Just the weather?

Posted in thoughts with tags , , on February 8, 2010 by Stacy Baugher

Okay, so here’s the deal…

I’ve been taking photos in some form or another for almost 20 years, since I was a teen. I’ve gone from a Polaroid instant camera to a 110, to a fully manual 35mm to a Yashika Model A and Brownies to my current digital camera. I’ve had many a times when I felt like I was in a dry spell and just could not find any subjects and whatnot. I know what a creative block is, and I usually work my way through it.

I’m wondering if this time is different.

Maybe it is just the season. I have never really enjoyed shooting in the winter. I like to work with more color, and since I do primarily outdoor shoots I end up with a lot of grays. Mississippi can be a very drab place in the winter. Often I will switch out to black and white for the winter months and shoot with red filters for high contrast. More cityscape stuff, more portrait work, etc. Spring and summer months I migrate back to color with very little black and white. Yeah, I know, it seems funny to talk about shooting styles like clothing styles, but that is how I think.

I feel like I am spinning my wheels. I never seem to be able to make time to get out and record any images, and when I do, I find myself in a rut. I’ve got a large photography project that I have worked toward off and on for a little while now, but when I start working on it… just seems like such a far off long shot….

I’m sure I will get out of this creative funk soon. I hope so. Maybe it is just the weather.

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Go Red For Women Luncheon and Auction 2010

Posted in charity, general, photography with tags , , on January 26, 2010 by Stacy Baugher

Well, it is later than I was hoping for, but not as late as I was afraid it would be.

I have just finished matting and framing the two prints that I am donating to the Go Red For Women 2010 Luncheon and Auction in Jackson, Mississippi. Last year I donated a larger print and it went for quite a bit, so this year I am doing two slightly smaller ones and seeing how that does. The image sizes on the prints are around 9.5 x 14, and I had to matte them myself to try and save on the money. I am not happy with the matte and framing, but I am extremely happy with the images. Both where printed on Kodak Metallic Paper, and they absolutly shine when you see them in person. It is such a shame that the computer images does not begin to do them justice. They realy are something that has to be seen to appreciated.

And before I get some comments, I know that signing the matte is not the proper thing to do. The problem is, the prints metallic finish has such a high gloss, a pencil would not take to them. Instead I signed the backs of the prints and wrote the names on them. The silver signature on a black matte is kind of my own ego.

Go Red for Women Luncheon/Auction 2010 donation prints

Also, you may have noticed that I have made additional changes to the site. I was just not happy with the presentation of the photographs on a white background. With this one, I am not pleased about the orange text, but I will be making a custom header this week to personalize the site a little more.

Well, that’s about it. Long, hard day at work tomorrow, and hopefully some time to get out a little more for some photos. I still need to set up a make-shift studio to attempt some self portraits, and that may happen by this weekend.

Goodnight all…

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Not enough time!!!!

Posted in general on January 26, 2010 by Stacy Baugher

With the changes going on at my fulltime+ day job, the wife’s teaching schedule, the baby and everything else, I have had no time to post any photos. I do have a few that are ready, I just have not been able to sit at the computer without Emily trying to discover what all the buttons do. You would be surprised how quickly a 22 month old can lock down a computer!

I’ve also got the Go Red For Women luncheon/auction prints to finish framing tonight. I have to deliver them tomorrow…. :o

But, I did find this really cool blog entry over at Photo This called Never Travel With A Photographer. I’ve heard these comments directed at myself several times, so I really enjoyed it. The rest of the blog has some nice images as well. If you’re interested, check it out.

Pictures posted tomorrow. I’ll probably schedule a few to go up for the rest of the week.

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More from the past…

Posted in cemetery, photography, statue with tags , , on January 20, 2010 by Stacy Baugher

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I started shooting in cemeteries early on. It is really odd how it started, and to long a story for here, but know that even from the first I established myself rules. Among those rules are you do not deface anything within a cemetery. I have never, as I have seen others do, alter the state of any statuary or memorials in an effort to get “The Shot.” I’ve had bands want me to shoot them in a cemetery with all sorts of prop imagery, and I turned them down cold. If I cannot get images from what is there, I move on.

Cemeteries contain the remains of peoples loved ones. They stand as memorials for those who passed on before. Every marker in a cemetery has the right to be remembered by somebody.

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Changes, finally…

Posted in general on January 18, 2010 by Stacy Baugher

I finally was able to get some changes done to the site. Not it will be more of a blog about my photos and photography than an photoblog.

I’ll be adding a couple of tabs a little later with a few gallery images, and a few other things as I get the time.

Till then, enjoy!

Stacy

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