Monday, 3/2/09

 My gallery of North Dakota state wrestling champions is now complete in "Sports & Leisure - it's called TOP OF THE HEAP...

Will be working over the course of this week to fill in many more action shots from the tourney as time allows...

Not yet sure if I will be shooting the North Dakota State Class A Basketball Tourney Mar. 13-15 at the Fargodome...

Frantically scrambling to pull together final details for the grand opening of my new studio location downtown...

Many thanks to The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead for their very nice article on Natalie Sparrow, owner of Ultimate Modeling & Talent Agency and yours truly.  Natalie and I will be sharing the new office digs one door east of Mexican Village on Main Avenue in Fargo...

That's it...let's be careful out there!

Best, Bruce.

Friday, 2/27/09

Working on my "TOP OF THE HEAP" gallery in Sports & Leisure - each of the North Dakota High School State Wrestling champions in both A and B classes culled from my photographs of the finals last Saturday at the Fargodome.  Hoping to get it all up by the end of the weekend - so stay tuned...

Also bit by bit attempting to complete my compilation of aerial photographs from the 1997 Red River Valley record flooding in my Weather galleries section.  Sure hope we don't have a repeat this spring but I've got my waders ready just in case...

Have moved into my new studio location at 806 Main Avenue in Fargo (one door east of Mexican Village) where I am sharing 1200 sq ft. with Natalie Sparrow, owner of Ultimate Modeling & Talent Agency.  Each of us require appointments so please be so kind as to make them if you need to chat...

That's it, stay warm and let's be careful out there...

Best, Bruce.

Tuesday, 1/27/09

Sorry people...

I just fixed the bad link connecting my Sioux-Denver hockey series SPOTLIGHT blog entry to its photo gallery in "Sports & Leisure"...

My camera body-less period continues and my trigger finger is twitching badly...

Have knocked down a couple of corporate jobs last week and am within an eyelash of moving into studio space downtown Fargo - stay tuned...

SITE SKINNY...

Just topped 500 unique visitors today - thanks to all of you out there for your interest...

Sales tax collections are due presently, so back to work on that  for the bean counters - ain't biz grand?

Let's be careful out there..

Best, Bruce.

Thursday, 1/22/09

RIP...

For any of you out there that do alot of shooting, the inevitable is bound to happen...

In case you saw me at the Bison men bb game Tuesday night against Southern Utah at the BSA, hate to disappoint but no pictures are forthcoming from it...

I blew out the shutter on my Canon EOS-1D Mark II  -  a phenomenal camera body,  BTW.

Luckily I have good friends with like equipment that came to my rescue and my downtime will be virtually nil - thanks Rick!!

SOOO, it's off to Canon Pro Services on the West Coast and life goes on...

My Advanced News Photography class at NDSU is going very well - the kids are a great group and I'm looking forward to a super semester - now if I could only get some tech issues ironed out things will go alot smoother for my students...

Looking at some downtown office space today for potential future studio digs, though still evaluating if that is practical at this stage - stay tuned...

Doing some local leg work for a couple international sports photogs getting ready for the U18 World Hockey Tournament at  the new UP Center in Fargo and the Moorhead Sports Center here in early April - first time ever hosted by the U.S. - BTW...

Hoping to get up to The Ralph to shoot this Saturday's Sioux hockey against Denver...

Just updated my sportsshooter gallery so take a peak if you haven't been there in a while - here's the link...

http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=6451

Be well everyone and let's be careful out there...

Best,  Bruce.

Wednesday, 1/14/09

New this week...

UND Fighting Sioux sweep Gophers at home / Bison Men over IUPUI, vaulting them into first place in the Summit at 4-1 / Legendary Minneapolis punk band Dillinger Four headlines the Fargo Winter Fest 2009 show at the Fargo Theatre / along with a few other tidbits...

Let's be careful and stay warm out there...

Best, Bruce.

Sunday, 1/4/09

and, the snow keeps on coming...

Top of the morning everybody.

In case you haven't noticed, we got more snow Saturday.  So now, on top of our all-time high snowfall of 33.5 inches in December - we've got more...

