Starfish and future star...update

LATE BREAKING NEWS:

Jennifer was called late last week by a gallery to submit work for the governor's office. She rushed to mat and frame some pics and dropped six off Monday. Just received a call that three of the six were chosen outright, the other three waiting for review of other entries. One of which is the starfish photo that you see above in by blog header.

Jennifer is just 17 and is a concurrent student, attending highschool and college. She looks to attend SCAD with a major in photography in 2010 so this is a major portfolio boost in that direction. She already does PA work and assists pros on their shoots. From the excitement- I guess you can tell she is my daughter and has been working by my side since she was 10.

I get some credit, do to the last minute request I matted the work by hand. Jennifer if you are reading this quit rolling your eyes at that last comment.

Cheers

Reposted from May 19, 2009:

Finally updated the blog title photo. Thanks to Jennifer Hancock (in montage above) for lending me the shots. My dear daughter-check out her blog to the left- Images. Now award winning photographer, future student at SCAD. She tried to charge me then I had to remind her I paid for the holiday at the beach allowing her to take the pics. Like the initiative though. I told her I am now her agent and get 15%, she held out for 10. Good girl. Good investment for me, her pics are selling well, will start bookings for sessions this summer at student rates. Have to build that portfolio you know.

Beach Calligraphy...

"Have to update, Andrew's work on Beach Photography was featured in Letter Arts Review and John Neal Booksellers Catalogue."

Somewhere back in time on the blog I mentioned Andrew Van Der Merwe as an inspiration. &rew is a very talented artist and calligrapher from South Africa. Mind you I do calligraphy, but had to cut back because of a shoulder injury. I letter more than 30 minutes and my arm looks like I'm going through the DT's. Happy thought- that's up from 5 minutes. So, I live vicariously through my artist friends. When my son announced he was getting married last year, I knew I couldn't do the calligraphy for the invites so I asked &rew if I could commission him for the job. He had just started pulling together a new venture of beach calligraphy, so it fit as my son Justin and his sweet wife Anya were married on a schooner at Hilton Head. ( see photo above taken by award winning photographer Jennifer Hancock)

This is no sloppy scribble, but crisp detailed images-no photoshopping of the lettering people. Believe me, pure magic. See.

I feel like I am bragging on a family member,

but there is no relation.

Just love showing off talent.

Congrats Andrew, please check out his new website via artfire:

Beach Calligraphy

and also his general website for design and calligraphy

The Written Word.

Cheers, and if you visit &drew tell him I said Hi.

All photos copyright us 2009-RED