by Irene Liebler | Aug 2, 2014 | Behind the Scenes, Techniques, Uncategorized
I recently visited a peacock named Kevin, and borrowed some of his feathers. Yes, friends of mine in Guilford,CT have a pet peacock who recently dropped his summer show of feathers. After about age three, peacocks begin cycles of annual molting of their long tail...
by Irene Liebler | May 2, 2014 | Concepts, Nature, People, Recent Work
A photo illustration called “A Bird in the Hand”. This proverb refers back to medieval falconry where a bird in the hand (the falcon) was a valuable asset and certainly worth more than two in the bush (the prey). Other languages and cultures have their own version of...
by Irene Liebler | Apr 27, 2014 | Concepts, Nature, People, Recent Work
The companion piece to Abigail’s butterfly image. Now if I could just get their brother, Zach, to agree to model as a dragonfly…
by Irene Liebler | Apr 9, 2014 | Behind the Scenes, Concepts, People, Recent Work, Techniques
Last week I did my first butterfly portrait with twelve-year-old Abigail Connolly. This week I had the opportunity to work with her older sister, Rachel, who was on spring break from Cornell. She’s been a model many times before (ie: Sign of the Times) and is...
by Irene Liebler | Apr 3, 2014 | Behind the Scenes, Concepts, Project 52 Photography
This is Abigail. A talented young woman who is spreading her wings and learning to fly. She’s a singer and musician who plays the piano, upright bass, electric bass, ukulele, drums and sax. She’s also a phenomenal ballet dancer and all-around nice kid. She...
