tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-176616822009-12-11T18:23:56.141-05:00Why a blog? It's easier to keep in touch with family and friends when I'm traveling by posting here rather than sending individual emails. Here's where my woodturning and fieldwork adventures will be described. When I'm not traveling, this is where I will post pictures of my woodturning projects, family, friends and things that interest me.Andi Wolfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01692640504138596272noreply@blogger.comBlogger500125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17661682.post-87388792009111536592009-12-07T08:31:00.001-05:002009-12-09T21:18:49.431-05:00

#11 Carolina cherry burl, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.I have a confession to make. I'm an earring junkie. I love dangle earrings - especially handcrafted, wearable art. I can't go into an art gallery that carries jewelry without buying some beautiful handcrafted earrings. Thus, I've been percolating an idea of my own. My internal dialogue has gone something like this:"I'm an artist. I

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#7 Carolina cherry burl, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.I've had a sufficient number of queries about whether my earrings are for sale that I decided to sign up for an Etsy account. So, if you're interested in acquiring unique earrings made from wood and sterling silver, please check my Etsy page.http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtByAndiWolfe

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Just a few pics from our recent club meeting for you. Steve took the people pics, I took the turning pics.This is me, taking photos of our show and tell and president's challenge offerings. Actually, at this moment I'm setting my aperture and shutter speed. I shoot these images on manual mode in RAW format. I use Aperture with Nik Software plug-ins for processing.Walt Betley, my neighbor

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Entrance to Orton Hall, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.I thought my readers might enjoy the comments that are posted on my Flickr page with regards to the history and uniqueness of Orton Hall. Click on the picture to navigate to the Flickr site.I took this photo just after sunrise this morning. It's an HDR of three photos plus some post processing using the Nik software plug-ins for Aperture.

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Sphere # 6 - top view, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.I finally had time to take a photo of my most recent sphere in the series, "When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." - Lao Tzu. This one is #6. You can click on the image to go to my Flickr set that has examples of my recent turnings. Some of the turnings in this album are available through del Mano or Arrowmont. This one is

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Sunburst at Clear Creek No. 1, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.Fun with light painting! How cool is that?

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What's not to love? Great demonstrators, good fun, nice scenery and a weekend of woodturning! I'm taking a lot of photos, so will have some detailed postings in the near future. First I have to catch up on the Dublin Irish Festival, my trip to Mexico, and my hands-on class with Jean-François Escoulen. Hmmmmm, methinks it's been a busy month!

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Jalopy in black & white, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.My first attempt at B&W processing. I just added the Nik software plug-ins to aperture and I messed around with the software for monochrome settings. This started out as an HDR processed stack of six photos. I like the B&W better than the color. Let me know what you think.The photo was taken at Glacier Ridge Metro Park.

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Geese on the mall, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.Here's another image from my walk on the National Mall last Tuesday. I messed around with camera settings for awhile. This one was taken with the setting at "Faithful" - manual exposure, RAW format. I thought the effect was interesting - it looks like a painting rather than a photo to my eyes. Comments are welcomed - what do you think?

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Washington Monument, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.I'm in the Washington DC area for the rest of the week, doing my scientific civic service. I had some time yesterday to walk the Mall and to visit a couple of museums. I took my tripod with me with the intent to try some HDR photo processing, knowing the lighting wouldn't be all that favorable by the time I arrived in DC. This is my first

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This is the last post I'll have on the 2009 AAW symposium. At the end of this entry you'll find an index to all the posts I made for this event plus links to my Facebook photo albums.My last rotation was the first one on Sunday morning. I had another great crowd and lots of great feedback. That made four for four - a nice feeling.The next rotation scheduled included the instant gallery

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3608.20090830.park of roses, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.I'm trying to do macro photography without a macro lens. I like this one, so I thought I would share it.

