I will be using this image, as an example of still life photography, in the one of the Beginning Garden Photography classes that I will be teaching at Lakewold Gardens starting the 24th of March 2010. IThe coarse will have a heavy emphasis on Macro but will also cover landscape topics such as waterfalls, ponds, and garden structures such as gazebos, trellises, and statues, as well as trees, walkways, etc. I plan the in classroom time taking about an hour and then everybody heads out to the gardens for fun and to practice. Registration is through Lakewold Gardens at http://www.lakewoldgardens.orgLakewold Gardens is located at

It’s been awhile since I updated this, almost a year. Here goes…..
Solo show at Tahoma Center Gallery … sold 28 of the 44 framed images. 2 images were accepted into the 2009 Edmonds Art Festival. 2 other images were in the 2009 Shoreline Arts Festival. I did the cover photography for Leanne Trevalyn’s Dandelion CD. In the past 5 months I have had images published in 4 of the 5 City Arts Tacoma magazines. I have had 2 images published in the Wenatche World newspaper. I have sold a few framed images thanks to Kimball Gallery in Gig Harbor. I have 4 images hanging at Rhapsody In Bloom Florists. I took the First Place ribbon at the National Arts Program competition here in Tacoma. I have 2 images hanging in the Tacoma Municiple Building. I will have 8 of the 43 images in the upcoming 7th Annual Tacoma Mountaineers Photography Exhibit. I have submitted 4 images into the competition at the 2009 Puyallup Fair. I have one image hanging in The Gallery at Tacoma Community College. I am submitting 3 images to the 2009 Commencement Bay Maritime Festival. I have submitted 3 images into the fall juried competition of The Peninsula Art League, and I will be submitting 2 images into the juried competition at Franke Tobey Jones, and I think that there are some that I am forgetting… oh yes, I took 3rd place at The Proctor Arts Festival, and I am still forgetting something….

With the occasional rare exception, all of my photographs are taken within a 2 1/2 hour drive of Tacoma. Mind you, a few may be a few hours hike beyond that.

I don’t have Photoshop. I do have Photoshop Elements. I prefer to do do very little image correcting/enhancing, but I am doing more now than I have in the past

All of my images are for sale. Email me for particulars or go to my website and order securely online.

Thanks,
Jim

Long time no posts… Sorry. So here goes…

I sold 25 of the 44 images hanging in the Tahoma Center Gallery in my Framed Focus Follies exhibit. I have 3 images in the Gift of Waters Exhibit at Christ Redeemer church in Kenmore through June 3rd. Two of my images were in the entertainment section of the Wenatchee World newspaper last month. One image was in the April and another was in the May editions of City Arts magazines Tacoma edition. I have 2 images entered in the National Arts Program competition and they are hanging on the 8th and 12th floors respectively in the City of Tacoma Municipal Building. Two imges have been accepted into the Edmonds Art festival Gallery/Competition.The Spring Blues exhibit is in conjunction with Blues Vespers @ Immanuel on May 31st Too Slim & The Taildraggers will be performing. Oh and check out my images on Flickr.com at flickr.com/photos/jimoliverphotography and the Blues Vespers videos on YouTube.com at youtube.com/users/jimoliverphotography.
That’s it for now!

Framed Focus Follies 

At The Tahoma Center Gallery

An exhibit of works by Jim Oliver  

January 2^nd through February 27^th, 2009

Reception January 15^th from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM 

The exhibit is a 43 piece (plus or minus) slowly rotating (images will be added and others removed)

photography exhibit that can best be described as a mixed bag, a loose collection, and

a scattered spectrum of styles. Images that range from the impressionistic

to film noir to an Ansell Adams influence. Some with that

soft glow to others with a hard crystal clarity, you

feel that you were there when the image

was captured or reminds you of

where you have

been.

   The Tahoma Center Gallery is located at 1323 S Yakima St., Tacoma, WA, 98405

 The gallery is open for viewing Monday through Friday from 8AM till 5 PM. 

