I am so impressed by the talents of these aspiring young film composers. The highlight of the workshop is the evening when the participants get the opportunity to record their music with virtually the same resources afforded Oscar-winning composers.
Check out the slideshow above or click here to view it in a separate window.
Julia Dean is having her Sixth Annual Alternative Photography Exhibit starting on Friday, August 14 (opening reception from 5-8pm that evening).
This year I decided to submit a photo I took a few years ago in Ohio. I shot it with Kodak HIE (Infrared) film (unfortunately no longer available) with a 25A red filter.
It was shot on a piece of property owned by distant cousins of mine right outside Bladensburg, Ohio. I asked family member Dixie Davidson Furlong to reminisce about the property as I knew she could write about it much better than me.
“I believe Dad bought the property in the 60’s. In the middle of one of the open pastures on a high point on the property, which is located a few miles outside of Bladensburg, is the Patterson graveyard. There are definitely graves from the 1800’s in there, but I’m not sure how far back it goes. Kim remembers that as a young girl she discovered a stone that revealed a female who had lived a short life, one that matched her age at the time. The discovery induced serious thoughts about life and death for her that day.
As I understood it from my father, because the Pattersons created this family graveyard, complete with a beautiful hand-hewn stone wall surrounding the spot, it is always to be maintained by the local township/county. As such, it also is not considered “owned” land. Thus, although my sister now holds the deed for the surrounding land, the graveyard is not considered her property.
Groundhogs have disturbed the grave markers over the years, and some markers have fallen and broken and pieces lie among the grasses around the roots of the protective trees. It’s a beautiful, quiet, respectful site and I hope it remains as such.”
I went back recently to this contact sheet and found an image I shot of the actual gravestones which is below.
A special thank you to Russell Adams of Schulman Photo Lab for doing such an incredible job printing these images for me.
The amazingly talented photographer Will Jacks has a gallery show opening on August 20 in Cleveland, Missisippi and I am happy to say that the gallery chose five of my images to be included in the show.
Unfortunately I won’t be able to personally attend the opening but am so happy to Will and for this wonderful event. You can learn more about the show here and view the press release here.
You can see my images below.
I sold two of the four prints (the Santa Monica Pier prints) from the Whole Foods showcase. Daisies and Cherry Blossoms are still available.
Print size – 10×10 image on 20×20 photographic paper
Framed in a 20×20 black frame
If interested in purchasing, please email me.
I am now working with a gorgeous new stationery line, which includes wedding invitations, save the date announcements, baby announcements and holiday cards.
While I don’t have my new samples yet, I wanted to share with you the some of the proofs they sent me. Both of these samples are with my images.
To see larger views of the samples, just click on each card.
I will be sharing more samples with you in the next month or so.
The Whole Foods Store in Santa Monica (2201 Wilshire Boulevard) is showcasing my photography through July 20. Click here to see what it looks like in the store (apologies for the quality of the image. I shot this with my phone camera).
All of these framed prints will be for sale after July 20.
Piaget, the high-end designer of jewelry and watches has opened its first California shop at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. They are having their first bridal event at this beautiful new boutique on Wednesday, June 24 from 11-2 and I was flattered when they asked me to participate.
Other vendors for the event include Godiva Chocolatiers, Papyrus Stationers and Blossoms Floral Design.
I photographed the beautiful invitation they sent out.
So if you happen to be in the OC that day, stop on by as I would love to see you.
My good friend and fellow photographer, Laurie Bailey, came back from this hotel a couple of weeks ago and told me immediately that I had to go there myself. I went to their website and I was hooked!
The Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs was a former Howard Johnson that had fallen into disrepair. It reopened as the Ace Hotel & Swim Club in February of this year.
I don’t consider myself the queen of hip but I immediately felt at home in this hotel — from the record player in your room, the vintage-looking bikes you can ride and the old GMC van near the swimming pool (I looked for a choke inside the van but alas there wasn’t one, my Dad’s 1969 Ford van had one).
When you hang out in the pool or eat in their great restaurant you hear Bill Withers, Johhny Cash and Nick Drake over their sound system. There is also a real and I mean real photo booth in their lobby (which I went a little crazy with since it takes credit cards). I mean you just can’t beat it.
I asked hotel management if I could photograph their hotel and they immediately said yes. So I brought every camera I own and every type of film I had in my fridge and shot away. I even shot a roll of (don’t freak out people)……Kodachrome film and used a pack of my very precious Polaroid Viva Type 80 film with my Holgaroid.
I will definitely be going back there some time this summer to shoot more.
Kolo Albums was nice enough to feature my A Little Piece of Home book in their very own blog, The Koloist, today.
Click here to read the blog entry.
The response to this book has been tremendous.