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After lunch I had a bit more time to wander through exhibits and pop into a few rotations to check out the action.Here's my good friend, John Wessels, from South Africa. He made his debut as an AAW demonstrator this year. He did rotations on turning cast pewter (shown here) and doing pewter inlay work. I enjoyed watching John demonstrate. He's sassy!Marilyn Campbell was the center of

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I'm starting to use Flickr more and more. There are some neat features there. Here's a slide show of my most recent nature pictures taken in Ohio - mostly in the vicinity of Columbus. I recommend that you view the show in full screen mode. There's a toggle on the lower right hand of the slide set (after you hit the play button) that will take you to full screen mode (move your cursor over the

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I had one demonstration rotation scheduled on Saturday (last one of the day), which gave me a lot of time to take in the trade show, instant gallery, a panel discussion, and to visit with friends.The first booth I encountered upon entering the trade show was Bill Rubenstein's Stubby Lathe USA. Bill was there with his daughter this year. I own a Stubby 750 - one of the best lathes in the world.

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My first rotation was Friday morning, 9:10 to 10:40 a.m, followed by my second one 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. After I finished, I grabbed a quick bite of lunch and then took a walk through the instant gallery. Here's a selection of images for you to see.vessel by Don DerryGlass and wood by Jim KellerAnthony Harris had a sign next to this bowl of spheres, eggs, and threaded boxes that said, "

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5732.pelargonium.inniswood, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.Steve and I got up before sunrise to take advantage of first light at Inniswood Metro Gardens. The challenge for today was the breeze - with the low light, some of my exposures were more than 1 second long. That translates to a lot of images discarded before processing. I posted 26 images to my Flickr account, which is linked here.

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This year's AAW symposium was at the Albuquerque Convention Center - a very nice venue for this kind of event. We were a bit spread out over a couple of different buildings, but I didn't find it difficult to find anyone I wanted to see and it was nice to get some exercise. However, the elevation is a bit higher than many of our members are used to and so I heard about, and witnessed, several

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This is the last post of my Nepal 2009 trek. You'll find an index to the entire series at the end of this entry. I sure hope you enjoyed following along with me. It was truly an extraordinary experience and one that I will always remember. I'd like to thank Jon Miller, Chris Marquardt and Monika Andrae for their time and effort to organize this trip. Mountain Tribes was a fantastic

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After three nights in Dingboche, an extra night due to heavy snow that kept us from going on to Lobuche, we awoke to beautiful skies and the news that we would be moving on this day.Before breakfast, I decided that I really needed to get some pictures so I wandered outside the tea house and found this scene. Thilo was doing the same thing, but wanted to come back inside. One of our yaks had

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Ah, Kathmandu - what a chaotic place. We had one and a half days after returning from our trek to decompress and get organized for our return back home. Megan and I decided that we needed to attend to our hands, so we went to a salon near the New Orleans Cafe to get manicures.We look pretty happy about having the opportunity to get some much needed TLC for our nails. My hands were a wreck.

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IMG_3706, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.I'm processing these photos on the dark side intentionally for effect. This and the last batch from my previous posting have high color saturation and deep contrast. I like the sensuality this gives to the images, but I'm interested in feedback. You can leave a comment here or on my Flickr page. Thanks!

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The last morning in the mountains of Nepal dawned bright and early. We had a 7 am flight to catch and so we were up early for breakfast. I snapped a picture of the kitchen as we were on our way to the dining hall. Our wash bucket was just outside the dining hall. This was one of the essentials all during the trek - hot (or lukewarm) water, soap and a towel. Up in the alpine zone, it didn't

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3601.20090830.park of roses, originally uploaded by andiwolfe.Steve and I have been getting in some photography practice at our local parks. Here's an image from one of our excursions to Whetsone Park of Roses. I've been working in manual mode recently and am going for the dramatic effect in my post-processing. Let me know what you think of this effect.

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Sunrise over Monju. This was going to be a long day of walking, but the reward was promised to be a hotel room with a private, western-style toilet and a shower. Ha! More on that later in this post, but it was an auspicious start to our day to think about a hot shower at the end of our trekking adventure.This was one of the prettiest waterfalls we saw on the trek. I just took a quick snapshot

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