Autumn wind in the birch

Last night the wind tickled two birch,

coaxing them into a dance,

autumn yellow teasing the green of summer.

This weekend: Harvest Moon Festival!

The 17th annual Harvest Moon Festival is this weekend in Ely, MN. With over 125 art and craft exhibitors, the All-American Lumberjack Show, and Primitive Encampment demonstrations such as birch bark basketry and wool spinning, a person is sure to find something of interest. I'll be at Tent #57 and am excited to be participating this year!

Harvest Moon Festival, September 10 - 12, 2010

Friday: Noon - 6

Saturday: 10 - 5

Sunday: 10 - 4

More info: ely.org

Beautiful...

This past weekend I had the honor of photographing a wedding for a very special couple, who are so sweet. They had a beautiful outdoor ceremony with dear family and friends to witness. Here are a few of the photographs that caught my eye on my first perusing of the shots of the day.

Note the Keenes: ideal footwear for an outdoor wedding and, perhaps, for any wedding!

Instant photos

How instant is instant in these days of advanced digital technology? Last weekend at the Embarrass Fair, I had so much fun using my digital camera to take "instant" photos of an old photographic process for the "tintype", an early instant photo.

Photographer Chris Olsen of Dagnabbit Studio travels with his camera, black-painted tin, and processing materials and creates photographs on tin in a relatively short amount of time. Chris takes and processes the photograph within 10-15 minutes, creating a one-of-a-kind photograph to send home with his clients.

The contrast of the old versions of instant and new version of instant tickles me. I took numerous photos but couldn't share them with anyone that day, and almost a week has passed before I had time to post them here. Chris photographed my portrait, creating a single photograph, and gave it to me within minutes. Many photographs. One photograph. Time. Instant.

Here are a few photos of Chris taking the portrait of a young family. You can find more information on tintypes here. Chris hails from Illinois and may be reached by email at phuphuphnik_at_gmail.com.