VOTE FOR MY BOOK

Cyrus (my Dog) the phoDOGrapher and myself put together a book of our work and submitted it to Blurb for their big contest. I hope you have some time to check it out and vote if you like it. I don't know what the votes will get us, they have a judge for the grand prize.....hummm sounds like marketing to me....it's working....Cyrus and I have got our competitive spirits out and we are playing the game! So if you want to cheer for us we would love it!
Thanks for the VOTE!

Beauty and the Beast

Skate ladies first and today the skate boys. Mobash hosted the Beauty and the Beast Tour, boys from Anti Hero and Girl. The boys were a little more testy than the girls I photographed the day before. They must have had pent up travel issues. Maybe I was pointing my camera at too many Beasts and not enough Beauties?
On a side note, their filmers had really nice Leica lenses....

So, after looking through my anti-photos I found this beauty, our local hero, Ray Hertz

Skate Like A Girl

transfer tail slide to the deep

so cute - love her

alley oop fakie 5-0

Here is Frederique Luyet at 52 SkatePark here in Missoula. I went out there to photograph a hand full of girls from Skate Like A Girl and had a real positive girl experience, the type that we read about or that movies like to portray. They rode well, were excited about each others achievements, promoted each other, and their photographer played and exchanged advice with me. lots of fun and a feel good time. I hope you can catch them on their tour.
Skate Like A Girl

Fighting the Heat of Summer

Traveling Nowhere Soon

I'm still adding to my Traveling Nowhere Soon series that I started a little over a year ago. Here is my latest addition. If you haven't seen the others in the series click here.

father

father from Athena Lonsdale on Vimeo.

Kerri Rossenstein is a local artist here in Missoula, MT.
I documented her as she worked on her latest piece called 'father' that is now installed at the Missoula Art Museum.
Thank you Kerri for letting me follow you around pointing expensive black shinny things in your space and recording your every move. You were very brave...... photogenic too.

Eileen Rafferty did a fabulous job editing all the footage and audio. She put it all together to make a great video to showcase Kerri. I want to thank her so very much for all her hard work and hours that she put into this. If you need any editing done, please contact Eileen. She is a joy to work with.
Also a big thanks to Marcy James for helping me record the audio. I enjoyed her company and skills - thanks Marcy!

FOR A LARGER VIEW go to www.athenaphotography.com and click on 'story portraits' then click on 'father

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floating or sinking

i forget how full summer is and feels.
here it comes.
am I ready for the jacket to come off?

UP-DATED WEB SITE

I have updated my site athenaphotography.com and also Cyrus' site.
I want to thank my friend Jen at Jenco Creative for encouraging me to design & created the new look myself, while giving me help and support as needed . It was extremely helpful having her say "not good enough, Athena, try harder" "Do this ...not that." Jen would point me in the direction and I would run with it. Thank you, thank you, Jen
Also a thanks to Dave at saltStudio for his reminder to keep it simple and for his constant ability to make me laugh.
liveBooks of course, I love their sites and the folks over there have been so helpful to me. Thank you Kathy, Jerico, Margie, and the others that helped make my site happen.

my world is way better with you in it • May 2009

Justin and Rick, Rocky Mountain Development Group, bought the Wilma building where I have my vacation rental property. I am enchanted by the Wilma building, love the Victorian theater, and I'm filled with gratitude that I'm involved in the buildings new future. Rick and Justin purchased the 1920 building in 2007, turned the building into sellable residential and office condominiums, restored the the building inside and out, and here they stand in their future office located on the river front level. These boys (men) are smart, healthy and good humans (not to mention dog lovers) and my world is way better with them in it.




Justin and his handsome, well mannered dog, Trapper

On Deck 04

I had another great year at the On Deck auction. There were lots of great boards, so much creativity - love it! Buzzy had a fabulous board - see it on the top left?

TOP: my board
BOTTOM: Kim the happy owner of my board!

Thanks to all the artists involved and the Montana Skatepark Association for making this event happen.