We still have a few left and they will be available at the reception for my Framed Focus Follies gallery exhibit .  Quite a few of the images in the 2009 calendars are framed and hanging as part of the exhibit. The reception is January 15th from 6PM until 8PM at The Tahoma Center Gallery which is located at 1323 S Yakima St., Tacoma, WA, 98405 on the 2^nd floor of Catholic Community Services in the old St Leo’s School. The gallery is open for viewing Monday through Friday from 8AM till 5 PM.

 June - “2 Clivia”

The first batch of 50 of the 2009 “A Bees View” calendars arrived today. You can see the calendar images by going to http://jimoliverphotography.com/gallery.php#  and then clicking on the “2009 “A Bees View” Calendar” icon. The calendar order page itself is functional but is still being updated. To reserve your copy(s) go here  http://jimoliverphotography.com/calendar.php to the 2008 calendar order page, fill in the form, and then click on the “Order Today” button. I will then contact you to confirm your order.   Thanks!

It is almost ready. We are waiting for the final proof to be delivered before going to press. The images can be viewed at  http://jimoliverphotography.com/gallery.php and then click on the image “2009 “A Bees View” Calendar” The online price which includes shipping will be $25.00 and the calendar can be ordered through our online sytem via PayPal.

Enjoy!Jim

Wow… I hadn’t realized that it has been 6 months since the last update! Been busy really busy… “Tacoma At Night” took 1st place in the National Arts Program competition at The City Of Tacoma, once again I had 10 out of 40 images on display at the Tahoma Gallery for 2 months as part of the “Tacoma Mountaineers 6th Annual Photography Exhibit”, I’ve consistently been rotating 3 images into The Kimball Gallery in Gig Harbor, I currently have 3 images hanging in the gallery “Art Concepts on Broadway” in Tacoma, I had 22 images on display at my 2nd Annual Exhibit at The Wine Bank in University Place , On one day I had 37 images hanging in 4 different venues, “Pink Rose ” has been selected to be part of the juried exhibition at Franke Toby Jones, “Evening Traffic” took the Vino Aquino Award at The 2008 Commencement Bay Maritime Festival, and we had the 3rd annual “Help Jim & Karla Pick The Images For The 2009 Calendars Party”. There has also been one grandson born, one engagement, and our commitment ceremony held at The Wedding Tree with The Tetons in the background.

Hello,

The Wine Bank in University Place has once again asked me to hold an Art Exhibit of my works in conjunction with one of their wine tastings.
This has tentatively been set for 12 July 2008. The doors will open around 9 am and will close around 6 pm. The wine
tasting usually doesn’t start until the afternoon. I’ll be in the process of deciding which images to present probably right up to the last minute.
Let me know if you have any favorites you would like included. There will be more details to come.

Also, I’ll be working on a calendar for Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Tacoma. The working title is “The Gardens of Immanuel”.
The title should give you a pretty good idea of the subject matter. All of the photos will be shot in the gardens of the people of Immanuel Presbyterian Church.
This calendar will be in addition to the upcoming 2008 “Washington Waters” Calendar and the upcoming 2008 “A Bees View Calendar”.

I have 3 images currently on display in the Kimball gallery in Gig Harbor. I will be replacing them with three new images each month.

I’m also gearing up for the Annual Tacoma Mountaineers Photo Exhibit at the Tahoma Gallery here in Tacoma, as well as for the Puyallup Fair in September.

I’ve been loading the freshest images onto
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimoliverphotography/ before moving them over to the official website at
http://joliverphoto.com/ .

I have an account also on YouTube where I’m posting the Blues Vespers videos as well as a few others.
http://www.youtube.com/user/JimOliverPhotography

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The images are up! There is now a total of 369 images available for viewing. My thanks to Brent at Focus Design Studios for shuffling his schedule to make this happen. Yowza!!!