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4am Project Photo Walks around the world…

Karen Strunks — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:26:24 +0000

I’m really delighted that there are 4am Project photo walks popping up with people wanting to get together at 4am on 4th April! It’s great because it means the online 4am Project community are also meeting offline and in person too!

I am hoping to get something in place to make this easier for people arrange for future 4am Project dates. First thought is a dedicated page on the website where people can add their towns/cities and photo walk details. Please bear with me on that!

In the meantime is a list of towns and people that are holding, or want to get together with other 4am folks, along with their contact details. IF YOU WISH TO ADD TO THIS LIST GET IN TOUCH & I WILL UPDATE IT Tweet Me or email me hello@4amproject.org

UNITED KINGDOM

Birmingham - Karen Strunks Night at the Museum blog post & twitter

Wolverhampton – Lee Allen blog post & twitter

Gloucester - Kathryn Ashcroft, blog post, twitter & facebook

Cardiff – Nicky Getgood, twitter & Lee Smith, twitter

Surrey – Robster twitter

Devon/Exeter – Dan Bullock twitter

Staffordshire - Jamie Summerfield twitter

Cambridge – Deiren Masterson twitter

Barnsley/Rotherham – Pete McFlurry twitter

IRELAND

Dublin – Cain Mac Mahon twitter

PORTUGAL

Lisbon – Pedro Moura Pinheiro twitter & googlemap of meeting place

INDIA

Bangalore - Anupama Kondayya twitter & Deepak Gupta twitter & tweet invite with lot of details about meet up!

Delhi – Mohak Prince twitter

USA

Tallahassee – Paula Kiger twitter

Pasadena – Donna Flores twitter

Raleigh/Durham – Scott twitter

HAWAII – Charlie Boy twitter

CANADA

Toronto – Derek Shanks twitter

You may have noticed that the 4am Project logo has had a bit of a make over! Big thank you to Steve from Debut Creative graphic design studio for coming up with a great design! Lovely to work with you Steve.

The 4am Project also has a twibbon! Thank you Mark! Add it to your twitter avatar & help spread the word about the 4am Project! Have a play around with it, you can position it however you would like

To celebrate the 4am Project’s first birthday there are some great prizes that have been donated by Nikon, Photocreator and Moo!

Not long now until 4am on the 4th April. Get ready to join other photographers from around the world!

PRESS: You can find a copy of the press release here

4am in Miami, USA

Karen Strunks — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:45:12 +0000

There is a whole other world happening at 4am when most of us are still sound asleep.

The 4am Project invites you to step into that world and join other photographers around the globe on the 4th April at 4am.

Discover a unique view of your world. What will you see? Who will you meet?

Challenge yourself to step outside and experience a different type of photo opportunity!

Why not get your friends involved and get together for a photo walk?

By Brian Papa, Miami, Florida, USA

Who inhabits the world of 4am? Brian Papa from Miami, USA captured these shots of night workers. The shops are open 24 hours a day. Who are the customers? Other night workers and party goers? Perhaps those that have trouble sleeping through the night?

Put the date in your diary & tell your friends! You can even embed the 4am project countdown clock on your website or blog

Join the 4am Project on twitter too! Come and say hello.

Creatures of the night…

Karen Strunks — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:46:54 +0000

It’s been two weeks since the 4th April! Forgive the lack of blogging – it’s been an unbelievably busy time for the project since the 4th. Things are getting back to normality a bit more now, so let’s pick up on the blog posts again!

It’s been great to see so much envolement and enthusiasm for capturing the magical hour of 4am. Even some animals got in on the act. Where would we be without our specials friends, real or otherwise?!

Guardoggy by Nickey Getgood, Birmingham UK. Nicky says "Guardoggy wasn't home, but he'd left a note on the door."

Bird by Adam Smoot Miami Florida USA

Dog & Girl by Abel Tamas, Budapest, Hungary

After The After Party by Photomattmill’s Oklahoma City, USA

Sleepy dogs at 4am, by Friends Of The Stars, Birmingham UK

Magic Sleeps by Kevin Henson, Brooklyn, NYC, USA. Kevin says “This lil cat had it’s eye’s sewn shut as a baby after living on the street.
Then my friend took her in and I’ve become the official catsitter. It’s 4am in Brooklyn and she’s asleep.” A very sad tale, at least Magic now has a loving home.

The 4am Stalker by Shona McQuillan, Birmingham UK

More Awake Than Bollo by Catnip, Birmingham, UK

Perhaps we should have an animal at 4am theme sometime!

Natural Power

Karen Strunks — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:42:47 +0000

By Peter Gnas, Milwaukee, USA

If you would like to see more of Peter’s photos, please visit his flickr photostream.

Peter says:

“Photo taken of a storm that woke me up the other morning, since the rain was limited, It was a great opportunity to capture some action of the lightning!

This is a long exposure in the dark, it was about 4am when I took the photo.

I have never really had too much luck with lightning, I was happy with this shot.”

There is only a few more days to go until 4th April at 4am in your part of the world!

Please tell your friends and families, and get them to join in a global picture of the world at 4am.

Don’t forget to set your alarm clocks!

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please get in touch: 4amproject@googlemail.com

I hope the 4am photos on the blog have inspired you and given you some ideas for your 4am photo shoot!

Way tooo late/early for dessert

Karen Strunks — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:52:30 +0000

By Anne, San Diego, USA

If you would like to see more of Ann’s photograph’s please visit her flickr photostream.

