Pictures and Wallpaper: November 2009

The Joy of Keeping a Root Cellar

The next book project with Jennifer Megyesi is well underway, and has made it onto Skyhorse Publishing's Web site. The Joy of Keeping a Root Cellar explores ways to put up the harvest for winter — I'm interested myself in turning our old cistern into a root cellar. Check out the book's description from the Skyhorse site:

THE JOY OF KEEPING A ROOT CELLAR
The Ultimate Guide to Canning, Freezing, Drying, Smoking and Cellaring the Harvest
Jennifer Megyesi
Photography by Geoff Hansen

The winning team behind The Joy of Keeping Chickens returns, this time with a complete guide to building and maintaining a root cellar—even if it's just a dark and cool closet. This cheap, easy, energy-saving way will keep the harvest fresh all year long. Here, readers will learn:
• Which fruits and vegetables store best
• How to build a root cellar in the country, suburbs, or city
• How to deal with specific environmental challenges
• Storage techniques ranging from canning to pickling and smoking to drying
• Recipes for everything from tomato sauce to venison jerky Root cellaring isn't just for off-the-grid types or farmers with large gardens. Storing food makes good sense, both financially and environmentally. And root cellars can easily fit anywhere. In this intelligent, convincing book, authors Megyesi and Hansen show how to make them part of every reader's life.

$14.95 paperback original ($18.95 Canada)
288 pages
Paperback - 6x9
Rights: World
Color Illustrations: 100
Published: August 2010
ISBN 9781602399754

Giving thanks

Today, Thanksgiving Day, is the last of the "first holidays alone". Not that I think any of them will get easier the second or third time around, but as the song says - "The World Keeps Turning".

New Posters for NINE

Have you seen any commercials for the movie Nine? It looks incredible. Kate Hudson! Penelope Cruz! Fergie! Nicole Kidman! A MUSICAL!!! I can't wait! Check out the three new posters just released ... Nine opens nationwide on Dec. 25.

New Posters for NINE

5 Thanksgiving Films We're Thankful For

Thanksgiving is about family, food, fun parades, and fabulous heartwarming films! This holiday, celebrate the season with our five favorite Thanksgiving flicks.

Miracle on 34th Street, 1947
Miracle on 34th Street is a true holiday classic. Beginning with NYC’s famous Thanksgiving Day Parade, the film takes us through an old man’s struggle to make six-year-old Susan Walker believe in the spirit of Christmas. As he plays the role of Macy’s very own Santa Claus, Kris Kringle tries to convince everyone that he is the real deal. Whether you choose the original film or the contemporary version, there’s no doubt that you'll be thankful for this holiday film.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, 1987
In this hysterical comedy, Neal Page (Steve Martin) is desperately trying to get home for Thanksgiving. His only travel companion for the holidays ends up being a blabbermouth slob of a man, Del Griffith (John Candy), who tells bad jokes and is never short of advice. Wishing he could be with his family, we relish watching Page spend the holidays with his new friend. This film just goes to show you should be grateful for all your friends -- new and old!

Home for the Holidays, 1995
Claudia (Holly Hunter) is already having a rough holiday season. She has lost her job, found herself in a compromising situation with her soon-to-be ex-boss, and discovered that her daughter won’t be home for Thanksgiving. Now, on top of everything else, she has to deal with the lunatic antics of her crazy extended family. How will she survive? We love watching this group of misfits come together to celebrate the happiest time of the year. Home for the Holidays also stars Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, and Claire Danes.

The House of Yes, 1997
Parker Posey stars as Jackie, a mentally unbalanced young woman who wants to be Jackie-O. When her brother comes home from college for Thanksgiving with a new fiancé, Jackie goes into a rage. After disastrous events and unusual comedic antics, we realize that this whole family is off its rocker. Have a laugh with this very indie holiday film, and give thanks that this family does not belong to you!

Pieces of April, 2003
April Burns (Katie Holmes) is hosting Thanksgiving dinner at her New York apartment for her estranged family, which includes her dying mother. She struggles to fit in and give her family a delicious, flawless holiday meal. As they travel from Pennsylvania to April's Lower East Side neighborhood, we learn more about the unique, strained dynamic between black-sheep April shares with her whole family. Desite a broken oven and many comedic errors, this imperfect family bonds during a special holiday evening spent together.

5 Thanksgiving Films We're Thankful For

Thanksgiving is about family, food, fun parades, and fabulous heartwarming films! This holiday, celebrate the season with our five favorite Thanksgiving flicks.

Wedding Photography Update

Since it's quieted down a bit, I've had time to update my Web site with new wedding photography work from this past summer. I had an enjoyable season, meeting a lot of interesting couples and traveling across New England. In addition to work from the Early Season Weddings post, the photos below are also on my site. To see more, click here.

