The Best of 2011

After much review I have done it.  I have narrowed all of my photos from 2011 down to my 12 favorite images for the year.  I went through approximately 1500 images to narrow down to my favorite 50.  From there I narrowed it down (with Wenderina's help) to my favorite 12... I went with 12 to represent the 12 months even though I did not try to hold my self to one from each month... I just though 12 was as good a number as any.  It was great to see the images I took this year and get a feel for how my work is progressing.  Some of my favorites were the unexpected shots I took.  I need to branch out even more in 2012.

I wish you all a Happy Healthy and Successful 2012!

Keep Makin' Art!

Carl

Happy Holidays and Peace on Earth!

just a quick note to say Happy Holidays!  Wishing all my blogging friends a Wonderful 2012!

Next week I will be doing my yearly best of posts.  Oh the pressure!

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Big News!!!

Hi Everyone!

I am sorry for my prolonged spell of non-blogging.  There has been a lot going on in our lives this holiday season, but I wanted to report a bit of great news.  I was up for membership in the Piermont Flywheel Gallery.  After the portfolio review and vote this morning I am officially an artist member of the gallery!  Wendy was a huge help in assisting me to narrow down five years of photographs into a portfolio of fifteen pieces that gave some idea of who I am as an artist.  I will have a three week show coming up in the later half of 2012 and will have some of my images up on display in the gallery sometime after the new year.  I really like and admire the artists in PFG (Piermont Flywheel Gallery) and think this will be a great next step in my evolution as an artist.  Thanks to EVERYONE who has been supportive of my photography.

More to come on this after the New Year!

Keep Makin' Art!

Carl

The holidays are starting to come into focus.......

My Christmas tree...
an abstract detail.


Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Post Thanksgiving Ramble

We were away in upstate NY for Thanksgiving this year.  Spending time with Wendy's family and some of our dearest friends.  I have a little tradition when we are upstate for the holiday to get up early the following day and head to Mendon Ponds Park.  I walk the old orchard trail and then take my camera to birdsong trail.  The titmouse's (or is it titmice?) and the chickadees were fun this year and posed for me a little once I offered up some birdseed.  It was a great trip in many ways.  One of the things I am thankful for is being able to get out and hike with my camera.

Keep Makin' Art!

Carl

An image from last year...

I have not had a camera in my hands in a few weeks.... The leaves have fallen and the tempo of life at work has increased.  I can not believe I have not posted in two weeks.  I have been on such a roll this year. It has felt weird not to post.  I am afraid it will be more of the same this week.  Hopefully this weekend I'll get out with the camera.  I leave you with this image from fall of 2010 and wish all of you celebrating a happy Thanksgiving!

Keep Makin' Art!
Carl

Community Photo Challenge - People in Landscapes

The November challenge over at community photo challenge is 'people in landscapes.'  My entry is from a late October morning in 2008 at Harriman State Park.  It was a wonderful peaceful morning.  This photos conveys that and I think it would not be the same without the fisherman in the boat.

Keep Makin' Art!

Carl

A Departure From the Norm....

For those of you expecting flowers, waterfalls or lighthouses from me my apologies.... I planned to shoot nature today, but the leaves were gone, the park was crowded and I was not feelin' the love today.... That is until I saw these beauties sitting out in the sun at the local motorcycle shop... Chrome was just meant to be photographed in High Dynamic Range.

Keep Makin' Art!

Carl

Re-Edited

Since I had a little time this morning I went back to the raw file of this image from my first Ithaca trip in June.  When I first edited the photos I had done a quick version of this one.  I have gone back and settled on a crop and worked on the tones of the image a little.  It looks like it will hold up to a 10x20 print.  I will have one done to see how it looks.  I am thinking this one will look great on canvas!

Kee Makin' Art!

Carl

Sunrise and Fog Above The Trees - Ithaca, NY

A whole week of no pictures.

I woke up this morning and realized I have not taken any photos all week.  I will have to do something about that this weekend.... but I am not sure yet what.  I will post what ever I find.

Have a great weekend everyone,
Carl