The big opening at Shane's on Main in Stillwater. Like I've probably said before, I've got a dozen images up on the walls in Shane's restaurant. From 3-7pm on Saturday, come down to downtown Stillwater and hang out with some great people, great food and great photography!
Need to get out and shoot more. The weather hasn't been co-operating at all; in fact, it snowed this morning, and is pretty dreary out right now. Plus, two times I did not have my camera, I've seen Bald Eagles flying around. One was right by the US Bank in Stillwater near Cub. The other was on 244 by Mahtomedi, on one of the ponds. It was eating some sort of creature; I couldn't tell if it was a fish or an animal. Either way, I could have filled up the viewfinder with the bird if I had the camera along with me. I'll just have to remember to bring it with me everywhere, for the shots that just happen along for me.
I'm actually just hoping that the weather finally co-operates, and things can get warm again. Otherwise, I'll have to break down and take pictures of the psycho robin that keeps on trying to get into my neighbor's front door. It's been there for about 3 days now - flying at the door, not hitting it, but then back to the tree, or the sidewalk. And up again, and back again. It does take a break for a drink now and then, but it goes right back at it.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Preparing
I'm still in prep mode for the opening at Shane's on Main on April 4th. Working on getting some new business cards, printing out order forms, and I created and dropped off a pile of fliers for the event with Shane on Tuesday. Still nervous, but excited, about the whole thing. Hope all goes well; I'm hoping for the best!
Haven't got out too much to shoot lately. I've been planning and preparing for the opening, and between work and home life, I haven't had much of a chance to get out. Maybe I'll get out this weekend; I've got a list again of places I want to shoot more of, or visit for the first time. With the snow almost gone, all sorts of places open up now.
Haven't got out too much to shoot lately. I've been planning and preparing for the opening, and between work and home life, I haven't had much of a chance to get out. Maybe I'll get out this weekend; I've got a list again of places I want to shoot more of, or visit for the first time. With the snow almost gone, all sorts of places open up now.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Friday Already?
Jeesh. What happened to this week? It's already Friday.
Good news. Along with the 12 images I have on display at Shane's on Main in downtown Stillwater, Shane wants to have a showing/opening for me. Right now, it looks like it will be April 4th, which is a Saturday. Nervous as all get out, but we'll see how it goes. Can't find out unless I try, so I'm going to see what happens. Hopefully, we'll have a full house, and it will draw attention to my photography, and bring business to Shane's place. I'm looking for a win-win on this, and with the date coming up fast, I need to start planning on getting an invite out and figuring out what times to be there.
Been trying to get out and shoot more. Really, I have. Spring seems to be just around the corner, then gets pushed away with more snow. I'm hoping to get out and shoot more when it warms up, as it isn't fun to lug around 20+ pounds of camera gear and a thick winter jacket, with gloves, a scarf, and a hat. And if it is cold enough, hand and foot warmers too. I need to hit up the old bridge again, and see how the thaw is going after this weekend. I'd ideally have a layer of snow still around it, with the water running down the creek, but we'll see what happens. The owner has always been really cool about allowing me access to the bridge, so it's been fun to get out there and shoot it in all sorts of weather.
I keep on looking at new lenses. I'm eyeing a 200-500mm Tamron right now. It isn't the fastest lens (I think it is F4.0/5.6, but I'm not 100% sure), but it is less than most of the "primes" that are out there, which are around a F2.8, and $5k for a price tag. I keep on hoping for that Nikon/Tamron/Sigma sponsorship, but I don't even know where to start with that, if such a thing even exists.
Been listening to a lot of the old 80's music I used to listen to. The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Replacements, Porcelain Boys. The old 80's new wave/punk stuff. Lots of Clash lately too. As for reading, I just finished re-reading the last Harry Potter book - book 7, the Deadly Hallows. I'm a geek, yes. But they're well written, and I like the storyline. I've moved onto 1984 now, buy George Orwell. I don't recall reading it ever for any high-school course, so I'm going to check it out.
I also got my first DVD about strobist shots, and doing portrait work. It's supposed to be a fairly educational disk set, once it is finished. I haven't had a chance to watch much of the first disk yet, but we'll see what happens this weekend.
