Hi

I just wanted to pop over and let you know where I've been. Ian and I have started a blog together on non-photography and non-videography adventures in our lives, so I wanted to share it with y'all. It's at Conway Scrapblog. While it's not about photography, it does feature both of our photography.
Enjoy!

First large format

So technically, this was the last image I took with my cambo large format camera. I haven't had a chance to scan the others.

I posted the next to largest size (yes, I know it doesn't really fit in the template...) because I just don't think the smaller sizes do it justice. Ok, so now it's a smaller size. Whatever.

I'm totally in love with this picture. I think it's one of my best works, and not to my surprise, I've gotten very little feedback about it. LOL! I guess you have to be raised in a house with a wood stove to appreciate it.

Hope you all are well. I hope to announce my exciting news later this week.
xoxoxox

One down, one to go

I knew going into this weekend that I'd get to have two totally new experiences. Mom & Dad got me a 70-300mm Nikkor telephoto lens for my D80, and I'd get to try out my large format film camera.

We got here in TN just after midnight, so when Dad pulled out the large format to explain everything, I was half asleep. The telephoto hadn't come in yet. I slept in until about 10 the next morning, and tried out the telephoto once it arrived in the mail. The picture above was taken with it. It's not super great because I was so eager to try it out I didn't use my tripod, but I think it's a really good start.

We were busy all day today so I didn't get to try the large format. We're heading back to SC late tomorrow, so I'll get to try it sometime tomorrow morning.

In the meantime, I'm setting up my account with RedBubble. I think I'm going to move from Imagekind to that, but it's going to take a while.

I'll keep you posted...

Heart and Soul Photo Contest

Just when I say in my previous entry that I'm too busy to blog, life handed me a great big piece of pound cake (not literally of course, because if I had pound cake I'd be somewhere besides the computer eating it, but that's about the best sounding thing I could think of at the moment).

I just got notice that I am not a finalist for the Orton Family Foundation's Heart & Soul Photo contest in which I entered, BUT...

The judges liked my entry photos so well that I'm getting a special recognition prize (TBA), AND...

(Gosh this is starting to look like one of those political proclamations, isn't it?)

I was the only person from South Carolina and/or Tennessee represented in the finalists/special recognition winners!

If you're curious, I entered a handful of the pictures from Ridgeway, South Carolina. I just adore that little town.


So there's a happy spot to light up my two extremely busy weeks.

I did upload a few more pictures from my massive backlog to flickr tonight. I need to add my watermark to my Valentine's Day pictures and get them up & out.

Thanks for your patience with me!
xoxox

So busy!

Sorry it's been nearly a week since the last post. I've been so busy with life, yet I feel I'm not getting terribly much accomplished.

I do have news to report, so I thought I'd pop in and update you all.

First, (and most exciting, if I do say so myself) I am soon to be the owner of a large format camera! YIPPEE! The only questionable thing is if my Dad will actually turn it over to me to use. I think he's having too much fun experimenting with it himself.

Second, I'm also about to get a telephoto lens for the Nikon, which will absolutely be life changing for me, especially with how much I like to photograph birds and wildlife.

Third, this weekend we had fabulous weather here in South Carolina, so Ian and I took the opportunity to get out to Hunting Island State Park. We wanted to have our annual Valentine's Day shark tooth hunting smackdown over Valentine's weekend, but the weather didn't cooperate. So we did it this weekend, and of course I retained my title as supreme shark tooth finder...as if it were even in question! I'll try to post pics of all 25 teeth I found soon. For now, you'll have to settle with looking at this red bellied woodpecker that was causing a ruckus right behind me on the beach. Thank goodness I'm too chicken to take the Nikon to the beach- we took our little point & shoot Sony H9 which has a telephoto lens.


Fourth, Ian has been nearly booked solid with his yellowpages.com and free turnhere videos. It's a good time for Conway Multimedia right now. He's even convinced me to do a video shoot (that is, let him do a video shoot about my photography). I need to fix up my imagekind a great deal (sigh, yet another thing I've fallen behind on) before shooting, but I hope to get it done by the end of the month.

Fifth and finally, this time of year is just insane for me professionally. I think I have a meeting somewhere on campus everyday for the next two weeks, so don't expect much from me (at least when it comes to posting new photos) for a few, unless someone comes out with Flickr Schedulr for mac.

Anywho, that's all for now. I need to write a blog post for the library and finish up preparing my presentation for 275 music undergrads on Wednesday.
xoxox,
akc

Fresh Batch

I put up a fresh batch of pictures on my imagekind for sale. I know the economy is horrendous, and imagekind's price markups can be slightly insane. If you like my photography but can't afford to buy, how about you donate $1 to my paypal? Even $1 helps buy gas to get out for photo shoots!

Thanks for looking!

Night Photography

Since we've been snowed in here in Tennessee, I had a chance to work on my night time photography. Here's a picture I took that I really like, even though it is a little dark.

More later...
akc

Let's get it started!

It's Sunday, and in lieu of going out in the cold, I decided to get this blog going (finally). My husband Ian and I have been on a campaign this year to try lots of new things, whether it be food, places, etc. I guess I can count this blog as something new. I've blogged before, but never about or in combination with my photography, so this will be a new experience.

Last year was a banner year for me as a photographer. Some pictures I took for work were featured in major library publications. Another of my pictures were short-listed for a Chattanooga, TN city guide. I also sold a picture through imagekind for the first time, and although my commission was only $2 and some change, it felt like a million!

This year, I'm hoping to expand on all that. My husband and I have been talking about forming a media LLC as a 2nd job. With our combined experience, we can do web pages, video, photo, design, and print.

Anyway, that's all for now. Let's see if I can talk Ian into getting out of the house for a bit today.

xoxox