From the monthly archives:

April 2007

New BACA website

April 26, 2007 General

I finally finished upgrading the Beacon Arts Community Association website, and it went live this past weekend. As many of you know, I’m also a part-time technology consultant (more on that in another post), so this project was a perfect fit in terms of my technical know-how and my fine art photography. I volunteered to [...]

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The long road back, and beyond

April 24, 2007 Personal

Today was a special day for me, one that I had been dreaming about for some six months since I fractured my ankle in a hiking accident. I’m an avid cycler, and I’ve enjoyed both mountain biking and road cycling at a high level for the last 10 years. I’ve taken several cycling trips around [...]

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Locust Grove 2007 Solo Show

April 22, 2007 Personal

I submitted a portfolio of 10 images last week to Locust Grove, the Samuel Morse Historic Site situated on the Hudson River about 10 miles north of my home. Locust Grove was the nineteenth-century country estate of Samuel Morse, the artist, founder of the National Academy of Design, and the inventor of the telegraph and [...]

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Official Canon ink longevity results

April 16, 2007 Prints

Canon finally released their official report on the longevity of their Lucia inks which are used in their pro level printers including my recently purchased iPF5000. The test was conducted by Wilhelm Imaging Research, an image testing company that provides contract testing to clients on the stability and preservation of traditional and digital color photographs [...]

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Creative Flow

April 12, 2007 Favorites

I read an interesting blog post over on the FineArtViews Blog about how important it is to maintain creative inertia, or flow. In my own creative efforts, whether photography, writing, or marketing, the more I commit each day, the easier it becomes to keep the ideas flowing and inspired. I notice this clearly when I’m [...]

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Greeting cards and color box framing

April 10, 2007 Prints

I’m now offering hand printed archival greeting cards in boxed sets of 8 with envelopes. These cards are by Crane Museo, and they are absolutely stunning in quality and feel. They are pre-scored, so they lay perfectly flat when folded (not the case with other scored cards I’ve tried), and they print great on my [...]

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