Ryan McFarland

It is always exciting to have something published…

Hi Ryan,
I am writing to you from Sydney, Australia - I hope you are well!
I am working on a book project for Macmillan Education about the life, environmental awareness and culture in Indonesia. The book will be published only in Australia, and only 10,000 copies.
I have seen that you have an image from the UNFCCC in Bali, named “UN Climate Change Conference close up”, and was wondering if you would be happy for us to publish it? If so, could you send me the high res? We will of course acknowledge you as photographer of any images used.
Do let me know if you require any further information.
I hope to hear from you soon!

Kindest regards,
April Lombardo
Freelance Photo Editor/Director

…of course it would be nice to be paid for photos, projects, and the like but if i build a decent list of work that has been published (i’ve had things in Popular Photography, international magazines, a book about crafting…) then perhaps i’ll be able to score some paying articles eventually.

There is a lesson here: Take lots of photos. Tag them geographically and by subject. Use Creative Commons licensing. And probably more!

Caturday

Originally uploaded by zieak

Cena and the cats enjoy a day of rest after a rigorous week.

Earl protecting his noggin

Originally uploaded by zieak

Earl is modeling one of the skate helmets we have at Zoom. I’m sure if you don’t know Earl that you’re impressed by his beard. Good. Earl is planning on entering the World Beard and Mustache Championships next spring. It will be in Anchorage. I’m thinking i’d like to go too. It will coincide with the Iditarod.

When do we get spring?

Originally uploaded by zieak

I woke this morning to a few inches of snow on the ground. It’s still coming down. But there are crocus in bloom!

Friday was a going away party for Orin. He’s moving to Sitka to start a pizza business. Because he works so much he hasn’t been to our place for a FFF in quite a while. This one turned into FFFF (Formal Finger Food Friday) when Mike, Josh, and Earl showed up dressed in suits. I went upstairs and changed of course.

Last Saturday I was in bed working on the computer. Having a laptop is a true luxury isn’t it? Anyway, Hex settled into my left armpit and after a while Yeti wanted to sleep on my chest. He slid off and right onto little Hex who took it like it happened a few times a day.

I spent today stomping around DC some more.  It was another nice day (although yesterday was overcast and rained).

Last night i watched Doomsday in the theater a few blocks from the hotel.  Unfortunately i took a route there that was about 3 miles out of the way.  I’m learning that the shoes i have been wearing just are not built for long hours on paved paths.

I’m also really into craft. In fact, back in the early 90’s when i was Northeast Region Chief of the Order of the Arrow “craft” was one of my buzzwords when we were planning one of the national conferences. I would say it very nasally.

This is a closeup of a banner on the outside of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery. The full banner says “American Craft” and is hanging vertically on the outside of the brick building. Sadly, when i went back today to go take a look at the exhibit the outside banner had been changed.

I’m a fan of words and text.  I love signs and textures.  I also like thrift ships and lately have been trying to be extremely thrifty with my use of my money.  So this picture of part of one of the signs of the Office of Thrift Supervision is nice.  Remember my other Office of Thrift Supervision picture of a sign that’s just around the corner?

I saw a string of photos that someone had made using toys, postcards, and money in the foreground of photos of famous places. I’m imitating that with a few pictures in D.C. and also did it one time in Cambodia at Angkor Wat.