Photostock 2011 - It's Baaaack...

[eclarke]

Bill, good job. Don't worry about the schedule, the lobby's a great place..too much organization just screws things up anyway..Evan Clarke

 

[bill schwab]

Thanks guys... I appreciate that. We just broke down the workshop again for the day... 12 hours... whew!

You all know me and I have to stop trying to pack 48 hours into a 24 hour day!

Having a fantastic time with those hear already... and realizing it is only a precursor to seeing everyone else is a great feeling. I am going to be ready to partay!

Glad to hear you've been having a great trip so far, Thomas!!! Weather went a bit south today and I am sitting here on the porch of the Three Pines Gallery in Cross Village (under the overhang) in driving rain, lightning and thunder as I type this. Mamma Nature is putting on an incredible light show, but still hoping she is getting it out of her system before Thursday. I know I'm not the only one getting these storms tonight and I hope you are all high and dry where you are.

Saturday BBQ it is!!! We can pick up the goods when we get the kegger as the party store has a nice market attached. If someone can come with me to pick up the kegger on Thursday or Friday morning, tht would be great. I checked on it tonight and it is supposed to come in Wed morning. They're going to keep it in the cooler so it will be ready for icing and tapping when we get it.

Rain or shine... I am so looking forward to this!!

PS... Dan and the UP crew... Rafael Gomez is hear from Mexico for the workshop and is staying on thru Sunday. He wants to do the UP run with you guys, so we'll have to work out a way for him to get to the meeting point at the Big Chicken from the hotel with someone leaving from there. Hope that can work.

 

[eclarke]

Have just been vacuuming water in my darkroom, had a monster storm and it filled the storm sewers leaving the sumps worthless. We're supposed to get more tonight and tomorrow..Evan

 

[zsas]

Yeah here in Chicago is buckets of rain rain which seem to be heading north east. Sorry!

 

[zsas]

Eclarke - so sorry to hear!

 

[Marek Warunkiewicz]

Was hoping to leave early this morning but things got a bit screwed up yesterday so I won't be arriving till late tonight! See you all in the morning.

 

[Dan Henderson]

PS... Dan and the UP crew... Rafael Gomez is hear from Mexico for the workshop and is staying on thru Sunday. He wants to do the UP run with you guys, so we'll have to work out a way for him to get to the meeting point at the Big Chicken from the hotel with someone leaving from there. Hope that can work.

Bill: Rafael sounds like a great addition to our group. I assume he is at the Birchwood? Any of the group staying there willing to give Rafael a ride?
Thanks,
Dan

 

[Andrew Moxom]

Yikes Evan!! Hope you get it all worked out. In MN we've had monumental rain fall too with floodwaters rising.. I drove all night from Midnight till about 2 hours ago in torrential rain and gusty winds. I had breakfast at the big chicken... dropped by Bill's, then headed to the Birchwood Inn... It's no longer raining here!!

BTW, does anyone have Daniel Lin's phone # they can PM me??? He and Gim are in town already, and they swung by the hotel, but I missed them. I tried Gim's phone, but got voicemail.

 

[eclarke]

I did, Andy, thanks. I plumbed an extra sump pump into my utility sink which will backup the sump which goes to the storm sewer. We got about five inches of rain in two hours, the storm sewers were full and running out onto the street. We'll see you guys tommorow evening..Evan

 

[Toffle]

Watching the rain here too... pretty severe winds last night and more predicted for the next couple of days. Every time I check the radar, there is a line of storms from here all the way past Mackinac... Hope everyone is ok. Should be up on Friday evening.

 

[ishutteratthethought]

It is still raining here in Minnesota..... going on day six, seven,eight thirty four!!!!!!!??? the greens are as green as I have ever seen.
See ya'll tonmorrow, I will be leaving very early AM......
Steve

 

[jmxphoto]

Uggg, I'm running so far behind. Hopefully I'll be up there around 8pm and not completely miss Cynthia!

 

[Charlie Wheelihan]

Since Photostock saw lots of tintypes being made, I thought this was appropriate. As posted on USA Today. Billy the Kid image sells for more than $2M

http://usat.ly/jIOgO3

 

[Jerry Basierbe]

Best Photostock yet! Thanks Bill!

Jerry

 

[Toffle]

Best Photostock yet! Thanks Bill!

Jerry

+ 1

Even Dora came away inspired, and she didn't take a single photo.

 

[clbenner]

Would've loved to come to this...

 

[Jeff Bannow]

Awesome event, Bill. Thanks again for everything. I already miss everyone.

It was great to see old faces, and meet new people as well this year. If you didn't make it, try to come to the next gathering. It's a blast.

We need to make this thing a monthly gathering or something ....

