I’ve been on vacation for the past 5 days now. I went to Portland, Oregon to visit my sister. My family and I’ve traveled a bit north. Now in Seattle for vacation. I’ll be back next wednesday. By the way I didn’t photograph the above photo. I saw found it on google images. Source is preview-art.com. Anyways, I’m pretty geeked about Cai Guo-Qiang. I’ve been raving about his work since i’ve seen him in the Art 21 series on PBS. Art 21 is a bi-annual art news show featuring 21st century artists. It’s very informative. It started in 2004 i think?

Anyways, I saw his work today in person at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM). SAM as the locals call it. Its a very plan looking building but you’d think there wouldn’t be housing art in that particular building. I’d say i’m pretty impressed by the installation at Seattle Art Museum (SAM).

This particular installation is a series of 9-10 cars leaping in midair with wires coming out of it. I forgot the exact meaning of it. But a lot of his work are consist of a theam of referencing another source as I remember from some readings. I may be wrong because another series of his sculpture and work was about the beauty of organic destruction. I was very tempted to take a picture in the lobby but I was worried the guards would scold me. I guess i didn’t feel like much of a risk taker.

At SAM i also learned a lot about Western influenced Japanese Art and a painter Gaylen Hansen.

The lecturer on Gaylen Hansen explained his motives and inspired me to see the world from his view. I totally loved a lot of his work! It’s very adorable and directed in a light and sometimes humorous manner. My favorite painting is called conflict i think? It’s one of his paintings from the 80s. It features life size crickets attacking cars. It features a homage to a traditional theme in art with the battle between man and nature.

If you’re ever in Seattle you must check out SAM (the Seattle Art Museum). It only cost $15 for adults and you can spend 2-6 hours there depending on your pace that you desire to go at. If you go on the first Thursday of the month they’re also offered at a discounted rate.

They even feature very tasty gourmet meals in the basement. They named their restaurant the Art Ladder.  The Seattle Art Museum is located at at the corner of 1st and University avenue. You can’t miss it if you’re near the Pike Fish Market. It’s just a bit south from there.

Happy Thanksgiving! From your favorite Detroit Wedding Photographer, Holy MoLee Photography, LLC. Hope you all don’t eat too much turkey. Also, Happy Holidays to all!

If you are traveling remember to read over the TSA advisories. You cannot have liquids exceeding 3oz. Also, photographers who are traveling within the US remember that you’re allowed another extra carryon. Just make sure you print out that page for reference.

I’ve traveled safely to Oregon to see my new neice. Hopefully when i get back I’ll post up new pictures of my neice and my adventures of Portland, Oregon and of the US northwest.

This may not be related to wedding photography but i’m just making sure no one falls into this trap.

Beware for anyone thinking about joining Advanta for their business credit card. Their online banking is always offline. It may have great low APR rates but it is pretty much useless. The online banking only works at certain hours of the day.  I did my research about the card but I had no idea their online banking.

Things to Watch

• Sicko - I recently bought Michael Moore’s Sicko on DVD immediately after its release. I definitely recommend anyone to check it out. Universal Health Care makes sense.
• Deathproof - Pretty exhilarating and a Quintin Tarantino does a good job.

Things to read that I’m currently reading

• Joseph Jaffe’s, Join the conversation
• Stephen Covey’s 7 habits of highly effective people

I second shot with abby rose photo.  Last wedding that’ll I’ll shoot for her this 2007 year. Boy it’s been fun.She let me tag along. It was a great wedding. The reception was held at the yacht club down in by belle isle. It got dark quickly but the yacht club is a very beautiful place to have a reception. The catholic ceremony took place at Grosse Pointe Academy’s Chapel. The chapel was very beautiful. The alter was ornately done and it looks like the chapel has aged well.

The tricky part of this chapel is finding it. It’s right next to St. Anthony’s Church.

I have some favorite photos from this Detroit Yacht Club Wedding to share:

This is the chapel I’m talking about. The high catholic church ceilings are seen. It’s style and ornate hand-made finishes that you wouldn’t see in architecture today.

This is the couple Jennifer and Rob’s best man Michael.

This is the Father Paul Ballien, from cancun signing their marriage license. At the left edge of the frame is the Matron of Honor, Maria and to the left i think is Rob.

This is the couple cutting the cake. Their cake was tasty. It was a chocolate raspberry and some layers was this lemon tasting flavor. I liked the chocolate better.

I’m a big fan of swing and big band music. So I was pretty excited to photograph the band while the guests were eating. I’ve never been to the Detroit Yacht Club but this is the first time attending. It’s a beautiful large venue. It makes for a perfect wedding venue. The views of the Detroit Skyline are fantastic and Wonderful

I usually don’t do black and whites that often. But heres one that I loved that works out very well. It’s pretty classic looking i’d say.

This is the Jennifer and her father dancing. They drew quite a crowd. It was pretty silly at one point they stopped moving and just sang the song together.

This is the band during the dance.

This is Rob and his mother dancing. With luck and my cat reflexes i was able to capture his mothers expression.

Turns out after the dance is that Rob’s Grandmother used to be a singer. Rob had never heard her sing until this point. It was quite a beautiful moment. Shes a great singer. You wouldn’t expect it from her. Rob’s grandmother is probably one of the reasons why they got the big band to play. She used to work with them.

This is one of my favorite non-bride/groom shots. I caught a candid of these guys dancing and having a great time.

Last Photo is of the singer of the band. He sang very well to Bobby Darin’s tunes. His voice sort of sounds similar to Bobby Darin.

Known for her portraits of musicians, Annie Leibovitz, recently recreated some scenes from Disney movies into Photographical stills. I love her portraits.

Make sure you check it out.

Keep in mind her work requires a whole team that helps her through the process. I wish I had that luxury. You can check out the behind the scenes gallery for some snapshots into how this process is created.