August 28, 2009
Black widow !
August 27, 2009
Pictures of a naked JellyBean
I'm having a bit of a struggle. I recently made a photograph of little Elizabeth while she was eating ice cream and while she was sitting on the grass, naked.
Now, you can't really see anything but I am feeling a bit funny about it. Once the photograph makes it onto the internet, I guess it will always be floating about somewhere. Will it matter in 10 years? 20 years? It's an innocent baby picture.
Now I do honestly like the work of Sally Mann and Jock Sturges but this is different because this is my child. Like their work, this is a black and white photograph. I happen to think it is quite good. I also think, Elizabeth will really like this when she is an adult.
I've asked my wife about this and she has no problem with the photograph being shown on my blog. She knows the amount of traffic I get and she knows where most of my readers are from (yes I have tracking software).
So dear readers, what should I do? Would you post a photograph of your naked child, your naked daughter, on the internet? Any thoughts are appreciated.
Now, you can't really see anything but I am feeling a bit funny about it. Once the photograph makes it onto the internet, I guess it will always be floating about somewhere. Will it matter in 10 years? 20 years? It's an innocent baby picture.
Now I do honestly like the work of Sally Mann and Jock Sturges but this is different because this is my child. Like their work, this is a black and white photograph. I happen to think it is quite good. I also think, Elizabeth will really like this when she is an adult.
I've asked my wife about this and she has no problem with the photograph being shown on my blog. She knows the amount of traffic I get and she knows where most of my readers are from (yes I have tracking software).
So dear readers, what should I do? Would you post a photograph of your naked child, your naked daughter, on the internet? Any thoughts are appreciated.
The Birthday Portrait - the first birthday
Elizabeth's first birthday
This was taken on Saturday August 22, 2009 about 6pm.
Hasselblad 503cw and 80mm CFI lens
Kodak Tmax 400 (at 400) and developed in xtol 1+1
Printed on Arista RC paper
PhotoNOLA 2009 website now live
As you all know, I am a big fan of PhotoNOLA and the New Orleans Photo Alliance, so am really pleased to announce:
The 2009 PhotoNOLA Website is now live. http://photonola.org
About PhotoNOLA:
PhotoNOLA is an annual celebration of photography in New Orleans, coordinated by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in partnership with galleries, museums and photographers citywide. December 2009 marks the fourth annual festival. Most of the scheduled events will take place from Dec 3-13, with broad ranging photography exhibitions on display throughout the month of December.
PhotoNOLA festivities will begin with a series of French Quarter openings on Dec 3. We are thrilled to be hosting our first Slideluck Potshow on Friday, Dec 4 at Studio 527. Saturday Dec 5 will be filled with educational offerings, art openings and an after party at The Big Top.
The PhotoGALA Benefit Party & Auction on Thursday, Dec. 10 at the New Orleans Museum of Art is not to be missed. An Education Day on Dec 11 will feature a Blurb Self-Publishing seminar followed by a Mary Virginia Swanson lecture, and will wrap with a slideshow presentation by Lauren Greenfield, sponsored by Canon. Portfolio Reviews with a national cast of curators, editors and gallerists will take place December 12 & 13. The Saturday evening PhotoWALK featuring review participants will offer the public a peek at 60 rising photographers from across the nation.
Exhibitions will feature work by Susan Burnstine, Debbie Fleming Caffery, William Greiner, David Halliday, Louviere + Vanessa, Robert Polidori, Jonathan Traviesa, Alvaro Villela, POYi’s “Visions of Excellence,” Sarah Wilson and many others. Gallery talks, art openings, workshops, book signings, lectures and panel discussions are also included in the lineup.
Please join us to celebrate the art of photography, New Orleans style!
Portfolio Review registration will open on Sept 1, 2009 at 10am Central Time.
