BPG Fall Show 2020

DOWNTOWN GALLERY 2020 FALL SHOW Featuring photography by the Booth Photography Guild *Images do not include framing details except outside dimensions Questions: Call Melissa Tanner 770-387-4330 Or visit the Downtown Gallery 13 N. Wall Street, Cartersville, GA 30120

“Lemon Lady” – Peri Alpin 12h x 15w $125.00 On the big island of Hawaii, in Hilo, there is a fabulous farmers market every Saturday. We would go pick up our fresh fruits, vegetables and other unique finds. This particular Saturday, we saw “Lemon Lady” dressed for success. She was so serious and not about to let me take her picture. So, I had to stand back in the crowd and click when she didn’t expect it. We did buy lemons.

“Cowboy” – Lawrence Baker 18.5h x 22.5w $275.00 I took this shot at Greer Farm, Ga in 2017. I had taken a multitude of photos of people dressed as cowboys and cowgirls, but none had captivated me. For unclear reasons, I started narrowing my focus by aiming my lens to just a small part of the scene. Finally, I focused in on one of the cowboy workman’s gloves. What struck me initially was its simplicity, the contrast in colors and texture and the diagonal lines. Ultimately, I decided the color was distracting and turned it into a monochrome image to emphasize the texture, tonal contrast and the lines. I also altered the background to additionally separate the foreground and background. Not seeing the full human figure in my mind adds some mystery to the photo, allowing the viewer to interpret as she or he sees fit.

“Notre Dame Cathedral”- Lawrence Baker 27h x 34w $425.00 Notre Dame Cathedral, Montreal Canada: This photo was taken in Montreal at the end of the famed Notre Dame Cathedral light show. During the show itself, which literally was awe inspiring, photography was prohibited. However, at the end, the cathedral remained emblazoned in colorful light. In front of me was an artist’s canvas with various tints and shades of blue, contrasting with the gold/green background behind the darkened saints. The scene was jaw dropping. I only had a small travel camera. I quickly got out of my seat, stationed myself in the center aisle, pointed my camera toward the chancel area in the front of the church, held my camera as still as possible and clicked. My hope is that you experience the grandeur of the moment as I did when I clicked the shutter button.

“Manatee Springs Reflection” - Richard Beavers 27h x 34w $425.00 Photograph was taken at Manatee Springs State Park located in Chiefland, Florida on October 22, 2019 “Spring in the Garden” – Richard Beavers 20h x 24w $125.00 Photograph was taken on April 22, 2020 at Gibbs Garden located in Ball Ground, Georgia.

“Bridge to Nowhere” – Cherry Blaker, 26.5h x 20.5w $150.00 Photography has been one of my hobbies for a number of years now. In 2019, we visited family in my home state of Oklahoma. We stopped to investigate this bridge near Muskogee. It is no longer in use for cars, only for pedestrians. It doesn't lead anywhere once you get to the other side, so you have to turn around and walk back. I thought it was an interesting old bridge, even on a cloudy and gloomy day.

“Cable Mill” – Cherry Blaker Cable Mill: 21h x 27w $150.00 We have visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park several times over the years. This mill is in Cades Cove. I am always intrigued by water powered mills and I just like the way they look. They are relics of our past, so I love to photograph them.

“Industrial Art” - Scott Blaker Industrial Art 27h x 21w $200.00 I’ve always been fascinated by simply functional design that displays a serendipitous artistic dimension. For example, this drawbridge counterweight at Fort Pulaski is far more interesting as three stacked and unevenly-oxidized spheres than it would have been had it been cast as one solid block of iron.

“Needles” – Scott Blaker Needles 27h x 21w $150.00 The Needles area of Canyonlands National Park is so-named because of the abundance of cedar mesa sandstone spires that dot the landscape.

