Green Mount Cemetery

Yesterday I went downtown to take the CTA workshop and test. I'm sure I passed. On the way home, I stopped at the studio to drop some more stuff off and then rode over to Green Mount Cemetery to take some pictures. It's about 3 blocks away from the studio. (this blog updated 11/11/09)

Green Mount is a historical cemetery, established in 1839 as one of the first rural cemeteries in the country. It is part of the National Registry with many famous people buried there. It is a world all by itself and is peaceful and rather beautiful and the statuary and monument artwork is magnificent. I walked around and explored for about an hour and here are a few images. The groundskeeper said the cemetery likes getting pictures but they want something different - so I over processed some images and here are a few. We'll see what they say. Here' a Wikipedia article about Green Mount.  I plan on going back.

 

 

 

Just signed a lease on a studio - Yeah

I just signed a lease for a studio with another photographer.  It's 1500 sq ft in the Cork Factory, the place Kristie & I toured a few weeks ago. I added a photo from the tour of our future office space and classy urban decay smaller studio - the old residents were still there getting ready to move out. Photos of the larger empty studio space coming soon. The main studio is on the other side of the wall and is twice the size of the office side and will be more formal and traditional. The studio is on the 5th floor of the Cork Factory in the Station North Arts District of Baltimore City and the. Now we have to move most studio equipment from our home studios, We can't wait to get the studios set up and to start shooting. YES

Station North Open Studios Tour - Cork Building

This past Saturday, Kristie and I did a short tour of some of the studios in the Cork Building in the North Station Arts District of Baltimore. All the artists that we met were friendly, interesting, and fun and the building and studios were fantastic. It was a pleasure chatting with the artists in their studios and seeing their art. We didn't buy anything this time; but there were a lot of really neat pieces. Our tour of the studios and meeting with the artists at the Cork Factory was a memorable experience.

The artists we met were Nancy Linden, Daniel Herman, Paul Moscatt, Mary Swann, Lyndie Vantine, Jim Hillman, David Herman, and Al Zaruba. Here's a slide show of some retouched photos from our tour.
http://georgeskeptonphotography.com/corkopenstudios/

Images from Baltimore Book Festival - Day 2

Went to the Baltimore Book Festival in Mt Vernon this past Saturday - no jobs scheduled. Weather was overcast and crowds were down. I decided to do mostly candid shots of children. Here are a few retouched images. Slide show is here http://georgeskeptonphotography.com/book_festival_2009/

Perya - a new Canon 7D video - Beautiful

Here is a beautifully fantastic video short using the new Canon EOS 7D DSLR camera - I want one - the editing is fantastic - great photojournalism - it's as if each segement of the video is a time expanded still shot - it's great for a quick look into photojournalism.

I did video for awhile (nothing like this) - these just don't happen - a lot of planning and a lot of work.

Perya (Town Fair) - a Canon 7D Short from Jason Magbanua on Vimeo.

a full screen hi-def version is here

and here's a link to a few more of his videos http://vimeo.com/jasonmagbanua/videos

Pics, Pixies, and Pixels Exhibit at Penn Camera

My photo exhibit "Pics, Pixies, and Pixels" at Penn Camera in Pikesville last month was a success - Short article written up in the Examiner.

One of my photos is also exhibited at Barnes and Noble in Ellicott City in September as part of an exhibition from the Baltimore Photography Meetup group.

Tattoos, Skin, & Style

Slide show - Angels Rock Bar & Immoral Ink Tattoo Party & Contest - Baltimore, MD - Aug 2009 - Don't stare at any of the tattoos for too long though - they just might come to life.

http://georgeskeptonphotography.com/arb_082909/