Free jazz concert in the plaza behind Iglesia Todos Santos We continue to be amazed by the amount of free music around Cuenca. A couple nights ago we were walking towards a restaurant and heard a band tuning up. We wandered over a block and found a hard rock band playing on a temporary stage […]
Plein Air in Déleg
Two paintings completed by Evelyn on this trip (post by Evelyn) It has been 10 years since I painted with acrylic paint in plein air, and my experience with the paint was so frustrating that I switched to oil. This time the experience was different… I painted in the shade and used larger puddles of paint. Plus, […]
FotoClub Cuenca
I heard about the FotoClub Cuenca a few months ago, but between my crutches and the December holidays, tonight was the first time I was able to attend. I knew almost nothing about the group other than they are the Camera Club for Cuenca, and therefore my best chance of getting back into a photography […]
Jazz Society
Free music is available pretty much any Wednesday through Saturday night in several clubs in town. Tonight we went with some friends to La Vina, where The Jazz Society plays regularly. They are a volunteer jam group that has often have visiting musicians join them when in town. The big names tonight were “Sweet Sue” […]
Evil Is Only Fantasy
The banner says “if there is love, evil is only fantasy” Yesterday was the annual Fiesta de los Inocentes, or “Party for the Innocents.” Originally it was meant to commemorate when Herod decreed that all male children under 2 years old should be killed, after he had heard of the birth of Jesus. Historically, the […]
Dummy!
This effigy head is about 4 feet high, and will sit upon a huge dummy on New Year’s Eve Ecuador has an exciting way of celebrating New Year’s Eve, unlike anything seen in North America. (see here for last year’s report on it) Each family creates or buys an effigy, or dummy, for the celebration. […]
Mas Agua, Poco Color
[Note: This post by Evelyn] I had my last watercolor lesson with Alberto Soriano, a world class Ecuadorian painter, today. It was an honor and privilege for me to learn from such a talented artist, and be so welcomed into his world. Alberto is quite passionate, warm, with a positive energy, that is absolutely inspiring. […]
Orchestra Sinfonica de Cuenca
The Cuenca Symphony put on a free Conciertos Navidenos (Christmas Concert) tonight, so we decided to go see them. We had passed the theater many times while walking in the past couple months, but never realized what it was. They were playing at the University theater, about 6 blocks from our apartment. The announcement said […]
Dancers in Motion
Last week I tried using hand-held long exposure photography for the first time. Tonight we visited The Jazz Society again at Nektar. On Thursday nights they have dancers in addition to the jazz music, and I was anxious to try this technique on dancers, where their motion can be captured. For a first attempt, I […]
Everything’s Blurry
1/2 second hand-held experiment of police bike getting ready to lead the running Santas in a 10K race Last week we were invited to the home of Emanuela for dinner and to review her photography. She had commented that she liked my stuff (see www.mindstormphoto.com for mine), but that hers were “at the opposite extreme” […]