New Orleans Photo Alliance
1111 St. Mary St.
NOLA 70130
New Gallery Hours:
Fri 3-6, Sat & Sun 12-4
or by appointment
photoalliance@gmail.com
http://neworleansphotoalliance.org
http://neworleansphotoalliance.blogspot.com
http://photonola.org
http://www.myspace.com/neworleansphotoalliance
The 2009 PhotoNOLA Website is now live. http://photonola.org
About PhotoNOLA:
PhotoNOLA is an annual celebration of photography in New Orleans, coordinated by the New Orleans Photo Alliance in partnership with galleries, museums and photographers citywide. December 2009 marks the fourth annual festival. Most of the scheduled events will take place from Dec 3-13, with broad ranging photography exhibitions on display throughout the month of December.
PhotoNOLA festivities will begin with a series of French Quarter openings on Dec 3. We are thrilled to be hosting our first Slideluck Potshow on Friday, Dec 4 at Studio 527. Saturday Dec 5 will be filled with educational offerings, art openings and an after party at The Big Top.
The PhotoGALA Benefit Party & Auction on Thursday, Dec. 10 at the New Orleans Museum of Art is not to be missed. An Education Day on Dec 11 will feature a Blurb Self-Publishing seminar followed by a Mary Virginia Swanson lecture, and will wrap with a slideshow presentation by Lauren Greenfield, sponsored by Canon. Portfolio Reviews with a national cast of curators, editors and gallerists will take place December 12 & 13. The Saturday evening PhotoWALK featuring review participants will offer the public a peek at 60 rising photographers from across the nation.
Exhibitions will feature work by Susan Burnstine, Debbie Fleming Caffery, William Greiner, David Halliday, Louviere + Vanessa, Robert Polidori, Jonathan Traviesa, Alvaro Villela, POYi’s “Visions of Excellence,” Sarah Wilson and many others. Gallery talks, art openings, workshops, book signings, lectures and panel discussions are also included in the lineup.
Please join us to celebrate the art of photography, New Orleans style!
Portfolio Review registration will open on Sept 1, 2009 at 10am Central Time.
New Orleans Photo Alliance
1111 St. Mary St.
NOLA 70130
New Gallery Hours:
Fri 3-6, Sat & Sun 12-4
or by appointment
photoalliance@gmail.com
http://neworleansphotoalliance.org
http://neworleansphotoalliance.blogspot.com
http://photonola.org
http://www.myspace.com/neworleansphotoalliance
August 24, 2009
What to do in Santa Fe on Friday 8/28
I am really looking forward to the following shows in Santa Fe on Friday 8/28.
First being the all female show "Reverie & Rhapsody" at Verve, featuring Susan kae Grant, Beth Moon, and Susan Burnstine. The show opens at 5pm and is sure to be a hit. Check the Verve site for details on gallery talks.
Then, wander over to Photo-eye for the show "Empty Spaces" by Eric Cousineau and Barbara A Diener. This show also opens from 5pm to 7pm.
When you've had enough of crowded spaces and beautiful photography, head over to The Cowgirl Hall of Fame. I'll be there with Jonathan Blaustein, David Ondrik and Melanie McWhorter. Rumor has it that Melanie is buying drinks. Woohoo!!!
First being the all female show "Reverie & Rhapsody" at Verve, featuring Susan kae Grant, Beth Moon, and Susan Burnstine. The show opens at 5pm and is sure to be a hit. Check the Verve site for details on gallery talks.
Then, wander over to Photo-eye for the show "Empty Spaces" by Eric Cousineau and Barbara A Diener. This show also opens from 5pm to 7pm.
When you've had enough of crowded spaces and beautiful photography, head over to The Cowgirl Hall of Fame. I'll be there with Jonathan Blaustein, David Ondrik and Melanie McWhorter. Rumor has it that Melanie is buying drinks. Woohoo!!!
August 23, 2009
Hey, there's a naked woman on my film
So here I am at 11pm, trying to get caught up on some miscellaneous film that has been sitting around for a while. For example, that roll of HP5+ that I just did was exposed on December 26 of 2008.
