Archives for December, 2008
Quite An Honor
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
This has been a very good year for me personally and artistically, despite the awful events with the economy. And today it got even better when I learned that Lin and Rich over at Fluffytek had awarded a “Golden Fluffy” to me for “Best Blog Image of the Year.” Wow! I’m amazed that Lin singled […]
Happy Holidays
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
That’s what I’m having these days, happy holidays. It’s been a very nice, but very busy Christmas season this year. When I haven’t been hosting my immediate family at my house I’ve been traveling to other relatives’ homes to enjoy celebrations with them. This is the first year in several that all my children have […]
Reruns and Politics (and Political Reruns)
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
I’ve posted this photo before. I shot it in Hawaii (on a beach, though you’d never know that if I didn’t tell you) with Leona Anne back in September. I enjoy watching the lives of my photos. Some immediately strike me as successful photos, but soon or eventually they lose their charm and I no […]
Caught a Soul?
Saturday, December 20th, 2008
I shot this photo of Phoenix Kelly today. I was playing around with some fabric and my 50mm f/1.4 lens used wide open to play with shallow depth of field. She just wrote to me to say this about this photo, “Love this. You caught me. On camera. That’s the first time that I recognize […]
More Krappiness
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
I’ve spent a good deal of time this past week looking through my old photos for things I’ve done with various kinds of “Krappy Kameras” to find things to send to the juried show in New York. I have way more than I can send, but I think this one is going to make the […]
Krappy Kameras
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
This is the time of year when there seem to be a lot of juried shows looking for entries. So I’ve been busy getting entries ready. Several have already been sent off and several more are in various stages of preparation. I’ve gotten so that I’ll only enter these things if it is easy to […]