Photo Storage

How do you store all your digital photographs? Pile them all into your c:\My Documents\My Pictures\ folder? Or do you have them in folders all over your harddrive and CD-ROMs scattered in every sock drawer?

October 31st, Halloween, is a perfect night to tell horror stories of losing all your computer files.

IT professionals will tell you, "There are two types of harddrives: ones that have crashed, and ones that will crash." Which one do you have? If the former, sorry, too late to help you. If the latter, please keep reading...

Do not trust that your harddrive will survive through the morning. Take action to preserve your photographic works - NOW!

CD-ROMs and DVDs are a good temporary back-up devices. Temporary? You bet! You are writing the information microns beneath the surface. Corruption is possible... inevitable.

A spare external harddrive is also a good temporary back-up storage. It is just another harddrive doomed to fail at some point. So what to do? Store on-line? That's just another harddrive. No progress there, except protection from fire, water, and theft for having a remote location, but harddrive failures happen to webservers, too. Besides, what happens when the site closes down?

Best bet? Combination of the above. I make CD-ROMs and DVDs as I go long. I have an external harddrive as a back-up. When I'm getting ready to visit my mother, I burn multiple DVDs to store at her place - an extra set for protection. At year's end, I make new sets of DVDs.

Keep in mind today's technology will soon be out of date. Does your computer even have a SCSI ports for that harddrive you bought years ago? Who can still read a 5 1/4" floppy? Was your storage device formatted for your system? Keep your archives refreshed with latest technology for a good night's sleep. Boo!

Tell us your system to protect and back-up your images in the comment section.

Second Opening Invitations

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opening Brentwood Gallery Nov. 14, 2008

Start inviting people to attend the Nov. 14 th OPENING

7 pm- 10 pm
Refreshments will be served

Brentwood Gallery

2119 south Brentwood

st Louis Mo 63144

opening oct 24 art trends

Art Trends Gallery 

703 long road 

chesterfield MO 63005

 

 friday 5 to 9 pm. 

Oct 24, 2008

 

 Gallery HOP  4 galleries opening.

 jim trotter displays at art trends

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24 Hour Cure, St. Louis in a day for the A.D.A.

24 Hour Cure, St. Louis in a day for the A.D.A.

Marvin R. DeWeese Memorial Project

For those of you who do not know me, my name is Jeremy DeWeese. I am a photographer in St. Louis with an emphasis on Advertising, Corporate, and Editorial Photography. I am also the President of the local chapter of ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers). As President of ASMP, it has been my hearts ambition to unite the photographers of this city and create a collective energy amongst the creatives of this great town.

I present to you, the "24 Hour Cure, St. Louis in a day for the A.D.A." Through this project we will bring together photographers from all creative backgrounds. We will come together on November 7th and blanket this city with a flury of photographic energy that will call us forward to document St. Louis on a scale that has never been accomplished before now.

An exhibition will follow that will share our success with the public. Creation of the exhibition will be carefully guided by a powerful duo of highly trained photo editors with illustrious backgrounds.

Lynden Steele, currently a picture editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has come to us from a position as White House Photo Editor in January.

Sid Hastings, freelance Photo Editor, has held positions at many top publications, including National Geographic Society, he was a Senior Picture Editor at Corbis, and Assistant Director of Photography at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Sid now runs his own freelance business where he serves as a picture editor, multimedia producer, photographic mangager, and photographer.

Proceeds from the sale of the images on exhibition will go to benefit the American Diabetes Association. Potentially, the images we create during this event will also be published, and subsequent proceeds will benefit the A.D.A.

This is an opportunity for photographers of this community to come together as one and take on a purpose that is higher than themselves as an individual. It is an opportunity to create and become inspired by what they are creating, all while benefiting a worthy cause.

Many of you either have diabetes, know someone with diabetes, or in some way been touched by the pain and affliction that diabetes has created. Over 20 million people in America have the disease. Another 41 million have pre-diabetes. You may have it, and don't even know it. The cause of Diabetes is a mystery, but with the help of organizations like the American Diabetes Association, researchers are working diligently to find a cure. Your participation in this event will further the cause of the American Diabetes Association and the contribution of your generous efforts will have a lasting, immeasurable effect.

From a personal perspective, I am dedicating this event to my late grandfather. His name was Marvin R DeWeese. Diabetes took him when I was a young age. The impact is that I did not have the benefit of my grandfather when growing up. You may have had a similar experience. I urge you to participate and dedicate this event to someone who is important to you.

Please RSVP as soon as possible. When you do, include your t-shirt size so that we can get them ordered. The pre-meeting for the November 7 shooting event will be October 27 (location yet to be determined, based on number of participants). RSVP to jeremy@deweesephotography.com by October 22, preferrably earlier. Feel free to share this email with as many people as you'd like, the causes of generous giving and building a community are worth passing on!

Details

Shooting Date: November 7-8 from 9am-9am

Pre-Meeting to discuss assignments: October 27 (location will be emailed at a closer date once we determine size of participating group)

Cost of participation and submission of images: $25, includes a t-shirt with event logo, all proceeds will go toward supporting exhibition and A.D.A.

Payment can be made by check to 24 Hour Cure. Payments can also be made via paypal:






If you are paying by check, please mail to:

24 Hour Cure
c/o Jeremy DeWeese
901 Washington Avenue Unit 604
Saint Louis, Mo 63101


RSVP: jeremy@deweesephotography.com
please RSVP by October 22 so that we can prepare for pre-meeting and get the announcement out about location of meeting.

Man Made

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artists guild photo show

Saint Louis Artists Guild Call of Entries

November 23, 2008 – January 10, 2009


Exhibit Series: Visual Expressions
Man-Made

National, juried competition of photography. Digital entry only. All pics must depict something man-made. Essential element in piece must focus on man made objects such as architecture/structures, bridges, signs, roads, vehicles, gardens, etc.
Juror: Bea Nettles Professor in Art & Design, University of Illinois

Prospectus coming soon

Saint Louis Artists Guild Opening


Man-Made*
Opening: November 23, 2008, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Admission: Free and open to the public.

National juried competition of photography. Essential element in piece must focus on man-made objects such as architecture/structures, bridges, signs, roads, vehicles, gardens, etc.

This national, juried photography exhibition of man-made objects only (examples: architecture, signs, vehicles, gardens) will explore the 2-D depiction of 3-D objects. This competitive exhibition will examine a variety of traditional and contemporary photographic techniques that will expose audiences to the breadth and depth of photography.

Digital entries only. All pics must depict something man-made.
Juror: Bea Nettles Professor in Art & Design, University of Illinois