Chalk the Walk

Chalk the Walk in Mt. Vernon, May 5th 2012

Recent work

Ron Paul

Some shots from the Ron Paul visit to Manchester, IA.. Dec 22, 2011

Happy Winter Solstice(First day of Winter)

B/W Field

Sunset

Falling Away

I took this three nights ago while I was messing with HDR.

 

Our cold weather yesterday must have finally told my Maples to drop their leaves.

No Real Than You Are

A Giant Lego Man Has Been Washing Up on Different Country's Beaches...

His name is Ego Leonard and he's 8-feet tall and weighs in at 100 lbs  

Photo: Jeff Hindman

Four years ago one washed ashore in Zandvoort, Holland, and then in 2008 Brighton, England. And the most recent(picture above) on the shores of Siesta Key Beach in Florida..

A search on Google will eventually take you to this website:

I for one would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new plastic overlords .

Warhol-esque

Recently I had the pleasure of taking on a very unique and fun project. My client wanted some Andy Warhol type prints made of his own children:

First I took pictures of his kids, then I converted them to digital art:

 

Once approved I then converted them to screens, so I could screen print them in an Andy Warhol style:

 After printing the outline, I hand painted them, to fill in the colors:

 Here is an outline print:

 Color fill:

 After printing and painting:

 Finished product: I then stretched the canvas over frames:

 Finished, hung on client's wall:(Please forgive the sun glare)

Pikes Peak State Park

Fall is in the air

Random gravel roads

I went for a drive this weekend, hit some random gravel roads and brought my camera along.

Guy builds his own TRAM

Saw this article on Make:(click link below photo to see article and video)

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/06/home-built-funicular-motorized-people-mover-system-on-make-projects.html

Kind of reminded me of the cool one in Dubuque you can still ride:

Renaissance Fair in Amana Colonies

   

A few weeks ago I went to the Renaissance Fair in Amana

I went last year as well.. And last year was WAY more photogenic than this years.. So I'll post the pics from 2010: