civilized ku # 5148 / the new snapshot # 206 / diptych # 225 ~ sightseeing

7th Street bridge~ Pittsburgh, PA (embiggenable) • iPhone

Andy and I sitting on the couch ~ Warhol Museum / Pittsburgh, PA (embiggenable) • iPhone

Campbell Beef Noodle Soup ~ Warhol Museum / Pittsburgh, PA (embiggenable) • iPhone

Spent 7 days in Pittsburgh with a good friend showing him how much the city has changed since he was there last (25 years ago). Visited museums, dined in a variety of restaurants, went to a Pittsburgh Penguin hockey game and generally just moved around the city seeing stuff.

Made a lot of pictures, mostly with the iPhone.

cicilized ku # 5147 / the new snapshot # 205 ~ my Valentine heart

icicle ~ in the Adirondack PARK (embiggenble) • iPhone

Lumberjack Diner ~ Tupper Lake, NY - in the Adirondack PARK (embiggenable) • iPhone

Haven't been at my computer much over the last 8-10 days. During that time, I transitioned from an ordinary cold to a nasty virus (not the flu). And, just to make it all interesting, my AFib (irregular heartbeat) returned (for the 5th time).

I'm done with heart meds and cardioversions, so I am having a catheter abaltion sometime in mid-late March.

In any event, I'm back in the saddle - making more progress on the Adirondack snapshot project - with camera and iPhone in hand.

civilized ku # 5146 / diptych # 223 (the new snapshot) ~ working things out

early morning sunlight ~ (embiggenable) • iPhone

Lake George / Raquette Lake ~ in the Adirondack PARK (embiggenable) • µ4/3

Work continues on the Adirondack Snapshot Project.

I have selected 278 pictures from my picture library. That number will be further reduced to 264 - 8 books with 33 pictures each, accompanied by 5"x5" prints of all 278 pictures.

With such a large quantity of pictures, it only makes sense to display them in a gallery or a gallery like setting. And, quite frankly, the strength of the work is primarily dependent upon on the very broad scope - in pictures and in time - of the pictures. I reallt believe that walking into a gallery space and seeing all 278 prints+8books at once really drives home the magnitude of the project.

That written, I see an exhibit in which the prints are displayed on photo ropes which run continuously along the walls of a gallery. That presentation could be either a run of 1 set of photo ropes or 2 sets, one above the other. The books would be present on book pedestals along the walls.

At home, I can easily display 1 book and the accompanying prints on the walls of my mini in-home gallery space. With the ease of the photo rope's magnetic mounting, the groups could be dispalyed on a rotating basis.

civilized ku # 5145 / diptych # 222 (the new snapshot # 199-200) ~ ugh

mantle ~ Pittsburgh, PA (embiggenable) • iPhone

same sculpture / 2 views ~ Natl Gallery of Canada - Ottawa, CA (embiggenable) • iPhone

I'm wallowing / caught in a mid-winter picture making doldrum. An endless succession of overcast days combined with an increasingly typical weather cycle of snow, then rain, then ice make for less than aesthetically inspiring picture making conditions.

So, I'm spending time catching up on some picture printing and continuing work on creating pictures for my Adirondack Snapshot Project). That work requires sorting through thousands of my pictures of Adirondack scenes / events / people / places / et al in order to identify somewhere between 200-300 pictures which will then be converted to my the new snapshot format / presentation style. The work is both enjoyable and tedious.

2018 ~ calender

Every year, for the wife, I make a calender for her as a Xmas gift. Here is this year's effort.

FYI, it's a Shutterfly 10x10 inch hardcover book with lay-flat pages. I make the calender by hand.