Fruit of the Barren Tree:

Well the end is coming…  Well the completion of my thesis at least.

Over the next few months there will be several posts with new content to look at prior to my thesis being presented and after all is done I’ll post more through process information for any that are interested in how some of this was accomplished.  Until then, keep your eyes pealed!!

Hi everyone.  It’s been a very busy summer for me with the new baby, but all is going well.

But now it’s time to start photographing iris portraits again.  So the first session is scheduled.  Friday the 11th 1pm-4pm at the Strong Eye Institute.

Here’s a link to their “official” directions

http://www.stronghealth.com/services/ophthalmology/images/Webmap.pdf

As always please feel free to email with questions or to book a time slot.

Hi Everyone,

It has been a very long time since the last post.  One month ago yesterday my son was born.  So life got a little derailed. ;-)  But now that we’re getting used to life with a little guy on board things are starting to roll forward again.

The iris project is well underway.  Just shy of 200 portraits taken!  And not to long I’ll be setting up more dates to capture more.  So keep your eyes and ears open cause I still need to photograph your peepers!

OK generally I don’t do this but there is always an exception.

MacHeist is a site where you can get a whole package of software of just $39. The difference is that this time 25% of the sales for tow more days go to charity. You can pick from any of 10 charities or to spread the cash out between all ten.

The save Darfur project is one of them and a particularly important one to me. So please if you are interested pleas follow the link http://www.macheist.com/bundle/u/316621/ and pick the charity of your choice and get some sweet software at the same time.

Hi everyone,

It’s been quite a while since my last update.

First, last week I was gone at SPE (Society of Photographic Education.) This was my first year, I got to talk with a lot of really great people about my work and art in general. A most excellent experience.

On the iris portrait front, I am officially up to 149 individuals photographed! Very cool! Thank you to everyone again that has come in and also to those that have been spreading the word. The next date is two Fridays from now the 17th of April. So call your friends, and drag your family with you!

Anyone interested in seeing some of the images that have come from the project should hit my portfolio page www.michaelleonardphoto.com .

The new images are on the first page, older ones are in the gallery section.

Well this Saturday session went exceptionally well. Thank you to all 46 people that showed-up. This makes the grand total 140!! This has been great. I’ll keep everyone up to date on the new scheduled time and please keep sending the news around, I’ve only got 260 more to go

So thanks again everyone, keep telling friends about the project. And as always share the links with folks.

If you want to sign up for the Iris Newsletter use the form below. And as always, no SPAM here!

Hey Everyone,

Well the path to a large number of photographed irises is becoming well worn. Last Friday I photographed another 23 people!! So that puts me about 20% of the way to my goal.

Huge “thank-you”s to everyone that came and especially huge “thank-you”s to those that brought friends!!

On day one my personal bud Luke, and now professional iris model took some images of how the process works. Check them out here…

http://lukestrosnider.com/images/iris/index.htm

And while you’re there be sure to checkout the rest of his page http://www.lukestrosnider.com

So thanks again everyone, keep telling friends about the project. And as always share the links with folks.

If you want to sign up for the Iris Newsletter use the form below. And as always, no SPAM here!

Hi everyone:

So in an effort to keep everyone as informed as possible about my iris project I’ve made a little newsletter to be emailed out.  If you are interested in participating and have your iris photographed I will have all the date announcements in there as well as information about the overall progress of the project.

Thank you to everyone that has already participated, and hopefully many more will join you.

To sign-up just use the form below.

OK here we go.  The first day of shooting is here for the Irirs project at the Strong Memrial Hospital Eye Institute.  If anyone out there is interested in participating use this link to sign up for the emails that will keep you informed about upcoming iris shoot times.