Live Forever

I first saw this on Scott's web blog and wanted to share it with you today. This is the short version. There is also a six minute + version.
You will appreciate the power of your photographs after viewing this.
Enjoy
Martin

There's still time to see the gallery406 photography exhibit. It runs through the end of January 2015. Gallery owner Kendall Reeves suggests calling ahead in case he needs to step out momentarily.
Hours 9-5
gallery406.com
116 W 6th Street
Suite 110
Bloomington, IN 47404
Office: 812.333.0536

Gallery406 Exhibit Opening Reception

Two of my images were juried into a Gallery406 exhibit.

• Sarah's War Horse (featured above)

• Blue Truck, Red Barn

The reception is open to all.

Friday December 5th, 5-8pm

gallery406.com

Two Winning Entries in National Competition

I am pleased to announce that two of my images were juried into the 10th Annual National Photography Competition exhibit in NY.

Out of over 1100 entries, only 30 winning entries were chosen for the exhibit. 

My winning entries were:

The Earles of Silverville

Kentucky Landscape

FotoFoto Gallery of Huntington NY, is hosting the exhibit for the month of December with the opening reception on December 6th from 5-7pm.

I won’t be going to NY, but I believe there will be an online version of the exhibit.

Thank you for your support.

GALLERY EXHIBIT RECEPTION PARKING IS FREE

Parking Operations has confirmed that parking will be free and no citations will be issued after 6:00 p.m Friday in the following places: 

• Fine Arts circle *

• Visitor and Handicapped spots north of the Art Museum **

• "A" spots on the south side of the IU Auditorium

• and the Jordan Avenue Parking Garage.

* The Fine Arts circle is directly east of the Fine Arts building. Turn west on 7^th Street from Jordan Avenue, and turn right, uphill, at the stop sign and follow the construction fences a bit till you see the circle on your left.

** The Art Museum is next to the Fine Arts building on the west side.

COME TO THE EXHIBIT OPENING & RECEPTION

Friends, this year I have three juried images in the exhibit at the IU School of Fine Arts. 

Join me in the Grunwald Gallery for the opening reception of the exhibit, Friday, July 18, from 6:00  8:00 pm. All events are free and open to the public.

This year my titles are: Stillwater Marsh, Sarah & Jasper and Niagara.

Stillwater Marsh was chosen as one of the judges favorites.

PARKING IS FREE DURING THE RECEPTION. More details on parking will be provided next week.

Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts
1201 E. Seventh St., Room 123
Bloomington, IN 47405-7509 812 855-8490

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Gallery HoursTuesday to Saturday
12 noon – 4pm

Closed Sundays and Mondays

Awesomeness and a Beercan (lens)

Shootin' the Rapids with a Beercan
[ CLICK TO ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE ]

Recently we made our first ever visit to Niagara Falls, a truly awesome site. But equally amazing were the rapids of the Niagara River leading right into the Falls. I wanted to capture this incredible sight with an image that deserved to be something more than a touristy looking point-n-shoot photo. That's where my trusty Beercan came in. :-)

What's a Beercan? That is the affectionate name of a classic Minolta zoom lens. (it's appearance is similar to a tall beercan) This lens is quite old now. A legacy lens to be sure, that harkens to the old 35mm film camera days. But it still produces stellar images. The sharpness, the color and the continuous f4 aperture across the zoom is what made this lens a legend. And it still works with Minolta and Sony-Alpha digital bodies!

But another feature of this lens that enabled me to produce this image is that you can stop down the aperture to an impressive f32! This super small aperture, together with a polarizing lens filter is how I was able to capture the unique look of the rapids themselves.
Too see other Niagara Falls images, type NIAGARA in the "search my photos" box.

Enjoy!
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