Hello Folks,
Sorry about the delay in posting!
I've been pretty involved in teaching and will start getting back to shooting very soon.  I need to start shooting again!
Tuesday, May 23rd I attended  a wonderful workshop at HAS. Make.Art.Work - Career Strategies for Visual Artists. The workshop focused on funding and promoting your career. It's based on the Springboard for the Arts model and sponsored by The Greater Hartford Arts Council as well as a few other organizations. They will be having another workshop coming up next month. Just a few of the suggestions on funding, grants, pricing and galleries was worth the price of admission. The guest speaker was Jeffrey Mueller, Gallery Director at the Silver Mine Arts Center. There is one more workshop scheduled for this year on Making a Living as an Artist. If you are interested check out this website: http://makeartwork.org/workshops/

I've also been watching CreativeLive with many workshops geared towards photographers.  If you are a photographer, you cannot help but get inspired by some of these workshops.  There are also workshops on marketing as well which for many of us artists is not the easiest of areas to develop.

http://www.creativelive.com/

Also, I want to put this out there...does anyone know of a 8 x 10 wooden field view camera for sale?  I have been looking for one for awhile.  I know they are around but I haven't had much luck finding one.  It must be in operating condition, bellows without holes and I will also need a portrait lens for the camera as well as a tripod.  Everything should be made out of wood for easier transportation.  It doesn't have to be an entire set, sometimes piecing things together works well too.  Please email me from my website: http://www.breslinphoto.com

Well, that's it for now - keep shooting!

Today is my first blog post - Welcome!

Two weeks ago we had a storm blow through here and leave 3 feet of snow for us.  I was fortunate enough to be around when the temperature began to warm up. As I saw the fog rising from the snow I grabbed my plastic cameras, DSLR, zipped up my high boots and got myself over to Elizabeth Park (the oldest rose Garden in the nation).  I love Elizabeth Park, especially in the winter when there are not many people there and there is atmospheric light from either fog or early morning mist or the slant of late afternoon light.

Here are some photos from that afternoon, enjoy!

This Blog will be about photography and other loves I have that are visual, especially fiber, but that will be another day.

I will be teaching a Photo Workshop:  

The Art of the Plastic Camera at 

Photosynthesis in Manchester, CT.  Here is the website: http://photosynthesisct.com/Holga_Workshop.html

Please join us and take part in this fun workshop where you will use film and a funky plastic camera.  You will work with your intuition and not worry about technical issues. When I get the film taken at Elizabeth Park with the Holga cameras developed I will post a few of those as well.

Check out my website to see more of my work:
www.breslinphoto.com



Finally, as an NPS member I requested for consignment, a Nikon D600 and the PC Micro Nikkor 85mm f/2.8 lens.  The lens is such a  great lens for tilts and shifts, it's ALMOST  as good as my Sinar 4 x 5!  I hope to make some portraits with this lens asap!
Here are two examples of that wonderful lens and what the D600 can do.

Have a great week!