Day 14

Last night was the awards ceremony at the Orange County Fair. There were over 1000 accepted photographs this year, and out of all of those, just look at what my two little ones were doing!:

Left: Sown, Purchase Prize

Right: Newberry Springs, off Rt. 66, First Place for Non-Tradition Prints; Purchase Prize

copyright Jennifer Geisert

My photos are now included in the permanant collection of the Orange County Fair, and the hope is that they'll go on to be exhibited around Orange County. I'll be notified of where they'll be on show, places like airports and whatnot. Yay!

Me and My New Friend With the Awsome Moustache

July 2008

copyright Jennifer Geisert

This year's fair theme is "Say Cheese", and in addition to there being lots of cheese-related items (hats, giant blocks of chedder that are being carved...), there was also a whole building dedicated to cameras and the photographic process and history. There was a giant camera obscura set up, and there were cases filled with old cameras. I spotted another version of the Kodak Duraflex I have, as well as my Brownie Starflex that I was taking for a test drive last night. (I'm finding it far more fiddly than my Duraflex.) Lots of awsome stuff.

See more about the Orange County Fair here.

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John and Dot

My Grandparents

photographer unknown

"Everyone likes this picture. If is very good of you. You look so happy and content. I love you Dear."

I have always loved this snapshot.

Day 12

Newberry Springs, off Route 66

copyright Jennifer Geisert

And now for a shameless plug:

If you're in the southern California area, and you're headed to the Orange County Fair anytime between now and August 3rd, swing by the visual arts building and check out the photography section. There you shall find the above photograph, taken by myself, Jennifer Geisert, and a blue ribbon. (Yay!!) You shall also find my other entry, entitled Sown, which has been blogged some time ago.

I have only entered the Orange County Fair once before. I think I was in 1st or 3rd grade, and I wrote a short story to go along with a computer "animated" (or as animated as anything on a Commodor from the '80's could be) picture. I think it was about a castle and a prince and princess. It probably wasn't me that entered the fair, probably someone did it for me, most likely without my knowing. Anyway, my story won 3rd place, and I was given $5.00. My dad, who at the time was writing short stories, told me that that was more money than he'd ever made from a piece of writing.

So anyway, go to the fair! If visual art isn't your thing, maybe Alaskan pig racing is. They've got that there too. They also have deep-fried pickles this year, from what I've heard.

Expect another shameless plug in a few days...