Photography Biennial Opening Reception at Concordia

"The Art of Teaching" opened at the Concordia Gallery on Thursday night. Here are a few quick iPhone snaps of the reception, which had a nice solid flow of people coming through for all 3 hours:

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My piece (next to former CVA professor Linda Gammell's piece) right at the entrance to the gallery.


My boys running through the gallery early on.












An iPhone panorama near the end of the night.


A shot that I Instagrammed of 4 former CVAers at the show (and this was right before a
5th [Lynda Monick-Isenberg] showed up). This is photo prof Linda Gammell, me, design chair
John Dufresne, and photo prof/photo tech Caroline Houdek.

I'd like to thank everyone who stopped by on Thursday evening. It was a fun night!

The Concordia Gallery is located at 1301 Marshall Avenue in St. Paul, and it's open M-F from 10-4 if you'd like to stop by and see the show. It's open through October 1st.

Photography Biennial Postcards

The postcards for the Photography Biennial that I'm a part of came last week. (I shared the design of them a few weeks ago, but now I've seen the physical postcards.) Here's a stack of them:

Click the image for a larger version.

Stop by the opening reception THIS THURSDAY! Here's a link to the Facebook event for the opening.

Two Thoughts on Living an Artist's Life...

First, a comic from Things In Squares:

And here's a quote from author Kurt Vonnegut (posted by The Mind Unleashed):

I don't think he's using his new selfie stick correctly...

My Artwork Made It Back Home

My piece from the exhibition "Night" at the Center for Fine Art Photography just made the trip back home. Here are my boys trying to figure out this large package:

Unpacking. Here's the piece wrapped in foam core from inside the big box.


Framed piece wrapped in paper inside the foam core box.


Artwork from inside the 2 boxes.

It made the trip just fine with no issues. The piece is still wrapped up because it's heading to Concordia University's Photo Biennial later this week. So stop by that opening if you'd like to see it.

Here are a few installation photos from "Night" at the Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins. Follow that link for some photos, and there are more links at the bottom of that page with more photos from that exhibition if you're interested.

Upcoming Exhibition: Concordia University's Photo Biennial

I was asked to be part of Concordia University's Photo Biennial exhibition called "The Art of Teaching." It opens in less than a month. Here's the design for the front and back of the postcard:

Here's the link to the event on Facebook. Stop by 1301 Marshall Ave in St. Paul on September 8th from 5-8 pm for the opening! I'll be there.

Wedding Photographers...

This headline from The Onion might *JUST* be me:

#NailedIt

Using a Nikon as a Chair

People have been talking about this image for the last few days:

People assume he's dumb for (1) using such an expensive lens as a chair, and (2) shooting with his cell phone while having a dSLR with a nice lens on it at his disposal. Well, I kinda feel the same as the rest of the world about #1, but regarding issue #2, he only has a long lens on that camera. If he needs to shoot something a bit wider, he'd need a different camera or lens. So maybe he's snapping a candid photo of a friend (or something) with his "normal" cell phone. There have been plenty of times I've had my dSLR around my neck and shot something with my phone instead. So cut him some slack.

But... as a Canon user... I'm TEMPTED to make the joke "Finally, someone using a Nikon the proper way!"