Kari’s Musings About Photography

Oliver and I flew into Las Vegas on New Years Day 2012 for a four day trip to celebrate one of our designated anniversaries.  On New Years Day 2011, we officially confirmed our mutual like of each other through lots of kissing. And, in staying consistent with our history, we also like to document ourselves kissing in lots of cool places, Vegas included.

I did, per my New Years resolutions, use my DSLR a whole bunch on this trip, and since we visited some of my CoolWorks.com clients, I have been posting blogs and photographs to My CoolWorks.  I’ve included links to the posts I’ve written thus far below, and I hope to share more of my images from Nevada and California here on this blog, before the month is over.  In the meantime though, please do check out our travel tales by clicking on the following links.

• Las Vegas
• Valley of Fire State Park
• Death Valley National Park - Scotty’s Castle
• Death Valley National Park - Stovepipe Wells

Salud to you in 2012!  I hope everyone has a magnificent year ahead!  Thanks for reading.

Just so they’re publicly out there, which will supposedly make them more real, and I have more accountability to you, my readers, and myself, here are my photography resolutions for 2012.

• Use my DSLR more.  I have a wonderful Canon 5D and I haven’t shot a single image with it since, dare I say it, July!  Silly me.  The images taken with it are so much better than my Canon S90, but I guess that whole “fit the camera in the purse or pocket” has been winning.  So anyhow, in 2012, I will use my DSLR more.

• Create and print more books about my photography and travel. I did publish one book of my work this year - A Glimpse - which can be found on Blurb.  Deep down though, I know I have more of these compilations in my creative head.  It’s challenging to select the best of the best photographs, and summarize experiences, but I want to take this on in 2012.

• Get more images published.  This March, an image of mine was published in a collaborative piece called - Focus: Found Faces - which can be found on Amazon or in a cool brick and mortar book store near you.  I’m proud of this little book and I hope to give life to some of my other images going forward.  I don’t think that there’s anything more satisfying than seeing one of my images with my by-line out there in the universe.  It’s pretty damn cool.

• Find new venues for my photography cards.  I moved to Bellingham this fall and this community is loaded with artists.  I hope that I can share my work around town and sell all of my inventory so I can start fresh.  Buy some cards now.

• Enter and win more contests.  I am proud to say that another image of mine, Crocuses, was selected to grace the month of April in the 2012 WECU (Whatcom Educational Credit Union) Calendar.  It will be fun to see it hanging on the walls around town come April.

• Write twice as many blog posts in 2012.  For those of you paying attention that should equate to two posts per month.  If I’m inspired you may see more, but I hope to maintain an average of two posts per month.

All the best to my photography friends and fans in 2012.  Get out there and document your world.  I still think one of the best things we can all do as photographers is to take photographs of our friends, family, and our world, when we think of it.  Don’t let those opportunities go by, because frankly, sometimes there may not be a next time.  Do it now.  Cheers to all!