“Morning Has Broken” – Bob Caspar 20h x 26w $175.00 This Image, entitled MORNING HAS BROKEN, was made early in the morning in July 2020 from my front porch. The sun had just risen and was hiding in the cloud cover. You could tell there was a beautiful day on its way. Canon EOS 6DII, 24-70mm F4/L, ISO-100 1/125sec. I live in Chatsworth, Georgia on a top of a mountain, with my wife Kathi, and our two dogs, Abby & Cooper. We are retired & spend our time hiking, traveling, and enjoying our lives. We moved to Georgia from New York City in 2000 and lived in Canton until 2018 when we moved to our former weekend home in Chatsworth. My wife is a watercolor painter and has many of her works on exhibit in the North Georgia area. I took up digital photography in early 2017, after having been away from film photography for many years. My images have been displayed in the Gilmer Arts & Heritage Association, The Cherokee County Arts Center, The Murray County Council, The Georgia Marble Festival, The Harris Arts Center in Calhoun, The Downtown Gallery in Cartersville, The Blue Ridge Mountains Art Association and the Booth Western Museum in Cartersville, GA.

“Waterwheel” – Bob Caspar 22h x 28w $175.00 This Image, entitled WATERWHEEL, was made just outside Ellijay, Georgia in early October. The light was just right and the foliage was at its peak color. Canon Powershot SX160 IS, f/4, ISO-125, 1/60 sec. I live in Chatsworth, Georgia on a top of a mountain, with my wife Kathi, and our two dogs, Abby & Cooper. We are retired & spend our time hiking, traveling, and enjoying our lives. We moved to Georgia from New York City in 2000 and lived in Canton until 2018 when we moved to our former weekend home in Chatsworth. My wife is a watercolor painter and has many of her works on exhibit in the North Georgia area. I took up digital photography in early 2017, after having been away from film photography for many years. My images have been displayed in the Gilmer Arts & Heritage Association, The Cherokee County Arts Center, The Murray County Council, The Georgia Marble Festival, The Harris Arts Center in Calhoun, The Downtown Gallery in Cartersville, The Blue Ridge Mountains Art Association and the Booth Western Museum in Cartersville, GA.

“Blue Ridge Magnolia” – Linda Coatsworth 22h x 18w 195.00 A quick shot as we were walking in to the Art Center in Blue Ridge, a wonderful historic structure that embodies art and learning, a must see in Blue Ridge, Georgia

“Matchstick Magnolia” – Linda Coatsworth 24h x 20w $195.00 My love for Magnolias brings me to this converted color to B/W, seeking the simplicity of the image, working toward what Ansel would be looking for in the shadows and the highlights.

“Saskatchewan Landing” – Lyle Currier 22h x 27w $195.00 “Saskatchewan Landing”, is an image shot on the South Saskatchewan River near the town of Cabri, SK. The provincial motto, “Land of Living Skies” was abundantly on display this day after a storm front had passed through, leaving lovely clouds for a long and lingering sunset.

“Waterton Gateway” – Lyle Currier 22h x 27w $195.00 “Waterton Gateway” is a late summer image of upper Waterton Lake in the Canadian National Park of the same name. I took this shot on a hill above the lake and the (hidden) townsite of Waterton, looking at Montana at the far end of the lake. We had been traveling all day, without knowing if we would get to this location before sunset. It turns out that we made it just right.

“Dancer in the Stairwell” – Heather Finley 25.5h x 21.5w $150.00 I have been trying to expand my knowledge of photoshop this year and this is one of the first images I tried out some new editing options. It is titled “Dancing in the Stairwell”. The image was captured at Lindale Mill in Lindale Georgia. This is an awesome location for photo shoots. I made color adjustments on this photo using textures, one of which was an old sheet of music and a color look up adjustment layer. I love the way it changed the skin tone. I hope you enjoy the image as much as I do.

“Taking a Drink” – Heather Finley 20h x 24w $150.00 Equine photography will always be my passion. This image is titled “Taking a Drink”. it was captured at a Phyllis Burchett photography workshop at Greer Farm in Georgia. Interaction between horses and horse and rider are the things I like to photograph. In this image I also liked the swish of the paints tail causing the water to splash around the group. Sometimes it is little things like that which really add the touch needed to make an image.

