tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20915351279813164842024-03-05T20:34:35.862-06:00Stick People Productions PhotographyPhotographer Kelly Doering of Stick People Productions in Madison, WI provides photography including event, portrait and documentary. Also provides WordPress customization and maintenance services. Specializing in small businesses, non-profits and NGOs.Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-12727604612960251412018-09-06T19:50:00.000-05:002019-02-17T14:54:06.924-06:00Winning Quilts: Wisconsin Public Television Quilt Expo 2018
On the eve of 2018 Wisconsin Public Television Quilt Expo, I photographed the winning quilts at the Alliant Energy Center among the colorful maze of contest entries. The quilts were still being judged as I was setting up my equipment. The staff and volunteers were anxiously awaiting the guarded list of winners to be delivered. It felt like we were part of an exclusive Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-21973750135807021282018-08-11T21:10:00.000-05:002019-02-17T14:55:18.125-06:00Floating the St. James RiverContemplating life down the St. James River as it flows through downtown Richmond, VA on a hot summer day.
Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-62359407778822780252016-06-22T23:50:00.001-05:002019-02-17T14:55:39.093-06:00Hankins Equine Farm - Platte City, MOI met Bill Hankins two years ago while I was attending the Missouri Photo Workshop in Platte City, Missouri, so I paid him a visit during my recent trip to the Kansas City area. A retired high school photojournalism teacher and Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame member, Bill was instrumental in bringing the Missouri Photo Workshop to Platte City in the fall of 2015.
Each evening of theKelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-73018044963723322392016-03-05T21:51:00.000-06:002019-02-17T14:57:15.486-06:00John Carlson: Over The Road Truck DriverLast summer, I spent 12 days traveling with John in his truck. We went from Madison, WI to New Jersey to Central California and back. John was gracious enough to participate in my ongoing personal project documenting over the road truck drivers. He travels with his cat Kota for 5-6 weeks stretches and returns home to Minneapolis for 5-6 days before heading out again.
This slideshow is my Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-3586179400648867512016-02-24T22:06:00.000-06:002019-02-17T15:14:58.769-06:00Lonely Night at the Triangle MarketWalking around State Street with my photog friend Max doing some nighttime street photography. This was my favorite images of the evening. A lone worker on a lonely street.
Shop attendant at the Triangle Market on a slow night on State Street, Madison, WI.
Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-57347543484681624552015-12-05T00:17:00.000-06:002015-12-20T00:22:47.865-06:002015 Canadian Pacific Holiday TrainHad the good fortune to see the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train as it made it's stop in Columbus, WI. The Holiday Train has 14 rail cars decorated
with hundreds of thousands of LED lights and holiday
designs. It starts in Montreal and visits 150 communities in Canada and the United States.
As they make a stop, the sides of one rail car opens up and there is a live music Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-12550391688783666212015-11-14T13:41:00.000-06:002015-11-14T14:00:33.845-06:00Jam on Johnson 2015A Yelp sponsored event, Jam on Johnson is an open house of the small locally owned businesses huddled around the intersection of Paterson and Johnson Streets. The winds calmed down after a blustery day making for a pleasant evening of strolling the street, visiting the shops and running into old friends along the way.
Upshift Clothing
Santa spotting outside Wilke Chiropractic
Gene Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-68108946138762350132015-09-01T13:02:00.000-05:002016-01-02T00:49:50.682-06:00Our Lives Magazine - Dave EickDave Eick is the owner of Five Nightclub, a long running LGBT bar in Madison, WI. Due to a changing community and culture, the bar was slated to close in 2014. After the announcement, a outpouring of community support brought it back from the brink. Our Lives Magazine asked me to photograph Dave for an article in their September/October 2015 issue about Dave and Five Nightclub. To read Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-74767973292675788172015-06-26T01:52:00.000-05:002019-02-21T23:19:16.450-06:00Istanbul ScenesA selection of images from in and around Istanbul during my visit there this past February. A sprawling city spanning two continents, it is a interesting mix of historic and modern. The cafe life is a big part of the culture and the many pedestrian only streets are a nice respite from the traffic clogged city.
Fish stand in the Beşiktaş district.
Patrons eating Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-27576306590738737112015-06-22T00:59:00.001-05:002015-09-20T22:18:33.823-05:00The Mosque - House of Worship in IstanbulIstanbul is a city that seems to have a mosque on every corner. They are grand structures that dominate the landscape of the historic center. Most mosques of Istanbul were built during the Ottoman era and often as a vanity piece of the ruling sultan. During that era, many also provided charitable services such as hospitals, schools, soup kitchens, baths and accommodations for travelers. Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-40926404191538069882015-06-01T00:38:00.003-05:002023-03-01T21:21:32.632-06:00Saint Agatha Festival - Closing Ceremony
Fireworks explode over the Piazza del Duomo in the center of Catania during final procession of the candelabras to the Cathedral of St. Agatha.
In February of 2003, I was nearing the end of my 6 month backpack through Europe. I decided to drop down to Sicily briefly before flying home from Rome at the end of the month. I happened to arrived in Catania on the day of the closing Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-45516984633833082062015-05-19T16:44:00.002-05:002019-02-17T15:00:07.718-06:00Mikey & Keith - Over The Road Team Truck Drivers
Mikey and Keith stopped in Madison for breakfast after picking up a military fuel truck bound for California. Keith and I have had a few near misses. He's been in the area before, but at times that I wasn't available. I'm happy that it worked out this time, and they let me make some photographs after breakfast.
