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Our art photos are now available for your home

: One of our art photos that is available to grace the walls of your home

After we posted our article about four of our scenic art photos being accepted into the University Hospitals of Cleveland Art Show, we have been deluged with requests by our readers wishing to purchase these images.

We have good news! Not only are those art photos available for purchase but many more from across the U.S. and Mexico. And we continue to add to the collection as time permits.

See our artwork at http://www.spectralight.com/fineart.

There's still time to get art prints in time for Christmas AND save 17% on the print portion of any order. Guaranteed Cristmas delivery ends on December 12th (Ground Shipments) or on December 15th (Overnight Shipments).

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Adrienne Gaggi’s Senior session was amazing!

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Adrienne Gaggi has some modeling training and she obviously learned well. Rarely do I see a high school girl easily show such a wide variety of expressions – and soooooooooo effortlessly.

Adrienne, thanks for a GREAT photo shoot!

Did you like Adrienne's fashion-style portraits? Share your comments here.

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Our Scenic Photographs Accepted for University Hospitals Art Show

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Nightfall_At_The_Golden_Gate — Nightfall At The Golden Gate

University Hospitals of Cleveland is pleased to announce that four scenic photographs by Mark Madere have been accepted for exhibition in the UH Employee & Volunteer Juried Art Show. Only 86 of the 200 entries submitted by University Hospitals employees and volunteers were accepted for display.

Madere is an Ophthalmic Photographer at University Hospitals and owner of SpectraLight Photography in North Ridgeville.

The juror for the show was 1987 Cleveland Arts Prize recipient and internationally recognized artist Brent Kee Young. Young has been professor and Chairman of the Glass Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art since 1973.

This exhibition, which is held every 2 years, exposes UH's hidden artistic talents, which are often overshadowed by the exceptional skills these individuals display each day in the clinical environment.

The show runs through Jan. 7, 2011 at University Hospitals Humphrey Atrium Gallery at 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH.

For more of Madere's scenic photography, visit http://mark-madere.artistwebsites.com/

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Cleveland the Beautiful

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Here's a video I made for photos from the Terminal Tower observation deck – Sept. 25, 2010. The deck is open for viewing on Saturdays until Oct. 31, 2010. Order tickets online for $6.11. Have fun!

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Ashley Butcher’s SpokesModel session ROCKS!

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Ashley Butcher, our North Ridgeville Class of 2011 SpokesModel, showed off a variety of looks for her senior portraits. Watch the video and see for yourself. Which poses(s) did you like best? Please share with a comment here.

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9/11 – Where were you on that fateful day?

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*Image of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor – New York City – Thanksgiving Weekend – 2001 – Just weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks (September 11, 2001).*

Tomorrow marks the nine year anniversary of the terror attacks on our country. With the thousands of innocent people who lost their lives that day – the world lost it's innocence as well. Flying on airplanes has probably been most affected while safety in public places is always a concern.

September 11, 2001 was a glorious fall day in Northeast Ohio. My oldest daughter was home from school recovering from her wisdom teeth being extracted the day before. Around 9 a.m., I got a call from my wife telling me to turn on the TV to see coverage of a plane that crashed into the World Trade Center. As the minutes passed, another jet hit the WTC, and then the Pentagon, and then Shanksville, PA. It was clear these were not accidents.

My daughter and I watched the coverage all day, wondering what was in store for the future. Could we expect major acts of terror every day? Fortunately, no. …

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Out of the darkness – a great photo arises

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This post is in recognition of The 60th Anniversary of the Korean War.

The years 2010-2013 mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. June 25, 1950 through July 27, 1953.

Photos can have a completely different “feel” depending on when they are taken. A night scene can have a more eerie feel than the same photo taken in daylight.

For example, the Korean War Veterans Memorial located in Washington, D.C. is a setting that best conveys the feel of death and despair when shot at night. There are 19 stainless steel statues standing between 7 feet 3 inches and 7 feet 6 inches tall representing a squad on patrol in the rugged terrain of Korea. They appear more ominous in the night photo seen here. …

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This free-spirit takes flight

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Recently, I had the opportunity to photograph Kara Solomon – a North Ridgeville High School senior who is truly a “free-spirit.”

Kara's energy and playfulness made the session “fly” by as seen in one of her portraits here. What made her session extra special is that she is one of our $350.00 senior portrait scholarship winners!

“Receiving the $350 scholarship truly means the world to me. Without it there would have been no way for me to pay for senior pictures,” wrote Kara in a recent note.

We are thrilled to have the opportunity make senior portraits a reality for her.

Watch a video of Kara's portraits, below.

Which poses(s) did you like best? Please share with a comment here.

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Whale of a photo – is it real or a Photoshop fake?

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golf_squirrel — Mayor David Gillock of North Ridgeville

By now, you've seen the photo of the 33-foot, 40-ton whale that crash-landed on a sailboat off Cape Town. When I first saw it, I immediately thought something was “fishy” with the picture. I've seen photos of huge fish hanging on ordinary fishing poles that were created by combining two different photos in Adobe Premiere Elements or Adobe Photoshop. Apparently the recent whale photo is the real deal!

To show how two different photos can be merged together to create the unexpected, I took a photo of a golfer (David Gillock – Mayor of North Ridgeville, Ohio) and combined it with a squirrel photo. The image seen here was used on a calendar for the North Ridgeville Rotary Club.

A couple other photos for the calendar were created in a similar fashion. Check them out at http://bit.ly/b8Wgid

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Something fishy in Capetown?

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When I first saw the photo of the 33-foot, 40-ton whale that crash-landed on a sailboat off Cape Town, I thought the picture was a fake.

For years photos similar to this have been created by combining two different pictures in Adobe Premiere Elements or Adobe Photoshop. Apparently the whale photo was not done this way but is an actual, unmanipulated image. I can't imagine what a shock that would have been to see that huge creature landing in my boat!

To show how two different photos can be merged together to create the unexpected, I took a photo of a dentist (Dr. Casey O'Conor of North Ridgeville, Ohio) and combined it with a photo of model teeth. The image seen here was used on a calendar for the North Ridgeville Rotary Club.

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