Good news. Along with the 12 images I have on display at Shane's on Main in downtown Stillwater, Shane wants to have a showing/opening for me. Right now, it looks like it will be April 4th, which is a Saturday. Nervous as all get out, but we'll see how it goes. Can't find out unless I try, so I'm going to see what happens. Hopefully, we'll have a full house, and it will draw attention to my photography, and bring business to Shane's place. I'm looking for a win-win on this, and with the date coming up fast, I need to start planning on getting an invite out and figuring out what times to be there.
Been trying to get out and shoot more. Really, I have. Spring seems to be just around the corner, then gets pushed away with more snow. I'm hoping to get out and shoot more when it warms up, as it isn't fun to lug around 20+ pounds of camera gear and a thick winter jacket, with gloves, a scarf, and a hat. And if it is cold enough, hand and foot warmers too. I need to hit up the old bridge again, and see how the thaw is going after this weekend. I'd ideally have a layer of snow still around it, with the water running down the creek, but we'll see what happens. The owner has always been really cool about allowing me access to the bridge, so it's been fun to get out there and shoot it in all sorts of weather.
I keep on looking at new lenses. I'm eyeing a 200-500mm Tamron right now. It isn't the fastest lens (I think it is F4.0/5.6, but I'm not 100% sure), but it is less than most of the "primes" that are out there, which are around a F2.8, and $5k for a price tag. I keep on hoping for that Nikon/Tamron/Sigma sponsorship, but I don't even know where to start with that, if such a thing even exists.
Been listening to a lot of the old 80's music I used to listen to. The Cure, Depeche Mode, The Replacements, Porcelain Boys. The old 80's new wave/punk stuff. Lots of Clash lately too. As for reading, I just finished re-reading the last Harry Potter book - book 7, the Deadly Hallows. I'm a geek, yes. But they're well written, and I like the storyline. I've moved onto 1984 now, buy George Orwell. I don't recall reading it ever for any high-school course, so I'm going to check it out.
I also got my first DVD about strobist shots, and doing portrait work. It's supposed to be a fairly educational disk set, once it is finished. I haven't had a chance to watch much of the first disk yet, but we'll see what happens this weekend.
Monday, March 2, 2009
March Already?
I went out and shot some around St. Paul. Finally made it to the Seventh Street Improvement Arches. Construction on them started in 1883, and finished in 1884. They have this cool helicoidal design, which makes the bricks that it is made out of spiral around. I wanted to go exploring around the trails a bit more, but would rather do it in a group. Maybe that's a good Flickrwalk idea -the arches and then the following trails around them.
Putting up my work at Shane's on Main has been delayed. I called Shane last night, to confirm that I was to come out, and he forgot he had to pick up his sister and her husband from the airport. So we re-scheduled for tonight. I'm going to try to remember to take some pictures again.
That's about all I've got so far for this week. We'll have to see how the week goes and maybe blog more later.
Putting up my work at Shane's on Main has been delayed. I called Shane last night, to confirm that I was to come out, and he forgot he had to pick up his sister and her husband from the airport. So we re-scheduled for tonight. I'm going to try to remember to take some pictures again.
That's about all I've got so far for this week. We'll have to see how the week goes and maybe blog more later.
Friday, February 27, 2009
New Places to Check Out My Work.
Couple of new things popped up recently.
One of the guys on photomn.com started up a local artists site. It is called MN Pixels, and I have a photo up there. Check it out - it's a pretty cool site. And if you're a local artist, join up!
The other new thing that is happening is Shane's on Main in downtown Stillwater. I met with Shane, the owner, this past week. After talking to him about my photography, and checking out his restaurant, he said that he would like to display some of my work at his place. Sweet! So, I ordered some prints, and need to get some framing done, but it looks like there will be about 10-12 photos of mine on display there. There is another "opportunity", involving Shane, but I'll blog about that when that time comes around. I'm hoping it works out, because this "other" thing could be cool in several different ways.