“Keep On Truckin” – Clay Fisher 19h x 25w $350.00 ‘Keep On Truckin’ was taken on a return trip to Joshua Tree National Park in 2019. Returning to the park nine years after my initial visit spawned new inspiration and a curiosity to explore other sections of the park not previously visited. This old truck is located off the Baker Dam Road trail where it and other rusting automobiles and a crumbling house remain to this day. The opportunity to revisit the park and combine images from my original trip has resulted in greater appreciation for this unique and diverse desert region that is treasured as one of my most favorite of all U.S. National Parks.

“Male House Finch” – Clay Fisher 21h x17w $250.00 ‘Male House Finch’ was taken in the spring of this year shortly after COVID-19 was officially classified as a pandemic. I felt that combining the photograph of the bird along with a textured background would create the ideal mood and personal emotions I was experiencing at that moment. I find the end result somewhat poignant as it serves as a metaphor in our longing and necessity to still find beauty in the mist of darkness and sometimes loneliness that shrouds us during this challenging time.

“Honduran Farmer” – Daniel Gelineau 23.5h x 19.5 $275.00 Our mission in La Ceibita on Flower Mountain is to bring the Word of Jesus to the Toulapan Indians, up on the mountaintop above the clouds. We bring food and clothing for the people and also serve the people of the area by working alongside Pastor Luis Romero, building homes, doing repairs and going from home to home visiting. We just show the love of Jesus to the people. One morning while out visiting in the village, the women of this house came out to greet us, and this gentleman followed them out. He was standing there in the light, and me with my camera, I was thinking photo-op! I pointed to my camera and then pointed to him and I said, “photo?” He nodded yes, posed and it was one and done!

“On A Mission” – Daniel Gelaneau 20h x 26w $275.00 Once a year for nine days our church travels to Flower Mountain from late June through the first week of July in the outback country of Honduras. The main roads are not great, the secondary roads are less desirable and the roads to Flower Mountain are rutted dirt roads, like the one in this image, we travel through small villages, and in many places we drive through shallow rivers. If there has been a lot of rain recently we have to wait for the waters to recede in order to proceed. I was a passenger being bounced around in the front seat of the last truck of the caravan. It was difficult to take an in focus picture with a DSLR camera. So I grabbed my iPhone 8 and captured this one. This jpeg was developed in Lightroom Classic using all kinds of sliders to get this effect!

“Approaching Storm” – Sally Hale 19h x 22w $300.00 Winter waters seem to convey a feeling of the sea’s impatience for summer’s return – to a time of warm breezes and the sound of children laughing along the shore. Cape Sand Blas, February, 2020

“Asian Brown Wood Owl” -Sally Hale 22h x 19w $300.00 “Asian Brown Wood Owl” This image was taken at the Center for Birds of Prey in Awendaw, South Carolina. One of the larger species of owls, these are large powerful birds that fly swiftly and silently through the forests. They are very agile fliers within dense woodland. November, 2019.

“Old Friends” – Dean Kelley 24h x 30w $300.00 This may well be the last fifteen minutes of fame for these two motor cars. They have provided at least two services or maybe three in their lifetime. Transportation for someone, target practice for vandals and gratification for me to photograph. They appear to be timeless. We know that rust will finally take its toll.

“Tate Depot” – Dean Kelley 24h x 30w $275.00 Many travelers had to have passed through these doors. I am sure talking walls would tell some tales. I love the architecture of train stations. There is something magic to me about an old depot. Depot came into English from the French word dépôt, meaning \"a deposit, place of deposit.

“Autumn” – Ron Lee 22h x 26w $$125.00 Autumn: This photo was taken at Allatoona Pass in July of 2020. I saw a video on how to transform a summer landscape photo into an autumn photo using a photo editor. After many hours of trial and error, I came up with this picture.

