All the world is a laboratory to the inquiring mind. –Martin H. Fischer

Art from fish from Karen Wink on Vimeo.

The best way to learn is through real world experience. Plus, it is also cheaper. Most workshops are $15K or more. Money I don’t have. So this year I resolved to learn as much as I could on my own.

Many of my “free” hours in 2010 have been spent working on videos and studying work from Brain Strom and other innovative folks. So far in 2010, I have produced 22 video on my own. Each one has taught me something.

Here is the latest. I wish the audio was better. I tweaked it some with Audacity which helped. A separate interview with the artist would have help that issue. (That is school of hard knocks lesson #1011)

This package is about a local artist that uses the Japanese technique of Gyotaku. I worked on this story with the semi-retired Cliff Seiber. He has worked as a reporter and editor for many years. It was an honor to work with such an experienced journalist and to see how the interview was transformed into a feature story. Also, the Lake Charles American Press has a very talented art director, Donna Price. She designed the page and it is easy see why she has won so many awards.

The video is also on the LCAP channel on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWvQllmw58

Here is the link to the post on the LCAP site: http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpphotos/?p=1219

Art from fish from Karen Wink on Vimeo.

There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture.- Ruth Bernhard

My job has a long list of perks. Covering the arts sits close to the top of that list.

Louisiana Public Radio and the Arts Council produce a series called Crossroads that airs in SW Louisiana on KRVS. The series visits other cities but the broadcast version is held at Lake Charles’ Central School Theatre almost monthly when it is “in season.”

This concert series has been on my to-do list since I first learned about it. Finding the time to cover this event has been an issue for almost every event. On January 20th that all changed and I was able to cover Chris Thomas King’s Crossroads concert.

King is the son of a famous blues musician, Tabby Thomas, but he is not walking in anyone’s shadow. He is a great blues man in his own right with multiple Grammies, 3 gold and platinum awards, and movie performances. His website is christhomasking.com if you would like the complete lowdown. It was a great performance and a photo ran on A-1 the next day.

My black and white favorites are below. I shot this event with my personal Olympus E-3. Love Love Love my camera. Cheers!

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Shielded by the Protector choose one of my photos for their new CD produced by S2S records. They will be hosting a CD release show, Wed. June 25 @ Meridian Underground w/ Dark Sundays. For more photos of SBP go here.

One of the “high-lights” of my Atlanta trip…