GEM SHOW! GEM SHOW! GEM SHOW!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
FOSSIL DAY
Today was spent traipsing around the show with Geoff buying meteorites. I love spending someone else's money:) While he was otherwise occupied I dashed off to shoot photos. Due to the locations we were in, most of the photos from today are fossil related. I love the gem show.
THE BEGINNING
And so it has begun. The Tucson gem and mineral shows. Rocks, minerals, meteorites, fossils, friends, out-of-town guests, colleagues, shopping, mayhem. I’m so happy, I could just spit.
This past weekend was the official opening weekend. Woo boy what a time. Lots of photos already and since I want to get going so I can hit the show as much as possible, I am just going to post some of the early images and not much text. I was thinking of an image a day kind of thing, but realized that would be somewhat ambitious.
This past weekend was the official opening weekend. Woo boy what a time. Lots of photos already and since I want to get going so I can hit the show as much as possible, I am just going to post some of the early images and not much text. I was thinking of an image a day kind of thing, but realized that would be somewhat ambitious.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
SKY ART
THE GEM SHOW IS IN 4 DAYS!!!!!! Whew. Now that I got that out…
We have a new line of art. It revolves around what I have been doing lately. That is to say, not so much in the way of nature photography, ‘cuz not much in the way of getting out into nature; but meteorite photography, ‘cuz much in the way of working around space rocks. So the new line is comprised of macro photos of etched iron meteorites, showing the Widmanstatten pattern. This accumulation of hash-marks is unique among iron meteorites. They reflect the growth of the nickel and iron crystals. The thicker the crystals the longer they took to cool. I though they would make great obscure art work.
They are available in notecards and 4 x 6, 5 x 7, 8 x 10, 11 x 14, 16 x 20 and 20 x 30 prints.
Thanks for stopping by.
We have a new line of art. It revolves around what I have been doing lately. That is to say, not so much in the way of nature photography, ‘cuz not much in the way of getting out into nature; but meteorite photography, ‘cuz much in the way of working around space rocks. So the new line is comprised of macro photos of etched iron meteorites, showing the Widmanstatten pattern. This accumulation of hash-marks is unique among iron meteorites. They reflect the growth of the nickel and iron crystals. The thicker the crystals the longer they took to cool. I though they would make great obscure art work.
They are available in notecards and 4 x 6, 5 x 7, 8 x 10, 11 x 14, 16 x 20 and 20 x 30 prints.
Thanks for stopping by.
Cape York
Seymchan
Seymchan
Seymchan
Seymchan
Seymchan
Seymchan
Gibeon
Seymchan
Seymchan
Wabar
Gibeon Wednesday, January 20, 2010
METEORITE MEN - THE PREMIER
JANUARY 20th! JANUARY 20th!
We have been waiting with bated breath for this day to arrive. Well, I have at least. The much anticipated premier of the Meteorite Men (http://www.meteoritemen.com/) series is tonight on the Science Channel (9 PM EST, 7 PM in AZ!) I can’t wait. There will be a premier party at the Sky Bar on 4th Avenue, next to Brooklyn Pizza. The party starts at 6 for milling around, drinks, meeting Geoff, etc. There will be food at 6:30 (pizza, of course!) and the premier starts at 7 sharp. Come on down and join us. The show was made possible by lots of hard work put in by a crew of dedicated people
As most of you know I was fortunate to be one of those people. I traveled with the Meteorite Men crew for 4 of the episodes. I was water girl, mechanic (many, many flat tires that normally the guys handled, whew.), medic, tour guide, errand girl, personal shopper (I was in Wal-Mart more times during that 6 weeks than in the past 2 years) meteorite hunter, and best of all – photographer. Over 6 weeks of doing what I love to do with people I like to be around. Doesn’t get much better than that.
Now under the guise of photographer, I shot many, many photos, only a small portion of which have been made available. So today for the Meteorite Men fans who have already perused the photos on the Science Channel, Aerolite, and Meteorite Men web pages and are ready for more, I thought it was time to provide a little behind the scenes for you.
