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Faerie Con 2012 -

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.

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.

Facebook Album from Day 1

Facebook Album from Day 3

I didn't attend Day 2 since I had another photo shoot all day.


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Victorian Age Muses

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.

See more images from this session on Facebook

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Jon & Hannah - June 2011

from the wedding of Jon & Hannah. Beautiful bride, handsome groom, great friends and family, fantastic venue at Kent Island Manor and loads of fun people.

Victorian Mourning

From 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.

coming soon

Alena - Mid Winter Album

Photo session last week with Alena at Studio 128 West in Baltimore. Here's a short video of some of he images. It's a bit on the dark side.



Photos can be seen at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=262559&id=638092913&l=d81805e178

FaerieCon 2010 - Day 2

A 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.

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.

The Bad Faeries Ball was the Saturday evening event at Faeriecon when all the bad faeries came out to play and frolic and dance. Music of the evening was by Cecile Corbel from Brittany and her musicians and the band Faun from Germany. 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.

Entire Facebook albums of  FaerieCon Day 2  and The Bad Faeries Ball

Baltimore Diamond Dash - Smyth Jewelers & SCVNGR

I 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.

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.

Here is a short Animoto Video put together by SCVNGR with my photos and here are some images on my Facebook Album for the event - more to come. 

Sunflower Fields

Kristie & I went to dinner at my son's Monday evening and stopped off and photographed the sunflower fields on Jarretsville Pike across the street from the Royal Farm store. Oceans of beautiful brilliant yellow sun flowers - hundreds of acres as far as the eye can see. Here's a few images with a bit of artistic freedom for a new look at the sunflower.

Evening Light

The Blaster

Sunbathing

Sunflowers at Rivers Edge (not really)

Sunflower Smiles

From a Hot Summer Afternoon on the River

Met up with a few other photographers at Patapsco State Park through Model Mayhem for a Meet & Greet Shoot Last Sunday. It was really really hot - about 100 degrees, so a few of us decided to go down to the river and cool off. Here's a few images. Full slide show is here

http://georgeskeptonphotography.com/portraits/Patapsco2010/

Danielle - Just Being Hot

Lori - A Bit Retro

Trai - Enjoying the Cool Water and Watching us Work

Danielle Cooling Down

Victoria & Nikki

From a portrait study photo session Tuesday morning with Nikki and her daughter Victoria at one of my many outdoor studios (my backyard). Victoria kept running all over the place; but we had fun.

Updated Website & Portrait Session

In the process of dating my website, making it simpler, cleaner and brighter.  Still have to add a few sections and modify the menu system. In the meantime  I added a bridal portrait session to the portrait page for my friend Reanna. The session was shot mostly in the studio with available light Here's a few images from the session and here's the link to a slide show of the session images

Wedding at the Maryland Faerie Festival

Some fantastic wedding photos from the Maryland Faerie Festival in Upper Marlboro last Saturday. The Green Men were parading through the festival announcing all were welcome to the wedding. I tagged along and took a lot of great candid pictures. Here's a few and there's more on one of my Facebook albums.

Instant Gratification - Gallery 788

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. 

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. Here's a slideshow with music.   http://georgeskeptonphotography.com/gallery788mar2010/

 

ReAnna and Amanda

Sunday afternoon, I assisted Lauren Garczynski with her concept shoot in the studio. After Lauren's models dressed back into their street clothes, Lauren and I, Amanda  and ReAnna played with the ambient light in the studio. These are proofs - none of them have been photo-shopped - some Lightroom adjustments and cropping. 

Spaghetti Disco

Spaghetti Disco - What a strange name - but it was fantastic fun.

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.

Here's a few images - full slide show with music at http://GeorgeSkepton.com/spagdisco2010

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