{"id":14727,"date":"2026-11-04T11:24:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T16:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=14727"},"modified":"2026-11-04T11:24:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T16:24:06","slug":"amusement-park-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2026\/11\/amusement-park-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Amusement Park: Winner!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I finished this painting, Winner!<\/em><\/a>, last year. I’ve taken thousands of photographs at amusement parks and fairs over the last few years, and I’m using them to design the series of paintings. Winner!<\/em>, for example, is based on two photographs. I use the photos as my starting point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I got my good Nikons, I used others’ photos: photos I bought, were given to me, or were in the public domain. This method led to problems. I couldn’t ensure the “public domain” photos were actually in the public domain. I worried that someone might claim copyright infringement. So, I bought my first Nikon and never worried about it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve done a lot of painting and drawing directly from the model, and I plan to do more. When I lived in New Jersey, I attended weekly live model drawing sessions in Princeton, where I met several good artists. I live in the boondocks now, and finding artists’ models is not as simple as it is on the East Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A camera lets me capture things that are impossible in the studio. My current camera and lens selection let me capture fast-moving subjects, like people flying along roller coasters. Winner!<\/em> isn’t one of those fast-moving subjects, but I have several of them in hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner!<\/em> is 40″ x 56″.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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