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Art Walk – April 2016

Michael Fienen on June 17, 2016

So I realized this is a belated posting, as I shot the last art walk a couple months ago and forgot to do a post of the gallery shared here (it’s been on Flickr, of course). Got to play with the PixelStick a little bit this time, and climb some buildings. Good times. Also got to put my new-to-me D700 through its paces, which gave me some extra flexibility to have two bodies at the ready to switch between what I wanted to shoot.

Pittsburg’s ArtWalk showcases local talent and downtown businesses. (art, music, food and more!). ArtWalk happens twice in 2016: April and August.

Art Walk – August 2015

Michael Fienen on August 28, 2015

Every other month through the summer and early fall, Pittsburg hosts an art fair downtown. Part of my contribution, as I’m not much of an artist, is to do photography for the event. These are the shots from the August Art Walk. The next one will be the Halloween walk at the end of October. All my Art Walk photos can be found on Flickr under a CC by-nc-sa license.

Pittsburg’s ArtWalk showcases local talent and downtown businesses. (art, music, food and more!). ArtWalk happens 4 times a year: April, June, Aug. & Oct.

The Big Picture Misses It

Michael Fienen on April 17, 2013

For the life of me, I’ll never understand why content providers actively make development decisions that directly prevent users from accessing their content. They are missing one of the core principles of human communication – eliminate noise in the signal. If you put hurdles in the way of your users, they’ll simply leave. I think it’s worse because I expect so much more from Boston.com and The Big Picture.