Kerry James Marshall

It was a real uplifting feeling reading about the painting, “Past Times” by Kerry James Marshall, selling for all of that money.  Not because of the money but because the valuation of the work of a person of color – a black man.  It’s good to hear good stories about black people.  It’s good, as an aspiring #artist myself, to hear good stories about black artist too.  Thank you for doing your work, Mr. Marshall.

Huck Finn’s Jubilee Setup

We’re still bringing up the rear to get this photo blog current.  The sad thing is when its current I won’t have nearly as many post going in.  But that’s some time away and for now I have a year’s worth of photos to show you.  These photos were taken on June 15, 2011, at the setup for the 2011 Huck Finn’s Jubilee at Mojave Narrows Park here in Victorville.  The stage company belongs to one of my cousins and though he wasn’t on site (at another event) my brother and crew were there (along with another cousin who works for him too).  The company is ProfoundEntertainment – that’s a plug for my cousin.  Since they were in Victorville, they thought it was a good idea to call me over to record their activities.  And I did.  I did not attend the Jubilee though – I missed Roy Clark – because I had other plans but the link to it covers pretty much what goes on during the event.  I photographed this with my Canon Rebel XS, with the kit lens, and did my minor corrections with Photoshop.  Oh, on some I used the lens correction feature to eliminate the geometric distortion and the chromatic aberration.  How they do that stage and lights frame is pretty cool to watch too.  Have a look.

Halloween 2010 in Fontana, CA

Wow, look at the time.  I should be going to bed but I wanted to get this done so a little sleep deprivation will need to occur.  Ok, we were living in Fontana at this time, with my aunt.  She belongs to a big church out there called Abundant Living or something like that.  They have this thing called “trunk or treat”.  First time I had heard of such a thing.  I need to crawl out from under my rock more often.  This event is a big deal.  They had gourmet food trucks out there, a midway and live performances – just a lot going on.  The important thing was that my pirates (my kids) had fun.

Eight photos – aperture, shutter speed and ISO set by the camera because I was shooting in program mode.  As usual at night, I set the ISO at 1600.  And I shot this all with my kit lens, EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, on my Canon EOS Rebel XS.  Yeah!  I am getting my post in!  I will shoot for another one tomorrow too.