Alex and Doug's Wedding

I recently photographed the wedding of Douglas and Alexandra this past weekend. It was a beautiful Saturday for early November. The ceremony was in Jamestown, and we went to Beavertail light to take formals of the wedding party. The lighting was great and there was a large swell creating breakers in the background, you cant get a better backdrop! The reception was also at Alex's parents and had a great band under a large tent in the backyard. One of my favorite weddings in a long time, seeing my two sons and all the GBSA crowd made it very interesting and personal! Enjoy some of the photos below!

Providence Art Club Show

It happened! Sunday October 31st from 2-4pm was the opening for my show with Ron Rosenstock. The Installation Committee at the Providence Art Club did a fabulous job, "Thank You." If you have time stop by; the hours are M-F 12-4pm, Sat-Sun 2-4pm, and the show hangs until November 17. All exhibits are free and open to the public.

Preview of Prints from Art Show

Adirondack Snow

I have had a great time working in the Goddard Partridge Printmaking studio over the last 3 months. The whole process reminds me of the photographic darkroom, the excitement that I felt when the print appeared in the developing tray. Pulling the print off of the plate on the press bed is very similar, seeing the print emerge before your eyes when you slowly pull the paper off of the plate.

I also experimented with toning the black ink to create more warm colors for the imagery, just like different black & white printing papers. Additionally, I hand colored the Arches paper after the prints had dried and it has a great surface to work on. It was a challenge to hand color each print the same so that they could stand as an edition of prints.

I hope that you enjoy my show at the Providence Art Club. Feel free to ask me any questions! You can see the previous blog entry, showing more detail and some images describing the Solar Plate process.

Barber's Pond

Fall Leaves

Green River

Long Stick

Pt Judith Light

Storm Surge

Two Trees

Creating Solar Plates

My final images, one in black and white and the other has color added. Such fun!

I spent an exciting two days at the Goddard Partridge Studio in Pawtucket Rhode Island creating solar plates to printmake with. Using photographs that I had taken and printed on mylar, we placed them on top of the plate and under glass. Exposing them to sunlight, etched the surface of a specially prepared metal plate. Regina Partridge, Richard Harrington and I listened intently as Carol Fitzsimmonds explained and demonstrated the ins and outs of this process. I am excited to bring this process into Angell Fine Arts as a addition to our wonderful products.

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Using the sun to expose the plates was like magic!

Viewing a finished plate. The sun disappeared so we used a light box.

Richard washing off the plate to remove the areas exposed by the light.

Carol is wiping ink out of the image while Richard is watching.

Regina is working on her image.

Carol is inking up a roller.

My plate with a fun image of Kyle.

The wedding of Samantha and Scott

Dancing the night away. Song to the groom......



The new Mr. and Mrs Huffenus



First glimpse........


A beautiful room......



A gorgeous day and a wonderful wedding!