Almost hurts my eyes looking at this.

Visited the Uptown Art Fair on Saturday. Lots of photography exhibits, both on Hennepin and on the side street leading down towards Calhoun. Inspiring to see all those fine photographs. One exhibit that particularly stuck out was the work of Xavier Nuez. He specializes in night photography, alleys and other dark places. Many of his shots contain grafitti, a favorite of mine but hard to find in the Twin Cities. His shots are done using film, with exposures up to 90 minutes, augmented with additional lighting. Some truly amazing photos.

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Last stop on my Saturday afternoon photo wandering around downtown Minneapolis, down at St. Anthony Main, biked past this band and just had to stop to take a few pictures. The Lovers Show advertise their music as “Poptrical Sophistifunk!!!” and it looks like they’re having a lot of fun, doesn’t it? Noni sure is energetic, and I only got a few shots out of the 20 or so where she wasn’t partially blurred. Place was packed, otherwise I would have grabbed a seat and hung around for bit and listened to more. Their next engagement in town is on August, 16 2008 at Outdoor Concert Series St. Anthony Main. Hope to make it there early enough to find a seat.

Some practice shots for the Aquatennial fireworks later this summer. Taken with my kit 75-300 mm lens, ISO 100, F11, 3-4 seconds. Wonder what they would look like with an L-series zoom, my current wanna have. As usual the mosquitos were out in force. Click on pictures for full view.