One Year later

Well, I celebrating my one year opening of my downtown Missoula Photography studio with an exhibition of personal photographs from Stickeville. Unlike a year ago the weather was decent, cool but sunny and I had a bigger turnout of around 50 people, 4o of them I never met before. There were even three RMSP folks, thanks, Charles, Scott and Jessica. Putting the show together really wiped me out...it is tough having to do everything yourself. I ended up getting a chest cold and not sleeping well. I did manage to have 20 new people to add to my mailing list. A sweet couple from New Jersey visited, they were vacationing in Montana. Real interesting folks and when she finishes her residency is thinking about moving here. There seemed to be a lot of interest in the work, people really took their time to look at the images, which is what it is all about. I am proud of this work and I am seriously considering if any museums my interested in purchasing prints. I am also happy that the show is over and I can get back to the sort of routine of running a studio. As soon as get my health back I will photograph the show and post the images with the "guitar picks and string" frames I painfully put together. Since I could not get the band I wanted for the opening I have to admit I did have fun researching bluegrass greats and downloading their music onto my I-pod for the opening. The show will be up till the end of October when it comes down for another artist to exhibit her work. Which is a relief for me because all I have to do is show up...It is cloudy, cold and windy and I believe fall is moving in .