Asian Lantern Festival 2023

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Cabin Fever July 2021 Models

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I recently attended a photographer / model networking event. The models walked around the East Bank of the Flats, posing for photos while the photographers jockeyed for position. Cleveland photographer, Sam Young (@sam.young.studios on IG) organized the event.

People pictures are generally outside of my comfort zone, but I wanted to stretch myself. Working with models who know how to pose is much easier than photographing people who haven’t modeled. I haven’t worked on directing the models poses yet - that is still out of my comfort zone.

Below are the edits of my best shots from the evening.

Face Masks Available for Purchase

Need clothe face masks?...I just finished uploading a bunch of new abstract photos to my store. There are a variety of colors and styles using my photos as the image - a few examples below. FineArtAmerica charges $12 and I've added $1 to the cost. For every mask sold I will donate that dollar + 1 of my own to Restaurant Employee Relief Fund (https://rerf.us/)

Link to my store

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/adam-kilbourne/shop/face+masks

Kelby World Wide Photo Walk | Sunrise Cleveland

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Saturday morning I participated in my fifth (maybe sixth) World Wide Photo Walk hosted by KelbyOne. The past couple years I went to the evening walks that included fire dancers, but this year I decided to do the sunrise walk. The sky didn’t fully cooperate, but we did have one nice cloud that turned a bright salmon color. The walk (meet-up) was at Voinovich Bicentennial Park in downtown Cleveland.

Land Before Time

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Nelson-Kennedy Ledges State Park

The past weekend I visited this park for the first time. I only hiked the blue trail - the easiest - but spent a couple hours photographing the rock formations that are among the few outcrops in northern Ohio still exposed to view. Most of the outcrops have been covered with soil and rock left by receding glaciers.

The sandstone cliff formations resulted from the forces of erosion--wind, water freezing and thawing--that wore away at the softer rock layers. As these soft layers eroded, large blocks of rock called slump blocks fell away leaving more resistant layers to form ledges above.

Water Lantern Festival - Cleveland

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Went to the Water Lantern Festival last night hoping to get some nice photos. The weather was great after the sun went down, but the breeze was blowing in off the lake. The lanterns were blown into the boardwalk rather than out into the contained area of the lake. Organizers did a nice job with the festival - food trucks, music, and the lanterns. The lanterns were launched on ramps because of the height of the boardwalk area. A launch area was set up using pool noodles to create a "fence". All lanterns were collected after the event.

Close ups of my decorated lantern

Woodland Express at the Holden Arboretum

A beautiful display at the @holdenarb featuring “botanical architecture” made from leaves, twigs, and other natural materials by @Applied.Imagination, a Kentucky-based firm that has been producing award-winning garden railroad exhibits for decades. The Woodland Express features replicas of three Ashtabula County covered bridges – Harpersfield, Riverdale and Doyle.

https://www.holdenarb.org/woodland-express-model-garden-railroad-exhibit/

Cleveland Models

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I don’t photograph people very often, but I stepped out of my comfort zone this week. Thank you @Sam.Young.Studios for organizing a great event in The Flats. The models were fantastic.

Cleveland Metroparks Asian Lantern Festival - 2019

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Hundreds of lanterns are placed across several destinations of the Zoo including the Welcome Plaza, African Savanna, Wilderness Trek, Asian Highlands, Waterfowl Lake and more. This year’s festival features more than 40 all-new, large-scaled illuminated displays featuring hundreds of individual and interactive lanterns. These include a walk-through 100 foot long shark tunnel, 30 foot tall giant panda and an expansive display of Chinese pagodas.

Orchid Mania Part II

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I went back Wednesday evening and got some shots using my tripod.

Orchid Mania at Cleveland Botanical Gardens

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