“Lightning” – Ron Lee 20h x 26w $125.00 Lightning: This photo was taken at the Bethany Bridge leading into Red Top Mountain Sate Park in July of 2020. My wife and I were there hoping to get a picture of the recent comet passing. A lightning storm began to start up off in the distance. I pointed the camera in the direction of the storm, set the camera for a 30 second exposure and kept taking pictures, one after the other. After a dozen tries, I was able to capture this one. The streaks of lights in the middle of the picture are actually cars passing over the bridge.

“The Single Life” – Julie Low 34 x 34 $1,200.00 Capturing this beautiful image was the easy part. The robin female and her male counterpart worked together for two to six days to create this stunning nest, which was artfully constructed and oh so carefully woven. Several weeks later, their family arrived. It is a lesson in the amazement of nature, the importance of working together, and the virtue of family. Curator’s Choice “There is a very high level of detail, which provides richness to the overall image. The artist’s use of negative space is strong and impactful, drawing the viewer in. Their use of color directs the viewer’s gaze to the blue egg, which has been set to just off center, which helps make the still life feel dynamic”. Sam Gerace, Curator of photography at The Booth Western Art Museum.

“Machine Moxie” – Julie Low 36h x 27w $950.00 Since the machine age, man and machine have long coexisted to rapidly accelerate processes and speed up efficiencies. When the effects of weather, time, and nature’s own processes enter the mix, the machine halts and transforms into a \"machine aged.” The once-shiny metals and bright paint take on beautiful subdued textures and hues that earn our respect and lay bare that it is so nice that she can finally rest.

“Last Wagon Stop” -Leslie McCrary 25.5h x 31.5w $300.00 Virginia City, Montana was a colorful old mining town that prospered and then died when the gold ran out. This old wagon probably hauled supplies to the town at one time. It served its purpose and was left to drop where it stopped. All that is left now are its bones and imagined stories it might tell.

“Lighting the Way West” -Leslie McCrary 25.5h x 31.5w $300.00 There are lots of pieces of history tucked behind buildings and hidden by sage brush in Wyoming and Montana. This lantern is hanging on a wagon that made the trip West over a hundred years or more ago. I liked the color of the rusted lantern and the texture of the old wagon wood and wondered about the people it might have led to this place in Wyoming.

“Black Holes Squared” – Kelly Mills 25 x 25 $200.00 Black Holes Squared is a study in gray values, with the dark tires emerging from black shadows. From a formal standpoint, they are circles squared. This is a silver-gelatin, fiber-based print, made in a darkroom from a film negative taken with a Hasselblad camera, which produces a square image.

“Book of Changes” – Kelly Mills 25 x 25 $200.00 Book of Changes draws upon the random nature of the I Ching, opening itself to the viewer’s interpretations. This, too, is a silver-gelatin, fiber-based print made from a film negative.

“Yellowstone Waterfall” – Jim Owens 31h x 25w $250.00 There are many, many places of beauty in Yellowstone National Park. One of my favorites to shoot is the Lower Falls of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. The canyon is breathtaking by itself, but add a couple of waterfalls and it is beyond amazing. On bright, sunshiny days you hope to catch a rainbow in the mist of the falls. The sunlight was milky this day, but it gave the rocks and mist an otherworldly glow.

“Icelandic Highway” – Walter Perrott 21h x 28w $375.00 We flew in Reykjavík Iceland, rented a car and immediately hit the road. Just over the hill, this landscape loomed large before us. The rain saturated colors, Icelandic topography and atmosphere provided by the temporary break in the storm, demanded our attention. This was our first encounter with the Icelandic landscape having just left the city. What a fantastic beginning to our 10-day Icelandic photographic journey along the southern coast of Iceland in September.

“Running Water” – Evelyn Pesirri 21.5h x 12w $100.00 I took this photograph at Wild Kingdom, my home in south Dekalb County After feeding the horses, I noted the overflow and cursed that I had Ieft the water running. But, I noted the light—ahh, the light! I left the water running minutes longer and headed for the house to get my camera. Once again, photography helped me see.

