Photography Cont' Ed

Yesterday I attended a lecture at Griffin Museum of Photography by Mary Virginia Swanson. It was amazing! Very dense and chuck full of information for photographers looking to market their photography.

I think the biggest things I took away from the lecture are; I have alot of homework to do, need to get out there to Photo Fairs, look at more photography magazines to see what is out there and get our work seen at portfolio reviews.

There are a TON of opportunities and resources Baha and I are not taking advantage of. I plan to start researching the website and magazine (subscriptions and online) resources Virginia mentioned.

It's kind of overwhelming the amount of information and resources there are, but we need to start. I feel good about some of the things we are doing, Baha is on the right track with our website and ideas for self promotion (the CD-ROM he did for Carolyn Evans is exactly the kind of thing we need to create for ourselves!).

I can't wait till we get our new printer (need to order still, but will be soon)! Then we can start printing portfolios, promotional items (CDs, postcards...), get shows up, get out portfolios seen, sell images, get work to print other folks images to pay for all our personal work. We have alot of work to do, but it is exciting. If I had a choice of work this is the kind I prefer to do.

We should have purchased the printer a long time ago (wont go there. ;) ), but things are in the right place now, so it will be an easier expense to swallow. We have even decided to forgo a trip to spend money on equipment for BMK Creative. It's a bummer, but we can't afford both and if we are serious about getting this business going we have to make some tough decissions. We both agree it's the right thing to do, though I had a harder time excepting it (growing pains). The travel bug has been biting me hard.

Final Migration!!! ?

Yes, we have successfully moved our web pages from .mac account to our server "Missy". We will keep the .mac account since it's paid till next year, also I can use it for testing. We are also expanding our services and galleries. We are going to add Digital Studio, Limited Edition, BMK FTP and BMK Printing. I will keep working on our site, and soon these add ons will be online so stay tuned.

baha

Happy Birthday Andy

My youngest bro turns 19!

Man I am getting old. But enough about me, today is about Andrew.

Mom, Baha,

Eric (Cheeks), Molly

and I; all

took Andy out to Polcaries for dinner.

Eric got so excited he pee'd his pants! ;)

Boston Public Library ICDL Project is done!

My first solo project with Boston Public Library has come to an end. I delivered over 5000 pages for BPL Jordan Collection tracts selected for submission to the International Children's Digital Library (ICDL). After they cataloque these books, it will be uploaded to ICDL website for public and researchers to view (http://www.icdlbooks.org/). I really enjoyed working with BPL, such a relaxed atmosphere, made me feel welcome. Thus, project went smoothly.


Now, I am looking forward to my second project with BPL's John Adams Library to photograph John Adam's Exhibition. Show is ending on Sunday 29th and on Monday I go in all day to do the shoot.

I can't wait!

baha

Going to Red Sox Game w/ Chief

This was a historical game between the Boston Red Sox and the Seatle Mariners. It was a big game for so many reasons for me. This was my first game with the man I admire and call Chief. Games out come was not important, it was being at the ball park with good company and amazing feeling of being in Fenway Park. Get your beers and hotdogs and you are good to go.

Chief took me around the park and showed me what's new. My first time in Fenway Park we were playing against Colorado Rockies. Since then Park changed alot. They are doing a great job Chief said, 10 years ago this place was a dump, now I enjoy more and more coming here to watch a good baseball game. We were by the 3rd base and real close to the players.

When Daisuke Matsuzaka took the mound at his new home ballpark, he immediately faced an old adversary from his homeland. The Boston Red Sox's prized offseason acquisition from Japan made his Fenway Park debut tonight against the Seattle Mariners, the first batter he faced Ichiro Suzuki. Fist pitch! STRIKE! Second pitch! STRIKE! Whole stadium was on their feet chanting, flashing photos. It was unbelievable!

Then it was a full count, we were all on our feet waiting for him to strike out... Then...

Yes, he STRIKED him out! Crowd goes crazy, my heart beating fast, I was so sure that we were going to win the game and go into the history books. Dice-K was impressive but maybe he was nervous, may be it was the cold weather that he is not used to but this was supposed to the coming out party for Daisuke Matsuzaka, not Felix Hernandez.

Japanese media packed the press box for Matsuzaka's home debut, Boston's mayor presented the Red Sox with a street sign in Japanese and ads in the ballpark welcomed the new star to Fenway in his native tongue. Once the game started, though, Hernandez proved to be every bit his match.

Hernandez held Boston hitless for seven innings and finished with a one-hitter to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 3-0 victory over the Red Sox. Matsuzaka's arrival on the Fenway mound has been globally hyped since the Red Sox paid $103 million to acquire his rights and sign him. The anticipation only grew when he allowed one run and struck out 10 in seven innings in his first major league outing. It was history in the making non the less. Hanging out with Chief even made it better. Chief kept telling me we might witness a rare No-hitter but THE SINGLE BY BOSTON RIGHT FIELDER J.D. DREW IN THE EIGHTH INNING ENDED SEATTLE'S FELIX HERNANDEZ' NO-HITTER.

For me it was a great game in many levels, not winning that night did not make my spirit go down. I would have loved to see Big Papi, J. Varitek (on his b-day!), and M. Ramirez to hit but that's OK. They smoked them the night before, so there.

baha

The Faces of Baha

Ok folks, what do you think? Since Baha quit BPI he has been growing a new look.

The image to the left is the original and the image to the right is the new face since Sat March 31st. I am still getting used to it and want to see what others think. Should he grow back the beard or keep just the moustach and soul patch?

For me, all I can think of when I see him now is this Turkish actor who plays in a Turkish Soap Opera. I like the actor and he is good looking so it's not a bad comparison, Baha just seems more Turkish with this look. Again not a bad thing, just another observation.

The facial hair from the beginning made him look older, but the newer look seems to make him look even older, more serious and sophisticated. Does the newer look make him look too much older and serious?

I do like the facial hair, just not sure of which version. Or maybe he needs to take it a step farther and shave the moustach and just sport a soul patch?

Thoughts!!!???!!