From above, the couple exchanges vows in the backyard of the bride's family home in Springfield, N.H., in August; groom and bride "tie the knot" during their August ceremony in Post Mills, Vt.; the couple walk down the aisle to the theme from the movie "Rocky" in Charlotte, Vt., in August; the couple receives happy wishes from friends after their ceremony in Woodstock, Vt., in May; members of the band hit the dance floor to entertain the crowd at a reception in Franconia, N.H., in June; the father of the groom enjoys a cigar during the August reception in Chester, Vt.; guests toast the married couple during the reception in Stockbridge, Vt., in August; the couple walks along the fence line for formal pictures in Stockbridge; the couple watches fireworks in the their honor in Springfield.

Too Tuesday

What a day! Too many stumbling blocks for one day. I've been trying to get things done in preparation for my upcoming cruise... and also doing some of the usual pre-holiday tasks. I think everything is back on track now, but my day has been too stressful.

City Cards November

Our City Card Social Media is having a busy month.

The Glasnevin Trust has a 3 execution campaign promoting walking tours and genealogy searches.

Jameson are running a campaign for a competition to win their home bar kit. Get that party started!

Miller also have a competition running untill Dec 13th.

Barnardos also have a campaign asking people to sign their petition online to protect children in the 2010 Budget.

City Cards is in over 300 venues and has an 18-44 year old audience. If you would like more information please give us a call 01 230 0558.

Going back...

... is not an option.

My life will never be the same, but it will turn (is turning now, with or without my assent) in a new direction. When I was diagnosed with cancer 22 years ago and going through chemotherapy treatments, I cried that I wanted my old life back... I wanted things the way they used to be. But that is never possible. I became a woman who survived cancer. The process changed me and my family.

So now I must figure out my new life. I can't have things the way they were and to try would keep me rooted in this place of sadness and melancholy.

Print Holiday Greeting Cards

The holiday season is fast approaching. Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukah are just around the corner.

Why not send your clients a greeting card to say thank you for their work during the year.

Our printing takes only 2 days and is as always eco-friendly and we can supply eco-friendly envelopes too.

For more information check out our site or email emily@thepictureworks.com or
call 01 2300 558

i-site: Cycle 24

It's a busy cycle for i-site this month. We have Bulmers Pear, Budweiser, Vodafone and Jagermeister taking advantage of our 770 i-sites across Ireland.

deborahsalemsmith.com

I just finished designing deborahsalemsmith.com, featuring the work of Deborah Salem Smith, an up-and-coming playwright based in Rhode Island. Deb's two most recent plays, Some Things Are Private and Boots on the Ground, received excellent reviews from The Boston Globe. Click here to read more!

Carlsberg Light Walker Ireland v France

On Saturday night our Light Walkers were part of the sea of green that descended onto Croke Park. Great atmosphere!

Guinness Rugby Eventv and Light Walker

Guinness rugby series started on Sunday at Croke Park.
Our Light Walker and EvenTv added to the occasion. Check out the video above. For further information on either media contacts us at 01 2300 558.

Tasty Scraps

Last week, I went to McGoff's Salvage in Orford, N.H., to do a quick photo page for the Valley News. I enjoyed talking with owner Jim McGoff and hiking around his yard to find interesting cars and parts to photograph. I could have been there all day, but I had to get back to my other responsibilities. Here's a few photos from the page:

From top, a "bullet nose" 1950 Studebaker, last registered in 1952, is surrounded by trees — McGoff said there weren't any trees in the field when he parked it there 30 years ago; a tire is covered in leaves — McGoff said there's still a demand for tires by farmers who use them to hold down tarps covering their silage; parked at the yard's fence line, a 1957 Chevrolet station wagon faces out to a neighbor's field in honor of its owner, a friend of McGoff's who died young.

Short days and long shadows

I haven't been posting much lately... partly because I have been sick and partly because I have lacked inspiration for getting out and taking photographs. I feel much better today and am managing to pick up the camera even though I seem to point the lens aimlessly. It's the time of year... as a good friend reminded me a few days ago. If I can get through the one year mark and the holidays, I know (I hope!) my outlook will improve.

Every day I re-realize that I am alone... will be alone... and I shouldn't be alone. It's still not fair that he is gone and I am here.

On a positive note - I was contacted this week by someone who wants to use one of my photos as the logo for his business! We have agreed on a price and I am very... honored, flattered, happy. It's a good thing. I just wish I had someone to celebrate with. But as soon as I'm off all of the medications, I'll open a bottle of champagne.

Come on Ireland

Ireland’s sporting hopes will be focused on Croke Park this weekend. We will be there adding to the atmosphere with our Light Walkers and Eventv Screens for Carlsberg and Guinness. Keep and eye out for them....

