I just delivered two pieces that were accepted into the 2017 West Michigan Area Show at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art. The opening reception is March 3, 2017 and the exhibit closes on May 28.
My two accepted entries for this year:
Continuing with botanical studies -a detailed photo of a grapevine tendril One hundred focus stacked images - 2 combined stacks.
Continuing with botanical studies... The tip of a small weedy maple. (I think its a maple - will know for sure in a month or so when leaves emerge.) 75 photos in 2 stacks.
The empty husk of a milkweed seed pod. Shot in the studio - 50 combined exposures in 2 stacks.
Wood fungi. An unusually long and warm January thaw has many things waking up from their winter dormancy - including this wood fungi.
Twenty five stacked digital images.
Three of the photographs I submitted to the Carnegie Center for the Arts 2016 Regional Juried Arts Competition have been accepted by the jurors and will be featured in this year's exhibit.
Based out of Three Rivers, Michigan, the Carnegie Center sponsors this competition for artists living in Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana. It’s open to works in all media. As an annual event with several years of history, this show always brings out excellent work from the area. The three pieces I submitted to the exhibit are:
The exhibit opens with a reception this Sunday, January 22, 2017 and then runs through February 20. For more information, click here.
A few days ago I found three 120 format rolls of slide film still in the packaging from the lab, tucked onto a shelf in a closet. I think it dates back to the spring of 2014 (maybe 2013)... Well, scanning these early spring photos has been a fine activity for a dark December afternoon. In this photo I was attempting to capture the subtle colors of trees in early spring, when they are just starting to bud out and bloom. The spot is a familiar one on the shores of a small pond / marsh in the Allegan Forest. Over the years I have watched this place transform from a shallow pond, to a marsh full of tall grasses and then back to a pond, deeper than ever.
Made with a Pentax 6x7 camera, SMC Takumar 105 f2.4 and Kodak E100S.