Wedding Art

A creative twist from Amanda Brandon's wedding

Chris and Jill Wedding

A few inspiring wedding photos taken last weekend in La Crosse, WI. Congrats Chris and Jill!

Crazy Clouds

The storms that have created some mass destruction in the Midwest have also been the source of some beautiful images that really portray how amazing mother nature can be.

The face of a friend

I feel that animals can sense your soul that lie within the instant human and animal meet. Whether it be fear, kindness or a general love of animals I am always intrigued to meet and photograph animals for this reason. Its what makes them an animal, their 6th sense so to speak is something that every human has, yet we are not all in tune with, for whatever reason. We can learn a lot from something that cannot speak...

EXPLOSION WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, THANKS TO YOU!

Thanks to everyone who came out to support me at my first photography showing. Everything from turnout to sales well surpassed my expectations and want to be sure to let everyone know it really meant a lot to me! If you saw an image that may of been sold before you could get your hands on it, let me know and I can reproduce any of images at the show!
I especially want to thank Joe Engle for designing the website and marketing material and Michael Ulrich (608-280-0922 if interested in renting the space) for being a gracious host at his Lakeside Gallery at 330 Lakeside Drive.
I will certainly be doing it again shortly & would love to hear from you & stay in contact with if you were at the show!
Cheers,
Eric Baillies

Beauty from all this rain

"Within every problem lies opportunity..."

Nature has a way of displaying its true beauty after severe weather, bringing fourth acceptance, appreciation & respect for our environment.

PHotography Showing Party!

Darn Ones presents: EXPLOSION

Friday, June 6th (7pm - 11pm) - Opening reception, featuring the musical stylings of DJ Fuzzykneadles and friends.

Saturday, June 7th (11am - 4pm) - Coffee and 'coustic. Get your photos taken by the artists while listening to some of Madison's best bands perform acoustic sets.

Featuring work from:
Eric Baillies ( EricBaillies.com )
Joe Engle { JosephEngle.com )

Lakeside Gallery
330 W. Lakeside St
Madison, Wisconsin
(there'll be a sidewalk sandwich board and tiki torches to help guide you in)

Graphic designer Joseph Engle ( JosephEngle.com ) and commercial photographer Eric Baillies ( EricBaillies.com ) bring a fresh perspective to Madison's photography scene with a public exhibit of their favorite new pictures.

The photos portray a creative contrast between Joe's alternative, anti-technical, style and Eric's focus on visual composition and technique.

EXPLOSION features photographs with subjects as varied as Madison's dining choices and just maybe of some of Madison's more recognizable scenery.

See a preview of, and learn more about the brains behind, EXPLOSION at:
http://www.darnones.com/explosion/

Contact:
Eric Baillies
Eric Baillies Photography
608-469-4512
Ebaillies@gmail.com

Joe Engle
Darn Ones
734-945-7218
josephaengle@gmail.com

Art from wood

A sand blasted tree a top Angels Landing, Zion National Park

Photo of the week 5/5/08

Zion National Park -Picture of the week

Here is the start of my favorite pic of the week:

Joel David Photoshoot

www.myspace.com/artistjoeldavid



Images for the release of the new album Myopia, by Joel David available June 19th!

Obama Rally in Madison Wisconsin

The 17,000 plus people in the Kohl Center in Madison WI for the Obama rally was nothing less than amazing!





This shows the passion and overall feeling of the rally, shot during the extremely well produced video prior to Obama coming out. Very touching and inspirational!






I'm not sure who this reporter works for but to me this image tells a story in the expression. Any thoughts?

Cops of NY!

People watching in NYC was one of my favorite things about my 1st visit. I was very intrigued in capturing the men and women of the the NYC Police Department, these are my favorite images.

Sub zero temps in the Chi...

Chicago is a great city, even in the freezing cold.

This is what I could find in the sub zero temperatures while I was there.

Brr... Doesn't it look cold?

Captured by Robots Concert!

This is a unique one man concert with numerous working robots that play real instruments! He is on his Dubya Tour now were he dresses his robots as our fearless leader and his goons. He adds some great comic relief while rocking with his robots in a punk rock metal style of music! It is a concert I would highly recommend to anyone! Very unique, entertaining and absolutely amazing to see!!! Check them out here! Captured by Robots

A New York Minute

See what it was like for me to go to NYC for the first time.

NYC Photos

What a great city!

My favorite lyric...

Young leaders, little unsung heroes
You can run some meters, be a hoop or a track star
School teacher, scientist, or even
own your very own street, maybe even be a rap star
Times witcha, you could change whole pictures
Make a better situation, for your mother and yo' big mama
Make dollars, own a ride and a house
Get it right, use your powers, getting' everything you did want
Then the youth say, "Look at where I'm at now
Straight poverty, death is in my backyard
Dope dealers, get fifty G's a pack
While my teacher don't really give a damn about a black child!
And the grown folks say, 'tell the truth', then act fowl
Say 'no' to drugs, hidin' all they crack vials
And talk all about peace and love and God
But then why are we at war, killin' people in Iraq now?"

- Blackalicous -"The Craft" - Black Diamonds and Pearls.

Street Performers

Amazing young talent on the Mag Mile drum for some extra cash. My best go out them, they were a very entertaining to watch and listen to!

Eric Baillies Photography

Wonders in artistic expression?

It always seems to amaze me what sort of art or visual images are selected when people have a wide group or selection to pick from. Why creates there desire to what often times I feel is the worse image in the group? What are you thoughts on the images posted on my blog? Do you have one that does not belong? What makes a great image for you?

To me a great image is one that captures or expresses something deeper than the physical image. This is something that is very hard to express since that expression is something that can be different for each person viewing the image. With that in mind one would think that composition , lighting and direction would conquer in visual imagery, but that is often not the case. What drives you to an image? What make you like what you see or what makes you dislike something? I simply want you to be compelled by what you are looking at nothing more. I suppose you can't please everyone with any one image, so I guess I am just interested what people think of not only my art but art or photography in general.

September 11th, 2007

The tribute in lights at ground zero stand out in the distance on Sept. 11th 2007.
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