I’ve begun working on some new still life images for my Untold Stories series. The images are an interplay of light and shadow, texture, and the juxtaposition of objects. The “meaning” of the stories is left up to the viewer to decide on.

Some of my work will be on display at the Inspire Art Week exhibit at the new 40 West Art Gallery and Studios in Lakewood, Colorado, from June 8th through the 10th. You can learn more about the event on the 40 West Arts site.

I’ll be displaying, and selling my photography at a couple art festivals this year. It is my first year for trying the art festival scene and so far I’ll be at the following events:

Evergreen Fine Arts Festival August 25-26, 2012 – Evergreen, Colorado  www.evergreenfineartsfestival.com
Estes Park Fine Arts Festival, September 15-16, 2012 – Estes Park, Colorado  www.fineartsguild.org

I will be offering affordably priced framed photographs, as well as matted photographs which are ready to be framed.  I’ll be accepting credit cards, as well as cash or check.

I’ve added a few new images from my ongoing Specimen series of still life images. This part of the series focuses on seeds my wife & I are planting in our garden. As the plants begun to produce, I’ll also be doing still life images of the fruit and vegetables to compliment the seed images.

Colorado has a wide range of scenery to choose from, whether you are taking a family vacation, or adding to your archive of landscape photos. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve may come as a surprise for those who think of Colorado as being just mountains and grassland. The park features the tallest dunes in North America which are the centerpiece to diverse landscape of grasslands, wetlands, aspen and confier forests, alpine lakes and tundra.

The park and surround area offers a wealth of photographic opportunities. While the sand dunes may be the primary draw for many, there are even more options in the nearby grasslands, wetlands, and in the mountain which are right next to the dunes.

Basic info about the park and area

The park has a low entrance fee of $3 per adult, and that is valid for one week. For only $15 a year, you can get an annual pass for the park & preserve, and that will cover the pass holder and all family members. If you plan on visiting other national parks and federal rec lands, perhaps the $80 America The Beautiful annual pass is the choice for you.

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I’m currently updating the print sales store on the site. The new store will have the same functionality for my customers, but will streamline things for me when adding new prints.

If you see an image you’d like to purchase, but it has not been added to the shop yet, just contact me!

New still life photo added to the Still Life gallery.

A new image which will most likely be part of my Passing Glances series. I believe I took this photo on Alameda off of Federal in Denver. Shot with the iPhone 4S and the Hipstamatic app, then tweaked with the Snapseed app for the iPhone (they have a Mac version too, but I don’t have it… yet).

I’ve added a new gallery of images from my series called Passing Glances. In this series I’m using my iPhone 4s and (primarily) the Hipstamatic app to capture glances at landscapes as seen from the road. The images are taken with a combination of the decisive moment, and random chance.

As we drive in our cars, we often do not fully see our surroundings, and most likely miss details such as these captured in my images. These images were taken with me as a passenger, and some when I was the driver.

View more from the series here.

With my black & white photography,  I usually prefer a warm tone, or sepia feel. My previous inkjet printing system used the standard color inks from Epson, but left much to be desired in recreating the tone I sought.  When printing B&W or sepia tones with color inks, you inherently encounter metamerism (color shift) problems. While I have managed to make sepia prints which look great in incandescent lighting, they often get a green cast in daylight. Not acceptable

To produce the best B&W prints from an inkjet printer, special black ink sets are required. Instead of the usual CMYK inks, these ink sets are only tones of black.

For my work I chose Carbon inks because they have a warm tone that fits the look & feel I want to produce in my images. Carbon inks are also the most lightfast ink ever tested by Aardenberg Image Archives. These two things allow me to now offer the finest print possible to my clients. I’m finally able to achieve a print quality as good, or better, than the silver prints I used to make in a traditional darkroom.

My test prints from this new printer and carbon inks have been incredible. I’ve tested the inks on both the Hahnemule Photo Rag Bright White, and the Moab Entrada Natural. While the Hahnemule has always been my favorite, the warmer tone of the Moab Entrada Natural really fits the tone of the Carbon inks the best.

Prints will be available from the shop on my site, which I’m currently updating. If you see an image in one of the galleries which isn’t in the shop yet, feel free to email me and I’ll add it right away.