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 -- 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.