Check out some of our Light Walker videos here and our Eventv ones here

Come on Ireland!

BLOW

We have a new media option on offer available for the deep winter. Blow allows you create a 36inch logo or design made from condensely packed bubbles that can be launched into the sky and be carried away on the wind.

We think Blow would work well at events or be a good focal point for street promotion. During activity over the next couple of months the logos can be made to look like very very large snowflakes - very festive.

If you would like more information, please give us a call. Tel 230 0558

I'm not seeing it...

This photo was taken one year ago today. I took a similar shot just the other day, not realizing that I was repeating myself. I have had this nagging thought... no, it's more than that - I KNOW that I am not shooting the photographs that I want to make. I hope that makes sense, because I don't know how to "see" the photos I want to capture. Does this mean they won't come naturally to me?

I keep shooting the same things... over and over. And the results are not bringing me satisfaction. There are some of my photos that I look at and think " I love that, I can't believe I took it!" But lately I feel as though I'm in an infinite loop... retracing my same steps. I'm not growing photographically.

*Sigh*... what to do?

i-site Cycle 23

Cycle 23 is a busy one with campaign from Powers, Bulmers Draught, Bulmers Light, Vodafone, Carlsberg and Budweiser. We now have over 770 sites throughout Ireland. To book your own i-site campaign call us on 01 2300558.

And the Oscar Co-Hosts Are ...

The producers of the Academy Awards have announced that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards.

“I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin,” said Martin. “I don’t play the banjo but I’m thrilled to be hosting the Oscars – it’s the opportunity of a lifetime,” said Baldwin.

Martin hosted the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards shows, earning an Emmy nomination for the first stint. He has also served as a presenter on the show several times, most recently at the ceremony in February when he appeared with Tina Fey. He is currently touring with the bluegrass band Steep Canyon Rangers in support of his latest album The Crow: New Songs for the Five String Banjo. In 1977 and 1978 Martin won Grammys for Best Comedy Recording. He earned a third Grammy in 2001 in the Best Country Instrumental Performance category. In 2007 Martin earned a Kennedy Center Honor.

Baldwin was nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 for his supporting role in The Cooler. That year also marked his most recent appearance as a presenter on the show. Baldwin currently stars as Jack Donaghy on the comedy 30 Rock, a role for which he has won two Emmys (in 2008 and 2009).

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2009 will be presented on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC .

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A City Card campaign in 48 hours

It is now possible to turn around a City Card campaign in Dublin in 48 hours, that includes printing and distribution.

Samsung/ Vodafone have been the first to do this for the launch of the new Ping. The Ping is now available at Vodafone shops nationwide.

If you would like further details on a City Card 48 Campaign give us a call on 01 230 0558 or drop us an email to info@thepictureworks.com.

Paris and Hayden Love Jimmy Choo and H&M

Last night Hollywood rolled out the red carpet as Paris & Nicky Hilton, Hayden Panettiere, Kate Walsh, Olivia Wilde, Sheryl Crow, Cat Deeley, Angela Lindvall, Maggie Grace, Mini Anden, among others came out to celebrate the collaboration and the launch of the Jimmy Choo for H&M collection. The star-studded party hosted by Tamara Mellon and Jeffrey Katzenberg, in support of The Motion Picture & Television Fund, was held at a private residence high above the famous Sunset Strip in the Hollywood Hills and featured a Grammy-worthy performance by M.I.A. who dazzled the guests in front of the L.A. skyline. Hollywood’s stars were given an exclusive sneak peak at the glamorous collection that will be unveiled in approximately 200 H&M stores globally on November 14th. The collection includes the most coveted shoes and accessories. For the first time Jimmy Choo has also designed women’s clothing to complement the accessories as well as men’s clothing, shoes, bags and accessories.

"I love H&M already but the fact that they are doing Jimmy Choo as well I think is amazing - the purses, everything, the shoes. The clothes are so cute. They have so many fabulous things and I can't wait to get the whole collection,” said Paris Hilton who coveted everything from the highly anticipated collection.

"Tamara is so brilliant and such a wonderful designer. Her shoes are incredible. I do my shopping sprees at H&M. I was recently in Italy and instead of going to other stores, I went to H&M," said Hayden Panettiere. She also wore Jimmy Choo for H&M leather pants to the event. "I am in love with these pants!"

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Paris and Hayden Love Jimmy Choo and H&M

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Tunbridge Halloween Party

For the second year in a row, I photographed kids in costume at a Halloween party hosted by dedicated parents at the Tunbridge Central School. Last year I went to do a photo package for the Valley News — I returned because I enjoyed seeing how costumes and personas came together. Click here to see more.

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