On May 12, 2010, at 6:01 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > Dear gang, > > The Chicago Event was fantastic. I too have some shots I'd like to > share, but that will have to wait until I have time to process the > images. Hopefully tomorrow; ascension day is public holiday in Norway. > > Bob and Lynn Sullivan took very good care of both Boris and me > throughout. I'm very grateful for their hospitality. > > The exhibition was very well executed. Absolutely fabulous to think of > how one's image is hung in a gallery nearly half around the world. And > even more so after having seen it in person. > > Christine, Sue, Mark, and everyone else that made the exhibition > happen; thank you so much. > > Btw, I noticed there were predictions on the list that my pic would > probably sell, and some even maintaining it would sell first; but I > didn't believe it. So when it happened it was a very positive > surprise. It is only the second time I have sold an image from a > collection of prints where other photographers are present, and the > first time from a proper exhibition. Boris keeps telling me I > shouldn't be surprised, but it feels like an important personal > milestone. I'm very glad this happened in a PDML context. > > At the same time, the penguin image competed for fame and glory (ie. > no price for the winner) back here in Norway. BioFoto, an organisation > for Scandinavian nature photographers with roughly 1400 members, had > their annual convention while Chicago PDML'ers were browsing the > Eggleston exhibition. One regular point on the BioFoto convention > agenda is to cast votes for the "nature photo of the year" contest, > and my penguin shot finished 4th out of 20 nominated images. Not bad. > All good, really. > > A more mixed bag is that the same convention elected me leader of the > organisation. It was expected since I was the only willing candidate, > but it means I will have much less time to hang around PDML for a > while. At least until I get on top of my new responsibilities. > > On Sunday, a select group of PDML'ers did a walkabout among house > designs by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, before withdrawing to Bob's > house for dinner and a little show of some more of my pics from the > South Atlantic. > > Both Stan and Boris expressed interest in getting a copy of the book I > made on the same, so I will look into making a few more copies. I'll > look into producing a Blurb version as well, which is more convenient > for direct purchase if more people are interested. And hopefully > cheaper than the European alternative. > > As many others have mentioned, it was fun to match real physical > persons to their cyberspace appearance. There were discrepancies, of > course, but whatever stature, all seemed to me to reach exactly down > to the ground. No small feat for such a large group of artist(e)s. :-) > > It was truly grand to see you all. Hope we can do this again some time. > > PDML ru13z. > > Jostein > > --
Sorry to have missed you once again, Jostein. I'm not surprised your photo sold. It's truly superb. Paul > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
