Red Salon
April 30, 2008 | Filed Under Recapture in the News | Leave a Comment
This week our friend Jeff asked us to be a part of a lunch group that gets together once a quarter here in Atlanta. Jeff has started this group and we are so happy to know about it. Salon refers to a gathering of men and women to participate in formal and/or informal discussion centered around a specific topic. In this case it’s a group of artists, musicians, leaders, business men and women as well as pastors that meet at One Midtown Kitchen for lunch. Then they have guests speak about current projects to bring awareness followed by a speaker. We were one of the guests speaking about Recapture. We loved sharing our passion with around 80 in attendance. We also brought our work to share with them.
Then Donald Miller (author of: Blue Like Jazz) was the speaker. He kept us thinking and laughing the entire time. He spoke on story and how each us have one. I thought about how, as photographers, Katie and I both enjoy capturing that story. Whether the people we capture are in a wonderful chapter of their life that is about a new addition to the family or a union of two. Or a chapter that is about rebuilding and restoration. Also what a privilege that we have, that people want us to come into their lives to document those chapters.
We were thrilled to be a part of this quarter’s lunch and look forward to being involved with these leaders and visionaries of Atlanta.
The group arriving and Recapture’s work.
Jeff talking to the group.
Don speaking to us after lunch.
How one sees color…
April 29, 2008 | Filed Under Chiang Mai, Thailand | Leave a Comment
We often think that first thing a person notices is light and then color. While in Thailand we had healthy combinations of both as we explored the country. In response to the last post I am going to give you a glimpse of what is around us before the shudders snaps.
We are back in Chiang Mai at the saa paper shop that we spent some time at. It was two story building with no pavement parking lot, no shopping carts to carry your paper away in. It was rather simple and large. The second floor was nothing but rows and rows of various saa paper. Some were made into books for journaling others into photo albums. But near the back was a quite a lot of stack of flat sheets in varying sizes, thickness, and colors. As we walked by we were both pretty exhausted from a long day of seeing a few market places. Katie saw these stack and took the camera and started firing away. This is the outcome:
You can see by this picture and the two at the end of the last post. She was seeing the combination of light and colors. There is almost a symphony if you look and listen.
Oh the colors you will see!
April 23, 2008 | Filed Under Chiang Mai, Thailand | 1 Comment
There is something beautiful about the way light is perceived by the human eye. There are a series of rods and cones inside your eye that interprets the shades and intensity of color. It then relays the information to the brain in an instant! It is also something to think that the way dyes and inks work to give color to a white object. We saw plenty of items that dyes were used to give items a rich, vibrant look. Below is an example of fabric being sold on a busy shopping street in Chiang Mai.
Then we saw a beautiful example of color in an array of umbrellas in the umbrella making region of Chiang Mai. These smaller umbrellas were all lined up outside in the sunlight to allow the glue and additional dye to dry. I love the way Katie filled up the frame and the way she composed it.
Below is details of one of the larger umbrellas that I did. This really shows you the vibrant reds they used as the sun was shining right behind it. These umbrellas are unique in the fabric used. It is the hand-made saa paper made just for umbrellas. We will have more pictures of the labor used in making these. There were umbrellas there made of fabric as well.
Here are some examples of the vibrant saa paper sold in the saa paper market district. When I talk about regions and districts, I am not exaggerating. There are areas outside of Chiang Mai that have quite a few paper makers and sellers, or umbrella makers and markets, or wood makers. They are like a collection of streets that would have the same trade competing with each other for the same product all in one place. Kind of nice. You don’t have to drive everywhere to compare quality and stock. Its all done right there. I will share more with you about saa paper later.