Anyway, I just processed two rolls of Neopan 400 that I honestly do not remember shooting but they are in the box with the rest of the film, including two rolls of APX100 that I will be doing next. At least I think the APX100 is mine because I've shot a lot of it and still have 200 rolls in my fridge.
Well, I finish washing the film, pull it off the reel and hold it up to the light. WTF!! There's a naked woman on this roll!! Who the hell is this and how did she get on my film. Hell, is this my film?
I've only had one friend use my darkroom in recent times and he only made some prints. I guess I will be making some contact sheets tomorrow to see who this was. In negative form, I do not recognize her.
So, if you seem to be missing a couple of rolls of Neopan 400, and you've been in my darkroom lately, let me know. My wife has a few questions for you.
Anyway, I just processed two rolls of Neopan 400 that I honestly do not remember shooting but they are in the box with the rest of the film, including two rolls of APX100 that I will be doing next. At least I think the APX100 is mine because I've shot a lot of it and still have 200 rolls in my fridge.
Well, I finish washing the film, pull it off the reel and hold it up to the light. WTF!! There's a naked woman on this roll!! Who the hell is this and how did she get on my film. Hell, is this my film?
I've only had one friend use my darkroom in recent times and he only made some prints. I guess I will be making some contact sheets tomorrow to see who this was. In negative form, I do not recognize her.
So, if you seem to be missing a couple of rolls of Neopan 400, and you've been in my darkroom lately, let me know. My wife has a few questions for you.
Edward Ranney at the Albuquerque Museum
In 1978, Ed Ranney began working collaboratively with Charles Ross to photograph the creation of Ross’ earthwork sculpture, Star Axis. Ranney annually photographs Star Axis, a celestial observatory near Las Vegas, New Mexico. Standing eleven stories high and measuring 1/10th of a mile across, this sculpture places viewers inside the trajectory of the earth’s axis. Both Ranney and Ross will talk about their years of collaboration around the project.
The talk takes place on Sunday, August 30 at 1pm at The Albuquerque Museum
The talk is part of the show The Shape of Time: Photographs of Star Axis by Edward Ranney, 1979 – 2009 and it runs from June 28 - September 20, 2009
More details here
About the show:
Edward Ranney has photographed the growth of the earth-sculpture Star Axis since 1979, when Charles Ross began excavation of the southern edge of Chupinas Mesa, near Las Vegas, New Mexico, for the construction of the site’s eleven story Star Tunnel. The large-format photographs Ranney has taken each year since then reveal a major site growing out of its own rubble. For Ranney, with his extensive experience photographing pre-Columbian sites of ancient America, this process might be described as a kind of visual archaeology in reverse. Inherent in a project spanning a generation are visual observations of the power of a specific site as it grows and changes over time, as well as a poetic sense of the changing shape of time itself. Here photographic documentation speaks not only of architectural construction, but also of process and duration, intuition and aspiration, and a shared desire to understand cosmic phenomena on a human scale.
The talk takes place on Sunday, August 30 at 1pm at The Albuquerque Museum
The talk is part of the show The Shape of Time: Photographs of Star Axis by Edward Ranney, 1979 – 2009 and it runs from June 28 - September 20, 2009
More details here
About the show:
Edward Ranney has photographed the growth of the earth-sculpture Star Axis since 1979, when Charles Ross began excavation of the southern edge of Chupinas Mesa, near Las Vegas, New Mexico, for the construction of the site’s eleven story Star Tunnel. The large-format photographs Ranney has taken each year since then reveal a major site growing out of its own rubble. For Ranney, with his extensive experience photographing pre-Columbian sites of ancient America, this process might be described as a kind of visual archaeology in reverse. Inherent in a project spanning a generation are visual observations of the power of a specific site as it grows and changes over time, as well as a poetic sense of the changing shape of time itself. Here photographic documentation speaks not only of architectural construction, but also of process and duration, intuition and aspiration, and a shared desire to understand cosmic phenomena on a human scale.
August 22, 2009
Happy Birthday Elizabeth!
Today is Elizabeth's first birthday. I cannot believe it. This year has gone by so fast.