Direct your attention to my Spotlight blog where I,  your humble cyberspace servant, engage in a bit of braggadocio.  Check out today's entry...

No cross country skiing in town now, hear?

Let's be careful out there.

Best, Bruce.

Thursday, 1/1/09

Happy New Year people!

Wanted to let you know I finally got a oouple holiday concert photo shoots from mid-December just now posted here - Sarah Morrau at the Plains Art Museum and Brenda Weiler at her new Yoga studio...both in downtown Fargo.  

For you sports fans, check out my photo gallery sort of mish-mash of about 4-5 of the last few North Dakota State Bison sports events I have shot the last couple of months now posted here and on my archive/e-commerce site at www.brucecrummy.com - also shot the Bison women game against Creighton University at Bison Sports Arena Monday this week and that, too, is "up" here and on my other site.

I'm looking forward to shooting the Fighting Sioux-Gopher hockey series next weekend at The Ralph in Grand Forks and I pray the weather cooperates...

Best luck to you all on a happy and prosperous 2009!

Let's be careful out there...

Best,  Bruce. 

Sunday, 12/7/08 

Greetings everyone...

I have finally posted the Fashion Avenue photographs - an event that transpired what seems like weeks ago (Tues., 11/18/08 to be precise) and I've finally gotten my act together and got them on my site - sorry to those of you that have been waiting so long...

Hoping to dive into the YWCA benefit fashion show photos next and soon! 

Photographed sundogs over the Church of the Nativity yesterday in south Fargo - they are a wonderous gift of nature I never tire of observing...check out my Spotlight blog for that image.

Will be shooting this week, but not quite sure what and hope to devote lots of time and effort to getting caught up on my galleries...

Only a handful of shopping days left until Christmas - dare I suggest a print(s) from my e-commerce site?

Let's be careful out there...

Bruce.

Friday, 11/21/08

My apologies folks...

I was foolish enough to think I could get four championship football games and a hockey series up in short order - however, life happens constantly and I am running behind.

Soooo, please bear with me as I wade through a mountain of files to sort out the photographs for galleries of the Dakota Bowl games last weekend in Grand Forks - I have the Nine-Man and Class A photos now posted and the Sioux hockey series against Alaska Anchorage are also up...

I shot a YWCA fashion benefit show last night at Lady Wellness in south Fargo - long story short - it put me further behind...all in good time my friends.

Will be shooting the Bison/SDSU football game tommorrow night at the Fargodome and if I don't shoot anything after that for a couple days I should get caught up.

Thanks for your patience...

Let's be careful out there,

Bruce.

Monday, 11/17/08

Friends,

We're just coming off football championship weekend in North Dakota and I'm working today to post a half dozen or more galleries from the Dakota Bowl at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks encompassing action and reaction photographs from each of the four title games - please check back mid-evening tonight for these images...

Also, will do a combo gallery from the UND Fighting Sioux hockey series against Alaska Anchorage at the Ralph from Friday and Saturday nights past incorporating photos from both games - North Dakota split with Alaska winning Saturday night 3-1 after having almost pulled out a miracle win the previous night with two goals in rapid succession late in the third period but came up short 3-2.

Looking ahead to later in the week, will be shooting the Bison-Jackrabbits football game in the Fargodome Saturday night - this is always a barnburner regardless of what kind of season either team has had when South Dakota State invades the Fargodome so should be some good photos there...

Also, I'm on track to shoot  "Fashion Avenue" - Radio Fargo-Moorhead's fundraiser event to benefit Dan Michael's Christmas Gift program for the upcoming holidays to be held tommorrow night in the Great Hall at the Fargo Holiday Inn.

Let's be careful out there,

Bruce.

Monday, 11/3/08

After a busy weekend of sports, I have finally gotten a few site features put in place to facilitate easier navigation for you - the visitor.

I'm sure many of you were wondering what the he#$ "Just the Facts Ma'am" was all about, right? Finally,  I have the copy of my updates actually on the homepage to signal the visitor that there is something new to check out...

