This Coming Saturday

Dear Everybody,

Join me this coming Saturday at the 2nd Annual Book Fair of the W.J Niederkorn Library of Port Washington, where among many local authors, I will be presenting the book I have put together with my photographs about the Harbor and Marina of Port.

It will be an hour long talk about the book, stories of some of the photographs and at the same time I will be sharing some details about the online self publishing industry through my own experience with this book.

See a good quality book preview here_ http://issuu.com/fmmorante-marinas/docs/marinasissuu

or to purchase a copy here_ http://www.lulu.com/shop/f-mart%C3%ADn-morante/marinas-short-tales-by-the-harbor/paperback/product-21670716.html

Hope to see you then.

The Sweet and Sour Taste of Rejection.

Third time rejected this year. :(

Sometimes the best part of rejection is to take the position of "you must be doing something wrong". Not out of low self-esteem, but thinking you doing something wrong and keep trying to find out what it is makes you try to get better.

So... maybe next time.

Short Tales at the Fair

Want to know more about the stories behind the photographs that composed the body of work "MARINAS_Short Tales by the Harbor"? Then, join me this coming Saturday, August 2nd, when I will be presenting my BOOK at the Port Washington Book Fair. 

The fair goes from 9AM to 2PM, with activities inside and outside. Parking lot will be closed to public as many of the tents will be installed there. Also, my presentation will start at 10AM and will go until 11AM at the community/conference room.

Don't have the book yet? you can see a preview HERE or you can purchase it HERE.

See you then.

Random Walks

Dawn and I are getting close to our first year living in Random Lake, however I have to admit to not have the chance to really explored it as I should for several reasons (work, lack of time, nasty weather, work, MARINAS, work in the house, etc). Still, I try to make room here and there to take a walk around it. Here are some of those moments I find while I do so.

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Random Lake, Wisconsin © Flavio Martín Morante_2014

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Random Lake, Wisconsin © Flavio Martín Morante_2014

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Random Lake, Wisconsin © Flavio Martín Morante_2014

Nikon D200

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Random Lake, Wisconsin © Flavio Martín Morante_2014

Nikon D200

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Random Lake, Wisconsin © Flavio Martín Morante_2014

Nikon D200

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Random Lake, Wisconsin © Flavio Martín Morante_2014

Nikon D200

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Random Lake, Wisconsin © Flavio Martín Morante_2014

Nikon D200

More photographs soon.

Returning to the South

Not the best day to go out but I found few things that may be revisited with better light conditions. Still trying to find the river.

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The Horse in action!_ © F. Martín Morante_2014

Taken in South Beach, Port Washington, Wisconsin. 

Brief (and Very Close) Encounters

Next week on Wednesday do not miss another great documentary for the PORTfolio series.

This time I will be presenting a film about the work of Gregory Crewdson.

Movie is free and starts at 6pm. Discussion will follow and books are available on the subject matter.

The Magic of Light

Untitled (Testing Lumen Print process)_ ©F. Martín Morante.2014

Finally I got around to do Lumen Prints following some tips given to me by great artist and friend Vicki Reed.

Using paper from a very well expired box of Kodak Polycontrast IIIC paper, I made this first attempt in order to see what would come out of it. This is what we can really call photography even not using a photo camera, as this print was made simply by placing objects (in this case a feather and 3 branches of flowers from our garden) on top of the paper and pressed with glass, being exposed for an hour on the sun light.

Not bad for the first time. Now, below what you see its the same lumen print translated into a positive by treating it like you will with a paper negative. This (the inversion) was done digitally as you cannot do it the regular way (passing light through it) because the Kodak paper has its name stamped all over on the back, which will be printed on the positive. Still, much more to think about after this result.

Untitled (Testing Lumen Print process)_ Converting Lumen Print into a positive by inverting it on photoshop. ©F. Martín Morante.2014

One of Those Nights...I Won't Ever Forget.

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New Order playing at Milwaukee's SummerFest 2014.

© Flavio Martín Morante_2014 _IPhone 4S set on square format.
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Last night Dawn and I saw for the first time live a band for which we both share a deep passion: NEW ORDER. My best friend Daniel saw them in Uruguay recently and told me was a concert not to miss and he was right. A great concert after 25 years without coming to Milwaukee, full of known old and new songs, with the same energy level from the band and the public response as everytime you hear a song from them.

To our surprise, being a band not used to make encores as part of their concerts, they did indeed, coming back to play 2 more songs from their years as Joy Division: Atmosphere & Love Will Tear Us Apart (one of my favorites); while images of the late Ian Curtis were displayed on a big screen, along with a screen dedication saying "FOREVER JOY DIVISION". That gave goosebumps. 

Really happy to have lived it. 

Those Little Dreams Made True.

Screen capture of the Eastern Shore Library System (known as EasiCat) webpage.

I am happy to share that my book "MARINAS_Short Tales by the Harbor" has been added to the Eastern Shore Lybrary System collection, making it available for check out in the state and the country.
This is a little dream in the making as I keep sharing this book as much as I can.

If you would like to see the book online, you can do so by going HERE, or if you would like to buy a copy, the book is available for purchase HERE.