Friday Foto: IR again...

I'm still really interested in Infrared photography. I've blogged about it before, if you remember. Basically, it's a film that is sensitive to the light waves that are just beyond our perception. So, the fact that we can't see it makes it that much harder to shoot. Above is another example of IR photography, although not a true example. This was recreated in photoshop. 

I bought a roll of IR film though, and hope to experiment with it next week when I am in Colorado. I'm really excited about going. It's going to give me great opportunities to expand my photography, and not to mention fishing. I've been in withdrawl for awhile now because it's been awhile since I last wet a line. 

The other photo is from the same place that the "IR" one was taken. Right before that photo was taken, Gwinny had jumped off the dock and right into the marsh mud.... the kind that you sink into. She went completely up to her underbelly. I laughed hysterically watching her try to get out of that one... she succeeded in 4-Lo.

Not much else is new on my end. I have some great things in the works though, and you all will be the first to know when they come into fruition. But, for now, keep your fingers crossed for me folks.

I plan on shooting a little this weekend. Hopefully I can get out early Saturday morn. The rest of the day I WILL spend with beer and beach. I promise you that. Have a great day!

Friday Foto: Nothing New, but don't worry

It's been a slow month for me, photography speaking, but don't worry I got LOTS on the horizon.

First and foremost, I'm in this month's Southern Living Magazine! Monkey Love Gallery and Dessert Bar, where I've hung a couple shows, was featured in the Georgia Living section of the April 2008 issue, and the half-page photo of Britt (the owner) is taken with her pointing at the photos and the caption reads:

"The menu at Britt Figueroa's Monkey Love Dessert Bar and Gallery in Brunswick includes big laughs, serious talk, and exhibits such as these photographs by Ben Galland."

So, that's pretty cool. I'm excited about that one. Other than that, here's what else is new. I'm working on a new design for my web site. It will look and feel very similar, but be way cooler. It's going to be 90% Flash, and you are going to be able to activate it in a full-screen mode and on select photos you'll be able to zoom all over the photo to really see the detail in the work. And, finally, you'll be able to order fine-art prints from the site. All prints will go through me, so I can control and guarantee the quality.

And last but not least, In about 2 weeks I'll be traveling to Colorado for a Fly-Fishing and Photography trip. I'm going with my dad and a couple of his brothers. My uncle has a cabin tucked away in some mountain out there. We will most definitely hike into remote places in search for trout and I am packing in my camera equipment. This will be my first trip out west as a photographer (although I've been out there two other times, before I really knew what I was doing). I've been reading and studying a lot about the landscape out there and plan to try to get a good study out of the whole experience. I'm looking forward to making BIG photographs (composition, not file size).

I'm also looking forward to coming home after that trip. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Truer words were never spoken when it comes to Kelly and I. We hate being apart for too long (we can't ever seem to get enough of each other!), but the away time will make the return that much sweeter.

In other news, I finally got a piano. My uncle (mom's brother) gave me a spinet type last weekend. I'm meeting the piano tuner over at the house this morning. I'm so excited, you have no idea. I LOVE to play and miss it tremendously. Well, that's all I got folks. Happy Easter.

Friday Foto: another BW

What do you think of this one? It was an underdog, but the more I looked at it, the more I liked it. 

So, I'm glad it's Friday. It seems like everyone around me has been stressed out of their minds lately and I'm really looking forward to hosting a little get-together Saturday night to ease all those tensions. Usually I'm on front of the line with stress, but not right now (funny how that works).

I have no real big plans for this weekend. I'm going to, of course, work on my Jeep a little. I need to process photos from a recent wedding as well. 

Friday Foto: #61!

Thursday morning was the grand opening of the Chick-Fil-A on the island. I had caught wind that the first 100 people in line get free food for a year (it measure down to 52 free Combo meal coupons to be used whenever you want and expiring in 1 year). So, I set to camp out.

I didn't know what to expect because I hadn't heard much talk about it from any other people here on the island other than my little group going. We planned on scoping it out Wednesday afterwork to determine if we needed to spend the night in the parking lot or not. Well, my ride to the gym Wednesday morning answered that question as I counted about 5 tents already pitched a whole day before the event.

I spent the rest of the day working in anticipation for 5:00 p.m. I was out the door and signed up at the registration tent with number 61 by 5:15. I had my sleeping bag, my beach chair, jacket, camera and flask (of course!).

Whit and I were originally camped in our designated spot by the drive-thru, but upon complaining about the sewer smell and actually watching raw sewage bubble from the clogged drain, we were quickly moved to the place you see in the pics. These were taken about 1:30 a.m.

We had roll-call every hour up until 2 in which we had to line up and prove our attendance. If you left the parking lot or missed roll call, you were disqualified. Finally we "slept" a little from 3-5. They woke us up at 5, began roll call and after standing in line for close to an hour, enduring a speech and trumpet solo by Dan Cathy himself (owner of all), we received our coupons to the cacophony of cowbells, cheers and the chant of "corn hole" (cleverly named depository of the raw sewage, you figure it out...)

I was back in bed for an hour and then at work... what a day.

Not much planned for this weekend. I have a real small wedding to shoot on Saturday and that's about it. Yall have a great weekend.