 

[Charlie Wheelihan]

Bill,

Thanks for putting on such a wonderful event. I hope it was my first of many more to come Photostock events. I never have attended ANY event where ALL the people I met were so warm and friendly. I made a lot of new friends and hope to see everyone again. Sorry I missed some of you by my early departure, but I know my family was happy to see me.

I also thoroughly enjoyed your wet plate workshop. Met new friends and am inspired to get going with it. I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in wet plate. I look forward to seeing you again.

Thanks again,
Charlie

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

I can only echo what everyone else has said. Just got back home, blowing the travel dust off, and reflecting on what a fabulous time we had. Thanks to Bill and everybody else for making it a very special time!
I already miss everybody and can't wait for the next one.

- Thomas

 

[Gim]

I also echo the above. The quality of prints shown was only matched by the people attending. A wonderful experience of meeting old friends again and enjoying the pleasure of meeting the first time attenders. Thank you Bill.

Not that I would know...but I googled the phrase "until the last dog is hung". (It came up)

"Until the last dog is hung

Posted by ESC on August 25, 2002

An inquiry about this phrase was posted in 2000. I got some new information and wanted to share. (See last paragraph.)

UNTIL THE LAST DOG IS HUNG - "The earliest appearance of this phrase in print that we have been able to locate is in a novel by Stewart Edward White. Called 'The Blazed Trail,' it was published in 1902 and contains this line: 'They were loyal. It was a point of honor with them to stay 'until the last dog was hung.' White spent much of his early life on the frontier, first in the West, later in the Hudson Bay country. We would hazard the guess that the original 'dogs' hung were of the human species and that the reference is to the kind of vigilante lynchings known as 'necktie parties' in the early West. Nowadays, of course, the expression is most often heard in reference to the inevitable two or three people at every cocktail party who hang around everlastingly -- 'until the last dog is hung' and the host shows them the door." From the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris (HarperCollins, New York, 1977, 1988).

"Even now things that people thought of as regional attitudes and expressions come straight from the Senecas. When anybody from around here wanted to say they were still present at the end of a big party, they would say they had 'stayed until the last dog was hung.' Most of them probably had no idea anymore that they were talking about the Seneca New Year's celebration in the winter, where on the fifth day they used to strangle a white dog and hang it on a pole, Nobody had done that for at least a hundred years." From "Dance for the Dead," a Jane Whitefield novel by Thomas Perry (Random House, New York, 1996)

* Re: Until the last dog is hung J. Harrod 08/27/02"

What can I say, eh

Jim

 

[Dan Henderson]

What a great way to begin my last week in Michigan. I have been fortunate to meet and become friends with so many great midwest photographers and wonderful people through this gathering over the years. On the drive home I was already scheming about getting back here next year.

Thanks, Bill, and long live Photostock!!!

Dan

 

[zsas]

Having never met any of these folks before, I remember thinking to myself, as I drove up to my first Photostock by myself last Friday, “…what am I doing…am I crazy…driving 7+ hours to meet people who I have never met before…on the internet no less…staying at a campsite by yourself…are you crazy”? Well, after setting up my tent in the drizzle and fog Friday night and then driving over to the Brichwood for the 8pm reception; the moment I walked into the door, all those crazy thoughts vanished. I was treated like an old friend by the extremely kind and welcoming folks of Photostock. Their kindness, and not to mention knowledge of photography, was amazing. I left my own family and spent the weekend with strangers who treated my like and old friend and for that I am grateful and honored to have been part of this.

I hope the moons align correctly and allow for me to make it back next year to my second Photostock, but in the interim wish to give a mighty cheers to Bill for his amazing ability to bring people together to enjoy the amazing art of analog photography!

I just walked into the door, but managed to just finish processing my first roll of b/w…it looks to have come out great…I will post some shots soon.

I want to echo all the remarks that those above have already stated and wish you all safe travels home to your families and look forward to seeing your amazing artwork as we process our film.

Best,
Andy (the other Andy, the one from Chicago)

PS - Shawn Ross - thanks for all your efforts to make this community a reality, without your commitment to this site, none of this would be a reality.

 

[Andrew Moxom]

I got back about 2.5 hours ago... I'm wiped, but had a total blast. This was the best one yet, and like others have said, I miss everyone already... Thanks to Bill to hosting this brilliant event. It's what many of us look forward to each year... Hope there are many more like this one!!

 

[eclarke]

Had to get up and scoot out early Sunday without making goodbyes. Had a great time, made 20 rolls, 40 sheets of 4x5 and 6 11x14 photographs..Can't do much better...Evan Clarke

 

[dlin]

Many thanks to Bill for organizing Photostock again this year. As always, he's a class act and a gracious host. I had a great time seeing old friends and making new ones. Can't wait to see all the photos from this event, and already looking forward to next year.

All the best,
Daniel