Taking a break for a little bit longer

I need to be on the left side of this photo.

I haven't posted since April 21, making this the longest I have ever gone without a post AND the first "Monthly Special"-free month. That's right. No theme this month. I'm taking a much needed break just to recharge. I will still do a few posts this month, but how many remains to be seen.

I recently signed a contract with Wild Apple—a company in Vermont that looks like a great fit for me in both style and attitude. In addition to art licensing, they do beautiful in-house printing on metal, acrylic and wood. I'm working on getting photos to them. I'll keep you posted and you can tell all your wealthy CEO friends to place massive orders for their companies. What? Don't have wealthy CEO friends looking to buy art? Well, get going. Go make some.

I'll be back posting before long. June is Take-Out Photo's 2-year anniversary, so I'll have to do something fun.

Concept inspiration from one of my students

I have been procrastinating doing final grades (tomorrow, I promise) so I don't want any of my students who are reading to think that this post means your projects aren't good. I just happened to look at Ryan's yesterday because he was in my office, and I liked the idea so much I thought I'd share it as concept inspiration. Seriously, I wish I had thought of this.

Here's the background: He was in the library searching for a book. Next to the computers are little slips of paper for jotting down references. The slips were made of cards cut in half, cannibalized from the thousands of index cards that have since been replaced by computers. It's kind of tragic, really, to think of those relics of the pre-digital world ripped from their original role and cast aside next to their victors. But I digress...

Something sparked an idea and Ryan asked the librarians if they had any more of the old cards. They responded by hauling out a big box full of them, and he went to work giving the cards a new life.

I won't explain the rest because he has written an excellent intro in his own post and I want you to check it out. It's a three part post, very entertaining and inspiring. I would love to see an entire book of these. Enjoy:

• Part I
• Part II
• Part III
  

We are (not) amused.

Somewhere in Camden

End of semester grading frenzy, entertaining various opportunities that have come from the ABC Paris exposure, still spending too much money on photography books, too in love with Netflix watch instantly movies on the big TV in the man cave. So many distractions. Nevertheless, I'm almost ready to post a tutorial. Meanwhile, does the above photo make you smile or is it just me?

A blurb book just for fun

MANIF by Marc Olivier | BOOK INFO

Just for fun, I did a Blurb book called "MANIF" (short for "demonstration" in French) about demonstrations, parades, and even a riot all photographed in Paris between 2003-2009. I'm not actually trying to sell it (I did zero markup) and I don't know if I will be happy with the print quality, but they have a new widget that shows your book so I thought I'd share. [Just a brief disclaimer to those who might be offended by the content: this book is about the energy of crowds and should not be viewed as a political statement.]

The widget is pretty cool because you can view the entire book full screen.