http://www.grantkinney.com/blog the life and photography of Grant Kinney Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:36:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's my annual blog update! (Actually, once I'm finished with seminary I will be updating this more often.) I continue to work on various photographic projects. A new website will be coming this summer, collecting all of my current project portfolios in one place. During May/June, I'll be participating in SoFoBoMo ... http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2009/04/almost-graduation/ Thanks to the folks at Arts First Oakland, I'm having my first exhibition in the John Seeley Gallery at the First Congregational Church of Oakland: The exhibition will run through September. I hope some of you will be able to make it to the reception on June 22nd, from 4-7pm; come ... http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2008/06/the-wilderness-within/ These past two months have been full. Highlights include: Celebrating the 4th anniversary of being married to the amazing and beautiful Robin Kinney CPE Unit 3 of 4. For those who've ever done a Clinical Pastoral Education residency, you probably know how intense this unit can be. I can hardly wait until ... http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2008/05/spring-almost-summer-update/ If you're in the Bay Area and have an inkling of interest in photography as art, go see the Friedlander exhibit that just opened at the SFMOMA. Robin and I went to the opening reception last Friday. It's incredible. There's a quote by Jackson Pollack upon looking through a catalogue of Picasso's ... http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2008/02/friedlander/ I came across a wonderful little blog by a commercial photographer the other day--what I love about it is that he gives us little glimpses of his life, not the nitty-gritty of a shoot or his lighting techniques or equipment reviews. He simply bears just a little bit of his soul ... http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2008/02/the-wilderness-of-winter/ I'm still working on Paypal integration, but a gallery of all the prints I exhibited at the Art with Soul fair is now online. You can view the images here: http://www.grantkinney.com/artwithsoul If you're interested in purchasing prints, you can select which ones you would like and use the form at the bottom ... http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2007/12/art-with-soul-prints/ Thanks to everyone who came out to the art fair at PSR (The Pacific School of Religion) on Tuesday. All of you helped make this a successful first showing of my photography. It was a great pleasure to share my work and receive your appreciation and feedback. I'm working on getting ... http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2007/12/art-with-soul/ On the second and third nights of our stay in Desolation Wilderness, we camped in a little spot tucked in between the trail and Susie Lake. I spent the evening and morning time walking around the lake looking for precious details in the golden light. These two stumps were a ... http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2007/12/susie-lake-stumps/ Thanks for your comments on "Moonlit Sonoma Coast." I was very excited when I came back to our campsite on the evening I took that picture. As great as Sonoma was, the trip to Desolation Wilderness was the highlight of the summer: 8 days of wilderness backpacking in one of the ... http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2007/11/more-from-desolation-wilderness/ Here's another from our August trip to the Sonoma Coast. The light of the full moon magically reflects off the ocean after sunset. A minute long exposure blends the nighttime waves together. (Photographed from the cliff above Furlong Gulch on Sonoma State Beach.) http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2007/11/moonlit-sonoma-coast/