I spent the week sorting and going thought my lake finds. I have incorporated past years and this years objects. Now to start setting up the studio inside the house. I finished up developing the medium format film shot this summer and made contact prints.
Last night I went to open studio night at the Northrup King building. It was motivating and I can’t wait to start “winter” shooting. Although I can do without the weather of winter.
Rainy cold with white caps on the lake. Even the dog, Dorothy does not want to go outside. I am packing up all my cameras, film, specimens to take back to Cologne for a winter of photography. This starts a new phase.
The water was cold cold. I walked the shores of Deer Lake looking for subject matter. I found 5 stunning shells and one twig but that was about it. It seems that the lake leaves less and less on the shore as we approach winter. The water was beautiful but very cold.
The water is getting cooler and the things on the shore are few. I went out today and found only shells, plants and sticks. The water is so clear but cold. So instead of working with what I found, I sorted what I have found in the past.
A beautiful day for work. I walked the shores and found plants and one crayfish. The light was lovely so I worked on 5 plates of shore objects. Shooting in 120 format I used the mamiya and pinhole cameras. The dog, Dorothy sort of helped. In one shot she took the fish out of the →
I have been invited to show my photographs at the MacRostie Art Center in February 2012. They have given me the Minnesota Room for my work. I am excited. MacRostie Art Center is in Grand Rapids, MN, not far from the lake where I collect; Deer Lake. It all just makes sense. Today is too windy to →
I have a large collection of items from Deer Lake shore. This week I will start photographing on the shore of the lake. I have rigged a stand to hold my camera. I will work on a small scale and see how that works.
The light was perfect in the photo studio today. It seems like it has been weeks without good light in the afternoon. I worked with the 120 format camera on fish, frogs, crayfish and bugs. Now on to developing the film.
Welcome to Mary Strother's Works on Paper. A blog which chronicles creations from my studio. Each piece is created in my home studio, or up at my cabin in the Minnesota North Woods.