Here is a link to the photos of the Boston Area Disc Dogs' Event from last night!
https://alexclarkephotography.smugmug.com/Boston-Area-Disc-Dogs/BADD-UpDog-Flash-Games-4-August-17th-2021/
Dock Diving August 6 - 8th, Day 3
Central K9 Dock Diving, August 6 - 8th, 2021, Day 3 is live!
https://alexclarkephotography.smugmug.com/
New Side Website
Hey everyone, I got some exciting news and a bit of a long post! I’ve launched a new side website for my event photography work! Woot! This will help organize photos for large events and make it easier for anyone to find and view the photos
Now for the great news! Those that attended Central K9’s dock diving event on August 6th - 8th can now view photos from Day 1 and Day 2! Day 3 is currently uploading as I type this out and will hopefully be available to view later today. Also, the photos from June 5th are up too!
Please note that due to timing in preparation for my trip, I’ve gone through all the photos and have made quick adjustments to the overall images. If you’re interested in purchasing a photo(s), be aware that I will make further adjustments and corrections for lightening, color balance, etc. if need be. For example, if you like an image but it’s too bright or dark, I can make adjustments along with others. Feel free to inquire for further details.
Also, on the website I have a page that outlines on how to purchase photos. Read through that and if you have any questions, feel free to ask.
If you were at the event for multiple days, I highly recommend viewing through all the galleries of such days and writing down the numbers to each image along with the day and Splash #. I tried spacing out each splash rounds and making sure everyone is in the correct splash. However, if you were one of the first jumpers or last jumpers, you could be in the following or previous round. Also, if you were standing by the pool with your pup, there’s a chance I might have snap a few quick photos so keep your eyes peeled for them
Lastly, I will announce when all of Day 3 photos are up. If you’re looking to get images right away, I highly recommend looking through images today and sending me a message with your picks ASAP as I will be leaving for my trip tomorrow and be gone for a few weeks
Alright, enough of me blabbing! Thank you all for being patient! Here is the link to the website! Enjoy!
New Posting System
Hey everyone! I know I post a lot in my blog as I mainly use my Facebook page as sort of a photo blog. The other day, I was thinking what if some people don’t check there? They could be missing out on some cool stuff! So with that in mind, I’m going to start taking what I post to Facebook and also post it here! That way if anyone doesn’t care for Facebook and prefers checking my site here, they will now have that option!
As I have not posted here in a few years, a lot has changed for me in so many ways and I’ve been making little changes to my website along with another website to join it!
Playing With "Danger"
About a year ago, I met up with Wally Gilbert, a colleague of mine (who I also did an internship with during college), at his gallery reception held at Salon R. I chatted with him, catching up on his past work, and talked about his current exhibit at the time. Afterwards, I spoke with the owner of the salon and one thing led to another and next thing I knew I had received a date for a gallery of my own!
Fast forwarding to now, I am pleased and excited to announce my very own gallery show, Playing With "Danger", a visual story about the interactions I've experienced with wolves & wolfdogs. A majority of people who talk to me about my work with wolves often ask me if it's dangerous or if I'm ever afraid that I may get hurt or eaten. Some even become filled with fear of the idea of ever coming close to these animals. When faced with these ideas / opinions of "fear" & "danger", I walk right past them and embrace these wonderful animals into my arms. In this exhibit, I plan to share my experiences and hopefully change the opinions of others to view wolves from a more respectful & positive light. More details are yet to come about the exhibit!
Summer Air
As we slide into June, the air is warming up and feels so nice outside! Been playing around with my phone's camera when I'm out and the photos it captures are stunning! As I continue to mess around with them, they'll eventually be used for my upcoming gallery in August at Salon R. Exhibit details and the date for opening night will be coming out soon! Stay tuned :)
#iPhonePhotograohy #Summer #Landscape #Clouds #Sunset #SalonR #Nature #UrbanLife #WarmWeather #Photography
Heating Up
Morning sunrise in Essex, MA
As the weather is warming up, everyone is getting outside and being active! I am getting active by gradually updating my website and social media lol but the warmer weather is nice, which shall lead to some fun upcoming shoots 😄
#SummerFun #PhotoAdventures
Endicott Presnetation
Went to Endicott tonight and presented my thesis to a class and talked about the process and techniques of filmmaking. While my film was playing, Presley noticed Earle and started watching with such amazement 😆
2018
It's been awhile since my last blog post... I've been meaning to write something for over a year, but never pushed myself hard enough to hit the keyboard with such interest to create something that depicts what I'm doing... Until now. Before my previous post, a lot happened and up until now, a lot happened again. Life is full of mysterious twists and turns that can only be controlled to a certain extent. To unfold what happened from Sept. 2016 to 2017 to 2018, I essentially started a new full time job working as an assistant for a photographer, named Peter, at his studio (currently still working there). Working for him has been quite rewarding, challenging at times, and fun. It has kept me quite busy among the other responsibilities I have in my life.
Along with other things that kept me busy in 2017, I had hardly anytime to myself to really accomplish anything due to certain things, events, and specific individuals. I tried to continue posting to Facebook once a month of a new image, but I realize that's kinda boring and not so engaging. I've been wanting to do more, however every time I think of something, I just never got around to it due to work, responsibilities, personal life, etc., that I just kept putting it off. This bothered me each time as I came back to the thought of doing something about it. Now, I have been creating new content, but I haven't been releasing anything as I've been wanting to do a big reveal.
