Preparing for a show is always interesting. Here, at the printer The Icon in Los Angeles, along with Luis Diaz, who took these photos, we sized and test framed a couple of the hummingbird images for the Santa Monica Mountains Visitor Center next July. Yes, well in advance, but it pays to do things when you can. You never know when you might need the images, so I like to get it all together as soon as I can after getting the go-ahead for a show. Thanks to the Roger Tory Peterson Institute for giving my this show of 30 images earlier this year. These images are smaller than the RTPI show, as they are designed for point-of-purchase sales to visitors to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Great to be involved in nature and conservation, what I’ve always strived to do in my life.
SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS VISITOR CENTER—Exhibition of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute collection of thirty bird photographs entitled “The Art of Backyard Bird Photography,” from Mr. Tekulsky’s book BACKYARD BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY (July, 2016). The visitor center is administered by the Western National Parks Association, which is a nonprofit education partner of the National Park Service. The exhibit is at 26876 Mulholland Highway, Calabasas, CA 91302.
Thanks to Jane Johnson for taking these photos. Still can’t believe how lucky I was to have this show. Top: Blue Jay. Bottom: American Goldfinch. Both taken in Vermont, 2012.
Sophia is the Store & Events Manager, and I like to think she is acting as my curator for the exhibition at the visitor center in July 2016. She is great with suggestions and planning. Thank you, Sophia. We are pictured here holding my book BACKYARD BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY. Thirty photographs from this book will be in the show.
It’s not every day that you get to present your book to the Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, but Bob, ever gracious, posed with me and my book. A really nice gesture. When I showed him the inscription in the book, he said, “Oh, that’s nice.” I said to Bob, “Would you be in a picture with me and the book, I won’t post it, I’ll just save it for personal use,” and he said, “You can post it.” So here it is, along with the dedication. A great moment, indeed.
Wow, does that look great. Thanks to Jane Johnson of the Roger Tory Peterson Institute for taking some photos of my framed, limited editions that were displayed there from January 13 through March 8, 2015.
