Shortleaf » cider days http://shortleaf.com Photography by Ryan McCoy Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Upcoming Events… http://shortleaf.com/2010/09/upcoming-events/ http://shortleaf.com/2010/09/upcoming-events/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:12:56 +0000 Ryan http://shortleaf.com/?p=1984

Our rained out tent (with no sides) at Cider Days '09

I will be displaying and offering for sale numerous pieces of my photography at two events in the coming weeks.

The first one is Arts in the Park in Webb City. This event will feature various local artists, music and art related events. It should be a great time and hopefully lots of my Joplin area friends and fam will come out and participate! Arts in the Park will take place from 9-2 on Sep. 11 in the pavilion area of King Jack Park.

I will also be returning to Cider Days in Springfield this year. Cider Days was my inaugural festival last year and since then I have made giant leaps in terms of quality of photos, framing, and my overall setup. It is a fall themed arts and crafts festival and it will take place Sep 18-19 on Walnut Street between National and John Q Parkway.

I’ve been preparing for weeks and I have what I believe to be my best works yet! I also have some new canvas wraps that are pretty cool. So I look forward to seeing everyone at the festivals!

]]> http://shortleaf.com/2010/09/upcoming-events/feed/ 1 Cider Days http://shortleaf.com/2009/09/cider-days/ http://shortleaf.com/2009/09/cider-days/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:33:50 +0000 Ryan http://www.ryanmccoy.us/?p=1253 In spite of a very rocky start on Saturday and modest turnout on Sunday, I felt like Cider Days was a success and I think Bridget felt the same! I sold several prints and enjoyed the numerous compliments and encouragement I received. We learned a LOT about what we could do better next time and I enjoyed fraternizing with the other photographers who were ‘peddling’ their work. Here are a few highlights (and lowlights) from the weekend…


Here is Bridget’s mother helping us put the finishing touches on our booth saturday morning. We managed to cram a lot of stuff into a small area.


The festival opened at 10:00am, at approximately 9:57 it started raining. Initially the forecast did not call for rain and our tent did not have sides…so saying we were ill-prepared would be an understatement. Our booth, and some of my photos were basically ruined before the show even started.


I estimate that it rained for appoximately 5 of the 7 hours of Cider Days on Saturday, but thanks to some quick help by Bridget’s mom we improvised some tarp sides, keeping most of our stuff fairly dry for the remainder of the show.


Things took a turn for the better when we were awarded the “best regional artist”. We were pretty stoked to display our award. All in all it was a lot of fun spending the day showing off and occasionally selling my work. And most of all just spending time with good friends.

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