2011-04-06: T-Shirts and T-3 days and counting

Yesterday I posted the new sign...Today it's the T-Shirts.. With 3 days to go till the show, I guess I'm getting a bit nervous...I think I have all my T's crossed and my i's dotted, but you never know. It's the fear of the unknown. "What if they don't like me or my art?" Nah - I couldn't care less about that. I'm only going for the experience, and if I do sell something, then that's just gravy. But what I'm scared about is crowds...I just looked online at some past Art and craft fair event and it looks crowded...I don't do well in crowds... But the more I think about it...I don't like crowds when I have to be somewhere, or have to get though them (like at the grocery store-ug). But for the fair, I just have to be there and have nowhere to go...Hmm. I think I talked myself out of being anxious. Whew...Allright, piece-o-cake. Let's get it going...
Anyway, here's what you came to see.

I have a flock of my minions who will be coming and going through the Fair sporting these and trying to get more of the crowds to come my way...We'll see how it goes. I'm ready for them!

Till tomorrow
Em (of "Emery Swanson Photography" Fame) ;-)

2011-04-05: Busy Day - Sign Up

It was billing time lst night and today so I've been out straight with work. And then tonite was camera club. Great meeting by the way. We had a talk on compostion by Kevin Sperl (http://www.lakesregionspirit.com/) He is a fantastic photographer and I know I got a lot out of the discussion. I'm hoping we can have him back sometime.
But anyway, haven't had time to really concentrate on taking pictures which is a bummer. And the next few days are going to be really busy getting ready for the art show... So I guess I'll focus (pun intended) on things related to the art fair...So last weekend I worked on a frame for my sign...And here it is:

It's official...The company name in print..The trademark registration has been submitted to the state.
And the countdown to the first public display is 4 days... Exciting times.

Come back tomorrow to see what's next!
Good night!
Em

2011-04-04: I got Nuttin'

It's that busy time of the month again...Billing time. I've been scampering all day and was able to start a day early thanks to a lot of cooperation from other department. Everything was just in sync today. In any event, I have not had any time to take any decent pictures today. So I'm going to show one I've had in my archives from last week. There are these telephone poles outside my office. Can't figure out why, but there are 3 within like 20 feet of each other. Between those and the high tension wires running near them, it is just a criss cross of wires. Anyway, I was bored and took a picture and thought all the wires looked interesting. I zoomed in and got this one.

Can you hear me now?

Aperture: F/10  Exposure: l/160s; ISO-100 ; Taken with zoom

I also discovered the canvas texture in photoshop and thought it looked kinds of neat. I know-pretty boring, but as I said....I got Nuttin'. Sorry.

I'll be pulling an all-nighter, so maybe I'll have something better for tomorrow.

Over and out..
Em