philly field trip

italian market in philly.

pics are late, but better late than never….

open market

market watch

taters

gallery life is over

i walk down the hall of gallery 6 looking at my peers work.  photography. jewelry making. weaving.  i’m thinking how i miss it already.

a few weeks ago i decided to leave the Lorton Arts Foundation Workhouse Photographic Society.  sunday, march 8th was my last day.

i wanted to really mull it over before i decided to write about it.

so why have i left?  some of it was just lack of time.  some of it were for other reasons.

i learned quite a few lessons now having gotten to participate in something like this.  here’s a list of things i was able to immediately think of:

1. be ready to commit.  when i say commit – i mean you have to invest time, money, and patience.

• time to go take fabulous photos that dont suck. time to build your frames or to go buy your frames.  time to print or order your photos.  time to assemble your photos and frames.  time to go and hang your photos.  time to sit and play studio manager.  time to make all these commitments while maintaining normal life of regular chores; a FT job, running errands, doing laundry, attending to family obligations, and anything and everything else that tests your sanity.
• spend money on prints, inks, frames, gas to and from the facility, rent, money for benches that the foundation should have bought but made you pay for since they kinda wasted the money elsewhere.
• patience for not losing it when you accidentally drop your frame on the ground when hanging.  patience for not tossing the frame out the window because you keep making stupid mistakes like forgetting to sign your mat or photo after you just cranked down the last screw.  patience for not getting super angry when you carefully pull the photo out, managed to sign it, put it back together and noticed a huge spec of lint stuck in the middle of the photo.  patience for some of your peers as you may not agree with some of their viewpoints.

2. if you have a FT job, it kinda sucks.

this shindig is a co-op, so there was 15 of us to start.  

holy fisheye batman!

in all my days of photography, i’ve seen many humongous lenses… but never before have i seen such a mighty fisheye!

my husband found this monster on ebay…

Nikon 2.8 | 6mm Fisheye-Nikkor Auto non-AI

Very rare lens 6mm Nikkor of first version non-Ai, with very clean glass incl. Caps and original case 
Lens glass is clear and free from any scratches, haze, fungus, and separation.

Condition AB, near mint, very light signs of wear, absolutely fully functional good condition

Being sold here:

Photo Arsenal Boris Jamchtchik
Pillenreutherstr. 23
90459 Nuernberg
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 911/ 4008081 E-Mail: ebayshop@arsenal-photo.com

want it?   US $35,910.00

flip vs canon

 

Flip vs. Canon

 

doesn’t look like I’ll be getting a Flip Video Camera…

see what marisa taylor has to say here.

red bull art of can. wow.

 Red Bull has been hosting their annual Red Bull Art of Can exhibition since 2005.  This year the 2009 Exhibition will be held in Washington DC at Union Station October 1-12.

The exhibition will be open to all artists who can create an original piece of artwork inspired by or created with Red Bull cans.

You do have to register for the event and you have to do it before May 15th, 2009.

 

hrmm, finally something to do with all those empty cans….

hate fish sticker is here!

hooray!  my fish wrangler stickers showed up!  awesome. 

fish wrangler hate fish sticker!

buy yours here!

hate fish sticker!

yes, i broke down like a cheap car and got some FISH WRANGLER stickers!

i can’t help it – it’s like a crack habit i can’t shake.  

besides, this is by far one of the best applications facebook has out.  

therefore i have no issues with supporting the people that entertain me every 15 minutes…

hate-fish-sticker

Order the limited edition Fish Wrangler Sticker!

Get it before it sells out!
Dimensions: 4 in x 3.25 in (10 cm x 8 cm). 
Die cut so the thin line you see is where the sticker ends.
Screen printed on high quality white vinyl.
Perfect for outdoor use, on your car.. boat.. or your neighbors mailbox.

The Sticker: (on Capn Jozek’s Laptop)

2 stickers = $1.99  (.99 ea)

buy them here!

the cre8tivegirl’s talent

i’m sucha slacker.  i’ve been meaning to post up some links to some peoples work i admired.

one in particular goes to a very talented gal who goes by cre8tivegirl… (check out her website, she has some awesome work posted)

a while back surfing flickr i found one of the coolest paper projects ever posted by one Yvonne Perez Emerson.  see her flickr stream here.

DAAAAHHHHHH! by rucre8tive

i’m completely fascinated by these little guys and made comment about how cool they were.  after making comment, we chatted it up and became friends on flickr. 

not only does she have a great website, neato pics on flickr, but she also has a great blog too.  some really nifty stuff on that blog, i’m always interested in seeing what talents she finds and posts.