Ann says:

“Another 4am dessert-crazy baking at home
Pear Galettes

Ingredients used: red Anjou pears, sugar, butter, almonds, eggs, almond extract, salt, wheat flour, flour & water”

The first 4am recipe! Don’t they look delicious? Even though it was 4am, you can see Ann took care when slicing the pears, keeping the stalks intact. These desserts could be perfect at any hour of the day.

What would your perfect 4am food be?

Under The Panda Moon

Karen Strunks — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:27:35 +0000

By Vectorsnob, Seattle, USA

If you would like to see more of Vectorsnob’s photographs, please visit his flickr photostream. The guy in the picture is Vectorsnob’s friend Thai.

Do you like black and white photography? Of course, it’s all down to personal taste. Black and white photos can appear starker and more contrasted than colour pictures.

If you haven’t tried black and white, perhaps it’s something you might like to experiment with for your 4am shots on the 4th April. If you are using a film camera, then black and white film can be used. If you are using a digital camera, check the settings as most probably there will be an option for black & white.

Don’t forget, you can now email your 4am photos. If you don’t have aflickr account or don’t want to sign up for one, just send your photo’s to 4amproject (@) googlemail.com. The idea file size is 150kb. Please remember to include the town/city and country and your name in the email.

If you have any comments or questions just drop me an email 4amproject (@) googlemail.com, or you can follow the project on Twitter. I look forward to hearing from you.

On Returning

Karen Strunks — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:06:32 +0000

By Cody Cobb, Seattle, USA

If you would like to see more of Cody’ photo’s please visit his photostream on flickr.

Cody doesn’t tell us much about this photo except that it is a flour mill at 4am.

The angle at which the photo was taken makes the building look more imposing. Judging by the length of the weeds on the track it looks like the flour mill has’t been used for some time.

Cody has called this photo ‘On Returning’. Perhaps he used to work at the mill, or maybe his father did. Whatever Cody’s reason for taking this picture at 4am, I am glad he did.

Comet

Karen Strunks — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:34:20 +0000

By Ben, Glasgow, Montana, USA

If you would like to see more of Ben’s photos, please visit his flickr photostream.

A night sky like this is worth getting up at 4am for! The comet is the bright light in the middle of the photo.

Ben says:

“This comet’s green color comes from a type of carbon and cyanogen, a poisonous gas.

It’s been overcast here for weeks now, and it’s been a very frustrating time for astro shooting. Last night there were no clouds here, but it was very foggy, and I was just beside myself, because the window of visibility for this beautiful green comet may be very short according to my favourite source, also, once gone, it’ll really be gone – it’s about to achieve escape velocity for the solar system and take off for deep space… it won’t be by again. Literally a once in a lifetime chance to make the catch!

So I called the national weather service office here in Glasgow, and asked them about visibility for 4AM, which was about the optimum time for this comet this morning (it is highest above the southern horizon at that time, about 40º.) The NWS fellows said that if I went south about fifty miles into McCone county, I should come out from under the fog, and that the clouds coming north should not quite be far enough along to obscure my view.

So Deb and I hopped into our Sidekick and crept through dense fog for several hours until we were south on highway 24 about fifty miles, and sure enough, the fog broke. Below the comet, clouds were piling up at an amazing rate, but I had enough time to shoot 31, two-second frames before the clouds made continuing impossible.

Driving back, I was cheerful, and Deb was supportive, though she probably had most of her attention on trying to spot deer so the night wouldn’t become more of an adventure than we really wanted. I had to go into 4-wheel drive a couple of times where snow had drifted over the highway just below Fort Peck, and we slowed to avoid quite a few deer. All in all a hundred miles of mostly foggy driving for about a minute of shooting, but I did get the comet, and Deb has another “crazy Ben” story to tell. ) ”

A hundred miles of driving for a minutes shooting. Ben sure was determined and passionate about this subject, and had a great adventure along the way.

Are you planning a big adventure for 4am on the 4th April?

4up @ 4am

Karen Strunks — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:17:41 +0000

By Jenene, New Orleans, USA

If you would like to see more of Jenene’s photography please visit her flickr photostream and her website.

Friends having fun at New Orleans Mardi Gras at 4am.

Jenene hasn’t written a lot about this picture, but from what I gather it was taken in a bar in New Orleans that had a funky photobooth and the picture is a polaroid.

I think you can kind of feel the Mardi Gras atmosphere coming through the photograph. How often do you see a giant bunny, and a unicorn together?!

It looks like it was a night to remember!

Eastern Screech Owl

Karen Strunks — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:19:57 +0000

Eastern Screech Owl, by Bill Dalton, Allenhurst, New Jersey, USA

To view more of Bill’s photographs, please visit his flickr photostream, or his website.

Bill says:

“The Lenape Indians (Native American) believed that if they dreamt of an Owl it would become their guardian.

I’ve had Screech Owls around my backyard owl box for at least a week. One’s a red morph and this one, a gray morph. I finally got a decent shot of this one by calling him in with an electronic call. This morning at 4am, it landed on my graden cucumber trellis which consists of an old wooden deck umbrella; canvas top removed and turned upside-down!”

What a beautiful creature, with such stunning amber eyes. I love how he is staring straight into the lens, almost confronting Bill and asking “What are you doing on my patch?”

I hope to dream of an owl tonight and have a special guardian.

Remember, in the run up to the 4th April at 4am, you can submit any 4am photos you have already taken. Put them on flickr and tag them 4amproject. Click here to find out more about uploading your photographs to flickr.

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