Showing posts with label Pittsburgh at Night. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pittsburgh at Night. Show all posts
12.29.2014
PNC Park
I been working on films and writing so much this year that I have been forgetting to create photographs...that needs to change.
1.08.2014
PGH @ Night ~ Photo Exhibit
Saturday February 1 ~ Artist reception 6pm -9pm
Boulevard Gallery
736 Allegheny RIver Boulevard, Verona PA 15147
412-721-0943
10.02.2013
12.06.2012
PGH@Night Website & Workshop Info
We open up an online gallery that will allow you to purchase anything you’d like to own. There are a variety of sizes and you will see that options such as mounting, framing and canvas is available
Here is the link for the workshops:
12.03.2012
The Other 20,000 Photos Sucked
Friday night was one of the best nights of my artistic career. Words of thanks fall short on how to express my gratitude for all who came out, and lots of you came out.
Special thanks goes out to Neil Greibling, owner of Encores for all the effort in promoting this show. The turnout far exceeded my dreams. To Soncerae for the kindness and support you gave to me. Run with your dreams girl. Thank you to Mocha Rose for the flowerers. Your design really classed up the joint.
To the love of my life: I will alway be your sherpa. I would never want to climb the mountain with anybody else. You are all the light that I will ever need.
As I sit down to write this I reflect upon what was learned. It brings me to the "my life-philosophy" of “Create, Connect & Grow”. Those three words are the how and why of the way in which I choose to lead my life. Never did the experience of three words ring more true than it did on Friday night. I was honored to have the opportunity to share these photos with you.
Throughout the night I received many compliments of “how talented” I am. Let me share with you that I have only one thing that I am talented at: failing. I am great at failing. If one gift has been bestowed upon me it is the gift of failing forward and learning something new.
This show could have easily been called “The other 20,000 Photos Sucked”. I laugh out loud as I type these words for how true they are. This is the grand lesson of life: create something new. That is the mystery of life that so many of us search for. No, it does not bring you peace, money, fame or power. What it does is fill your life with purpose and love and that is good enough for me.
Be a great failure and share it.
Peace ~ John
Special thanks goes out to Neil Greibling, owner of Encores for all the effort in promoting this show. The turnout far exceeded my dreams. To Soncerae for the kindness and support you gave to me. Run with your dreams girl. Thank you to Mocha Rose for the flowerers. Your design really classed up the joint.
To the love of my life: I will alway be your sherpa. I would never want to climb the mountain with anybody else. You are all the light that I will ever need.
As I sit down to write this I reflect upon what was learned. It brings me to the "my life-philosophy" of “Create, Connect & Grow”. Those three words are the how and why of the way in which I choose to lead my life. Never did the experience of three words ring more true than it did on Friday night. I was honored to have the opportunity to share these photos with you.
Throughout the night I received many compliments of “how talented” I am. Let me share with you that I have only one thing that I am talented at: failing. I am great at failing. If one gift has been bestowed upon me it is the gift of failing forward and learning something new.
This show could have easily been called “The other 20,000 Photos Sucked”. I laugh out loud as I type these words for how true they are. This is the grand lesson of life: create something new. That is the mystery of life that so many of us search for. No, it does not bring you peace, money, fame or power. What it does is fill your life with purpose and love and that is good enough for me.
Be a great failure and share it.
Peace ~ John
11.30.2012
20 Photos, 2 Hours to Live or Die
Tonight will be my first photo exhibit. Six years of work that will be displayed for two hours. To me, I feel imaginative and resourceful about this approach to showing my work. I take a blue color approach to being a working artist. The idea of standing on my stage appeals to me.
In many way this is where the business of art is moving: artist to viewer. No need for a curator, gallery or even reviews (but those I do welcome). Display the photos, place it all on the line and see if I can win over the crowd. This works for me.
What attracts me to this concept in the first place is an old-fashioned “social” idea.
Not so long ago the word "social" actually meant going out into the world and experiencing life. Today's mutilated version of the word “social” is limited to loneliness, an internet connection and a mouse. There will be no "Like" button at my show, I will not ask you for a Tweet, we will not connect on LinkedIn afterwards, there will be nothing to Pin...but I do hope we have interesting conversation.
Photos need to been seen and to be experienced. For too long my canvas has existed solely on the computer screen. Art, music and photography is our culture.
To have a culture it needs to be social. To be social you need to be with other breathing-interacting-human beings meeting in a collective community space. Bonus point here for the breathing humans who attend my show: there will be alcohol and food. Interacting humans love wine and cheese.
Two hours and that's it to discover if my work lives or die. It's emotional for me; I feel more like a working artist walking out onto a stage to perform music that has never been heard before rather than a photographer having his first exhibit, watching and waiting for the room fill up with people.
Exhibit, display, opening...all seem like the wrong words to describe this new venture. New words need to be used. Maybe it should be called "The Business of Being Creative”. Or “Liberated Profiteering”. I know... “Gig”... yep that works for me. I am having a gig tonight. That feels true to my roots. If you want to wear a tie to my gig better just stay home, this gig is not for you.
After this first gig comes to a close I will pick up the remaining pieces and hit the road for my first ever photo tour...per se. Coffee house, punk rock clubs, libraries and wherever else that photos may be hung; that's where I’ll take my troubadour roadshow of PGH@Night photos.
