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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204927988127912882.post-89389254922150008842012-11-24T18:43:00.000-05:002012-11-24T19:42:01.026-05:00Faerie Con 2012 - <br />
<br />Yearly at Hunt Valley in Maryland, the faeries come out one last time before winter. A convention day of rich beauty and frivolity while fairies shop and vendors clink their golden coins. Faerie art, medieval art, and the art of Steampunk - Victorian steam age and modern fantasy technology blending in with the fantasy of faerie worlds.
What a fantastic event - good faeries, bad faeries, wizards, goblins, trolls, forest and woods people, Victorians and Elizabethans, steampunks and goths, and just plain beautiful people, fashion, trinkets, music, and live bands made for a wondrous day.<br />
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Here are a few photos from the day 1 convention and some from the evening's Good Faeries Ball.
The Good Faeries Ball was the Saturday evening event at Faeriecon when all the good faeries came out to play and frolic and dance. Music of the evening was by THE MOON & THE NIGHTSPIRIT, with an opening set from TREGUENDA. Some of the faeries hung outside and cast spells on each other. Others watched and listened to the bands while others danced to the spirit of the music.
I hope some of these images help convince you that the worlds of mythical creatures sometimes come to life in a big and beautiful way to share their world with us. Believe.
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<a href="http://georgeskeptonphotography.com/">http://GeorgeSkeptonPhotography.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204927988127912882.post-14644007991637219092012-07-19T21:44:00.000-04:002012-07-19T22:04:55.979-04:00Victorian Age Muses<p>
Some really nice Victorian clothing and setting with my friends Angela and Virginia. We had a ball with this photo session. Both ladies are wonderful at creating an atmosphere of beauty and art.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204927988127912882.post-16240897968780314392011-03-11T12:32:00.006-05:002011-03-11T12:51:21.776-05:00Victorian MourningFrom a Victorian Mourning photo and video shoot last Saturday with Kelley. A while back Kelly and I decided to do a photo shoot at the cemetery. I'm stating to play with digital video a bit and took a seminar with Maryland PPA on Video Fusion and decided to do a video. When Kelley drove up and I looked in the car, she was stunning. This is the product of our collaboration and efforts. I'm still working on rights to the music - which might have to be changed.<br />
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Photos can be seen at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=262559&id=638092913&l=d81805e178">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=262559&id=638092913&l=d81805e178</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204927988127912882.post-32753469470044167332010-11-21T17:23:00.005-05:002010-11-24T22:20:51.379-05:00FaerieCon 2010 - Day 2A convention day of rich beauty and frivolity while fairies shop and vendors clink their golden coins. And the art of Steampunk - Victorian steam age and modern fantasy technology blending in with the fantasy of faerie worlds. <br />
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What a fantastic event - good faeries, bad faeries, wizards, goblins, trolls, forest and woods people, Victorian and Elizabethans, steampunks and goths, just plain beautiful people, fashion, trinkets, music, and live bands made for a wondrous day. Here are a few photos from the day 2 convention and some from the evening's Bad Faeries Ball. <br />
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I hope some of these images help convince you that the worlds of mythical creatures sometimes come to life in a big and beautiful way to share their world with us. Believe.<br />
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Entire Facebook albums of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=241536&id=638092913&l=cf44737deb">FaerieCon Day 2</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=242039&id=638092913&l=68572e6ac6">The Bad Faeries Ball</a><br />
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<p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6204927988127912882.post-36339897099590034012010-09-21T21:43:00.002-04:002010-09-21T21:50:18.098-04:00Baltimore Diamond Dash - Smyth Jewelers & SCVNGRI was the official photographer and event partner for the SCVNGR Smyth Jewelers Baltimore Diamond Dash scavenger hunt for the $20,000 diamond ring in the Inner Harbor on Sept 18. Weather was beautiful - sunny and pleasant. It was a workout for everybody. Sore feet - sore legs - but it was fun.<br />
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I just realized how much work it was for me and all the contestants to run from Power Plant Live, to all over the inner harbor and then across President St and part of Little Italy. The Annapolis Dash was in a nice and confined more relaxed area. This was crazy.<br />
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Here is a short Animoto Video put together by SCVNGR with my photos and here are some images on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=227675&id=638092913&l=502b1b5743">Facebook Album</a> for the event - more to come. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Trai - Enjoying the Cool Water and Watching us Work </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs019.snc4/34313_401496002913_638092913_4493351_6034688_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs019.snc4/34313_401496002913_638092913_4493351_6034688_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message">Instant Gratification was a fantastic Baltimore Art Event - great fun - art - performers - great people. Hosted by Gallery 788 manager Erod Rodriquez. Gallery 788 is located at 788 Washington Blvd in Baltimore city. Organized and moderated by Philip Edward Laubner and Lauren Barnhart. </span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message"></span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is it? It's experiencing yourself being transformed into art; it's unexpected ideas and visions; It tastes like you see it sounds and doesn't it feel so good?! It's Alexa Grey, Robin Gunkel, Nancy Murray, Chandra Guglik, Jode Mode, Kim Jensen, Michael Monroe and friends sharing their words and ideas. It's the electronic soundscapes of DJ Introvert, the acoustics of Michael Monroe, the ambient jams of Tom Swiss a.k.a Tom Swift and the Electric Monk, the riveting L.I.E. (Lyrics Incarnate Evolving), or the harmonious voices of Silent Whys; It's the expressive body art of Patricia Tamariz and Toby Verhines; it's an interactive photo booth with an expanding canvas of images. It's Matt Muirhead and Crystal Dunn fixing your social ailments in exchange for....muhahahahah. All of this happens at the same event in a gallery displaying the work of amazing local artists.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> Here's a slideshow with music. <a href="http://georgeskeptonphotography.com/gallery788mar2010/" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this),
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Kristie and I attended a wacky Charles Village neighborhood tradition, the Spaghetti Disco! - a fund raiser for the Village Learning Place. It's a great annual party that brings together food, kids’ crafts and games, and great neighbors on a dance floor in St John's Church on St Paul Street in Baltimore city. This was the first year Kristie and I attended and I'm sure we'll be back next year.<br />
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Corporate sponsors include SECU, M&T Bank, Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins and PNC. Other community supporters: Donna's Coffee Bar & Restaurant, Eddie's Markets, Gertrude's Restaurant, The Wine Source, Woosley Farm, 32nd St Farmer's Market, Atwater's, Boheme Cafe, Broom's Bloom Dairy, The Brewer's Art, Carma Cafe, Fleur de Lis, Loane Brothers, Martin Farms, Union Memorial Hospital, Uptown Sounds<br />
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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 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Mount_Cemetery" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> article about Green Mount. I plan on going back.<br />
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