Bull Skull Charcoal Sketch

When I was a kid we visited my Mother's relatives in North Dakota. They raised cattle and I found this old bull skull and was dragging it around and I was allowed to keep it. It was hung over my bed for years as a child with my western style room decor. Now it hangs above my desk. I'm taking a drawing class right now and decided to to a practice charcoal sketch.

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First Avenue, Mpls

Photograph form 2006.

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Cemetary

A favorite of mine. Alas not a popular choice amongst the masses.

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This is one of my favorites.

IFP photography Course

I met Jane and Jerilynn in a photography course at IFP in 2006. We would get together for work days in the dark room eventually our meetings eventually led to the Simply Hardware project.

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We enjoyed wandering about the Knoll Hardware taking photographs. The owners were great a gave us complete access.

The Photographs of Simply Hardware 2007

Three years ago three photographers worked to make a difference in the community. Here are some of the photographs I contributed to the effort. In an earlier post I showed the graphic design pieces created for advertising the event. The event was an art show in the windows of Knoll Hardware on Raymond Avenue in St. Paul, Minnesota. Part of the proceeds from the event went to the Ronald McDonald House.

Wood Carving

My father taught me to wood carve many years ago. I carved five faces as one solid piece out of Butternut. I also took this photo of the sculpture.

College Days

I took a photography course while at the University of Minnesota. Thought I'd post some of my early work circa 1989-1990.

School Demolition #12: Colton, SD

This may be the last photo I post from this series. Hope you enjoyed.

School Demolition #11: Colton, SD

Jay's Cafe: Bugle Ad

After Simply Hardware in June of 2007 the owner of Jay's Cafe asked me to come up with a new newspaper ad for Jay's Cafe. The ad's he was using featured a little waiter dude (see lower left corner of pic). The waiter was the main focus in the ads. The intention was to move away from this figure. We decided to to use kitchen art photographs that Jay (the owner) had taken as the focus for the ads.

This is one of the first ads I created for a neighborhood newspaper called the Bugle. Jay wanted to phase out the waiter symbol so he is still in this early ad but plays a less significant role.

Hiatus

Sorry for the lack of posts folks. I've been ill for the last few days.

School Demolition #10: Colton, SD

Graphic Design: Business Card

Lauren's business card. She specifically did not want a photograph of a trombone on her card. She appreciated the abstract, graphic suggestion of a trombone.

Front

Back

Graphic Design: LaurenHusting.com

Fall of 2009 I did photography and design work for a musician friend. I am quite happy with the results. I've included a link to the website at the end of this post.

Webpage entrance page

Webpage background. Photographed in downtown Minneapolis

Bio page shot

http://laurenhusting.com/

School Demolition #9: Colton, SD

At the time of the South Dakota trip I was still working with my Nikon film camera. I shot black and white the entire trip. I enjoy shooting in Black and White however this is one photo I wish I had a color version. The room was bathed in a greenish hue as the sunlight filtered through the leaves of the tree in the window. Perhaps I can convince Just Plain Jane to post her color version.

mimiomi

Design of a business card and web banner for a friend who creates beautiful jewelry. She was very excited about the final designs.

Etsy Website Banner

Business Card

Here's her shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/mimiomi

School Demolition #8: Colton, SD

School Demolition #7: Colton, SD

Once upon a time this was a busy place.

Holiday Invitation

I created this invitation for my 2009 Holiday Party.

Front

Back

At The Lake

Did some casual shooting over Memorial Day.

Seedling Version #1

Seedling Version #2

Guardian Angel

Simply Hardware 2007 #2

Another piece created for the Simply Hardware event. A brochure describing the event. An insert (not pictured) was included with the list of photographs and prices. This really was an exciting project.

The outside of Simply Hardware Brochure.

The inside of Simply Hardware brochure.