Current Show

Come out Saturday 7-9pm to Gail Pierson Gallery in Cape May, 4 other artists and I will be showing 5 pieces each. If you can't make it, they will be up till December 10th! I'm debuting 3 new limited edition prints at the show so come and check them out!

Heres one: 

More Fall Color!

More images from the fall season up now!

New Fall Images

Just uploaded the first of many fall images from the past few days, these were taken in the Hudson River Valley in mid October

They are in the "New York" Gallery

50% Off Online Sale! Through Friday Only!

End of Season Sale!
As the days get colder the outdoor art show season wraps up, but that's no reason to stop showing art. To mark the change of season I am having a 50% off online purchases sale. All unframed prints, canvases, and metal prints are 50% off through Friday the 15th. Just go to my website, and navigate to the "Prints Available" page. If you are looking through the site and like an image that isn't in the prints page, send me an email and I'll add it. Here is the gallery - Prints Available.

If you decide to purchase something, just enter in the code "fallsale" during checkout and it will take 50% off your purchase. There are many different sizes, papers, and finishes to choose from. Be sure to check out the canvas and floating metal prints also, they look great and do not need a frame.

Thanks again for being on the email list and following me, and remember the code is:

"fallsale"

SH Art and Music Weekend

Come to the Stone Harbor Art and Music Weekend, next Saturday October 9th and Sunday 10th. There will be music, and of course, cool art by local artists! It's 10am-5pm on 96th street.

New Prints Available

Two new local prints available, both from Cape May Point. 


One of my favorite places to photograph, not because of the lighthouse or birds (although they are cool too), but primarily because of the WWII era bunker. The bunker used to be 900 feet inland and underground, with 6 inch and 155mm guns in front of it defend the east coast of the United States.

http://www.mikesperlak.com/Prints/Available-For-Sale/10298441_36uWj#989416126_X5Ang-XL-LB

Show Tomorrow!

Art in the Park is tomorrow (8/21)! From 10am to 6pm, come support local artists at Gilbraham park in West Cape May.

Memorize your camera's buttons and dials

If you can change your shutter speed, aperture, ISO, Exp. Comp., turn off/on or change auto focus points with out looking at the camera you will use these functions more often and your images will start to become more creative, If you are into that kinda thing. This will let you concentrate on your composition, not make you constantly take the camera off your face after you frame your shot.

Charitable Giving

5% of all my income from photography goes to Kiva, an organization that gives loans to needy individuals worldwide. Instead of giving aid that does not need to be repaid, Kiva lends to entrepreneurs through microfinance institutions who then disburse loans through field partners on the ground. The borrower is expected to repay these loans creating a sense of empowerment in the borrower. When repaid, the money can then be reinvested in another needy person or Kiva itself.

I like Kiva because instead of just giving out money, people must work to repay their loans which I think fosters efficiency and self sustaining business practices in the borrowers.

http://www.kiva.org/

Compact Flash Fix

Have a compact camera at a party? Tape a piece or two of tissue paper to the flash for (almost) professional looking images with soft light, no more super dark shadows behind people. Be sure to expose a little more because your camera will think the scene will get a full flash but it will only get maybe half.

ISO Settings

Have a 5DMK2? (also true with some other Canon DSLRs, like the 30D for one) An ISO setting of 160 has less noise than ISO 100. The difference between the two is very small and not very noticeable, but it is something to think about. ISO 640 has less noise than ISO 100 also. Only until ISO 1600 do you get a noticeable uptick in noise. So for most printing purposes, ISO 1250 and below is your best bet. This has been stumbled upon by more than a few people, one being here.

Space

Looking for inspiration? Or maybe just like looking at cool images? Just look up- APOD / Astronomy Picture of the Day. Cool images of nebulas, galaxies and other cool things in intergalactic space updated daily. Looking at them always makes me want to go out and get a telescope, maybe one day I will.

New Home Page

The new homepage is up! Now whenever you log into mikesperlak.com you can click on the "home" tab and get updates on upcoming shows, discounts on art, and interesting tidbits on photography and life. Check back often as it will be updated constantly!

Upcoming Shows

A few of my upcoming events:


Cape May County Art League 28th Annual Fine Art Show
Washington Street Mall
9/25 - 9/26


Stone Harbor Art and Music Festival
96th Street
10/10 - 10/11