Also, I am putting in place a linking feature in my Spotlight blog in that by clicking anywhere on the graphic presentation that includes the photograph you will automatically be taken to the corresponding photo gallery category.  Please be patient, I will need to get more of these activated than I do at the present...

A few recent additions...

For you sports fans, I have Spotlights and galleries up now from my shoot of opening night Fargo Force hockey inaugural season at the brand new Urban Plains Center that brought out a sellout crowd of 5,000 screaming hockey fans last Thursday in southwest Fargo;   I shot the Fighting Sioux hockey season home opener against the Wisconsin Badgers on Halloween and am looking forward to bringing you as many home games from the Ralph as I can this season;   the Bison returned to the win column Saturday night against Indiana University at the Fargodome...

BTW, any of you out-of-town sports photogs that may be shooting in the new UP Arena in the future can look forward to "saaweeet" lighting there - would say it rivals the brightness of The Ralph up in Grand Forks... 

For you fashion lovers, I hope to have a Spotlight and extensive gallery up later today in "Modeling & Fashion"  from last Thursday night's Fall Fashion show by Olivieri's Salon and Spa at The Venue in Fargo - a charity event that I shoe-horned into my schedule while simultaneously covering the Fargo Force hockey opener at the UP Center...

Am planning on shooting the Bison Womens basketball season opener tonight against the University of Mary at the Bison Sports Arena;  and, tommorrow night will be on the prowl for some kind of interesting feature pic from the election for ZUMA Press...

As always, love to hear from you so keep those emails coming!

Let's be careful out there,

Bruce.

Thursday, 10/16/08

Just a few random musings...

I'm planning to shoot  a gallery of photographs of the "1st Annual Downtowner 10 to 10" event tonight 10/16 in downtown Fargo...

Am all set to shoot opening night of the Fargo Force, F-M's new hockey team, at the UP Center Oct. 30...

Have requested photo credentials for the Jewel concert Nov. 2 at the UP Center in Fargo...

Working on Eldon Johnson's new CD cover art...

Will hopefully get ramped up to provide a "meatier" Just The Facts, Ma'am column in the near future...

Let's be careful out there...

Bruce.

Tuesday, 10/7/08

Greetings and salutations everybody...

I have been wading through a heavy weekend of shooting and am making some progress in getting up the galleries for those events which are: 2008 North Dakota State Athletics Hall of Fame induction ceremony; Bison Women's soccer; Bison 2008 homecoming and all the attendant hoopla including the game against Southern Illinois and its head coach Dale Lennon (some of you may remember him), and a quick trip way up northern Minnesota for some ag photos...

I had a guy email me with a question about former Fargo-Moorhead rockers Mata Hari and how he might be able to find one of their songs - which is his favorite. However, when I hit reply, it bounced right back to me. Hey, if you see this, shoot me a working email and I will try to help you out - I know those guys.

Let's be careful out there,

Bruce.

Monday, 9/29/08

Hello friends...

Today, I am debuting some changes on my site as you are aware because you are reading this - my new column to keep you, the visitor, up to date on the Crummy world of photography...

I have changed my "Odds & Ends" gallery (what the hell was I thinking with that name?) to "Photo Features" and have now added a few more gallery categories including "Corporate & Advertising"; "Portraits & Family", and a real daring move for me: "Modeling & Fashion"... Check out my first foray into this today with a set of photographs one might call glamour shots.

A month and a half into my new business and I am quite pleased with my progress toward keeping busy and look forward to taking pictures of some of you - if you will be so kind as to allow me to have you as my client...

For reasons not entirely clear to me, this new site of mine could not be merged with my old site: brucecrummy.com. SOOO, I have simply relegated that one to archive/e-commerce status. To my complete surprise and amazement, traffic on it continues to be quite strong - thank you all out there for your interest...

If any of you have suggestions for improving either site, want to pick my brain about photography, music or whatever, email me or join my spotlight blog - looking forward to conversing with other photogs or music maniacs such as myself...

Let be careful out there, Bruce.