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We hope that everyone has survived the heat of summer and are ready for a little cooler weather and maybe some photography. We have several events coming up beginning this September. We have an exhibition of thirty of our latest photographs coming up at the Langdon Center in Granbury starting next month.

Exhibit: “THROUGH THE LENS OF THE VIEW CAMERA” by JB and Susan Harlin
Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational Center in Granbury, Texas.
September 3-30, 2010
Artist Reception
September 24, 2010
5-9 pm
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We are excited to have been chosen to be included in this year’s Langdon Review. Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas is an annual publication of Tarleton State University providing an overview of the year’s most exciting cultural accomplishments in Texas.

The Langdon Review Weekend is an annual literary and arts festival that takes place the first Wednesday thru Saturday after Labor Day. The “Weekend” kicks off on Wednesday, on the Tarleton State campus in Stephenville, and then moves to the Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational Center in Granbury, Texas, for the remainder of most of the festivities. This festival is when the co-editors unveil the year’s Texas Review of the Arts in Texas journal.

We are honored to have been asked to speak Thursday evening at this years festival weekend. We will also be attending the Publication Reception Friday afternoon and hope to see many of you there. More information can be found by following the links below.

Langdon Review Weekend Registration: CLICK HERE
Schedule: CLICK HERE

Presentation – part of Langdon Review Weekend -
“BIG CAMERAS BIG FILM” JB & Susan Harlin
September 9, 2010
7:30-9:00 pm (second half of session)

J. B. and Susan Harlin (photographers), “Big Cameras, Big Film,” a 40 minute PowerPoint presentation/talk that covers the Harlins’ travels and what they do. J. B. and Susan also bring cameras, photographs, and samples of large negatives for Show and Tell.

J. B. and Susan work with film sizes that range from 4 x 10 to 16 x 20 inches. Using very large cameras and film allows a greater feeling of texture and reality not achievable with other media. Most of the finished photographs are created by placing these large negatives directly in contact with the printing paper. For more information, go to jbhphoto.com.
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PUBLICATION RECEPTION FOR “LANGDON REVIEW OF THE ARTS IN TEXAS JOURNAL”
Langdon Center Lawn
Granbury, TX
September 10, 2010
4:30-6:00 pm
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We will also be attending a reception at the Adobe Western Art Gallery in the Fort Worth Stock Yards Saturday September 11th in conjunction with Fort Worth Gallery night. Also hope to see many of our friends there.

Gallery Night Celebration
ADOBE WESTERN ART GALLERY
2324 North Main Street
Fort Worth, Texas. 76106
September 11, 2010
5-9 pm
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As always we would like to thank our friends and customers for your support.

JB & Susan

The ILFORD PHOTO annual ULF film ordering window for 2010 is now open.

This annual campaign allows ULF photographers the opportunity to order special sizes of ILFORD sheet film with no minimum order quantity.

Photographers have until Friday 11th June 2010 to place their orders with Authorised Dealers. The factory at Mobberley, Cheshire, England, expect to have the finished items with Dealers in the UK during August, and USA during September.

To download a full list of the items available in this campaign and for a list of Authorised Dealers Click here

We will be giving a talk titled “Big Cameras. . . Big Film” for program night at the Fort Worth Camera Club 7:00pm Thursday March 4, 2010. The talk will include a slide show of our travels with Large Format and Ultra Large Format cameras and discussion of how we work and travel. We will also have one of our cameras setup for your inspection, plus several original photographs.

If you are interested in learning more about LF and ULF black and white film photography, we would like to invite you to join us. For more information and meeting location, click HERE to visit the FWCC web site.

Hope to see you there!

JB & Susan

Last Monday Susan and I traveled to Stephenville to oversee the installation of our latest photo exhibition at the River North Gallery. We were pleasantly surprised to find the gallery had just finished painting and removing cabinets from the gallery walls. This allowed us to install 44 of our latest works, and we think it looks great.

We are now looking forward to December 6th and the show reception from 1-5 p.m. Again we would like to extend an invitation to everyone to drop by and join us. The exhibition will run through January 11, 2010, gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. For gallery information call 254-965-6190 or e-mail ctfac@our-town.com.

JB & Susan

Unless you have done one, you probably have little idea as to how much work goes into mounting a photography exhibition. We have done quite a bit of this, yet every time we start a new one, it never ceases to amaze me just how much time and effort is involved.

It all starts with the idea, then progresses through image selection, sequencing, mounting, matting, framing, transporting and installing. This exhibition will be somewhere around 35-40 prints, depending on exactly how it fits the space available. We have been working on this for near a month now, with the last week completely taken up with print room work.

We would like to invite everyone to drop by and take a look and if you are able, please stop by Sunday December 6th for the Artist Reception.

As always, thanks to everyone for your support, and we look forward to hearing your comments and to seeing one and all December 6th!

JB & Susan

JB will be giving a talk titled “THE ART OF B&W PHOTOGRAPHY” at the Lake Granbury Art Association Monday, October 12th, at 7:00pm. JB, assisted by Susan, will present a slide show outlining their travels and how they use Large and Ultra Large Format Cameras to create Fine Art Photographs.

We would like to invite everyone to join us. More information can be found on the Lake Granbury Art Association web site. Hope to see you there!

JB & Susan