Lauri, my youngest sister, emailed me the other day from where she is doing research to inquire about the pics of our "family band". I had forgotten all about them! Anyone who knows us knows that me and my three siblings can get a little nutty sometimes. We were all at Heidi's house a couple of weeks ago. Tommy (our baby brother) has a new, very old, very cool accordion. However, no one knows how to play it, that didn't stop us all from trying though! Next thing you know everyone is trying to play all the different instruments that Tommy owns. The spit that must have been swapped by those who tried to play the horn...Eww!

Lately I have been having an internal struggle that I am going to share with you right now. I have always been a huge fan of straight, pure photography, basically images that are unedited save color correction, sharpening etc. The stuff you would do in a dark room. Henri Cartier Bresson is one of my biggest inspirations and favorite photographers. He never even cropped out of camera. Henri Cartier Bresson at Magnum Photos

On the other hand, I have also become a huge fan of using textures and editing photos to make them look old etc. Everything you read recommends that a photographer pick a style and stay with it. Trying to choose only one way just isn't me. So for now, this indecision is my style. It probably represents me better anyway. A little tradition with a little crazy creativity thrown in.

There's more to come, but here's a preview of the band

Not the most creative title of a blog, I know. I'm feeling exceptionally exhausted and just don't have it in me to be creative. Instead I guess to the point will have to do, so "some pics" it is.
I know it's been quite a while since I've blogged. This semester is finally done, and I have been trying to catch up on all the fun things I had been missing while studying so hard. You know, things like scrubbing the toilet and a million loads of laundry! It seems never ending! I have however started working on finishing this project for Dominic. For some reason it seems to be taking me longer than anything I have ever done! The work flow just doesn't seem to be flowing! I have a few ideas as to why, but I won't get into that yet, lets see how they turn out first. Here are a few I worked on today. The rest to follow soon, very soon!

I can't decide if I like this one better with the color or b&w. What do you guys think?

It seems like a life time ago that we all worked at The Well, bartending together. Some of my greatest friends came from working there, who would of ever thought that you would meet such amazing people working at a bar. We all love each other so much that when we didn't work at The Well anymore, we all migrated one at a time to Vivio's, where Heather (middle) was already working.

Well Rob Rose left Vivio's awhile ago and we miss him. On Saturday he came to visit and shared some wonderful news with me! He checks my blog every day! What?!? I didn't think anyone really checked it...ever! I know it seems silly to some, but that little bit of information made my day!

Rob Rose, I miss you! Thanks so much for supporting me and checking out my blog!

*I actually didn't take this picture, I think Mijo did with my camera.

This semester is almost over, and I am soo excited! But also so busy, 4 exams in the next 14 days, 3 of them in one class. Because of all of this I haven't had time to blog about anything. I did however finish the photo's of The Abreact's show, American Buffalo.

There is a slide show at www.shelleytorgerson.com/americanbuffalo if anyone wants to check them all out. Be warned when I say "all" I mean all, there are over 300 of them. Chuck's expressions are worth it though if you have a moment.

Hopefully soon, I will have many more images and projects to blog about. And you can definitely count on some more of our lil Lucy! She's growing up so fast, it really is unbelievable. As far as how the different species of our "zoo" are getting along, it's actually going quite well. While they are not cuddling yet, they are all hanging out in the same room. Loki goes right up to Lucy and "kisses" her, nose to nose. And Oden let Lucy lick him two days ago, without freaking out, he was even purring. I am a total dork, I know, but hey, too bad!

Our baby is growing up :(

Here's a link to a slide show of pictures from Parade Day! For those of you who want to grab the photo's and use them, I will post a link for that ASAP. My standard slideshow doesn't let you, but I am happy to have everyone have all the crazy pics of themselves they want! And you are a crazy bunch, that is for sure!

Parade Day Slideshow

Does anyone know a good way to post my photos larger without losing quality? I was changing the width in the html, but that was making them not as sharp. So for now, I will leave them small!  I'm sure it's something technical that I should have figured out.  Andy Chapman, where are you? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Original Size

Up Sized and kuh kuh looking