Xciting is sold.

Just sold my very first big piece.  Xciting sold for $250 at Naughti Gras.  Come on, still 3 hours left.  Four Times the Fun is still up for grabs.

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New Gallery Posted: Latex Lovelies

Just posted a great new gallery with more images to come!  All about Latex Lovelies.

These images are *hopefully* going to be showing at Naughti Gras in St . Louis, MO.

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My Trip to Lebanon: Week One

First, Merry Christmas (though a little late) to everyone! 

I visited Byblos, the oldest continually inhabited city on the planet, this week.  This being my second time visiting, I am still amazed at the structure and the souks.  Shopping in store fronts that have shopped in for thousands of years is so much fun.

Today, I visited Southern Lebanon, where my family has over 1200 acres and saw the remains of the home my grandmother and great grandmother was born in.  The destruction is overwhelming.  The cities I was in today were flattened to the ground by the Israeli bombing of 2006.  There is so little words to describe how it felt to be standing on the border of Lebanon and Israel.  The Lebanese are phenomenal people, after years and years and being bombed into the ground, they are still rebuilding the houses of their families.  They will never quite.  I saw million dollar villas next to rubble of houses long destroyed. 

The Lebanese are perhaps the most resilient people on the planet.  I watched my grandmother look over the border and stare onto land stolen from her during war, land she played upon as a child, now guarded by electric fences and snipers and tanks and God only knows what else.  She stood proud, her and her brother, and with conviction and hope, told us the stories of their happy childhoods and troubled war stories.  It makes me proud to call myself Lebanese today.  I truly felt a connection with my heritage today in a way not many people experience.  Today we stood four generations on the land of my family, in the shadow of Mount Herman and took our family portrait.  It was a moment I will tell my grandchildren about.

Please feel free to ask any questions on Lebanon you might have for me, it would be my pleasure to help people learn more about this amazing nation.
Tomorrow off to visit family in Juneieh.  I love Juneieh, it's on the Christian side of the city and has so much shopping.  Now to try to get a little sleep and download 16GB of data from CF cards!

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Off the Wall at City Hall - Saturday, December 12

Hello Everyone!

Be sure to add Off the Wall at City Hall to your weekend activities list. Saturday night will be great music, food, and art all in one amazing event. There will also be a sneak preview of the Square Foot Show, so don't miss it!

The party details:

WHERE: City Hall (downtown)
WHEN: December 12, from 7-11PM
MORE: $10 suggested donation at the door.

I will be one of the many art vendors there. I will have my prints and smaller items on sale. All items under $25. Great last minute gifts!

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Brand New Site Design

My website is all new an redesigned!  I decided to go with a brighter theme to let my images really pop.  A brand new blog and store are on the way soon!

http://portfolio.arianabauer.com

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A Toast to the Fantastic Mr. Fox

While this blog is supposed to be about photography, but the movie The Fabulous Mr. Fox has blurred the line a bit for me.

For those of you who live down a fox hold, this movie is based upon a story by Roals Dahl of the same name.  While the star studded cast and dashing dialog are enough to lure most viewers, for me it was how it was made that made this movie a must see.

This movie was created with thousands and thousands of single still images created wiyh digital SLRs.  All of the movie was REAL.  The hair on the animals, the sewers, the leaves, everything was created on minature.  The lighting and colors wer intense, vivid, and surreal at times.  The still images ran across the screen to my amazement with fluidity and grace.

My hat off to the team behind this feature film.  The movie was inspirational and fun, heartwarming and emotional, and visually stunning.

My advice is that all you creative folks out there, go see this movie.  You will leave inspired for sure.

To see a really cool behind the scenes video and the trailer visit http://www.thefabulousmrfox.com

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Check my fan page for the latest news!

Wow! Ariana Bauer Digital Art & Photography now has over 200 fans! I will be posting new galleries tonight on the site.  Be sure to sign up on my mailing list for free desktop backgrounds and discounts in my store.

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Thanks everyone!

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