GOOD NEWS!! 3rd Place Winner - The Parasol Project

The DELAWARE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY PHOTO SHOW was this evening and my Parasols took a 3rd place in the Print Division. While third place doesn't sound that great, it was up against some pretty amazing art.  There are so many talented people in our club.  I was thrilled to place.

 I love these pics and I'm so glad I was able to place them.  This was the most fun project I've ever done.  I took these shots as a lesson in seeing.  You take an object and photograph it in every way possible:  a Carol Leigh class.   I have always loved these pictures.  I'm so glad they placed.  It's like one of my children doing well.  Thanks, Carol Leigh.  Once again, you made me look good.

The Parasol Project

20" x  30"

3rd Place - Print Division

Delaware Photographic Society Photo Show

More Letters....

The letters class is on the last stretch.  just about another month to go. Here are the latest and greatest from Letterland...

This one is from the sign at the Mexican Post Restaurant.

Another Mexican Post letter.

In honor of Easter...

The letter is from the side of a train.  I blended it with a photo of some brown eggs and some sheet music and a watercolor painted by my 40 year old son when he was 5 yrs old.

Trip to the mall found this Q on the Clinique sign.  Very bookeh!!

Another trip to P.F. Chang's 

This has been a fun class.  And the best part is that when I have all 26 letters, I will be able to make wonderful signs spelling out names of short phrases.  They look really cool and I will post them as I make them.  Just have to think of something clever to say on them.  No pressure...

Happy Easter Everyone!!

Fooling Around with Photoshop CS5...

Trying to get more acquainted with Photoshop CS5, I was fooling around with a collage.

From clockwise:  Grand Canyon, Rehoboth Beach, Ring of Kerry, Ireland, New York City, Jim Thorpe, PA, The Vatican, Arizona, Wilmington, DE, Lewis, DE.

This is a neat way to keep memories alive without having a bunch of photos lying about.  Maybe I'll do a gallery wrap of this one for my office.

Hope you all have a Happy Easter!!

8 NEW PHOTOS? GRAPHICS?

Hi, Everyone.

I'm starting to look at my art in a different way.  I am a photographer, and I am a graphics artist.  So, does that make me a Graphics Photographer?  I think that better fits what I have been doing lately.  I am currently in two Photomontage classes.  When the classes are over, I will post more straight photography, but for now, I just barely have enough time to produce the class work that is due.  One of the classes ends this week, so there will be some relief, but I also have the Delaware Photographic Society competitions twice a month that I need to work on, and a couple of Photographic Society of Amrica entries due and then the spring always brings the seminars to town.  A busy, busy time.  I hope you will enjoy my postings, whatever you may call them, and stay tuned for more photography.

We have a trip to the southwest planned soon and I will have tons of new photos from that, hopefully.  So for those of you who love the photos, but the graphics arts not so much, please come back for more photos soon.

But for now...

A lesson in postcards!

Postcard from Kinsale, Ireland - 1999

Postcard of Cactus on Peralta Trail - 2006

Postcard from San Xavier Mission, Tucson, AZ - 1980

The lesson was to make old time postcards.  I went through old travel photos and came up with the three above.

 A lesson in Drop Shadow!

Butterbutt in Drop Shadow

Sunrise at the Grand Canyon in Drop Shadow

Our own Marlboro Man in Drop Shadow

I think this is the best one.

Good job, Har!

I took this photo in December 1983 while visiting friends on a Dude Ranch in Tucson, AZ.  Harry is a longtime friend.  We go back 40 some years.  Ouch!  But a nice ouch.

And from the 26 letters in 26 Days class...

I present to you, the letter "M"!

And... the Letter "N"!

Both were taken from the sign at the Mexican Post Restaurant.

So there you have it.  I've been busy going out to shoot some letters, but the others were taken from past photos.  I'm learning lots and having just the best time.

But I really do need to get out and shoot soon.

I promise to bring back the photos.  But isn't it fun to see what you can do with them?

Ta Ta for Now!!