Shifting Pixel » River Rock Coffee — May 6, 2008

Art Show at River Rock Coffee

Joe Lencioni — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:19:14 +0000

I’m excited to announce that I currently have an art show up at River Rock Coffee in Saint Peter, Minnesota. It features fourteen photographs from Shifting Pixel and runs from May 6 through a week or two into June.

I’ve had my work in art shows before but this is my first solo show, so it’s pretty cool to see my work publicly displayed. It gives me a good feeling of accomplishment. The feedback I’ve received so far has been positive, so it has been encouraging as well.

If you happen to be in town, make sure you cruise down to the River Rock and check it out. While you are there, be sure to get some coffee or a bite to eat–they make some delicious things.

Update (March 1, 2009): In case you missed it, I put together all of the work I had in the show right here. Enjoy.

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Minimalism 17

Joe Lencioni — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:26:27 +0000

ƒ/1.4, 1/250 s, 100 ISO

Okay, this is the last photo in my minimalism project so far.

If you liked this project, please hop on over to JPG magazine and give it a vote.

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A Coffee Bean 3

Joe Lencioni — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:25:00 +0000

ƒ/13.0, 1/200 s, 100 ISO

The third in the coffee bean series. I hope you enjoyed it.

I’m going to be switching gears a bit here pretty soon. I just finished a shoot for a personal project on minimalism. Hopefully you won’t find it too boring. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, so I’m looking forward to seeing what other people think about it.

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A Coffee Bean 2

Joe Lencioni — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:47:04 +0000

ƒ/13.0, 1/200 s, 100 ISO

I’m not sure if I like this one or the blue one better yet. Which do you prefer?

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A Coffee Bean 1

Joe Lencioni — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:30:43 +0000

ƒ/16.0, 1/200 s, 100 ISO

So delicious. This one happens to be a decaf French roast coffee bean.

I have a couple more of these coming up, so I hope you enjoy the series.

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Night barn

Joe Lencioni — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:16:59 +0000

ƒ/6.3, 298 s, 100 ISO

Jerry and I went out, exploring the southern Minnesota countryside and looking for good nighttime subjects.

We drove for what seemed like a couple of hours and didn’t come across anything that really grabbed us. About to give up, we headed toward home. Suddenly, we drove past this barn and in an instant were out of the car with our photo gear pointed at the barn. Needless to say, we were quite excited about the structure.

We spent an hour or two at this site until Jerry finished his roll in his old school Yashica–he wanted to see how they turned out first thing the next morning and figured he would take the opportunity to experiment a bit with shutter speeds and apertures. He posted a few of the good ones.

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Cracked Ground

Joe Lencioni — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:51:08 +0000

ƒ/8.0, 345 s, 100 ISO

About maybe a mile or so walk from the entrance to the Kasota Prairie, I stumbled across this partly dried up pond.

It was quite a happy find for me because I have seen some really cool photos of cracked ground and was excited to be able to finally try my hand at it. I think this one turned out pretty well and nicely captures the peacefulness of the Kasota Prairie under the glowing white light of the full moon. I took a few other pictures here but they all more or less look the same, so I won’t bore you with them.

Unfortunately, due to the time-consuming nature of night shots (for this particular shot, the shutter was open for nearly six minutes!), this and The Lonely Tree are the only good ones I have from this round of night shooting. Hopefully it won’t be too cold here in Minnesota and I will be able to get out for the next full moon.

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The Lonely Tree

Joe Lencioni — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:08:26 +0000

Kasota Prairie, Kasota, MN ƒ/7.1, 244 s, 100 ISO

It was great to get out and take some night shots–I honestly can’t remember the last full moon I went out for, which is a shame.

There is something that I find invigorating about taking night shots that’s difficult to put into words. I get out in nature, under the brightly-lit night sky, and everything just feels the way it’s supposed to. Things slow down, I get energized, and everything else fades away.

This was also actually the first time I went to the Kasota Prairie–one of my favorite spots for night shots–by myself. As it turns out, things get a little creepy out there without a partner…

If you like this, why not stick around?

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Titan Arum (Corpse Flower) II

Joe Lencioni — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:15:18 +0000

ƒ/16.0, 1/200 s, 500 ISO

I went and got all slicked up at the new barber here in Saint Peter today. His name is Nate and his shop is below Erbert and Gerbert’s. I hadn’t been to a proper barber in about six or seven years, but I had heard good things from Jerry about this guy. It was quite a good experience and I’d recommend Nate’s Barber Shop in St. Peter to anybody. He seems to be a good guy and gives a good haircut. You can really tell that he cares about his work, which is a very good thing.

Photo of the day

Parallel Universe – Intense Sunflower

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Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

Joe Lencioni — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:50:04 +0000

Gustavus Adolphus College was named after this guy—and he was the King of Sweden in the 1600s. This is one of the few non-Granlund sculptures on campus.

As a tradition at Gustavus, this sculpture gets dressed up throughout the year. It’s kinda fun to see him wearing a lei and Hawaiian shirt, or a cap and gown.

Taking this photo as the sun was setting was rather fun. It was a tricky shot to expose correctly because the sky directly behind the sculpture was a very bright orange, while Gustav’s face was entirely in a shadow. I hadn’t tried my hand at HDR in a while, but as I looked at this sculpture, trying to decide how to frame it, I realized that it would be perfect to take it in HDR. So, what you see here was created from sixteen separate exposures of the same scene—none of which are as perfectly exposed as the result is.

The photo of the day today is for my friend, Rudi, who flew for the first time. Have fun in Nashville!

Photo of the day

Treemeat – Boarding

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