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2009 International Photography Awards

August 19, 2009

well i got this notice a couple of weeks ago and was thrilled, who wouldn’t be. the other photographers i talked with said WOW. that’s pretty good company to keep.

Hello jene youtt,
Congratulations. Your entry ‘Ascending’ has advanced through the second round and is now in the third and final round of the jurying process. Your entry is now an official Honorable Mention of the 2009 International Photography Awards.
In addition, your entry is now competing for a 1st, 2nd or 3rd place title. All winners will be announced on Tuesday, August 18th.
Congratulations again. Stay Tuned and thank you for participating in the 2009 International Photography Awards.
Sincerely,
International Photography Awards

reach for the stars

reach for the stars

But the final  notification date has passed for the top prizes so it looks as if they aren’t going to send me & mary  around the world or where ever they are sending the winner. but life isn’t so bad. i am really looking forward to see the results because it’s quite an honor to be selected for anything. i am just a guy who shoots pictures, don’t consider myself special, and to be included with these photographers (see archive) it’s some honor, there are moments in life that make it very worthwhile just to wake up.

i look everyday for a link to all the winners and honorable mentions, hey that’s me!

now what do i do?

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Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3)

August 18, 2009

gee i must be doing something right these days as i received this email the other week, see i am way behind my life. 

Congratulations for receiving an Honorable Mention in the 2009 Prix de la Photographie, Paris (PX3) competition. We received over 6,000 entries from 85 countries. PX3 strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. For your entry of BLUE.

African American Dancer

African American Dancer

i am aways amazed at what images people like in my work, happy for sure that they like what i do. but as i said on my facebook page wish they wanted a print as we love to go back to paris and maybe see a blue sky. last time we were there we rented an apartment a block from the Louve, how cool is that to walk a block down to the Seine and watch the boats pass by.

be still my heart before i spend more money, and then there is Venice, the active mind never sleeps

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‘Celt’ shoot

August 18, 2009

well it’s been awhile since my visitor the Celt left back across the water to her home in merry old england and i’ve not even visited this site in how many months. the problem is that i journal, something i’ve picked up years ago after being turned on to the book from a neighbor. i did go to a workshop lead by the co-author who said the major asset was in the journaling. well i got into that and it just stuck.

but i am a photographer and take pictures so without them what’s the point of being here? so onto the meat of the day or should i say entree as ‘meat’ might be politically incorrect and i really don’t like to offend people, but i seem to have a knack.

little red celt

little red celt

this image did get me work renting my tungsten lighting system for an internet shoot for Dwell Magazine.Also a days pay which is nice and meeting two new creatives which is always nice. it was shot using the Canon 5D m ll, something new to me for sure.

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Dance images found

June 3, 2009

this week i’ve got a visitor the ‘little red celt‘, a model from England staying on my couch. we met last year when she and her partner came over to model for some photographers here in the states. she’s back doing the same this year after graduation. we’ve been talking about doing a shoot together this time.well she offered as payment for staying here which really isn’t needed but hey me turn down a lovely woman to shoot. so i’ve been thinking well maybe.

i showed her some found pictures i’d done with a dancer over a year ago which i hadn’t really looked at. i get busy just breeze through the contact sheets, as it were, and forget to come back. i always get something out of a session i can use. but i do get down on myself because of the low rate of return on my images. i am really hard on myself for not being perfect, sorry to say i can be that way with other people close to me also. the saving grace is i am willing to admit that and can back off.

here is a series that i found which ‘celt‘ also liked.

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but our favorite image was this one below. what my work is about is trying to capture the feeling of dance. it’s the same way i light performance pieces. getting my lighting to advance the story through mood or what ever means necessary. one show i remember doing a bump to white lighting and getting ohs from the audience. now that’s a light cue.

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i’ve invited my partner over here for this shoot, ‘the celt’ hasn’t met her yet but we know of each others work. we want to work with some china silk and a fan and see what happens. i love china silk ever since i saw a 100′ backdrop of red china silk the ‘peking opera’ brought over to the the metropolitan opera here in new york city may years ago.

that’s pretty much how i like to work with someone , it’s about a discovery between whom ever i am working with. them, the camera and me. heck i do have some experience doing this stuff so why not have fun along the way?

no animals will be harmed in the making of my pictures, we might have a few laughs along the way, and who knows if any art will be performed. i am very happy if someone buys my prints and hang them in their house. they have a little bit of me when they do so.

well that’s all folks for today……….

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