It was quite the experience working on a TV show. The rest of the crew, all veterans, were kind enough to make allowances for the newby on set. (I can’t tell you how many shots I ruined). The camera guys (and gal) never once yelled at me for bumping into them when I was so focused on getting a good photo and I wasn’t paying attention to where they were. Or that I crammed into some of the small shooting spaces that were already packed full of people. Or that when I was supposed to be shooting photos of the hunt, I was taking pictures of the spectacular scenery, or cows, or puppy, or (fill in the blank) And Sonya only had to discipline me once - that I was not allowed to stop the car (I was driving) to shoot photos of the sunset.
It was a wonderful experience and I can’t believe I was able to participate. Now watch the show on Wednesdays for the next 6 weeks and the reruns, so there is a second season and I get to take more photos!
All photos, though taken by me (except of course the ones I am in), are copyright Aerolite Meteorites or LMNO productions.
We have been waiting with bated breath for this day to arrive. Well, I have at least. The much anticipated premier of the Meteorite Men (http://www.meteoritemen.com/) series is tonight on the Science Channel (9 PM EST, 7 PM in AZ!) I can’t wait. There will be a premier party at the Sky Bar on 4th Avenue, next to Brooklyn Pizza. The party starts at 6 for milling around, drinks, meeting Geoff, etc. There will be food at 6:30 (pizza, of course!) and the premier starts at 7 sharp. Come on down and join us. The show was made possible by lots of hard work put in by a crew of dedicated people
As most of you know I was fortunate to be one of those people. I traveled with the Meteorite Men crew for 4 of the episodes. I was water girl, mechanic (many, many flat tires that normally the guys handled, whew.), medic, tour guide, errand girl, personal shopper (I was in Wal-Mart more times during that 6 weeks than in the past 2 years) meteorite hunter, and best of all – photographer. Over 6 weeks of doing what I love to do with people I like to be around. Doesn’t get much better than that.
Now under the guise of photographer, I shot many, many photos, only a small portion of which have been made available. So today for the Meteorite Men fans who have already perused the photos on the Science Channel, Aerolite, and Meteorite Men web pages and are ready for more, I thought it was time to provide a little behind the scenes for you.
It was quite the experience working on a TV show. The rest of the crew, all veterans, were kind enough to make allowances for the newby on set. (I can’t tell you how many shots I ruined). The camera guys (and gal) never once yelled at me for bumping into them when I was so focused on getting a good photo and I wasn’t paying attention to where they were. Or that I crammed into some of the small shooting spaces that were already packed full of people. Or that when I was supposed to be shooting photos of the hunt, I was taking pictures of the spectacular scenery, or cows, or puppy, or (fill in the blank) And Sonya only had to discipline me once - that I was not allowed to stop the car (I was driving) to shoot photos of the sunset.
It was a wonderful experience and I can’t believe I was able to participate. Now watch the show on Wednesdays for the next 6 weeks and the reruns, so there is a second season and I get to take more photos!
All photos, though taken by me (except of course the ones I am in), are copyright Aerolite Meteorites or LMNO productions.
METEORITE MEN - GOLD BASIN
The Gold Basin location brought back lots of memories. It was there that I hunted with Steve and Geoff for the first time, thanks to our mutual friend, the late Jim Kriegh. It was just after the Tucson gem and mineral show and Jim had invited me to Gold Basin to join him and his hunting partner, Twink Monrad. Geoff and Steve had the same invitation. Though in the company of incredible people who turned out to be good friends, I spent a good deal of my time cussing a blue streak and being generally annoyed. For you see, it was one of my first hunts using a metal detector and I wasn’t finding a thing. I got skunked. They were finding meteorites all around me. Me nada, zip, bupkis. If it weren’t for the generosity of Jim and Twink I would have gone home empty handed. Just goes to show you meteorite hunting is not easy and, like any profession, takes time to become proficient.
Geoff and Steve at my favorite desert artifact.
Steve, on the hunt.
Steve and Geoff, ready for filming.
On the water.
You can take the boy out of the punk band but you can't take the punk band out of the boy.
The End.
Geoff and Steve at my favorite desert artifact.Steve, on the hunt.Steve and Geoff, ready for filming.Geoff and Steve getting ready to sail.
On the water.We were plagued by flat tires.
Geoff, goofing around before handing over the jack.
The incomparable, Twink Monrad.
You can take the boy out of the punk band but you can't take the punk band out of the boy.
The End.
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