Great Opening for "Road Work Ahead"

Lots of people showed up for the opening of this show! We played my movie over & over to a full room of people, plus there were lots of great photos to look at throughout the gallery!





I also had 2 photos in the show:

Highway 12 Photography Workshop Documentary - Preview

NEW PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION:
Location: Icebox Gallery
When: Thursday, October 1st, 2009, from 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Exhibition: "Road Work Ahead" and the screening of the documentary by Margo Cavis
Show runs through October 31st.

This is a short PREVIEW of the movie.



For more info: www.iceboxminnesota.com

Highway 12 Photography Workshop

Last weekend was Howard Christopherson's 3rd Highway 12 workshop. I went along to film the workshop - with Howard and his Guest Photographers, Will Agar & Sid Kaplan. The landscape in Lily & the surrounding towns of SD are very interesting. There are also many interesting characters! I will be releasing the video when I get a chance. Here are a few photos I took along the way!

Alaska 2009

I recently took a working vacation to Alaska to make some videos for the Cove Lodge in Elfin Cove. I was able to bring the family along to help out & be models. The kids LOVED it there! Here's a quick video I put together with some of the activities:



I will still be doing more extensive videos with more information about the lodge soon.

Catching Up!!!

OK... it's been way too long since I updated this! Since My last post, I have made several videos, traveled to Cozumel and Alaska and got laid off from my FT job as a Graphic Designer. So, I will be using this opportunity to go back to school for Video Design & Production! I also have a solo exhibition (for my new paintings) lined up for October of this year that I am trying to prepare for.

Here are the videos:

Water for Everyone

This is the condensed version of the documentary "Water For Everyone" by Margo Cavis. This documentary is about 2 kid's (aged 10 & 12) first dive trip, their views about diving and the environment. (This movie has been condensed from half-hour to 12 minutes for online viewing.) Find out more about Margo's underwater art at www.margocavis.com

Recent Volunteer Dive at GLA

A fish's point of view!


I took these 2 photos from inside the Great Lakes Aquarium last weekend.

Below is a photo from the outside of the largest of the 3 aquariums. I also added a few photos of the area under the aquarium, food prep & dive prep.

Bahamas

August 27, 2008

I just had to send an update - since today's dives went so well. We didn't get to dive at all yesterday - since the weather didn't clear up until evening.

Today both Talon & Steel did 2 dives. Patrick is one of the divemasters & he took Talon aside to help him. (This is why I chose a small dive shop - instead of the big one located in the hotel we are at.) It worked out so well on the first dive, that we decided to throw some sharks in the mix for the second dive. The second dive was shark alley - both Talon & Steel were calmly swimming among the sharks! If they keep doing good we might be able to add in some afternoon dives as well. I am going to have to try to find some more tapes for the video camera - I didn't bring enough. Russell is using my Canon DSLR now, since I'm doing video.

Bahamas

October, 2008
We just recently took a trip to the Bahamas. Both kids are now old enough to get certified - so we got to make it a family dive vacation. Talon is 12 & got certified last year. Steel is 10 & just finished his certification.

August 26, 2008
We are stuck at the hotel right now since we are waiting to see what the weather is going to do - I guess there is the possibility of some rough weather. We are supposed to call the dive shop soon to find out if it will be possible to go out today.

I swear I think Steel is part fish! We can't keep him out of the water at all & he's doing great with the diving. Every second he's not in the ocean - he's in the pool. We have done 4 dives so far. Talon just did the first one. Steel has done all 4 dives. The seas were a bit rough yesterday... enough to make me feed the fishes - but Steel still did both dives with me. He got to see a small wreck, a turtle, lion fish & tons of other stuff. He gets very excited & is pointing out just about every fish. He's got a natural knack for finding things too! He spotted a lion fish inside the wreck at the same time I did - plus he said he saw an eel that I did not see. Talon is not taking to it quite as easily. He has a lot of anxiety. We will most likely need to have to have really calm water to get him back in.

I just brought my DSLR on the first dive day - since I needed to see how the kids would do before bringing new/different equipment. Then yesterday I brought the video camera. I really enjoyed doing video.... Guess I knew I would. I see advantages to both. With the DSLR I can take photos that can be enlarged. With the video I'm able to capture some very different things that don't really look dynamic in photos.

Great Lakes Aquarium

Our whole family spent this weekend in Duluth. We went snowboarding all day Saturday (except my son Steel who prefers skis - & is a speed demon). Then stayed overnight at a hotel & went to GLA (Great Lakes Aquarium) on Sunday to volunteer in the 3 large freshwater tanks. My son Talon took some photos. I'm in the Blue/Black drysuit & my husband Russell is in the Red/Black drysuit.








While in the tanks we feed the fish and then do some cleaning. I really enjoy it!