I know, but I've been busy - as in real frantic busy! Cutting mats, framing, photographing babies, photographing still life (commissioned piece)!! Egads! But TODAY was the icing on the cake for me!! My gelatin silver print of White House, Canyon de Chelly, AZ was up for bid on KVIE's Art Auction for 2012!! Talk about nerve wracking! Deep down inside you just want someone, just one someone, to bid on your piece! Well, I got more than I had anticipated. It was a BELL RINGER! In other words, I made the value of the piece -- AND MORE! Plus a lot of good things were said about my piece: taken with 'film - old school'; and Russ Solomon, founder of Tower Records and accomplished photographer, apparently was 'very excited' about the image! That just made my day - made it worth all my efforts towards my photography art. My husband and I both had tears in our eyes afterwards! Most importantly, I do thank my husband again for building my darkroom! That is the MAIN KEY to my whole journey! Here's a shot of the moment KVIE got the final $275 bid on my piece, and an image of the actual piece. It was a little distorted in the TV shot.
I also received numerous emails congratulating me and my girlfriend called me when it was all over to share in the excitement with me! Thanks Rochelle! And now I am going to get back to working on digital photos for the commissioned work of photographing candles in different settings - without depicting Christmas! Egads, can we get any more specific!? ; )
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