Year In Review - Photo Contest

Hey folks! I entered another photo contest! This one is hosted by the same people who did the Exposure contest that I entered not too long ago. I decided to enter some of my travel photography this time and I picked three that were in the travel series that I had in my Perspectives Gallery back in October. Here is the link so you can vote for me! It would certainly make my day if you did. Thanks a bunch and stay tuned for more up-dates coming soon!

LEGOLAND

Been awhile since I posted. I hope you (my faithful readers) are doing well and are already starting to enjoy the new year. I'm still finding it hard to believe that its 2012! Time just keeps flying by. Well, my photo for you today is from LEGOLAND Florida. I had the pleasure of going there the day after Christmas with my family (some of whom are still trying to figure out how the heck I convinced them to go, but they loved it just the same). I have played with LEGOs for as long as I can remember and I still enjoy putting together a set or two from time to time. My roommates in college even bought me a pretty big Star Wars set for my birthday back in September and you would have thought I was 6 years old again from my excitement. I have always blamed LEGOs for my interest in architecture. I love building things and to be able to do that at a young age was pure heaven that arrived in the form of plastic blocks, which were only limited by my imagination. Its amazing that such a simple idea as interlocking toy bricks has become a worldwide phenomenon. The word "LEGO" comes from the Danish phrase "leg godt" which means "play well," and the toys they make have traveled across the globe. There are currently five LEGOLAND parks with two being in the United States. The one in Florida just opened up this past October so it is the newest park and it is also the largest. It stands on the grounds of the old Cypress Gardens park, the very first theme park in Florida. It was famous for its lush botanical gardens and water skiing shows, both of which are still in full swing at LEGOLAND. If you live in Florida, or if you plan on visiting anytime soon, you should make a trip there. The park itself is geared towards kids really, but it is also very fun for adults too and they have four roller coasters that entertain all age groups. All in all I had a great time and I would love to go back one day. The photo above is of a portion of the "Mini-Land" in the park, which is a scale model of different scenes all made entirely out of LEGO bricks. They had Washington D.C., New York City, Miami, Las Vegas, and several other locations represented along with a Pirate's Bay (pictured above). I picked this one because I was able to get the kid pointing towards the model which is priceless. Hope you enjoy and remember to "Play Well."

Sample Portfolio Page

Since I have some down time at home over winter I have decided that I will finally take a stab at getting a portfolio page up. All the cool kids are doing it so why not me,.......right? Right! Anyway, here is my first attempt. It is through a site called Artists Wanted.org and this page is free but is very limited. For example I can only have a home page and the one gallery page and on both an annoying advertisement footer always pops up. They do have it set up so you can pay them and get unlimited, advertisement free pages and images, but I'm still looking around for the right provider. I do however like this design. Very clean, modern, and simple - with enough design features to keep me interested. Yet I do want to have my own domain name without any extra "stuff" on the end. This site always leaves the "artistswanted" on the end of the URL. But its a good start for now. Let me know what you think of the site and the work I posted. Thanks!

Perspectives - Gallery On-Line

I just made an on-line version of the Perspectives Gallery. This virtual gallery is for those of you who are too far away to see the gallery in person or if you just want to see it again. I hope you enjoy!

PDN - Photo Contest

Here is another photo contest that I entered and you can vote on this one too! Just follow the link and search for my photo by either typing my name in the search bar of just scrolling through the other entries. This contest was introduced to me by one of my photo professors and it could really help me expand my art as well as my viewership. Man, I am on a roll. Two photo contests entered in the same week! Maybe I will search for some more........nah...next year. Thanks for voting!

Exposure - Photo Contest

I entered another photo competition - and this one you can vote on!!!!!!! So if you like my work and want to help me win some sweet prizes then follow the link to my competition page and hit the "vote" button at the top. I submitted three of my bridge photos this time but I might submit some more in the future. There was a fee attached to this competition so I was economic with my entries. And, yes, I know I need to get some more work so I can submit something different next time but I can't help it that I'm so attached to these photos. Anyway, thanks guys and have a great day, evening, night, or whenever you read this! (don't forget to vote!)

Good Times With Old Friends

December is here and that means that its time to enjoy the holidays with friends and family. Since I am home now enjoying my last long SCAD winter break I've decided that I need to reconnect with some old friends while I have the time. One such friend is Quinn. I have known him for several years and our sisters are the same age and have been best friends for several years. I had tried to see Quinn this summer but we kept missing one another, but I saw that he had a show coming up with the new band he is in and I decided to drop on by. The show was really good and I had a lot of fun. The above photo shows the whole band entitled Robin Rütenberg & Friends (Quinn-bass, Summer-drums, Robin-vocals, guitar, mandolin, tambourine, Naarah-cello, keys). The photo is heavily manipulated since it was shot is such a low light situation but I think it turned out quite nice. Its the first time I have ever done a panorama at a concert. The band just finished recording their first EP and they were able to raise the funds for it on kickstarter.com. I can't wait to hear it when they release it.