More twisted architectural images

These images are from a photo shoot I did at Discovery World a few years ago. I like both of them and can't decide which one is better; the one that seems to come at you or the one that pulls you in.

As I've told my students many times, leading lines are important part of an image. A focal point, even in an abstract, is necessary.

Happy Holidays

Thanks for reading my blog and I hope you stop back in 2010.

Digital photographer learns new tricks

How do I keep growing as a digital photographer? I look at other artists work and see if I can figure it out and reproduce it. There may be a few artists out there who try to figure what I do too. So you keep growing and moving. Google and Apple don't rest. So I take a page from them.

I am introducing another series of images inspired by Alan Babbitt. I love his work. He's part MC Escher, part architectural photo crazy. Trying to figure out how he did it has kept me busy and working on my own images. Here are three that I've done this past fall.

Histairgram, Where's Your Loyalty? (from the Loyalty building downtown Milwaukee) and Up and Down (can you guess where this building is?)

How to take holiday light photos

Here's a great article that I found that will help beginners get better Christmas light photos.
http://www.nyip.com/ezine/holidays/holidaylights.html

Make Lemonade

When life gives you winter, make photos. I posted a new series of ice images in Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2032978&id=1359007505&saved#/album.php?aid=2032978&id=1359007505

New Printer Purchased

My old Epson 2200 died while printing Christmas cards. It lived a long, productive life, and served well.

I decided to purchase another Epson printer and looked at the differences between the 2400, which is the newer version of the 2200 and has been around for a long time, or the R1900. A comparison article on the Epson Web site said that the R1900 was better at glossy color while the 2400 excelled at black and white.

I print color most of the time so it seemed that the R1900 was the correct choice. I placed my order and then waited a day to complete my order on Amazon. I was waiting for some credits that I could use to lower the price. It was at $425, but the next day when the credits arrived the price was below $400. They really wanted me to buy the printer, I guess.
I checked again today and the price was up to $474.

I wonder if this works for the price of ink? Yikes, on the Epson site it's $13.25/cartridge. And the cartridges are smaller than the 2200. I went back to Amazon and looked at prices offered there and ordered a complete set from different stores for $105. Yes, it's expensive to own, but the quality is great.

I'm very happy with prints on glossy and on plain paper. The 2200 would jam easily when trying to print on plain paper. Photo fliers were difficult to print.

If you have a 2200 and would like to buy ink for it, I have the following cartridges of new, unopened ink. I just purchased a full set a week or two before it died. I would like to sell all of them. Call or e-mail me if you wish to make me an offer.
2 Light Black
1 Light Magenta
1 Light Cyan
1 Yellow
2 Magneta
2 Cyan
1 Photo Black

UW-Parkside Arts & Crafts Show Dec. 5

Sorry, I was unable to make the show today. If you went to the show to find me, I apologize. I hope that you look for me again in 2010. And I am offering free shipping to anyone to orders from my Web site.

Thank you for your patronage