They have been team driving for over a year, and not long ago started driving for Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-82417120071437372462015-05-17T11:43:00.000-05:002019-02-17T15:14:14.134-06:00John - Over the Road Truck Driver
While on a weekend trip to Minneapolis, I connected with John. He was on home time from a 6 week run in his truck. He's been driving for over 26 years and is usually out on the road for 5 to 6 week stretches with about 5 days home. For company on the road, he travels with his cat Kota. It was great to meet John and hang with him a bit in the Twin Cities. He's also open to a Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-24490152769496563322015-02-20T17:02:00.000-06:002019-02-17T15:00:42.276-06:00Exedra - Italian Baroque Furniture ManufacturerWhile photographing Riccado and his brother in their workshop Sicilia Intarsi, Riccardo offered to take me to visit Exedra, a family-owned baroque style furniture maker the next day. Baroque furniture is an old style that came out of the Baroque era from the 1700 to 1800's. It's a furniture style preserved by Exedra in the shadow of Mt. Etna in Belpasso, Italy. Though muchKelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-42313403985334635482015-02-20T15:30:00.000-06:002019-02-17T14:58:16.672-06:00Studio Le Nid Ceramic Workshop - Paternò, SicilyAfter visiting Exedra furniture factory, Riccardo took me to the ceramic workshop of Le Nid Studio in rural Paternò with Mt. Etna serving as a snow-capped backdrop. Founded by renowned ceramic artist, Barbaro Messina and now directed by his sons Vincenzo and Fillipo, I was given the tour of the facility and Barbaro's second floor gallery featuring an abundance of his creations. &Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-68220766228081751942015-02-19T09:52:00.000-06:002019-02-17T14:58:37.788-06:00Sicilia Intarsi - Sicilian Inlay Company
While visiting Catania, I had the good fortune of finding a very nice apartment in the historic center of the city. Tucked behind the apartment building, the owner Riccardo and his brother Giovanni D'Antonne operate a wood inlay company called Sicilia Intarsi. I spent some time in the workshop one afternoon to learn about and observe the art of wood inlay.
It's comprised of Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-26618507469560242722015-02-12T06:41:00.000-06:002019-02-17T14:59:08.651-06:00Catania, Sicily at DuskCatania is the provincial town of the Catania Province on the eastern coast of Sicily and the second largest city on the island after Palermo. Destroyed in the great earthquake of 1696, much of the reconstruction was done in the Baroque Style of the time. Being in the shadow of Mt. Etna, lava rock has been used as the main construction material for centuries. The Piazza del Duomo is wonderfully Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-89935238704724004332014-12-12T16:14:00.000-06:002015-01-20T16:16:00.885-06:00Dustin & NormanI took Dustin & his energetic pup, Norman, out to a friend's rural farm near Blanchardville, WI for a holiday card photo session. It was a bit of a dreary day with some snow still on the ground after a thaw, but it actually added to the atmosphere of a winter scene. Norman took a bit of work and a lot of treats to get him to stop long enough for his close-up, andKelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-81472171523535605152014-11-26T01:16:00.000-06:002019-02-17T14:59:51.263-06:00Jerry - Over The Road TruckerJerry hails from Southern Missouri and lives just off the highway I was traveling on my way to visit my family for Thanksgiving. He's an independent owner/operator who travels with his very loyal (and well-fed) companion Izzy, a miniature pinscher.
Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-52985465649548067692014-11-25T04:50:00.000-06:002019-02-17T15:01:01.212-06:00Chad - Over The Road TruckerI met Chad at his company's terminal outside of East Saint Louis since I was passing through the area on my way to visit family in Missouri for Thanksgiving. He had expressed an interest in being part of my 2015 calendar project, so I decided make the meeting happen. I arrived as the sun was setting and knew I had a short window of time before I lost all available light. &Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-12816509790241443642014-11-14T00:56:00.000-06:002019-02-17T15:01:29.130-06:00David - Over The Road TruckerFinally met David in person after communicating for a couple of years. He runs primarily regional out of Upstate New York, but this time he was coming to the Chicago area for a night so I drove down from Madison to meet up with him. It was the first cold snap of the winter which was a little uncomfortable for making portraits, but the crisp clear morning made for some nice lightKelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-5401732231285533092014-10-11T01:19:00.000-05:002016-01-02T00:46:19.607-06:00Soulard OktoberfestThe Soulard Octoberfest is an annual event across the street from the Soulard Farmer's Market in St. Louis, MO. There's a beer tent with Polka Music, carnival rides, people walking around with big plastic steins of beer with time for a kiss in between sips.
Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-28389214980498729652014-10-05T13:00:00.000-05:002019-02-17T15:01:45.629-06:00Gene - Over The Road (Super) TruckerWhile in St. Louis for daycare portraits, my trucker friend Gene stopped
in over the weekend for a visit. Before he left, he decided to jump
up on the hood of his truck for a few portraits.
Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-538288059884437612014-08-16T18:00:00.000-05:002015-01-05T01:21:32.719-06:00Alli + Shawn WeddingAlli and Shawn met several years ago while biking the ACT Ride, the Wisconsin AIDS Ride. It was through their passion for biking and the natural environment that they met and fell in love. It was fitting that their wedding would be out of doors with a bicycle theme. They exchanged their vows in front of a blooming prairie at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center in Monona, WI. It was a beautiful Kelly Doeringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14334087648810308927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091535127981316484.post-57723411064167438832014-08-07T21:00:00.000-05:002016-01-02T00:49:27.143-06:00Wisconsin State Fair 2014
The Wisconsin State Fair is a big celebration of all things Wisconsin which includes a lot of eating all things fried, drinking and of course the midway. It was a beautiful afternoon and evening for celebrating this great state and making some photos.
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