Archive for June, 2010

I made it a year!

Well, I guess I can say I made it. It’s been one full year since the first post on my blog. In celebration of this accomplishment, I am having a photo giveaway. More about it at the end of the post.

So what have I accomplished through this blog? It hasn’t gone too far yet, but over a year I have had 60 posts with a total of 129 comments. The site as a whole has had 2,453 visits from 2,102 unique visitors across a slew of countries.
Stats from Google analytics
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Insect Macro Fun!

Here are a few photos of some insects I took with my new Tamron 70-300mm f/4 Macro Lens. So far I am really liking this lens. It could be faster, like f/2.8 would be great, but was definitely within my budget too. Just to warn you, these images will get really up close and personal with some pretty nasty bugs. And if you don’t like spiders, don’t go all the way to the end!
And on to the photos. (and just to say, some of these are available for prints, if you were really into bugs!)

Mosquito Hawk © Chris Lane Photo

June Bug © Chris Lane Photo

Phyllophaga aka June bug © Chris Lane Photo

Green Insect © Chris Lane Photo

House Fly © Chris Lane Photo

Weevil Larvae © Chris Lane Photo

yellow jacket wasp © Chris Lane Photo

white moth © Chris Lane Photo

spider shell © Chris Lane Photo
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Large Print winner

Just a quick post to say congratulations to the Large format print winner – Cathy Parker! The winner was chosen using random.org. The contest is through Large Format Posters and Cathy will receive a 18 x 24 inch poster print. Better luck next time to those who didn’t win this time around.
Keep subscribed (and if you aren’t already you should) for my next giveaway, which will be coming up very shortly.

Studio Project – The Beginning

I have begun a new pretty ambitious project. I am retrofitting an old wooden granary into my working studio. I am not entirely sure, but I believe it was built in the 1970s, but possibly earlier. The only reason I think 70s is because of a grain ticket from that era that is on an interior wall, though that really only says that is when it was once used to hold grain.

Here is the front, North and west side:

The studio in the beginning © Chris Lane Photo

Here is the back, South and East side along with two of my four dogs:

The back of the studio in the beginning © Chris Lane Photo
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Poster print giveaway!

I was approached by Large Format Posters to host a giveaway. How lucky for my readers! Up for grabs is an 18″ x 24″ poster print of whatever you choose. Available only to US residents over the age of 18.
So what do you have to do to win some custom poster printing goodness? I’ll give you multiple chances at winning, actually. If you are interested in getting the poster print of one of my photographs (normally fine prints available here) let me know.

To Enter

For each of these things you will get an entry (do all of them and you get four chances at winning!). I will choose the winner using random.org on the 22nd of June, 2010. So enter now!

1. Comment on this post
2. Tweet this message: ” I entered @chrislanephoto #giveaway for a large poster print. http://bit.ly/CLPwin2 through @Giveaway_Blogs ”
3. Share this link through facebook (and let me know you did): http://bit.ly/CLPwin2
4. Subscribe via email to this blog.

Good luck! and it would be a good idea to subscribe so that you will see when I have the next giveaway, coming at the end of this month.

Poster printing