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Fine Art Friday – an online showing

Andy — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:00:16 +0000

Some complain about the fog and the inconveniences it brings.

Over the past few years I’ve had the opportunity to photograph downtown with a unique eye (2 in fact), but I’ve also had the opportunity to visit places like New York, San Diego and the Alaskan wilderness. This gallery is just that. “Fine Art” if you will, is simply a collection of my travels and observations of the world around me.

Personal Work – Images by andy donnan

Headed to NYC

Andy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:39:00 +0000

The door to the sanctuary swings back and forth as the flower girl passes by at St. James Methodist Church.

It’s pretty clear fall is here. We’re actually receiving some rain, the leaves are beginning to cover the ground and the wind outside doesn’t feel like the heater in my car. We’re actually calling the weather chilly and having to wear long pants to stay comfortable.

This October is a special month for a few reasons. Sample albums from Queensberry are finally here, leather swatches from Kissbooks are here, my birthday falls on the 25th and tomorrow I’m leaving for NYC (21-25th) checking out Photo+ Expo and shooting an engagement session for an old friend Will McCranie.

During this time I will most likely not sleep enough, twitter too much and find myself entirely too cold in NYC. Stay tuned as I will offer share some pumpkin patch photos and some holiday photo news.

Offbeat

Andy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:03:10 +0000

The off-season of a wedding photographer is an interesting one. Things are slower, colder and you have a lot more time to have free time. Logo ideas fly around in your head. You begin to meet your clients for the next year’s of pictures. Engagement and bridal sessions slide in around February and by the end of March you get excited because the season is swinging up again.

At least that’s how it’s been for me. I’ve learned that I have a certain style of photos. I’m a purist. I’m not going to do selective color, or half sepia crazy photoshop actions. That just isn’t me. If you’ve come across music on this website, I’m sorry. I was weak and I thought oh it’d be cool to put music on the site.

All the pictures below have been taken within the past week. Yesterday I was walking out the door and my roommate Taylor asked me what I was going to take pictures of (we were headed to a cookout pretty soon, thus his inquiry)… and I said ‘nothing.’ The fact of the matter is I indeed took these pictures for something. For what exactly I’ve yet to put into words. I can’t not take pictures. I even bought a smaller camera so I could take pictures a lot more often. However, these were not taken with the Canon G10, but with the Canon 5d.

Anyway, since I can take pictures much better than I can write, check out the photos below. With downtown as my backyard all I have to do is walk outside and look around. It keeps things fresh, real, gritty, ghetto, hood, whatever you want to call it.

Also, you can follow my twitter here. I’m offering a free photoshoot to anyone who can come up with a smashing logo for my business. I’ve tried my hand at Illustrator and it just doesn’t click for me. Help me help you.