It’s a normally a busy time of year and this year even busier. At least it’s been raining so we don’t have wildfires to worry about – yet.

My pigment ink printer stopped working a couple of weeks ago while I was preparing for June shows. I was very annoyed by this at such a busy time, but am now extremely happy with the new printer bought to replace the old one. The epson pro 3800 fits in the same space my hp b9180 did, but can accept wider papers. And most importantly, the prints are perfect.

I’ve also been busy uploading photos to my new portfolio site at zenfolio and quite happy with it, too, though I haven’t accomplished as much as I’d planned. You can see what I’ve on display there so far.

Going to a BBQ in the rain today! After that, more printing, cutting, matting, and framing. First show is next Sunday at Buffalo Creek, Colorado.

cloud party over plattes and kenoshas

An image I planned to post last month. I wish it looked more like that now, we’ve nothing but sunshine today.

Studio is painted and about 1/3 of the new floor is in place. I’m working from our dining table until I can move back into the studio.

Outside thinking I’d photograph a tall tree leaning with the wind, I looked up to see a long roll of clouds that stretched across the sky like a giant frayed rope.

Braced against the strong gusts (forecast to 80 mph) I used a wide angle lens and polarizing filter to capture several images in the few minutes available before the wind drove the clouds eastward and away.

This is a test post. The storm photo is from a trip through South Park in late July this year. The trip was as stormy as last night’s wordpress upgrade to version 2.6.5.

I’m having problems with the visual editor and the file uploading tool. At first, the upload tool didn’t show up at all so I found the missing files and uploaded those. Now I can upload, but can’t check what I’ve done with the visual editor, can only see and write in the html editor.