Inside PHL featured on Damn, I wish I'd taken that Blog

My photo, Inside Portland Head Light, was featured on the Damn, I wish I'd taken that Blog today!  Damn, I wish I'd taken that , is a great, invitation-only flickr group with over 22,000 members and thousands of beautiful photos.  Thanks to Damn for featuring my photo on the blog!  Cindy

Some recent food photos from the summer. . .

I've been working on a lot of food photography this summer, trying to take advantage of everything I've seen that seems to pertain to food!  From the top:  One morning, I was watering the vegetable garden in the sunlight and noticed how sparkly the water droplets were as they fell.  So I quickly grabbed the camera and fired off a few shots of "Parsley in the Rain!"  The second photo is of three ducks we met up with at a wonderful farm near the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.  They were waddling away from us as fast as they could go, but I thought they looked so chummy I had to take a shot.  In the third shot, we were hiking around the rocks in Freeport when Maya found this little baby crab.  The fourth shot is from Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine--highbush blueberries--yum!  The fifth shot is a macro of blackberries at Gilsland Farms Audubon Society in Falmouth, Maine, and the sixth and final shot is of Lobster Chili samples at the Antiques in the Garden at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens a couple of weeks ago. 

Thanks for looking, Cindy

Healthcare in the year 2050?

Intermed Building, Portland, Maine

Last week, I was driving home from dropping off some work at Kennedy Studios , where I show my work, and I couldn't help but notice how incredibly clear and crisp the sky looked--a lovely, endless blue with wisps of white cloud floating by.  I pulled over in the parking area of the Intermed Building, and took some quick shots of it with my ultra-wide lens (Pentax DA 12-24mm.)  I really like how the ultra-wide perspective it makes the building, which is already an interesting building, look so futuristic.  These are both HDR (High Dynamic Range) pictures comprised of three bracketed images, taken to make the most of all the highlights, mid-tones and shadows in the picture and combined together.  

I'd also like to thank all the many people who took the time to vote for my landscape photography book in Blurb's Photo Book Now Competition!  I really appreciate all the help.  A lot of people even posted my request for votes in their own facebook feeds, which was great!  If you haven't taken the time to vote on my book, there's still time and it still doesn't cost a penny!  You can either click here to vote or click on the voting icon that looks like a medal on the side of my blog page!  

Thanks again!  Cindy

Vote for my Landscape book in the Blurb Photo Book Now Competition!

LEAVE NOTHING BUT FOOTPRINTS by Cynthia Farr-Weinfeld | Make Your Own Book

Hi everyone!  I really need your help here:  I have entered my landscape book, Leave Nothing but Footprints, into the Blurb Photo Book Now competition.  I need your help to win by having you either post this link into your web browser: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1365431 or click on the orange and white "People's choice Award Vote" button above  (no purchases necessary, honest!) and give me a vote!  And if you are so inspired, please forward my blog and the link on to all of your friends and relatives and ask them to do the same, even forwarding it on to their friends and relatives. 
You can click on the preview above to look through the entire book to see that it is well-designed and worth your vote!  Thanks so much for your help everyone!  Best wishes, Cindy

Inside Portland Head Light

Many of you have seen my shots of the exterior of Cape Elizabeth's beautiful Portland Head Light.  This morning, I was lucky enough to be allowed to take photos INSIDE the column of the lighthouse, looking up the ancient metal spiral staircase.  This is an HDR--a high dynamic range photo composite of three separate photos, taken to showcase the best of the highlights, midtones and shadows in the scene.  It looks dizzying to me, and that is just how it felt! 

I had been warned that I wasn't allowed to climb the staircase to the top, and I have to say I was sorely tempted to give it a whirl, but it was so overwhelming looking that I decided to stick to the ground! 

You can click on either of the images to view them larger.  Please feel free at any time to share my blog posts or websites with any of your friends and family, and I encourage you to become a friend on facebook as well by clicking the Like button on the right side of my page.  We photographers need all the support we can get! 

Thanks for looking!  Cindy

My pictures on Fox 23 Morning Show!

Yesterday morning, Fox23 featured two of the bartenders from the cover article in this month's Portland Magazine in which I have the cover.  Shahin Khojastehzad and Tatum Thistle of Navare Res and Salt Exchange respectively talked about their signature drinks and restaurants all while Fox23 splashed tons of the pictures I took for the article.  What fun!

A Fruitful Week. . .

I've been photographing a lot of fruits lately--how could I not, when there are so many delicious "subjects" lying around in the fruit bins of the Farmer's Market, Grocery Store and Rosemont Market?  Some of them, as you saw, are even literally "hanging around" waiting for me to come along! 

Hope you're all enjoying Summer!  Cindy

Photography show at Vincent's Ear Gallery in Deer Isle!

Happy July everyone!  I wanted to announce that I have a show of my flowers going on at Art Gallery Mozelle , in Deer Isle, Maine for the summer.  The images above are the ones featured in the show.  They have been printed on a wonderful acid-free museum-quality watercolor paper called Hahnemuhle Photo Rag, which has amazing depth and color representation.  They are all 13x19 inches, which is a great size for matting and framing.

So, if you happen to be in the general area this summer, stop by Art Gallery Mozelle, which is just outside of Deer Isle village on 42 Bridge Street in a nice old cape house that you can see the ocean from.  For more information, you can call the gallery, Wednesdays through Sundays, 1pm to 5pm at 207-348-6722.

Please forward this blog post to anyone you think might be interested in seeing my photography show.  Thanks for your help in getting the word out!  Best wishes, Cindy

July Coupon for 10% off orders from many of my galleries!

Hi everyone!  I've decided to offer a July Coupon for 10% off your entire order (excluding shipping)  from any of these galleries in my portfolio site: Architecture, Landscape, Ephemera and Portland Secret Gardens 2010.  The code you enter at purchase time is:  JULY2010. 

I also want to thank everyone who so kindly took a peak at my newly re-done Flowers gallery yesterday.  I had over 1000 new views in one afternoon alone!  You can visit my website by clicking here: CFW Photography    

Happy July!  Cindy

Please Check out my newly re-vamped Flowers gallery!

Click here to visit the gallery.  Now you can purchase all sizes and types of prints from 4x6 to 24x36", canvas gallery wraps, mounted, framed prints, mugs, t-shirts, mouse pads, magnets, cards, you name it!  Please check it out and let me know what you think.

Also, please scroll down on the right side of my blog page and click on the Follow tab, to show your support for me and my work.  I appreciate it!  Cindy