194. Movie Theater Marquee - February 25-March 4, 2017
Byron-
OK, it was my theme and I misinterpreted what a movie marquee is. I beg your forgiveness. I was thinking the marquee was the big sign, usually vertical, that shows the name of the movie theater. I stand corrected. My photo is a bit unusual for me. I normally put the subject up front and big. This time it is in the background. I was trying to show a celebration of movies and movie theaters. In the foreground is a statue of Buddy Rogers playing a trombone in front of the Mary Pickford Theater. Buddy Rogers was Mary Pickford's husband. It is appropriate that he is tooting his own horn for her. The palm trees give it an additional Hollywood look. Another first for me was to use the built in, pop up flash to enhance the foreground. It gives the statue a bit of a highlight.
I had a polarizing filter on the lens, ISO 200, f8, 1/80 sec
OK, it was my theme and I misinterpreted what a movie marquee is. I beg your forgiveness. I was thinking the marquee was the big sign, usually vertical, that shows the name of the movie theater. I stand corrected. My photo is a bit unusual for me. I normally put the subject up front and big. This time it is in the background. I was trying to show a celebration of movies and movie theaters. In the foreground is a statue of Buddy Rogers playing a trombone in front of the Mary Pickford Theater. Buddy Rogers was Mary Pickford's husband. It is appropriate that he is tooting his own horn for her. The palm trees give it an additional Hollywood look. Another first for me was to use the built in, pop up flash to enhance the foreground. It gives the statue a bit of a highlight.
I had a polarizing filter on the lens, ISO 200, f8, 1/80 sec
Kevin-
So Byron designated the theme Movie Theater Marquee. I had an idea but I first wanted to reference a specific definition of “marquee” which is “A sign usually over the entrance of a theater or arena that displays the names of featured attractions and principal performers." Well in that sense at least traditional marquees are less common as in this digital phone and tablet era it seems like theaters devote less and less space to promoting the titles and stars of their shows (it’s all online) and simply designing impressive buildings and entrances instead.
Which was fine with me.
Then I saw the weather report which said it was going to rain on Monday night. The rest of the week? Completely dry. I knew how great the reflections of the building and lights would look on the sidewalk area out side of the entrance, so I scrambled to capture my shot that night.
In Rancho Mirage, just a few miles from Palm Springs there is an outdoor shopping and entertainment mall called “The River”, notable for the artificial river that flows around the buildings. There I walked in the pouring rain to "CENTURY THEATERS AT THE RIVER" which was my destination marquee.
Nikon D4s, mounted on a Manfrotto Carbon One 440 tripod with an Aractech ball head. 14-24mm f/2.8 lens attached and set to 20mm to start, ISO 800, exposure of f/8 at 1.3 seconds. I zoomed the lens wider during the final 1/3 second of each exposure to get the light streaks.
I was happy that my camera and lens are basically weather proof. I only wish the same thing was true about me.
So Byron designated the theme Movie Theater Marquee. I had an idea but I first wanted to reference a specific definition of “marquee” which is “A sign usually over the entrance of a theater or arena that displays the names of featured attractions and principal performers." Well in that sense at least traditional marquees are less common as in this digital phone and tablet era it seems like theaters devote less and less space to promoting the titles and stars of their shows (it’s all online) and simply designing impressive buildings and entrances instead.
Which was fine with me.
Then I saw the weather report which said it was going to rain on Monday night. The rest of the week? Completely dry. I knew how great the reflections of the building and lights would look on the sidewalk area out side of the entrance, so I scrambled to capture my shot that night.
In Rancho Mirage, just a few miles from Palm Springs there is an outdoor shopping and entertainment mall called “The River”, notable for the artificial river that flows around the buildings. There I walked in the pouring rain to "CENTURY THEATERS AT THE RIVER" which was my destination marquee.
Nikon D4s, mounted on a Manfrotto Carbon One 440 tripod with an Aractech ball head. 14-24mm f/2.8 lens attached and set to 20mm to start, ISO 800, exposure of f/8 at 1.3 seconds. I zoomed the lens wider during the final 1/3 second of each exposure to get the light streaks.
I was happy that my camera and lens are basically weather proof. I only wish the same thing was true about me.
Paul-
This is a picture of venerable Joyo Theatre. You’ll find it here in Lincoln, but it wasn’t erected here. Nor was it moved here. It was built in “Havelock,” a small town in its own right, in 1928. Havelock was annexed by Lincoln two years later. (The area, in far north Lincoln, still bears the name Havelock and I doubt anyone living in its neighborhoods would have it any other way.)
