http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1 Fine Art & Commercial Photography, Art, Cocktails Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:54:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en And here is Friday's headliner, Koko Taylor! She has still got the pipes and can belt it out. Simply an amazing opportunity to see the Queen of the Blues. http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1/2008/07/05/ih-mississippi-blues-festival-koko-taylor/ If you ever get the chance to see this group - do yourself a favor and go. They represent the AACM in Chicago and the variety of jazzy world music they play in a show is great. http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1/2008/07/05/ih-mississippi-blues-festival-great-black-music-ensemble/ Here's a couple of images from the IH Mississippi Blues Fest in Davenport this weekend. More coming soon... Phil Guy! http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1/2008/07/04/ih-mississippi-blue-fest-phil-guy/ A few people around town are organizing a list of volunteers willing to help North Cedar flood victims. The exact needs are still being pulled together but include help with childcare, clean up, work at the distribution center, etc. It may also include donations. If you are willing to help, please ... http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1/2008/06/15/iowa-floods-help-north-cedar-flood-victims/ We have been getting many calls from those who saw significant flooding asking for advice about saving photographs that received water damage. Sadly, there is no guarantee that your family photographs will be completely okay and show no signs of damage. However, there are a few steps that you can take ... http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1/2008/06/15/iowa-floods-saving-wet-photographs/ This is brand new site, literally, I just heard about it on the news. A couple created it to connect volunteers with needs. It should be up and running fully by Saturday morning. Hopefully it will expand into recovery for all those involved in the eastern Iowa floods. If you need ... http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1/2008/06/13/iowafloodorg-volunteer-site/ Just a quick note for those who are wondering about the situation in Cedar Falls. FEMA is in town and offering assistance. The river is falling but expected to crest again sometime this weekend at the old flood record, which may still threaten the area. We sat in on a city ... http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1/2008/06/12/iowa-floods-cedar-falls-update/ I was just talking to Shannon's cousin who is holding out (and dry) in North Cedar and he mentioned that WHO-TV has some great aerial footage from today in the area. This link... (opens in Internet Explorer only, so for Firefox users Right Click - Copy Location - Open IE - ... http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1/2008/06/11/iowa-flood-cedar-falls-waterloo-aerial-video/ NOTE: There are many entries in this blog about the flooding and more are being added often right now, so be sure to check out all of the previous entries. Now that we're at home we're able to watch TV and just saw the most amazing aerial footage of Cedar Falls ... http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1/2008/06/11/iowa-floods-news-update-cedar-falls/ I think everyone in Iowa is tired of throwing sandbags. One report I heard yesterday afternoon said that we had 1/2 million sandbags on the levy in Cedar Falls and I'm sure we're far beyond that now. The efforts of the city were amazing, there were so many people helping us ... http://scgrahamfoto.com/blog1/2008/06/11/iowa-flood-from-tuesday-part-3/