Went out and shot with Shawn this past weekend. We wandered around Hudson, and ended up finding a large group of Trumpeter Swans "pairing up" for the season, floating in the St. Croix. There were a couple of other photographers there; one had a Canon, the other had a Nikon D300 like mine. They had some HUGE lenses on their cameras though, with the whole "camo" kit on them. Pretty sure they were pro nature/wildlife photographers, but we didn't talk, so we'll never find out. I'm going to guess that the lenses they had on their cameras were 300 or 400mm F2.8-ish, which would work out great for the swans. I only had my 18-200mm, which did work good, but a longer, faster lens would be nice. Too bad they are so expensive, or I'd pick one up. :D
One of the guys on photomn.com started up a local artists site. It is called MN Pixels, and I have a photo up there. Check it out - it's a pretty cool site. And if you're a local artist, join up!
The other new thing that is happening is Shane's on Main in downtown Stillwater. I met with Shane, the owner, this past week. After talking to him about my photography, and checking out his restaurant, he said that he would like to display some of my work at his place. Sweet! So, I ordered some prints, and need to get some framing done, but it looks like there will be about 10-12 photos of mine on display there. There is another "opportunity", involving Shane, but I'll blog about that when that time comes around. I'm hoping it works out, because this "other" thing could be cool in several different ways.
Went out and shot with Shawn this past weekend. We wandered around Hudson, and ended up finding a large group of Trumpeter Swans "pairing up" for the season, floating in the St. Croix. There were a couple of other photographers there; one had a Canon, the other had a Nikon D300 like mine. They had some HUGE lenses on their cameras though, with the whole "camo" kit on them. Pretty sure they were pro nature/wildlife photographers, but we didn't talk, so we'll never find out. I'm going to guess that the lenses they had on their cameras were 300 or 400mm F2.8-ish, which would work out great for the swans. I only had my 18-200mm, which did work good, but a longer, faster lens would be nice. Too bad they are so expensive, or I'd pick one up. :D
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Away Awhile...
Looks like I'll be away for a bit. With the holidays coming up, things have been a bit crazy. We're heading out of town for the holidays too, and I'll be bringing my camera with me for the trip.
My next post here may be in January of 2009! We'll have to see how things go the next couple of weeks. With mandatory vacation time here at work (40 hours around the holidays, plus we are required to take an additional 40 hours, even if it means going into negative vacation balances), I'll hopefully be out shooting, or entertaining Madeline.
I've been picking up county maps though, and am planning on taking many trips to go shoot, when the weather permits. It's up to 10 degrees above zero today, so it's actually warm compared to yesterday, when it didn't even get warmer than -1 or -2. But, we pick the places we live. If I really wanted to move out, I would have long ago.
My next post here may be in January of 2009! We'll have to see how things go the next couple of weeks. With mandatory vacation time here at work (40 hours around the holidays, plus we are required to take an additional 40 hours, even if it means going into negative vacation balances), I'll hopefully be out shooting, or entertaining Madeline.
I've been picking up county maps though, and am planning on taking many trips to go shoot, when the weather permits. It's up to 10 degrees above zero today, so it's actually warm compared to yesterday, when it didn't even get warmer than -1 or -2. But, we pick the places we live. If I really wanted to move out, I would have long ago.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Still here.
Well, we got our first significant snowfall this week. Madeline loves it. Me, I'm not crazy about it. Bad drivers, accidents, and cold. Just not my thing most of the time. But, before you know it, it will be spring, and things will green up and be warm.
Haven't been out shooting much again. Too cold, really. I have been planning, planning, and planning about where to go and what to shoot. I've got several county maps of different counties in Minnesota, and am scouting out locations and figuring out what time of year would be best to go.
Hopefully I'll be out shooting some places this weekend. Shawn and I are planning on hitting up a couple spots on Sunday, so we'll see how that goes.
Haven't been out shooting much again. Too cold, really. I have been planning, planning, and planning about where to go and what to shoot. I've got several county maps of different counties in Minnesota, and am scouting out locations and figuring out what time of year would be best to go.
Hopefully I'll be out shooting some places this weekend. Shawn and I are planning on hitting up a couple spots on Sunday, so we'll see how that goes.
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