Houston Photographer Rolls With Derby Girls and ...

http://www.texasphotobuffet.com/ Houston fine art photographer Shelley Calton discusses her work and focuses in on her new book "Hard Knocks, Rolling with the Derby Girls" which is to be officially released September 1 by her German publisher Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg. The book is skillfully conceived, well written and the photos are beautifully printed. The video can only touch on the finished product. (which is now available at AMAZON.COM) Shelley's photographic staple is an old Speed Graphic...

Horenstein Gallery Opening

For myself, Henry Horenstein is kind of like that character actor you always recognize even if you don't always remember his name. I've been aware of Mr. Horenstein's photographs and books for many years but I didn't' always remember his name. He showed up on Saturday at the Afterimage Gallery here in Dallas and after meeting and filming him at his show opening I think I won't forget his name anymore. He showed images from his two books Animalia and Honky Tonk. Very divergent work. Almost look...

Using Animoto in your videos

Animoto is an internet company involved in producing the “WOW factor” for your still images. Their web site claims they have created “the end of the slide show”. They may be right. Animoto has you upload your images, pick some music and then wait a few minutes as their sophisticated software analyzes your photos, feels your music and then spits back a customized animated movie that looks like a movie trailer. It is pretty amazing actually and I have to admit I was impressed with it at first gl...

"Sea Spaces" at the 14th Street Gallery In Plano...

Not being a native Texan I sometimes have a hard time tooting my own horn. Not this time however as I really worked hard on this photo project and was very happy with the final result - a gallery showing last month in Plano, TX. Anyway, the photo show was called "Sea Spaces, a photographic exploration of cruise ships". I've put the show images onto this quick animation so you can get a feel for it.

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