website: overhauled!

It has been an age, but the overhaul of hilarylindler.com is now up and I'm very happy with the new design!  The galleries are completely reordered, and are composed of all new pictures.  Jalbum's galleries are now so much easier update than before.  Since altering embedded galleries is no longer an incredibly painful process, you can expect to see the photograph selection rotate from time to time. 


There are still more pages to be added and the galleries still need some tweaking.  Check back over the next couple of months to see new content as it is added.

general photography: local woodwork

Sitting here at my computer, sifting through images for a presentation I'm giving in two weeks, I keep running across all kinds of photographs that I took this summer but never did anything with.  Just so these do not remain buried in the depths of my hard drive, I figured it was time to post a couple more images. 

The following photographs are product shots I took for a local woodworker who needed a number of photographs of his work, to present with craft show applications.  While I did take traditional shots of the booth layout, the artist + his booth, and the artist's "star pieces"; he also wanted some more artistic shots to help set his application apart.  These are my favorite photographs to come out of that afternoon.  The first is a collection of wine bottle stoppers and the second is a series of executive style pens.  Almost all of the wood used is found locally.  It either came from the artist's land, was purchased through a local saw mill, or was received from fellow woodworkers.

projects: firefly wedding piece

Two friends of mine married at the beginning of this month while surrounded by many more dear friends.  It was the event of a lifetime and one I felt privileged to attend.  This Firefly themed piece was my gift to them.

Michael and Ashley's Portal themed reception was net famous for a couple of days when Think Geek's twitter and facebook accounts shared the event with our geek community.  The beautiful Portal cake (the best amaretto/tasted almond cake and red velvet cake found this side of Heaven) was made by Nicole Buchanan Fine Cakes.  More pictures from the special event can be found at Andrew Dodson Photography and on Andrew's facebook page A Dodson Photo Studio.

website: under redesign

It has been AGES since I updated/redesign hilarylindler.com due to problems with my website software, my old hosting service, and a number of other things.  It is currently undergoing a drastic redesign and I hope to have at least a functional version up in the next few weeks.

When complete, the new website will highlight photography in the following categories: cemetery, artifacts, on location, cultural events, and high tea.  I will also get some of my calligraphic work up as well.

unrelated: death on the net

The internet is a lovely, lovely place - especially when it serves up websites like Order of the Good Death.  Not only does Order of the Good Death have a fantastically Victorian name (I highly recommend the book Heaven, Hell and the Victorians for those with inquisitive minds), but it also provides the lovely feature Ask a Mortician.  They also have links to amazing places like Leila's Hair Museum, which has a massive collection of hair art.

Visit their website at www.orderofthegooddeath.com

Visit them on facebook at www.facebook.com/OrderoftheGoodDeath

A big thanks to Siouxie Law (good lawyers wear black) for the heads up!

art: a summer's tea duel

What is a competition without prizes?  Prizes issued ranged from an antique teacup and cutlery to books on tea itself.  Everyone who attended also received one of the following.

General participation favors (beautiful black walnut ink made by blindpigpress)

The tea duel champion (gold ink)

Tea duel second place (silver ink)

Tea duel third place (bronze/umber ink)

general photography: a summer's tea duel

Last Saturday, July 14th, I hosted an unofficial tea (one not registered with The Honorable Association of Tea Duellists).  Below are pictures from our pre-duel festivities.

Glassware for cucumber water and lovely teacups for hot tea and duelling.

Less than a quarter of the extensive tea buffet.

Homemade pots du creme.