the editing, I reconstruct what the shoot became, and adjust for the next shoot.

Jewel – Crystalline Ice Plant.

Posted on April 1, 2010 by LensLord™

Jewel – Crystalline Ice Plant.

[by Jack Foster Mancilla]

This is a dead flower. 🙂 … Pretty, isn’t it?

Mesembryanthemum crystallinum – Crystalline Ice Plant – (Aizoaceae) – common ice plant – Native of South Africa, but, living on Fiesta Island in San Diego. It has been used as a landscape ornamental and is named for the small glistening vesicles that cover its leaves and stems.

This was shot in the very late afternoon, almost sunset, and the sun was very low, streaming through the crystalline vesicles that caught my attention while I was walking around with my macro lens on my camera. I have some other images of the plant with its beautiful small white flowers. … Oh, and by the way, you can eat this plant, leaves and all.