So how am I going to do that? Something a lot of photographer say, but rarely do... update my website lol It's time my website gets a new look, new content, and a new feel to it. Now, I was hoping to accomplish this after I wrote my last post, however, that didn't happen due to many reasons. I'm hoping this year that will change and that it will be a big year for myself and my photography.
Some exciting news to share, I have my very first gallery happening in August! Another thing I will be doing is opening up for photo sessions. Lastly, I hope to be shooting a new movie this year! More details on all of this will be coming soon!
As Lomasi & Anokia have already begun, it's time I start the new year running!
Time to Freshen Up!
Life flows in many different directions for everyone and sometimes we have choices to choose the outcome of a situation whereas other times we have to just sit there for the ride. No one can just give us a button to press to make life easier or much more simple because it's ridiculous to think that would be possible and it would be pretty dull. A year ago, I went through a lot with my senior year of college, personal life, and direction I was heading in my career. It's crazy to think that I'm not in school any longer filling out Q&A of who you're, what your major is and why you're taking the class blah blah blah, etc. I am a free from that responsibility of fulfilling tedious assignments that grant me a letter grade that can determine my faith of doing fantastic, well, decent, bad, to fail, which then opens or closes doors to possibilities. The point I'm driving at in this statement is that you can lose track of time and forget why you started something or what your passions were years ago when completing tasks that take up all your time. I felt I lost myself at some points during that semester because life was overwhelmingly stressful and drove me to thinking I was mad or bonkers like the mad hatter.
Eventually, I pushed through and survived. Graduating was a surreal moment that back when I was in elementary school, I thought I wasn't going to achieve. It seemed so far away. The moment to sit back and relax for a week or so as I caught up on sleep seemed pleasant and well deserved for my over stimulated brain. However, the sweet victory didn't last very long as another plot twist was added to my life as I then faced the heartache of losing my dearly beloved dog, Precious. She was the sunshine in my life as well as the center of my universe. The privileged of only having her for 6.5 years seemed short, however, her presence made a significant change in my life in so many ways. Losing her was devastating to say the least, making it incredibly difficult to even pick up my camera as she was my pure inspiration and my assistant on just about any project of mine, whether she was there getting involved or was mentally in my mind. I felt lost and depressed after losing her and stayed offline for awhile. It was a depressing summer with losing her and dealing with other personal stuff that affected my life negatively.
Near the end of summer, a new light appeared in my life. My family and I decided that we wanted to get a new dog because the absence of Precious was unbearable. In contacting several people, we were able to acquire a 5 month old Samoyed named Presley. After having him for a month now, Presley has brought happiness and joy back into our house and into our lives. Although we still miss Precious, we will always remember her while her legacy will be carried on with Presley. Continuing on with him, I've been getting things organized again in my life and have been wanting to break this funk I've been in for awhile and start enjoying life as well as start creating new bodies of work. My plan for the future is to at least post something on my blog here once a month. I may post new work or old work or even just quick little updates. Eventually, I may consider using Twitter & Instagram. In the meantime, I'm gonna start updating this site to have more portfolio work white the other site will contain a large portfolio of series of works that are constantly being updated.
http://masterwolf7.wixsite.com/shadowwolf
Although I feel I've been a bit rogue (even though I've been attempting to post a photograph once a month to my Facebook feed), I thought it would be nice to write out something to any followers and to hopefully keep it going.
Where Is Alex?
It's been awhile since I've had some ground breaking updates on what I've up to since my last blog post. To be honest, I've been doing quite a lot! If you follow me on Facebook, you might have an idea on what I’ve been up to. However, if you haven't been up to date, here's the scoop. From spring to autumn, I travelled to Ireland on a school trip, North Carolina by vehicle (twice!) to a wolfdog sanctuary called Full Moon Farm, and to BlackSaddle Mountain in Maine. I’ve been just going and going to the point of exhaustion. However, it’s all been worth it!
Another reason why nothing has been updated that much is due to my desktop computer’s graphics card slowly decline throughout the summer. However, it’s been finally replaced recently!
Currently, I am conducting an internship with Peter Kaskons and his team at his photo studio Tyngsboro. It’s been great working there as I’ve been learning new things and photographing products I thought I would never photograph such as medical parts, food dishes, and etc. This month is going to be busy at Peter’s studio, as he has taken on several commissions. While I work there, I am in my senior year at Endicott College and it’s tough balancing internship with thesis work and finding free time to myself, but I managing.
Hopefully soon my thesis work will lighten up to then allow me to focus more on personal projects. Until then, October is going to be one busy month!
First Blog
So for one of my courses at Endicott, I had to start a blog on my work and I'm not quite thrilled because I don't really have time to write nor do I want to write about stuff. However, my professor was not specific on what should be included in the blog, how it should be written, or how frequent I need to post blogs. So, maybe I will have a post every week or two. It's not my first time running a blog, but what I feel is best is just to be yourself as well as write about what you want. Obviously I'm going to focus on photography, but I might go a little off topic once in awhile cause it's a blog, haha. Anyways, I'm new to the blogging system so it might take a little time to get things set-up just right, but I will be including content of my work that might have been seen before or I may post some new content that will only be shown here first and possibly posted to facebook a week or two later.
So, to kick things off, last week I was home rearranging stuff in my room and as glanced out the window, I caught a slight glimpse of something moving. In response, I rushed over to the window and saw a wild coyote. I was able to get my camera gear set up just in time to get some photos of him. I didn't get the greatest quality images, but I managed to get something, which I am quite proud of. :)