Images from the Book Release Party

September 14, 2009
Book Release PartyQuiet Light Publishing

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Saturday night was the official book release party sponsored by Quiet Light Publishing and Renew Management at Studio Flo in Evanston. Everyone had a great time and it was great to see everyone who came to celebrate the release of my new book Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Thirty Years of American Landscapes.

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The food, wine and beer flowed freely as people enjoyed the prints on display and I signed books. Here are shots taken by Rich Nickel, the designer of the book. Thank Rich for taking these. At one point it was so crowded both floors of the space were packed.

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To see more images use this link: http://www.mackphoto.com/blog/QLPParty/ 

I also want to thank our sponsor, Renew Management for donating the space for this event. They have supported the arts in Evanston for decades. If you are looking for live/work lofts these are the coolest – check them out!  www.evanstonlofts.com 

Thanks to all who came!

Richard

Book Release Party This Saturday!

September 9, 2009
Book Release PartyGreat Smoky Mountains BookQuiet Light Publishing

GSMNP Book Announcement

The big Book Release Party is getting close – this Saturday at Studio Flo in Evanston! Looking forward to meeting people and signing books. If you’d like to see the press release use the links below and if you need to see the invitation again for the address there is a link for that to! Everyone is welcome – see you Saturday!

Press Release

Book Release Party Invitation

 Cheers,

Richard

The Oshkosh Air Show 2009

August 4, 2009
Oshkosh Air Show

Aeroshell Aerobatic Team

I took a few days off last week to go up to the Oshkosh AirVenture 2009 in Wisconsin. It was great to get away from all that is happening here with the release of the book and all. The weather was great, there were new friends to be made and all in all it was a great time. The largest commercial aircraft was at the show – The Airbus A380 double deck airliner. The new Virgin Atlantic VMS Eve, the aircraft designed to deliver the first commercial spaceship to orbit. The spaceship will be suspended between the two fuselages of VMS Eve as it fly’s to altitude before releasing the spaceship to ascend into orbit.

Virgin Atlantic’s VMS Eve in flight.

I spent time on detail images of many aircraft, some worked, some did not, but that is photography! The air show and flights of planes like the A380, VMS Eve and the big C5M made for great images. I hope I have captured the air dances which the aerobatic pilot’s performed over the skies of Wisconsin. The weather was perfect, giving us all wonderful clouds to work with as our backdrop. You had to anticipate the pilot’s moves to frame the planes against the clouds. With speeds in excess of 200 miles an hour thinking fast and a steady hand made for a great time creating images of the show.

Moon & Props

To see more images use this link: http://www.mackphoto.com/blog/Oshkosh/

Enjoy!

Richard Mack

 

The Smoky Mountain Book Arrives!

July 17, 2009
BooksQuiet Light PublishingSmoky Mountains Book

GSMNP Book Announcement

This afternoon we received the shipment of books from the printer, CS Graphics, of our new book Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Thirty Years of American Landscapes. We will start to ship out the pre-ordered books on Monday. Shipments to those stores which have ordered the books will also begin on Monday. Seems like it has been a long time in coming and now it is here! Pretty exciting when you launch a new book and a lot of work. We’ll be having a big release party in late August or early September – watch this space for information or email me and ask to be put on our list. You can purchase the book at www.quietlightpublishing.com!

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Have a fun weekend folks!