Join us for a memorable opening:
Date: 11/30/12
Time: 7:30
Place: 502 West North Ave
PGH, PA 15212
P.S.
Already planning the next photo-gig to be titled “Emptiness and Form” (when abstract photography attacks and nobody gets hurt. Deep non-violence with all the non-stop action).
11.26.2012
Exhibit ~ PGH@Night
In 5 days I will be holding my first ever photo exhibit. Am I nervous? Yep. Not even sure why. The work is good; I am proud of it. Will people show up? Not sure.
A few months ago I wrote about how seldom I get to see my work in print. The post was written about how the computer screen has become my canvas. Well no more: last week I received 20 large prints that have been filling up my home.
This is what I want to share with you.
Seeing Pittsburgh at Night photos enlarged is an experience to see. On Thanksgiving I gave a sneak peek preview and the feedback was great. It was my first time displaying this work not on the computer screen. I got to sit back and watch and listen to how the photos effected the viewer. It was thrilling.
Create connect and grow…..those words never seemed more true to me.
"Encores!" presents “Pittsburgh At Night”
A photography exhibit by John Craig
Join us for a memorable opening:
Date: 11/30/12
Time: 7:30
Place: 502 West North Ave
PGH, PA 15212
P.S. The photo above was taken at this year's Pittsburgh Light Up Night 11/16/12
A few months ago I wrote about how seldom I get to see my work in print. The post was written about how the computer screen has become my canvas. Well no more: last week I received 20 large prints that have been filling up my home.
This is what I want to share with you.
Seeing Pittsburgh at Night photos enlarged is an experience to see. On Thanksgiving I gave a sneak peek preview and the feedback was great. It was my first time displaying this work not on the computer screen. I got to sit back and watch and listen to how the photos effected the viewer. It was thrilling.
Create connect and grow…..those words never seemed more true to me.
"Encores!" presents “Pittsburgh At Night”
A photography exhibit by John Craig
Join us for a memorable opening:
Date: 11/30/12
Time: 7:30
Place: 502 West North Ave
PGH, PA 15212
P.S. The photo above was taken at this year's Pittsburgh Light Up Night 11/16/12
11.20.2012
11.17.2012
Pittsburgh Light Up Night 11.16.2012
The March 1st workshop is filling up fast. There is a strong interest in learning about after-capture post-production workflow.
If you have attended my previous workshops you may find the addition of the after-capture to be the missing key in taking your photography to the next level.
FYI: PGH@Night Photo Exhibit ~ (Info HERE)
10.31.2012
Photography Exhibit
Encore presents “Pittsburgh At Night”
A photography exhibit by John Craig
Encores is a Pittsburgh-based membership organization that focuses on networking, self-exploration and renewal of both personal and professional life.
Date: 11/30/12
Time: 7:30
Place: 502 West North Ave
PGH, PA 15212
9.25.2012
Photography Exhibit
Join us for a memorable opening
Date: 11/16/12
Time: 7:30
Place: 502 West North Ave PGH, PA 15212
The show is private and by invitation only for the members of “Encores”.
Encores is a Pittsburgh-based membership organization that focuses on networking, self-exploration and renewal of both personal and professional life.
The exhibit will feature 15 to 20 portraits.
www.encores.myupsite.com
www.craig-photography.com
Date: 11/16/12
Time: 7:30
Place: 502 West North Ave PGH, PA 15212
The show is private and by invitation only for the members of “Encores”.
Encores is a Pittsburgh-based membership organization that focuses on networking, self-exploration and renewal of both personal and professional life.
The exhibit will feature 15 to 20 portraits.
www.encores.myupsite.com
www.craig-photography.com
8.29.2012
6.06.2012
4.25.2012
4.23.2012
Limitless
Saturday night I am standing on the top deck of a boat. The twilight is passing into darkness by the second; the wind is cold and the air is wet. I turn up my ISO to 3200, place my f/stop on 2.8, set my flash to 1/32, drag the shutter slightly...press my finger on the trigger.
With a smile on my face I look at the image on the back of my camera. All I can think about is how limitless this machine in my hand is. With this tool I can create photographs that the human eye will never be able to capture. I love this. The feeling never gets old; to the opposite, it grows more exciting as my years behind the camera mature. It's been 20yrs of shooting so far.
Being creative, no matter what the medium you practice, should never make you feel limited by the tools that you are working with. Limitation is never a purchasing issue, it is a thought process. A better camera (a better anything) will not make you a better artist.
Only time spent in “the doing” in “the process” ; that is where and when your camera will be transformed into a limitless instrument of creative potential.
This photo is my first time shooting night photography with “out” a tripod and using external light. I have developed a deep passion for long exposure over the years. Creating something new in the opposite direction of how I would normally shoot feels great.
Commandments of Creativity #4: It’s OK to fail...fail often, fail forward, enjoy the failure.
Boy, did I fail forward creating this photos...loved every snap of the shutter.
3.27.2012
3.12.2012
12.06.2011
Pittsburgh, PA Light Up Night November 18, 2011
So in light of the Giving Thanks season I would like to give away a photo of Pittsburgh Light Up Night from November 18, 2011.
For a high-resolution copy of the image above just follow this (HERE)
11.07.2011
Pitsburgh Night Skyline
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