Mangos and Peaches

Vancouver2010, originally uploaded by Sienar.

Howdy! Just stopping by the old blog to keep it somewhat updated. I received an email recently which I have received before asking If I still painted and did artsy stuff outside Photography. Well the answer is yes indeed I do! I love all that artsy stuff!

Granted most of my free time has been dedicated to photography and that’s mainly due to the large amount of photos I have taken the past few months, but the rise in the amount of workload I have taken on has also had a significant effect on my drawing & painting time
Most of my digital paintings have been commissioned work that I don’t share online. Sorry! Only my clients get to see the artwork they request and it’s up to them to share the work with whomever they want.

Still, I do keep a sketchbook that I update on a regular basis. I can never go more than a couple of days without sketching or doodling something on a piece of paper. That is how I get ideas out of my head, even with photography I’ve been getting into the habit of sketching out a few ideas I’d like to execute with the camera.

Anyways the top image if you don’t follow my Flickr photostream is a quick Photoshop painting I created while watching the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

And on a random note:
I have come to realize why I tend to neglect actually posting new content here. This used to be where I shared links and other interesting stuff I find on the web and twitter/facebook took the place of that by offering a streamlined method of sharing content with the masses. Why would someone visit a webpage if all they need to do is log into facebook and get a condensed stream of everyones content? No real need if you think about it. For me I never have to log into my blog, all I have to do is post a link on twitter and everyone has access to it while Tumblr & Flickr offer easier methods of sharing my images.

However, I feel that this new method of experiencing the internet, which is being consumed by the masses, is resulting in literally, information overload.

- Too much (more updates than are really necessary)
- Too fast (real time updates make everyone who is away from a computer for a day or two feel outdated)
- Lack of quality (I don’t play Farmville, don’t care about getting updates on that)

So far we’ve been offered relatively limited tools to control what updates we see and information filtering considering the amount of information that is generated on a daily basis. I’m eager to see what is developed to solve this situation.

I’m keeping this site going because It’s mine. Plain & Simple. On this site I try to collect content that is worth archiving (at least for myself). It’s a great place to write long posts like this one. I still try to collect my content across the other sites I use and keep them linked here somehow. And even though the website & content has changed I’ve been keeping this site updated for a few years now. No reason to stop.

Sorry for the rant. I think and type fast without really thinking if that makes any sense.