Cairns Sunrise
This photo, “Cairns Sunrise” was just accepted into the juried show at the Edmonds Arts Festival, which takes place on Father’s Day weekend, June 15-16.
It’s printed on canvas or art paper and framed with no glass which is the only way I’ve found for it to really “pop.”
Casey on the Beach, April 2012
As some of you may know, on March 15th two of our three dogs, Lucy and Buddy, were killed by a car after getting out during the night.
Casey is our new German Shepherd puppy (born on Jan 9th). She’s going to be a great dog, but right now the puppy chewing stage has earned her the nickname “Jaws.”
Once she reaches her full size, around 80 lbs, the sight of her and Rocky (8 lbs) walking together on the beach should be pretty funny. She is relentless right now in wanting to play with him. He’s doing pretty well with her high energy assaults on him.
Just a pic to document the big snow storm we had last week. Plenty of school to make up in June for Kaitlyn, but it was worth it. I actually strapped on my ski’s and made a couple runs down our street.
Snowmageddon 2012
The Yin and Yang of Fall
I’ve had this idea floating around in my brain for awhile now about how to make a yin/yang symbol out of leaves. This is my first attempt with more to follow. I’d like to take one in an abstract direction using a lot more manipulation in PS.
Not that I spend much time on Facebook, but sometimes people ask me if I’m on there and so here’s a link to me: Kurt on FB
FYI, I typically only respond to posts on FB when someone tags me. I almost never sit and read the wall and watch people’s posts scroll by, so if you want me to reply on FB either send me a message or tag me.
I do post a lot of social and political stuff there because I think of it as a type of public service, in that it’s about issues that I think are important and that people should be aware of. I do very little “chit chat” on FB, so if you want to “chat” with me, direct email is always best. I type fast so email conversations are actually enjoyable for me — Kurtatwork@aol.com. ;o)
Pumilio Dart Frog
Another member of our home zoo.
This shot looks pretty cool printed on Epson canvas and mounted without glass.
They’re very small but interesting frogs as the brief description below from Saurian.net talks about their unique reproductive/parenting style.
Perhaps the most fascinating thing about pumilio is the fact that they are “egg feeders”. In this group of species, the female not only carries each tadpole to an appropriate drop off site, but she then returns every few days to lay a clutch of unfertilized eggs for the tadpoles to eat. A female may care for as many as eight (two to four being a much more typical number) tadpoles at one time. These eggs are the tadpoles sole source of food, and efforts to raise them on other foods have so far been unsuccessful. Such a level of care is, to say the least, quite unusual in the ranks of amphibians.
Back in 1995 I wrote this essay as part of a Transpersonal Psych class I was taking at a local JC. There are certainly things I would update about it now so many years later, but I have mostly left it intact over the years as it serves as a journal of sorts for me into my thought processes at the that time.
This is in PDF format: Consciousness Evolution and Complexity Theory
Garlic Bread?
This is what happens when you’re cooking dinner, or garlic bread to be more precise, and trying to do 10 other things at once.
And then of course once it becomes a “photo op” then the 7 yr old has to get involved.
At least the bread seems to be getting some love from her. Maybe those fingers mean “rest in peace, oh dead piece of bread”. Thank God for that kitchen timer that never fails to let you know when the food is “done” … the smoke detector.
Droplets
I’ve been working for some time on ways of framing prints that gets the glass and the glare out of the way and allows the print to show with maximum impact and intensity.
The photo you see to the right is titled “Droplets” and was the inspiration for finding a way to get the glass out of the way.
But many of my other images benefit hugely from this new approach. The feedback and response has been terrific as people seem much more excited about the photography with comments like “it seems to jump off the wall.”
And that’s exactly the point. So I plan on literally re-framing everything on my walls using this new (to me) technique. Other photographers have been exploring this technique using mostly canvas and coating the print with a giclee type of protectant. The problem then becomes, how to frame it without glass; and admittedly it is a tricky technique. Not to mention that getting the coating on there just right results in some prints that end up in the trash and not on the wall.
Anyway, the website does not do the prints justice when you compare what you see on the wall to what’s on the PC.
Backwaters of Venice
Companies like Breathing Color, Moab and many more are coming out with new products almost monthly that are opening up a huge range of printing possibilities.
Taking a nice photo is only one part of the process. Printmaking is what really makes the art come alive.
Budapest Church Stairwell / B&W
Got an email from Moab about a new paper they’re coming out with that has a metallic quality to it that they tout as being really cool for BW images, so I’ll probably test print this one when the paper arrives.
Sunday / July 31st … Got the Moab “Slickrock” paper and this image looks just as cool as I hoped it might. Now to figure out what else might work with this unique paper.
