Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Artcar
This is the Arts Oil City "Artcar" that was entered in the 2009 Oil Heritage Festival parade. If you're not hip to what Joann Wheeler and Arts Oil City are doing you better get on over to the transit building and check it out.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
"Andrea Rose Day"
This is Andrea Rose from Natrona Heights. Normally she's employed in her career as a nurse, however during the summer, Andrea and her husband travel running carnival games. This week she works the birthday game booth at the Clarion County Fair in New Bethlehem, PA. I bet if Andrea Rose were to Google herself today, she might wonder if she has her own holiday since today her photo also appears on the front page of The Derrick. I was standing nearby when Jerry had Andrea pose for the photo that's currently on The Derrick's website. Normally I try to avoid 'copying' someone's shot, but while Jerry was taking down her information for the cutline, she struck this pose that I felt needed to be captured in my own version of the photo.
"Some Pig"
Some pig...or just somebody's future breakfast? I spent part of the day at the Clarion County Fair with my friend and fellow photographer Jerry Sowden, who was on assignment for The Derrick. Normally I would follow someone's name with a link to their personal website but despite Jerry's copious amounts of talent as a photographer and an enormous portfolio of outstanding work; he doesn't have a web presence yet...so maybe this additional 'nudge' will get him there :-)
Oil Heritage Festival Fireworks
I spent a lot of time down at Oil Heritage Festival this past week/weekend. If you're not a "local" and not familiar with the event, you can read about it on the Venango Area Chamber's website. Sunday night was the close of the festival and I was downtown for the fireworks to shoot a few photos. The fireworks in this photo are actually amateur and not the official ones set off by Cartwright Fireworks. (more photos to come later)
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Chalk it up
Today was the 2009 Oil Heritage Festival parade in my hometown...so I went down to shoot a couple photos for the blog. This year for the first time artists were allowed to do chalk drawings on the bridge during the parade, so I snapped a few quick shots of the art before they opened the bridge back up to traffic.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Clean and Bright
My paddle's clean and bright,
Flashing with silver.
Follow the wild goose flight,
Dip, dip and swing.
Dip, dip and swing it back,
Flashing with silver.
Follow the wild goose flight,
Dip, dip and swing.
"The Paddle Song" - traditional round
Reservoir Sunset
I went camping back in may up in the Allegheny National Forrest. This is the sun setting as viewed from the beach by our campsite. I'm still getting the hang of this HDR imaging thing :-)
Monday, July 6, 2009
I'll call him fred....
....because I don't know what kind of critter this really is :-) I found him in the swimming pool a couple weeks ago when I was cleaning it. He looked like he wanted to pose for a photoshoot so, here's Fred's internet debut!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
TwoThousandNate
Here's another photo from the archives - Nate getting ready to rock out on the banjo at the Oil Region Indie Music Festival 2008. If you ask him though, he'd probably never admit to "rocking out." :-) For more on Oil Region Indie music check out their myspace page.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Totally Stacked
I ended up going to the Pittsburgh Zoo yesterday with a couple friends. While we were down there we stopped by the waterfront for dinner...which is where this photo came from. The waterfront area was once a steel mill, but today these smokestacks are all that remain.
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