Month: July 2021

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Hair-boosting videos these as ‘Horror of Dracula’ on faucet at the Gateway
Christopher Lee stars as "The Mummy," screening Aug. 20. 21 and 22 at the Gateway Film Center.

From the early 1930s by the mid-1950s, Common Shots solidified its status as Hollywood’s major manufacturing unit for horror with a collection of a lot-lauded, black-and-white monster videos, including “Dracula” with Bela Lugosi and “Frankenstein” with Boris Karloff.

Then, toward the tail end of Universal’s heyday, a new child on the horror block emerged — one with a distinctively British accent. 

In 1957, London-primarily based Hammer Movies Productions started churning out its possess sequence of horror films. Several showcased the identical established of famous people as the previously Common movies, but Hammer’s technique was bold, bloody and brash — and boasted opulent color photography to boot.

Horror aficionados have prolonged debated which studios’ releases are much more hair-raising.

“I do not assume you have to pick out,” stated Chris Hamel, president of the Gateway Film Centre, which, starting up Sunday, will current a monthlong, 12-film series celebrating Hammer Movies.

“They

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10 essential steps to better macro images

Introduction

Macro photography is a fascinating area of the medium. It has the power to reveal details we would never have known were there had we not looked closer, through a macro lens. This applies even to mundane household objects – the type we walk past every day without a second glance, and would certainly not have considered worthy of image material. 

With the extreme close-up compositions of macro photography however comes some niche challenges we need to understand and overcome. From mastering focus to dealing with camera shake and dealing with distracting backgrounds, it is essential that we know how the photo workflow can differ from the usual, when working at extreme magnifications.  

Here we have put together a rundown of some quick tips which have the power to transform your macro images right off the bat, enabling you to capture sharper, more consistently useable images. 

10 steps to

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Artwork Notes, July 30, 2021 | Arts & Enjoyment

Atlantic Center for the Arts

Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Seaside hosts lessons, meetings and exhibits.

The 32nd once-a-year University University student Exhibit will be on show until finally Aug. 7.

To sign up for lessons or for more data, go to atlanticcenterforthearts.org or phone (386) 410-2890.

Hub on Canal

The Hub on Canal presents reveals and workshops at 132 and 120 Canal St. in New Smyrna Seashore.

A new workshop Painting with Morris Wiener will satisfy from 10 a.m. to midday Monday, Aug. 2. College students will understand the principles of oil portray and leave the workshop with their individual development. No mineral spirits will be utilized. The price is $50 for members and $60 for non-members.

August show opening in the Founders Gallery will be “Art Stars of Volusia: Volusia County Significant College Art Show. Two- and three-dimensional artwork as well as images established by

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Netflix Movie Main Wishes to Release Christopher Nolan’s Subsequent Film

Netflix film main Scott Stuber needs to operate with Christopher Nolan to distribute his long run films.

In accordance to Selection, Netflix’s current deal with Steven Spielberg’s generation business Amblin has “provided Stuber hope that he may be in a position to lure Christopher Nolan” to launch his future film on the streaming platform, even though Nolan has generally been a potent advocate for the massive screen theatrical expertise. Stuber says he’ll do “everything” he can to adjust that.

“If and when [Nolan] will come up with his new film, it is about can we be a household for it and what would we require to do to make that happen,” Stuber said on the prospect of teaming up with Nolan. “He’s an incredible filmmaker. I’m heading to do every thing I can. In this small business I’ve realized you need to have to have zero moi. I get

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Hemingway ‘wannabes’ celebrate author with lookalike contest | Photography

Ernest Hemingway is survived as much by his macho mythology as he is by his writing. Hemingway was in two plane crashes in two days. Hemingway shot himself in both legs while wrangling a shark. Hemingway had at least nine major concussions – and four wives. He had brain damage. He won the Pulitzer and the Nobel prize. He hunted and fished and wrote plays and books and articles and stories, for ever in pursuit of the truest sentence. He was rageful, charming, violent, brilliant and drunk.

Hemingway is also something of a Key West mascot, especially for a week every July, when a festival called Hemingway Days, which coincides with his birthday (this year, he would be 122) honours his legacy by gathering his lookalikes together.

A portrait of Ernest Hemingway seen inside the Hemingway Home and Museum located in Key West, Florida on July 24, 2021.

Weaving through the drunken, sunburnt revellers who pack Duval Street, it can be hard to picture Key West as

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Barney Smith Travels Around the World for Underwater Double Exposures

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“It’s something I would love to do more of, connecting film photographers from around the world”, says Barney Smith of the UK. He’s an underwater photographer with a self-confessed obsession for shooting film. Barney enjoys his photography more without the conveniences of a digital camera. It took him a while to learn the basics, but he never looked back once he got the hang of analog photography. Shooting film makes him slow down and think carefully about every possible variable before clicking the shutter on his Nikonos camera.

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Film photography isn’t rare, but how many photographers do you know of who shoot film underwater? Even rarer would be those who double expose a roll of film among the fish like Barney Smith does. Lighting under the surface of the oceans

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