http://www.grantkinney.com/blog the life and photography of Grant Kinney Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:19:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ I've been getting some photographs ready for the PSR Art and Soul show on Tuesday, December 4th (a small art show for friends, alums, students, spouses, etc. related to PSR). I'll be posting one every couple of days over the next few weeks. The first is from our trip to the ... http://www.grantkinney.com/blog/2007/11/sonoma-hills/