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With the weather, things for
me have really begun to heat up lately, and I have a quite a few
happenings I would like to share with you in this newsletter:
First, I want to
extend an invitation to you to join me this coming
weekend at Coney Island for the
42nd Annual Cincinnati Summerfair. For a long
time, Summerfair has been one of the regions most
prominent and competitive Art Shows, and I am honored to
be among the ranks of the artists invited to display
this year. Of the 900+ applicants only 323 were
accepted. Among those 323 accepted artists, only
36 are actually from the Greater Cincinnati Area!
Also, this Tuesday
morning I will be appearing on Northern Kentucky's ICN6
television station to join the chairpersons of
Cincinnati Summerfair 2009 in promoting the coming art
festival. (I hope to get a recording of this to share
soon.) The
show lasts from Friday, May 29 through Sunday, May 31.
WHEN:
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Friday, May
29, 2009 (2:00 pm – 8:00 pm)
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Saturday,
May 30, 2009 (10:00 am - 8:00 pm)
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Sunday, May
31, 2009 (10:00 am - 5:00 pm)
WHERE:
COST:
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[Click
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In the map
above, I have Identified where my booth will be
set up. For ease of reference, I will be
right outside the edifice of "Moonlight
Gardens." |
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The day
after Summerfair (June 1, 2009), I will be
giving a presentation to the
Photo Club of Greater Cincinnati.
The group has an average attendance of 30
remembers or so to their meetings. I
was asked to talk about my work and how I
achieve the dramatic details emblematic of
my photographs. The methods I use are
rooted in both light physics and computer
science. I learned a great deal of it
simply by reading and doing, so it is my
hope that the research and experimentation
I have done will help me to overcome the
experience-in-years boundary, and to become
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My second big
announcement is in regards to the Wyoming
Art show that I competed in this past May
17. Again, thank you to everyone who
stopped in to visit, and especially to Big
Al and Aunt Jo for your help setting up and
manning the ship all day.
My piece "Remembered
Sundays with the Chief" won the show's
Wyoming Business Association's Award and the
payout that comes with it. Overall the
show was a great success and I was
pleased to share
my work with all the curious patrons--I
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This past
week I also received a letter back from the
Hyde Park Square Art Show welcoming me to
participate in their show this coming
October. This show's jury process was
particularly nerve-racking, but it was well
worth it. Unlike other shows were you
submit slides and an write up a few
responses about your work, the Hyde Park
Square Art show is an in-person presentation
before a jurist.
I left not feeling so good about
my chances, but I suppose the judge was just
silently admiring my work! I'm excited
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You can now
find my work in the
Glendale Handcraft Gallery. My
photos have found a happy home in the
gallery that advertises "Buy Unique."
The shop just recently opened to the public
and has many nontraditional art items and
gifts. It is located at:
15 West
Sharon Road
Cincinnati, OH 45246 |
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Thanks to
the
Row House Gallery in Milford, three of
my pieces were on display for the open
houses of the "House Ruth Lyons Built."
The project brought together local craftsmen
to construct a home, which is to be raffled
off for charity.
[Click
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I
have now made a series of photo
cards available for purchase.
I will have them at my upcoming
shows and in several other
storefront locations. Many
thanks to my Mom for helping me to
put together 2,000 of these cards!
They are to be sold in packages of
5, and they make great gifts. |
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..And now,
some of the pieces I've been working on: [Can't see 'em?
Click Here] |
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This
photograph was taken using an
infrared filter. On the
surface, the glass filter appears to
be completely black and it is
impossible to see through it unless
it is pointed directly toward the
sun. The light passing through
it is at a frequency in which the
human eye cannot see, but digital
cameras and certain types of film
are very sensitive to the infrared
light. They both make for
great summer-time black and white
photos. Typical of infrared
photos are the black skies and the
white vegetation you can see in this
photo. |
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