Kauai, Hawaii

This week Patty, Brennan (our daughter) and I are shooting for CE Lifestyles/ vacationing on the island of Kauai. While here I've been experimenting with the Lensbaby, a selective focus lens for our Canon digital cameras.

U2 Live in Omaha

U2,Wow! That pretty much says it all. For those who attended, I thought you might appreciate some of the images I captured from last night's show. For those who didn't ...enjoy! Check out the gallery.

SoMa Update

I've been working on a project for the past year photographing the progress of the SoMa row houses for BlueStone Development. I started photographing the site as the land was being cleared, and have updated the photos every couple weeks since September 2004. Stephanie helped me secure a tripod on the roof of the Bemis, and Matt, from the Bemis lets me onto the roof so I can get the shot. To follow the progress of the construction check out SoMa on the web.

Crew In NEW YORK

Malone & Co. crew attends Photo Expo in New York. Check out some of our images from the trip.

11 out of 30: not a bad start

I am excited to say that 11 of the 30 children photographed for the Nebraska Heart Gallery have been placed in adoptive homes.

The Kick-off event on Friday night for the Nebraska Heart Gallery was incredible. We were able to listen to Amy Tan (author of THE JOY LUCK CLUB) speak, enjoyed fabulous food, wine and tremendous company!

What is next for us? Finding a home for the remaining 239 children!

As we move forward and photograph more children, please continue to spread the word as there are so many more children who need homes.

Nebraska Heart Gallery

A special thank you to the women at Child Saving Institute who work hard for these children EVERYDAY!

Relief

Back in March I had the chance to visit one of the coolest cities in America, New Orleans. I invite you all to look at the collection of images I have made available for prints.

KETV Channel 7

http://www.nebraskaheartgallery.org

We love the news crews!

Julie Cornell and photographer Mike Jones of KETV Channel 7 were gracious enough to come to the studio today to cover the Nebraska Heart Gallery. Belinda and Gretchen were photographed by Stephanie Kimberling while being filmed for the news. The story will air Friday 10/21 at 10 PM.

THANKS CHANNEL 7!

The National Heart Gallery

We are thrilled to announce 4 of the children we photographed will be represented in the National Heart Gallery in Washington D.C.

A portion of the email from Diane Granito, organizer of the Heart Gallery in New Mexico

"Dear "Heart Gallery Nation",

On behalf of The "Collaboration to Adopt Us Kids", Adoption Exchange, and the portrait selection committee , I would like to thank all of the Heart Gallery groups who submitted their incredible portraits for consideration for these two exhibits. Your work brought smiles to our faces, or tears to our eyes....sometimes both at once! Each portrait, like each child, is beautiful and deserving of a special place in the world.

On the walk-through in DC recently, I was also amazed by the incredible space the hard-working planners have obtained for these exhibits: Union Station's display will be passed by 80,000 people per day for the 2 weeks it is up, and the gallery of the Russell building is spectacular and complete with columns and other impressive architectural detail; US Senators are housed in the building so it will catch a lot of politicians' eyes, as well as the touring publics'.

We received submissions from dozens of Heart Gallery groups in over 30 states, and will have exhibits which are very representative of our waiting children with respect to ethnicity, age, gender and sibling group/single children. There is also wonderful variety in photographic style, from fun colorful shots to rich black and white portraits. If we could we would have included every portrait in our "DC outreach" we would have done so, but unfortunately space and shipping funds limited us to 50 for each exhibit.

Thank you once again for your dedication, talent and hard work for your very special children.

Diane Granito
Statewide Special Events Co-ordinator
New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department"