Mornings are always good, but this one …
Is especially nice.
I woke up to find that my IPAD2 design was accepted for best designs. The case features a shot from my white daisies series of photographs.
Daisies
Happy Friday!
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Friday, February 17, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
What is YOUR dream for the world?
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| A quiet space to talk ... Do we do this anymore? |
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Shop and $AVE Local
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Monday, August 24, 2009
The Art of Reading II
Back in grad school, I had started a project titled "Art of Reading," and it featured photographs of individuals engaged in reading as well as photographs of libraries, books, etc ... I think I am going to resurrect it because it keeps coming back to me, whispering, even taunting ...
I think I'll make it more like a commonplace book with drawings, photos, etc ... perhaps it will have a hyperart component.
Meanwhile, check out this cool project.
I think I'll make it more like a commonplace book with drawings, photos, etc ... perhaps it will have a hyperart component.
Meanwhile, check out this cool project.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
School's IN for Summer
I love to learn. I love to teach and, as I see it, teaching is often learning. It's a sharing experience from which I always come away feeling fulfilled, feeling like I have both given and gained knowledge.
So, last evening, I attended the new teacher orientation at the Art Association of Harrisburg, where this summer I will teach "Digital Photography for Artists." In the fall, I will also have a course designed for students who want to learn more about their digital cameras and how to use them to make good photographs.
Go ahead and sign up for the summer course. If you need more details, visit the Art Association website. I promise you will find the staff more than helpful.
I will probably enroll in at least one summer class as well because, as usual, there is a full slate of courses from which to choose. A short while after joining the association in 2007, I enrolled in Linda Benton-McCloskey's "Experimental Mixed Media" course. I had THE best time and I learned so much from Linda and fellow classmates.
Last fall, I took a drawing class with Maaike Heitkonig Hickok. She can draw! Fellow classmates ranged in age from teens to senior citizen, male and female, and we had fun doing poses and flash poses for one another. What's more, I accomplished my goal of overcoming being so slow with a drawing. I wanted to do better at observing and getting it on paper.
Classmates are the added benefit of the experience of learning. I met interesting and diverse people, many of whom did not aspire to make art for a living but wanted to stretch beyond their comfort zone and learn something new.
Go ahead. Check it out. Sign up for my course or several. Another good one that is offered this spring (beginning Monday) is Elaine Brady-Smith's "Collage" course.
So, last evening, I attended the new teacher orientation at the Art Association of Harrisburg, where this summer I will teach "Digital Photography for Artists." In the fall, I will also have a course designed for students who want to learn more about their digital cameras and how to use them to make good photographs.
Go ahead and sign up for the summer course. If you need more details, visit the Art Association website. I promise you will find the staff more than helpful.
I will probably enroll in at least one summer class as well because, as usual, there is a full slate of courses from which to choose. A short while after joining the association in 2007, I enrolled in Linda Benton-McCloskey's "Experimental Mixed Media" course. I had THE best time and I learned so much from Linda and fellow classmates.
Last fall, I took a drawing class with Maaike Heitkonig Hickok. She can draw! Fellow classmates ranged in age from teens to senior citizen, male and female, and we had fun doing poses and flash poses for one another. What's more, I accomplished my goal of overcoming being so slow with a drawing. I wanted to do better at observing and getting it on paper.
Classmates are the added benefit of the experience of learning. I met interesting and diverse people, many of whom did not aspire to make art for a living but wanted to stretch beyond their comfort zone and learn something new.
Go ahead. Check it out. Sign up for my course or several. Another good one that is offered this spring (beginning Monday) is Elaine Brady-Smith's "Collage" course.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Photographers a DEAD breed?
These days, everyone is a photographer, right? Not so fast.
Photographers need not head to the unemployment office to sign up for job training. Despite the outrageous pontifications (BS) from those individuals who are certain that the prosumer point-and-shoot is turning anyone who owns one into a master of photography, not EVERYone who shoots wants to be a master and not everyone who shoots has what it takes to BE a master. What's more, not everyone who shoots has what it takes to master the art and the science (marketing and sales, for example) of professional photography.
I'll be back in a bit to finish these thoughts ...
Photographers need not head to the unemployment office to sign up for job training. Despite the outrageous pontifications (BS) from those individuals who are certain that the prosumer point-and-shoot is turning anyone who owns one into a master of photography, not EVERYone who shoots wants to be a master and not everyone who shoots has what it takes to BE a master. What's more, not everyone who shoots has what it takes to master the art and the science (marketing and sales, for example) of professional photography.
I'll be back in a bit to finish these thoughts ...
Sunday, January 4, 2009
How long does it take you to ...?
More than two years ... for this altered book ... and I am not certain the last spread is done. The book is recessed and mounted onto a hand-cut frame, which I painted. Why so long to finish, or almost finish? I don't have a definitive answer. I just know it happens. Not with all pieces, but with some. So, this "board book" sat on a shelf,its first spread partially completed, for a long time. Last week, I removed it from the shelf, paged through the prepared spreads (sanded and gessoed) and decided the time had come to work with the piece. The book, rescued from a dumpster abd re-purposed, contains original photography, handmade paper, rice paper, acrylic paints - layered and textured and various embellishments.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
The Artist - Labeling
Labels are for sauces not for people.
When we label -- categorize -- individuals we limit them, at least in our minds. What's more, we share these labels that we give, thereby passing along the limitations we use to define others.
I don't believe this involves malicious intent, unless, of course, we are talking about gossip. Rather, I believe it's an ingrained cultural habit, our way of trying to maintain order in the chaos of living.
When we label -- categorize -- individuals we limit them, at least in our minds. What's more, we share these labels that we give, thereby passing along the limitations we use to define others.
I don't believe this involves malicious intent, unless, of course, we are talking about gossip. Rather, I believe it's an ingrained cultural habit, our way of trying to maintain order in the chaos of living.
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