She is crawling. She is pulling herself up to stand. I swear she says "dad da". And this morning we are pretty sure she said "Hi Daisy" when she saw a photo of her cousin Daisy.
I am going to do some b&w photographs later today. Tonight we are going to an Isotopes game. Should be fun for everyone.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JELLYBEAN !!!
She is crawling. She is pulling herself up to stand. I swear she says "dad da". And this morning we are pretty sure she said "Hi Daisy" when she saw a photo of her cousin Daisy.
I am going to do some b&w photographs later today. Tonight we are going to an Isotopes game. Should be fun for everyone.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JELLYBEAN !!!
August 21, 2009
The price of paper
I just got the new Freestyle catalog and thought I should make note of some prices of paper that I would use.
8x10
Ilford MG IV FB - 100 sheets $84.99
Kentmere Fineprint VC FB - 100 sheets $68.99
Oriental VC FB - 100 sheets $69.99
Arista.edu Ultra VC FB - 100 sheets $52.99
11x14
Ilford MG IV FB - 50 sheets $81.99
Kentmere Fineprint VC FB - 50 sheets $62.99
Oriental VC FB - 100 sheets $67.99
Arista.edu Ultra VC FB - 25 sheets $25.99
8x10
Ilford MG IV FB - 100 sheets $84.99
Kentmere Fineprint VC FB - 100 sheets $68.99
Oriental VC FB - 100 sheets $69.99
Arista.edu Ultra VC FB - 100 sheets $52.99
11x14
Ilford MG IV FB - 50 sheets $81.99
Kentmere Fineprint VC FB - 50 sheets $62.99
Oriental VC FB - 100 sheets $67.99
Arista.edu Ultra VC FB - 25 sheets $25.99
August 18, 2009
It's good to be a dad
You all know how much I love my daughter. My little JellyBean is everything and I love being a dad, a father.
So when I approached Aline Smithson (of Lenscratch) about curating a group show on Fraction Magazine, I was totally excited and thrilled about her idea of the Fathers and Sons show.
It is a terrific mix of great work by great artists. This show includes Blake Andrews,
Timothy Archibald, Dennis Chamberlin, Todd Deutsch, Shawn Gust, Warren Harold, Tom Leininger, Shawn Records, Peter Tonningsen, Tread and Byron Wolfe.
I think it is really an exceptional show. Please check it out.
A huge thanks to Aline and everyone else for participating.
So when I approached Aline Smithson (of Lenscratch) about curating a group show on Fraction Magazine, I was totally excited and thrilled about her idea of the Fathers and Sons show.
It is a terrific mix of great work by great artists. This show includes Blake Andrews,
Timothy Archibald, Dennis Chamberlin, Todd Deutsch, Shawn Gust, Warren Harold, Tom Leininger, Shawn Records, Peter Tonningsen, Tread and Byron Wolfe.
I think it is really an exceptional show. Please check it out.
A huge thanks to Aline and everyone else for participating.
August 17, 2009
August 16, 2009
Sunday Nap
This weekend Amelia's sister Ellie married a nice guy named Javier. The party kept Elizabeth awake for a while and she loves a party.
She was pretty tired today and so was I. When I put her down for her morning nap, in her crib, I took a nap as well. About 90 minutes later, she woke up and I grabbed her and put her bed with me. At some point, she spun herself around and had her head on my stomach.
I'm not sure when Amelia grabbed this shot, but I was completely unaware of it until she showed it to me.
She was pretty tired today and so was I. When I put her down for her morning nap, in her crib, I took a nap as well. About 90 minutes later, she woke up and I grabbed her and put her bed with me. At some point, she spun herself around and had her head on my stomach.
I'm not sure when Amelia grabbed this shot, but I was completely unaware of it until she showed it to me.
August 14, 2009
Happy Birthday Sam McFarlane
Sam, we miss you here.
Happy 29th birthday
Hope Heaven is throwing you a party tonight.
