Art Retreat-Sawtooth Mountains

Our Art dept. just went on our 2nd annual Art Retreat. This year we went to the Sawtooth Mountains near Stanely, Idaho. It is gorgeous! I planned the retreat and we stayed at Camp Perkins near Alturas lake. We also made a Cyanotype mural using a twin sized sheet. We exposed the sensitized sheet to the UV rays of the sun with objects on them, and developed it in Redfish Lake. It was an excellent weekend, now I am ready for a vacation :-)

Se fue the weekend

Well, after a short weekend, it is back to school prep. I am planning the Art Retreat for school, we are going to the Sawtooth Mountains! I'll post pics of that next week. This image is currently my desktop background. They are prayer tablets that people paid for and wrote their prayers on and then hung on little hooks. This was at the Big Goose Pagoda, the Da Yin Ta. Maybe we should start a prayer wall at church and then everyone can pray for them, and we can leave them with Jesus instead of picking them back up again like we so often do. Thanks for reading, post a comment!

At the Market

This lady was trying to sell me an awesome old Great China Wall medium format camera, but wouldn't come down on the price. I finally bought some handmade books instead and made friends with her. Ironically many in the market around China speak pretty good English because of the influx of tourists in recent years. I felt a special connection with this woman, she was desperate to sell something, and was very persistent with me, yet kind, and let me take her photograph.This image was shot with a Diana + camera and printed in the darkroom.

Chinese temple

This was a very small, intimate temple in comparison to many others. The smoke of the incense and flickering light of the candle give one the feeling of actually being there and experiencing the sacred quietness that surrounds it. This image was shot with a Diana + camera and processed in a traditional darkroom.

attempt at blogging

Hey, thanks for reading. Since so many of my friends and family live far away from Idaho, I thought I might try blogging so that we can keep in touch better. I am also working on a new body of work and need feedback, and will be teaching a photojournalism class in the spring, so I need to practice my own writing skills.
I am enjoying working at home on class lectures, as today is labor day...though I am still laboring :-)
Some exciting news, Brian and I are planning a trip to Seattle over Thanksgiving Break to see Over the Rhine! YEAH!
Blessings and love to you all!