Bye, Bye Banks ... Until Another Day

One of my best photo experiences ever coincided with being in NYC and shooting one of my favorite things to watch, skateboarding. Kelly and I went to NYC a couple years ago and went with Eric to the Brooklyn Banks, this kickass spot under the Brooklyn Bridge that is a mecca for skaters. I got some great shots (though Kelly hates many of the ones I took of him because he never nailed things the way he wanted to) and you can check them out here.

Sadly, it looks like the Banks are going away for awhile. I caught this story online and got a little sad. They are making some improvements and fixes to the Brooklyn Bridge, and they have to close off the Banks in order to do it. Just had to take a moment and acknowledge the Banks for the sweet skate spot that it is, and hopefully one day I'll be back up there to photograph Kelly landing a tre flip or something.

Disappointment

My weekend is off to a bad start. I'm bummed.

You already saw that I made a website for my photography to help take my work up a notch. Well I decided to covertly do the next best thing ... apply to be in an art show.

Not just any art show, either. The Saint James Court Art Show back in my hometown of Louisville. I sooooo wanted to get it and surprise my mom with the news. She goes every year and I used to go when I lived there. And nothing would have been cooler than to show my stuff there. Plus, magazines this year have rated the show in the top 5 of art shows in the whole country.

Well, I got rejected. And it sucks.

I really did think I was getting in. They only had four photographers in the whole show last year, and I thought my stuff was at least on par with theirs. But a jury of 5 people rejected me. And the form e-mail telling me to suck it was very dry and cold. Not that I expected a hug from them.

So I'm bummed. It's just one show and it's not the end of the world. But it was my first real attempt at making "the leap" and I fell before takeoff.