I cannot believe it has been a year since I have posted here. Wow, time really does pass between our fingers as if we tried to catch a whisper.The Future Belongs I have kept myself busy trying to market my skills while building them. This last year I have spent a lot of time in the digital darkroom.
Passing By
I have also been working on my first real website: www.redwardlewis.com.
I no longer go by SGV Photography and am instead listing my business as: R. Edward Lewis Creative Imaging.
Chalchihuitlicue _ Aztec Storm Goddess

Well, it has been a long time since I last posted. Graduation is coming up quick, May 16th, so I am quite anxious. Here are a few from this last semesters assignments to share. Hope you all enjoy them.

 

Theresa

Sandie

Nut Job

My Slice of the Pie  

Well the third semester is drawing to a close. Since my last post I was invited to join Phi Theta Kappa and I passed my Society of Photo Finishing Engineers exam.woo hoo...I have two entries entered for ADDY awards this semester too...that would be so cool to win an ADDY!  Here is one of my ads I submitted.
Ad for Amp

This shot Subtle Sesuality was during an outing for my B/W class.

Been a long time but here is one for the challengePrayer of Thanks Been a long time but here is one for the challenge

I went out the other day and tried shooting RAW. I am limited to about 23 pics right now as I only have a 256MB CF card. But it is enough to get the idea of shooting RAW. I find RAW provides MUCH better control and the best part is the original stays that way...as an original.
How many creatures can you see here
 Another

Hello all!! It has been quite awhile since I have been here. I see tons of new members!! GREAT!!!! Well, to update: I have finally completed my freshman year, with a GPA of 3.92! It felt great to be on the President's list and I recieved an award of excellence and an academic achievement honors award. I am becoming a member of Phi Theta Kappa and recently purchased my FIRST DIGITAL!!! A Canon 20D!! This camera rocks!! Also, I recently entered a photo contest held by Central lakes College and out of seven photos I entered I recieved 4 first place, two second place and a third place. Here are a couple of the winners:
First place; portrait B/W
First Place; Color Creative
Second place; color CHROME category
 Here are a couple from class projects:
Project: Emotion
Project: Freeze motion
Project: Fog Project: Irony ( To get the irony, look close at the blade.

In Little Falls Minnesota there are a couple of mansions built side by side in the late 1890's. They were built in 90 days by a couple of lumber baron families. When the last remeaining member of the family died, she left a 10 million dollar endowment to keep the mansions open for public viewing. Word is they are haunted as well, and one interesting tidbit...The wicked witch from Wizard of Oz..the actress that is...stayed at one of the mansions many times and was friends of the family. Here are some shots of the interiors:
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I have a couple more but I have to wait until I have free time between classes again. Later all!!  
LOTS of excellent photos out there folks...keep it up!!!!

I promised to share some of mine from class...this time I took these and was not the subject..LOL
ComoPark1
TheOrchidGuy
ComoPark2

Enjoy!

These shots were from a class assignment a couple weeks ago. This time I got to be a model. It was alot of fun and although I was so busy being a model I did not get to shoot any, I still wanted to share them with ya.DESCRIPTION_HERE DESCRIPTION_HERE DESCRIPTION_HERE DESCRIPTION_HERE

Well all, it has been awhile since I last visited here. Do not have any pics to share this time. I just wanted to bring you up tp date. I am now in my first semester of college! I am taking an AAS degreed course in Photo Imaging at Central Lakes College in Staples, MN. This school was rated one of the top 4 in the country for photo imaging degree courses. i am real excited and hope to start posting some of my assignments soon. I do feel kind of odd here though, being the old man and all. Everyone here is half my age. One noce thing...I am the only guy in a class of 30 students. The rest are 19 to 23 years old women. well, see ya for now...hope to find time soon to post a few. Miss you guys...stay shooting.

Again I am forced to cut costs and my internet connection is first to go. So as a final posting for an undetermined length of time, here is an Iris ? I think that is what it is...LOL. And I would like to say in advance...thank you all for your comments....I will check at the library computer in a few days. To all here who are familiar with me and my big mouth...thank you for putting up with my ramblings. To all you fellow photogs...keep your lens clean, batteries fresh, film/media cards stocked....and keep on shooting!!! Love ya all!!!!

This is a shot I shared last year. I added the moon to the shot...I think it 'made' the shot. And for anyone poo pooing this....almost ALL pros use this technique to add celestial objects to certain photos. Layering was done in the traditional darkroom for over 100 years...way before PS!! LOL