One down, a few more to go...

Prints dryin' y'all. Will show some "real deal" ASAP!

Nite nite.

-Marc

Show and Tell

Happy Sunday Everyone!

For some reason, I keep coming back to this coffee shop that has sub par food and mediocre drinks. And now, I can add over-crowded to the list of negatives... not sure what keeps drawing me back to this place. The atmosphere is kinda cool - and it's one of the only local places that has free wi-fi, is close by, and isn't some major corporate giant. Maybe that's good enough - I dunno. But today I was a little smarter about my refreshment choices - cereal before leaving the house and a tasty iced tea at the shop - seems like a good solution.

Music today is a new I-Pod play list...pretty wide range, which matches my busy day of art, work at the office and dinner with friends. Song of the moment - "Running Out Of Time" by Sugar.

On the art side - I finally got Adobe Creative Suite on my Mac laptop (been a problem since the great "dropping incident.") And, as a result, I've got a couple of new pieces to show y'all. Well, they aren't quite done yet - but the files are pretty close to be being complete. I will likely run these through my standard printing process, but I reserve the right to go back to the original files and just use them as is. Aside from some color and minor tweaks, this is pretty much how they came out of the camera:

These are just two of many I've been working on - should have at least 2 others from this group as well...but gotta leave something to keep y'all wanting more - right?

I'm going back and forth on whether or not to post the image I showed in my last entry to the website. I could use everyone's thoughts - let me know what you think. Originally, I looked at it as more of a snapshot, and outside my current body of work - but the more I look at it, the more I like it quite honestly, and I'm thinking it could look OK. Thoughts?

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone. More to come soon.

-Marc

Something New, Something Borrowed

Hi all:

I want to start out by professing my undying love for Wegmans. Seriously, I could live here. Great food, friendly folks, free wi-fi, and of course, great grocery shopping. The one I'm at even has a raw baw and free family movie nights on Mondays. What else do you need? I know - all that's lacking is good beer and wine, right? Well, they have that too!

Blogging music today is The Maccabees - a band out of the UK that I've actually liked for many years - but never picked-up one of their albums (they have 2). I actually discovered them when I saw them open for Bloc Party a few years ago in Philadelphia. Good stuff.

Well, let's get right to the chase - I've got a new image to show y'all. When I was deciding which new digital camera to pick up, I played with my father-in-law's pocket Lumix point-and-shoot. And though I didn't end up buying the same camera, it's a very snappy little camera. I shot this out the back door of my in-law's kitchen. The shot shows the neighboring house...and I'm kinda likin' it.

A little bit like some of my earlier work I think. If anyone is actually still reading this after my lengthy furlough, let me know what you think.

Still need to work on more image files - I hope to get to some of that this week. Definitely gettin' a little stir-crazy...the time has come to push a few more final images to the website. Gotta get some new work posted before I start shopping around again.

In closing, I ran across a new photographer named Alan Lambe. He does some interesting low-fi work with plastic and basic cameras...the site is in flash, so I can't post an example, but you can check out his site here:

http://www.lofiimage.com/

Happy end to everyone's weekend! More soon!

-Marc