| Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream opens on Cason Lane
Co-owner Heath Smith said everyone should come and taste the shop's premium ice cream because it is the best in town."It is a fact," she assures. "Everyone says that I am sure, but we do."Maggie Moo's ice cream has won eight consecutive blue ribbons from the National Ice Cream Retailers Association.No grand opening event has been scheduled yet at the 505 Cason Lane location just past the Wynnsong 16 movie theater.Maggie Moo's does catering, parties and helps with fundraisers.Shop hours are Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m. and Sunday noon-10 p.m.Portrait Innovations, a cutting-edge photo studio, is planning to open at The Avenue, the massive lifestyle mall under construction on Medical Center Parkway.The Charlotte, N.C.-based studio has submitted plans to the Murfreesboro Building and Codes Department for interior build out of its retail space.According to the Portrait Innovations' Web site, the studio is the industry pioneer in integrating traditional portrait photography with the latest digital camera technology.Portrait Innovations is rapidly opening new locations in lifestyle shopping malls across the country.No formal plans have been submitted but a city official said Select Comfort also plans to open a retail store at The Avenue.The mattress company is known for its Sleep Number bed that allows couples to set how hard or soft they want their side of the mattress.For those of you who haven't heard of this yet, I wanted to let you know about a cool new feature at MapQuest.com.It is now possible to check gas prices at more than 100,000 stations across the country from the site.
The Photography Show 07, Apr. 12-15, 2007, at the Park Avenue ...
We snuck into the nicely refurbished Park Avenue Armory during the special "curators and collectors preview" of the 27th annual Photography Show, sponsored by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers. As imposters, we tried to comport ourselves in a manner suitable to the occasion, primarily by wandering heedlessly from one alluring image to the next. An easy task at the AIPAD show, to be sure, what with its 90-plus exhibitors so neatly arrayed along padded gray-carpeted aisles with the 19th-century girders arching high above. The first thing that caught our eye was a glorious color portrait of Frida Kahlo at Throckmorton Fine Art, right by the fair entrance. The image belongs to the Hungarian-born New York portraitist Nickolas Muray (1892-1965), whose passionate affair with Kahlo (in the post-Diego days) is chronicled in the recently published book of love letters, I Will Never Forget You.
Digital Photography Techniques book released
Digital Photography has truly reached the masses, and with this friendly, full-color guide new users can immediately start having fun with their digital cameras. It provides dozens of tips for taking better pictures and getting creative with digital photography at a remarkably affordable price. Topics covered include composing good shots, playing with light, close-ups, self-portraits, action shots, and event photography. The Third Edition of 40 Digital Photography Techniques book from author Young Jin will be available throughout the O'Reilly Media Online bookstore for US $16.99.
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A Different Picture of Dance
Dance photography may seem like a logical endeavor, but it represents an incompatible dichotomy: Dance is motion, photography is stillness. No matter how talented the photographer or how beautiful the dancers, the art forms are inherently at odds. Performance shots can capture an event as it happened, but as with great sports photography, the response to seeing a photograph of a successful Hail Mary pass is nostalgia, not necessarily pleasure at the image itself. For dance, the trouble is most acute with off-stage photography: Studio setups can be unflatteringly lighted, too cutesy, or way too up-close-andsweaty. Even if all the elements in a portrait are right, the viewer is ultimately left with a frozen moment that is connected to dance only in the imagination: What would the next step look like? Satisfying that curiosity, however, is no longer impossible.
Open House for Careers in Photography at Hallmark Institute of ...
Are you looking for a career in professional photography and imaging? Don't miss the Open House at Hallmark Institute of Photography in Turners Falls, Massachusetts on Sunday, April 15th beginning at 12:30pm. Turners Falls, MA (PRWEB) April 13, 2007 -- Hallmark Institute of Photography, in Turners Falls, Massachusetts, invites prospective students and their families to an Open House on Sunday, April 15th, 2007 from 12:30pm - 3:30pm. Prospective students and their guests will have the opportunity to tour our campus featuring our recently expanded Educational Center. This exciting facility houses our 300-seat auditorium, digital labs, commercial and portrait studios, classrooms and more! Current students and faculty demonstrate a day in the life of a Hallmark student. Participate in photographic demonstrations, meet the faculty and staff, hear about exciting new career opportunities in photography and view our spectacular multi-media presentations.
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