The theatre—which is, alas, the only independently run one left in Lincoln—open as the Lyric Theatre and took its current name in 1937. It still runs movies, but is also used for live performances and various community events. I did a little research and apparently a 2000 indie film called “The Truth About Tully” has a couple of scenes which includes the Joyo. Film students use it for location shots as well.
Befitting a movie theatre of its age (if not grandeur), I shot this picture in B&W. Like last week, the only thing I used Lightroom for was cropping and adding a watermark. And, like last week, I imported the image as a .jpg into NIK Silver Efex Pro 2. I steered clear of a faux selenium tint this time and opted for a pre-set that was more coffee-like in color (almost but not quite sepia, with cream and sugar). From the pre-set library I also give it the film appearance NIK calls “Fine Art Process.” I felt it gave the picture less of a slick, contemporary look. There is also a slight “Burn Edges” option which provides a bit of a vignette without being so obvious about it. I used that, too. I boosted the mid-tones and shadows slightly and, finally, used a “control point”—somewhat similar to the brush work you can do in Lightroom—to provide just a bit more detail in the entryway.
I shot the picture when the theatre was closed. I’d like to go back one day and see is the lobby has changed since I was last there in 1990.
I’m ready for my metadata, Mr. Ziegfeld!: (3/1/17 10:29AM) Nikon D5200; 55-200mm focused at 80mm; ISO 1250; 1/2500 sec. at f/13; -2/3 EV; aperture priority; matrix metered; Auto WB. The camera was hand-held and my fingers were as cold as the “Architect”—the character in the last two Matrix movies (played by Helmut Bakaitis).
This is a picture of venerable Joyo Theatre. You’ll find it here in Lincoln, but it wasn’t erected here. Nor was it moved here. It was built in “Havelock,” a small town in its own right, in 1928. Havelock was annexed by Lincoln two years later. (The area, in far north Lincoln, still bears the name Havelock and I doubt anyone living in its neighborhoods would have it any other way.)
The theatre—which is, alas, the only independently run one left in Lincoln—open as the Lyric Theatre and took its current name in 1937. It still runs movies, but is also used for live performances and various community events. I did a little research and apparently a 2000 indie film called “The Truth About Tully” has a couple of scenes which includes the Joyo. Film students use it for location shots as well.
Befitting a movie theatre of its age (if not grandeur), I shot this picture in B&W. Like last week, the only thing I used Lightroom for was cropping and adding a watermark. And, like last week, I imported the image as a .jpg into NIK Silver Efex Pro 2. I steered clear of a faux selenium tint this time and opted for a pre-set that was more coffee-like in color (almost but not quite sepia, with cream and sugar). From the pre-set library I also give it the film appearance NIK calls “Fine Art Process.” I felt it gave the picture less of a slick, contemporary look. There is also a slight “Burn Edges” option which provides a bit of a vignette without being so obvious about it. I used that, too. I boosted the mid-tones and shadows slightly and, finally, used a “control point”—somewhat similar to the brush work you can do in Lightroom—to provide just a bit more detail in the entryway.
I shot the picture when the theatre was closed. I’d like to go back one day and see is the lobby has changed since I was last there in 1990.
I’m ready for my metadata, Mr. Ziegfeld!: (3/1/17 10:29AM) Nikon D5200; 55-200mm focused at 80mm; ISO 1250; 1/2500 sec. at f/13; -2/3 EV; aperture priority; matrix metered; Auto WB. The camera was hand-held and my fingers were as cold as the “Architect”—the character in the last two Matrix movies (played by Helmut Bakaitis).
Jerry-
I did some Googling for some of my favorite theaters (Heights, Edina) and was sad that they have replaced their old marquees with modern versions along with freshened exteriors. I was also lazy and decided to go modern and nearby with this photo of the Brooklyn Center Regal 20.
Camera was the Sony A6300 with 16-50mm set to 24mm. Exposure was 1/125 @ f11, ISO 3200, Aperture priority, -1 step exposure bias.
I did some Googling for some of my favorite theaters (Heights, Edina) and was sad that they have replaced their old marquees with modern versions along with freshened exteriors. I was also lazy and decided to go modern and nearby with this photo of the Brooklyn Center Regal 20.
Camera was the Sony A6300 with 16-50mm set to 24mm. Exposure was 1/125 @ f11, ISO 3200, Aperture priority, -1 step exposure bias.