Happy 29th birthday
Hope Heaven is throwing you a party tonight.
August 13, 2009
For Ellie and Javier
as wedding thank you cards.
August 12, 2009
Having a bad f*cking day
Got up this morning and developed a roll of film that came out great.
Did not have breakfast.
Instead, decide to get my Subaru re-registered.
So I head over to the local emissions testing place only to have the car fail the test because of a faulty gas cap. That's right. It did not lock tight enough so I had to go buy another one and pay an additional $10 to get the car retested. Unfuckingbelievable (is that one word?).
The registration had lapsed so there was a $23 fee for that and because I was doing this at a private company and not at the actual state office, there was a $21 fee.
Then I had another run in with the Bank of America. They are running a full fledged bait and switch scam. As a result, I have closed the four accounts I have, I mean had with them.
Fuck the Bank of America.
Have a good day.
Did not have breakfast.
Instead, decide to get my Subaru re-registered.
So I head over to the local emissions testing place only to have the car fail the test because of a faulty gas cap. That's right. It did not lock tight enough so I had to go buy another one and pay an additional $10 to get the car retested. Unfuckingbelievable (is that one word?).
The registration had lapsed so there was a $23 fee for that and because I was doing this at a private company and not at the actual state office, there was a $21 fee.
Then I had another run in with the Bank of America. They are running a full fledged bait and switch scam. As a result, I have closed the four accounts I have, I mean had with them.
Fuck the Bank of America.
Have a good day.
Josh and the 8x10
A week ago, I was in New Hampshire for Josh and Julia's wedding party event. I did not get to see much of them other than the party. While there, Josh had to do a ton of yard work and manual labor to prepare for the party but he was also doing one photograph per day with his father in law's 8x10 camera. If the rest look this good, he needs to do away with digital schmigital and medium format gear.
Josh, I know you are reading this, and you should know this is a damn fine photograph.
Josh, I know you are reading this, and you should know this is a damn fine photograph.
August 11, 2009
August 10, 2009
I would have kicked the door down
Stuck on a plane for 14 hours including 6 hours on the tarmac? No fucking way.
You would have seen me on the evening news as the man who went nuts and ripped a plane apart.
Read the awful details here.
You would have seen me on the evening news as the man who went nuts and ripped a plane apart.
Read the awful details here.
August 06, 2009
On the dance floor
This is my little JellyBean on the dance floor at Josh and Julia's party in NH.
(photo by Megan Spees)
(photo by Megan Spees)
Back Home and Busy
Got home last night around 830pm or so. It was a long day of flying which is even hard with a baby and a lay over in Orlando.
Today I am busy answering emails, getting unpacked, doing laundry, and trying not to lose my mind. Amelia and JellyBean are napping and I am not, but should be. Maybe later.
It was a really great trip. Two nights in Amherst Mass seeing Holly (and her family) and Jörg (and his misses). Eight nights in New Hampshire sleeping next to Crystal Lake (isn't that where Jason of Friday the 13th lives?) and seeing my brother and his clan as well as a little party with Josh and Julia. Then three nights in Keene Valley in the Adirondacks with my wives family. They are a great bunch.
Now I have some work to do including 15 rolls of film to develop. Hoping to have some time tomorrow to get at least half done.
If I owe you an email, please be patient. Also have some pictures to upload.
Today I am busy answering emails, getting unpacked, doing laundry, and trying not to lose my mind. Amelia and JellyBean are napping and I am not, but should be. Maybe later.
It was a really great trip. Two nights in Amherst Mass seeing Holly (and her family) and Jörg (and his misses). Eight nights in New Hampshire sleeping next to Crystal Lake (isn't that where Jason of Friday the 13th lives?) and seeing my brother and his clan as well as a little party with Josh and Julia. Then three nights in Keene Valley in the Adirondacks with my wives family. They are a great bunch.
Now I have some work to do including 15 rolls of film to develop. Hoping to have some time tomorrow to get at least half done.
If I owe you an email, please be patient. Also have some pictures to upload.
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