Basilica of St. Mary Gallery

I've added a new gallery to the web site. This gallery consists of a number of black and white images of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, Minnesota.



St. Mary's was the vision of Archbishop John Ireland (1838-1918) and French architect Emmanuel Masqueray. Construction started on the Basilica on August 7, 1907. The first mass was celebrated on May 31, 1914 when the exterior work was finished. Interior work began in 1922 and was nearly completed when the church was named America's first basilica by Pope Pius XI in 1926.

The architecture of the basilica is Modern Renaissance. This architecture is based on classical Roman architecture. This makes it a wonderful place to photograph. One Saturday when I was photographing when some people entered the basilica and one person started singing. The building filled with a very nice vocal.

You can visit this gallery here: http://www.rogernordstromphoto.com/gallery/3743147

Roger

Kelley Farm Reception

Well this is a bit late but last Saturday a reception was held at the Sherburne History Center for my Kelley Farm show. The turnout was good and enjoyable.

I had some time to talk with Bob Quist the site manager for the Kelley Farm. We had a great conversation and I was pleased that he was very impressed with the images. A number of other members of the Friends of the Kelley Farm were in attendance as well.

The show will be up thru the end of February but will likely remain up until the next, unscheduled, show is hung.

Roger

Show Hung and Images Posted

Last night I hung my show, Life Around the Kelley Farm, 1861, at the Sherburne History Center. What a nice hanging system they just had installed. Hanging rods are connected to a rail on top and have a sliding hook assembly. Basically the frames can be placed along the wall anywhere where there is a rail.

I place the wire such that the hook is 2 inches from the top of landscape frames and 4 inches from the top for portrait frames. Once I determined the height of the frame on the wall all I needed to do was to set the hooks in the same place on 26 rods. Hang the rods on the railing, center, and hang the frames. It was actually pretty easy.

In the end I'm really happy with the way it has turned out. The reception is Saturday from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Images in the show are on my web site at: www.RogerNordstromPhoto.com/kelley_farm.

Roger

I've been Barred by George Barr

Recently, I rediscovered George Barr and his website. I had read some of his articles on the past on Digital Outback Photo but recently he was interviewed in Lenswork Extended #72 (Lenswork is the best photographic magazine around). So I paid his website/blog a little visit and I have become addicted.

George's blog is not your typical blog. It is a realtime learning experience. Not just in the technical aspects but in the creative sense like how to see, what to photograph, what makes a good photograph, really heady stuff. His book was recently released and to me it is more text book than a technical primer. I have already gone back to reread parts and I'm just a third of the way thru the book. Can't wait to read the rest.

Roger

I've Moved

Well yes and no.

We have a large house. Frankly, much larger than the two of us need or should have. Our lowest level, kinda a walk out basement, is spacious. Since we moved in back in 1993 I've used a bedroom upstairs as my 'office'. Then I got back into photography a few years ago I did all of my matting and framing downstairs.

Well last Sunday I moved my 'office' downstairs to my new 'studio'. There are a number of things I like about the new location. It's large and without a large window behind me it will be easier to control room lighting. I like having all of my photographic activities in just one place. It's just a really nice place to work.

Roger