The Blotz Photo Blog: 2007-02-04

Saturday, February 10, 2007

50, Alive and Free!!!!

donna 1, originally uploaded by blotzphoto.

My yoga instructor Donna, paricipating in the 2005 4th of July Parade in the eclectic Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati.

It's the best parade I've ever seen.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

neck

neck, originally uploaded by blotzphoto.

A closeup of a Flamingo's neck taken at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2003 during the now defunct Pete's Photoworld Nikon Days.

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Missing Pieces #2

winstonpiece, originally uploaded by blotzphoto.

Somebody glued the cat to the floor!!!

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Missing Pieces #1

gumpiece
Originally uploaded by blotzphoto.

Built from a picture made in Rabbit Hash, KY. in 2003.

The Missing pieces projects are an attempt to capture the odd feeling one gets when you find an old puzzle piece at the bottom of the closet or behind the couch. Where is it from? What's missing beyond the edges?

I also enjoy the unique way that the irregular framing helps the eye move about the picture in unorthodox ways.

I printed this out at 11x14, mounted it on foamcore and then my lovely wife cut it out w/ an Exacto Knife. Each one is a cast iron bitch to make, yet I'm sure I'll revist the theme again someday.

thrown snow 2

thrown snow 2, originally uploaded by blotzphoto.

More snow

smilin in snow

smilin in snow, originally uploaded by blotzphoto.

Hi and welcome to the Blotz Photo Blog. I'm Lou Doench, or Blotz, and that charming lil thing is my 2 year old daughter Abby.

This was her first snow day of the year and she was fine with it unless any of it came into contact with her skin.

Welcome to the Blotz Photo Blog

The Blotz Phot Blog is part of the long troubled conversation I've been having with Photography over the last decade or so. Presented here will be images old and new. Mostly Digital, but some from the A.D. (Ante-Digital) era. Some will be finely crafted Art... suitable for framing or perhaps scaring the children. Others will simply be family snaps... also suitable for scaring children. Sometimes I'll get on here to ramble a bit. Or I'll link to some news story or other Blog I think the two or three people who accidently find their way here might need to see. I'll also be announcing any gallery showings I may have in the Cincinnati area here. If you like what you see, please drop me a line. Making fine art prints is a cast iron female canine, but I'd be happy to whip out a halfway decent 8x10 print at home to anybody willing to pay for shipping and display my work on their walls. Thanx for dropping by Lou Doench, Blotz

What's up with the Blotz

Blotz is the photographic psuedonym of Louis Doench of Cincinnati, Ohio. Born in 1968, Lou is married to Naomi Nelson of Birmingham, Alabama, and has somehow conned her into allowing him to stay at home and raise their children; Abigail (2) and Peanut (due the first week of June). He is a graduate of Antonelli College with an Associates Degree in Commercial Photography. He has absolutley never had any intention of doing any commercial photography. Please don't tell them that... they'll be crushed. Blotz came about as a fun way to sign his pieces before they went up for critique. I think it was Bill Davis (check out his site in the links above) who encouraged his students to actually put titles on their student work, and Blotz became an extension of that creativity. Lou's late father, Douglas Anthony Doench, wrote a semi-autobiographical story chonicaling the life of one Nugaford Blotz entitled "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Clod", which is very funny and so thats where Blotz come from. Lou hopes to publish it in some form someday, most likely when all of the principles (ie. his mother) are no longer with us and can no longer bring lawsuits. So that's where Blotz comes from. Respectfully, Studebaker Fairbanks... Another of Lou's psuedonyms, to be explained at a later date.

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