“Spigot” – Evelyn Pessiri 23h x 18.5w $160.00 I took this photograph at an abandoned barn in south Dekalb County. I will leave it at that because I was trespassing. I was drawn by the age of the spigot, the simplicity, and the colors.

“Wondercamp” – John Pless 23.5h x 19.5w $110.00 I was in backpacking in Canyonlands Needles District last October. I was up late doing some night photography and was trying to work out the small hill as a foreground for the stars. The next morning, I was up early and saw the wonderful light on this same hill. It was much more photogenic in the daylight than it was at night. When I found this dead tree I knew that I needed to try and get the two elements together in a shot. After several shots and nothing that I was happy with I got this composition.

“God Bless America” – Chrystyl Shanks 17.5h x14.5w $100.00 This photo was such a lucky shot. I was on the boat heading to Liberty Island to see the statue for the first time. The sun was high, and all I wanted was to get a good shot with the sun and the statue. The boat was moving and it was crowded. I took a series of photos as the sun got closer to the statue, then finally it lit the torch.

“Niagara Falls” – Chrystyl Shanks 15h x 18w $100.00 As an autumn lover, my husband and I decided to take a vacation in October. This was my first visit to Niagara Falls and I fell in love. The sounds of the falls flowing, the winds whispering in my ears, the mist that touched my face was so refreshing, all mixed with the beautiful autumn colors.

“Light Designs” - Stella Spyrou 20 x 20 $250.00 This is an image of the bridge at the Sweetwater Creek State Park. Its structure creates beautiful shadows at certain time of the day creating different shapes with light. Although the bridge and the trees in the background provide some color, I believe that the black and white better emphasizes the lines of the structure and their shadows.

“Yellow Daisies” – Stella Spyrou 16h x 20w $215.00 Flowers are one of my favorite subjects to photograph. I don’t need to go far to find them since my yard is full of beautiful flowers from Spring to Fall. These daisies were in a pot on the front steps adding some color to the gray walls! To better demonstrate the contrast between the colorful flowers and the dark background, I had the image printed on aluminum.

“Last Roses of Summer” – Pat Stephenson 26h x 20w $150.00 Still life images are mostly meant to capture a mood or a memory. This photograph brings the memory of a poem by Irish poet, Thomas Moore. “The Last Rose of Summer” was written by him in 1805. It is wistfully reflective of life passing. I gathered the roses and fallen petals and arranged this composition with weathered wood and a dusty antique window with peeling paint. After capturing the image, I noticed a Japanese Beetle on the uppermost bloom.

“Standing Watch” - Simon Towns 19.5h x 16.5w $100.00 Standing Watch: I was on a hike in Scotland last summer and found a small cemetery overlooking a gorge. The gate was locked so my only choice was to climb the wall - I saw this statue in the middle of the gravesites. She was mesmerizing - soulful, weathered, alone - so I took this shot. It is one of my favorites from that trip.

“Weathered” – Simon Towns 15h x 17.5w $100.00 Weathered: Hiking in the backwoods of Colorado to an abandoned mine, I found what remained of this large tree marking the beginning of a trail. The contrast expressed in the gnarled wood appealed to me - the twists and turns of life.

“Coastal Village” - Christine Zahniser Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia Canada (2019) 22h x 27.5w 200.00 I first visited this small fishing village on a photography workshop in the fall of 2014. I was struck by the peacefulness of this village. In 2019 I returned to Blue Rocks, and spent a morning capturing the beauty and quiet once again. Very little had changed in five years – the colorful buildings, the blue boats, the wooden dock. The scene continues to radiate a sense of serenity and timelessness. I am pleased to share the peace and tranquility of this coastal village with others.

This exhibit of photographic images by: The Booth Photography Guild Will be shown at the gallery until January 2021. Questions: Call Melissa Tanner 770-387-4330 or visit The Downtown Gallery 13 N. Wall Street, Cartersville, GA 30120