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Random photo-related musings along with my joys and woes as a photographer trying to manage teaching, making photos, family, and life.
Monday, October 26, 2009
SPE Midwest Reception
This weekend, the Society for Photography Education (SPE) has it’s Midwest conference in Minneapolis.
This Friday night (Oct 30th), there’s a special reception for the SPE members at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery. (If you’ll look a few posts down, you’ll see that I’m in the current show at the Nash.) So swing by the Nash this Friday from 5:30-7. I wasn’t able to make the opening reception 10 days ago, but I hope to make it to the reception on Friday.
Click here to learn more about SPE Midwest.
Click here to learn more about SPE Midwest.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
New Layout
I spent part of Friday and Saturday tweaking html code and playing around with the layout of this site. What do you think?
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Robert Adams on Making Photos
No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.- Robert Adams
Darkroom & Creative Camera Techniques, May 1995
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Work Up at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Yesterday, the photography show “Here and Now” officially went up. And it looks GOOD. It’s on display at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery on the University of Minnesota campus. The opening reception this is Friday from 6-8:30 pm, but unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it. So I snapped a few photos of my work at the Nash when I stopped by yesterday:
My work next to Caroline’s
So I won’t see you at the opening, but make sure to swing by and see the show between now and November 12th. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am - 7 pm.
My work next to Caroline’s
Friday, October 09, 2009
Why Did I Ever Stop Doing This?
I haven’t built my own frames since undergrad. It was time to give it a whirl again. Man, I missed it. I needed 6-8 frames that were 24” x 24”. So I got to work.
- Glass: $64
- Foam core and mat: $140
- Tung oil: $9
- Total: $304
- $50.66 / piece (with 3 frames to spare)
So for that price, I have 6 framed pieces ready to hang. AND I have 3 extra frames all ready to use in the future.
. . . . . . . . Day 1 . . . . . . . .
Stairs to the CVA Sculpture studio
90 feet of 1x3 inch poplar "rabbited out"
36 two-foot mitered pieces
“Manly” blood blister
(from a not-so-manly tape measure... oops.)
. . . . . . . . Day 2 . . . . . . . .
Frames taking shape
9 frames (before puttying and sanding)
After putty and sanding
(with enough left over for a tiny frame)
. . . . . . . . Later Days . . . . . . . .
Applying tung oil in my garage
Picking up matboard and foamcore at Tradewinds
Framed up
Installing D-rings and wire
Delivered to the Nash for installation
- Lumber: $91Stairs to the CVA Sculpture studio
90 feet of 1x3 inch poplar "rabbited out"
36 two-foot mitered pieces
“Manly” blood blister
(from a not-so-manly tape measure... oops.)
. . . . . . . . Day 2 . . . . . . . .
Frames taking shape
9 frames (before puttying and sanding)
After putty and sanding
(with enough left over for a tiny frame)
. . . . . . . . Later Days . . . . . . . .
Applying tung oil in my garage
Picking up matboard and foamcore at Tradewinds
Framed up
Installing D-rings and wire
Delivered to the Nash for installation
- Glass: $64
- Foam core and mat: $140
- Tung oil: $9
- Total: $304
- $50.66 / piece (with 3 frames to spare)
So for that price, I have 6 framed pieces ready to hang. AND I have 3 extra frames all ready to use in the future.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
“Here and Now” on the University of Minnesota Website
I guess the title says it all. Click here to see the little write-up.
Again, you're all invited to the public reception that has been scheduled for Friday, October 16, 6-8:30 pm.
Again, you're all invited to the public reception that has been scheduled for Friday, October 16, 6-8:30 pm.