Fotos, Fiddles, & Felines

Clare Yuille is the owner of Merry + Bright, an award-winning fashion and gifts boutique in the Scottish Borders. She’s also the founder of Indie Retail Academy, the site for creative people who want to sell their work to shops. She's been called "a fresh, funny, endlessly encouraging voice" with a "spot-on understanding of the doubts and fears of creative people."

Clare Yuille is the owner of Merry + Bright, an award-winning fashion and gifts boutique in the Scottish Borders. She’s also the founder of Indie Retail Academy, the site for creative people who want to sell their work to shops. She's been called "a fresh, funny, endlessly encouraging voice" with a "spot-on understanding of the doubts and fears of creative people."

Troy Colby is an award-winning fine art photographer who creates poetic, dreamlike, and often haunting images. He has said that photography is “a chance to create a reality that is not real.” Troy was born and raised in a small rural farming community. The rural American landscape has been the backdrop that has helped Troy refine his vision. In the past few years he has worked with his son to create handcrafted worlds. Together they have found a love of recreating dreams and haunting emotions. Troy holds a BFA in Fine Art Photography from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and is currently working on his MFA. His work has been seen in Black and White Magazine, Plates to Pixels, F-Stop, Adore Noir Magazine, and galleries from Miami to Portland. Troy is a 2015 Critical Mass finalist.

Troy Colby is an award-winning fine art photographer who creates poetic, dreamlike, and often haunting images. He has said that photography is “a chance to create a reality that is not real.” Troy was born and raised in a small rural farming community. The rural American landscape has been the backdrop that has helped Troy refine his vision. In the past few years he has worked with his son to create handcrafted worlds. Together they have found a love of recreating dreams and haunting emotions. Troy holds a BFA in Fine Art Photography from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and is currently working on his MFA. His work has been seen in Black and White Magazine, Plates to Pixels, F-Stop, Adore Noir Magazine, and galleries from Miami to Portland. Troy is a 2015 Critical Mass finalist.

Dr. Brenda Scott has returned from her adventures in Scotland. This trip was part of her work on her next photography exhibit about connections between North Carolina and Scotland - connections beginning in the 18th century. This is her update from Edinburgh, Skye, South Uist, Barra, and Oban.

Echo is a small online advertising company with a reach that far exceeds its size. It treats its clients as guests and offers a totally customizable menu of services that cover the full spectrum of your personal and business needs, from website creation, Google AdWords, and SEO, to branding and social media marketing. Elizabeth earned a liberal arts degree from Duke University and worked her way to the upper echelons of an international web design and online marketing company in only three years, before starting Echo Online Advertising. She loves languages and can communicate in at least four. She is an artist and musician in her own right, and at Echo Online Advertising she brings together her technical know-how, marketing savvy, and her love of the written word, the visual arts, and music.

Called a “Modern Master” by The Strad, Dr. Peter Askim is a composer, conductor, bassist, and educator. He is the Artistic Director of the Next Festival of Emerging Artists, the conductor of the Raleigh Civic Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Director of Orchestral Activities at North Carolina State University. Previously Music Director and Composer-in-Residence of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, he has had commissions and performances from the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, and the International Society of Bassists, just to name a few.

Called a “Modern Master” by The Strad, Dr. Peter Askim is a composer, conductor, bassist, and educator. He is the Artistic Director of the Next Festival of Emerging Artists, the conductor of the Raleigh Civic Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, as well as the Director of Orchestral Activities at North Carolina State University. Previously Music Director and Composer-in-Residence of the Idyllwild Arts Academy Orchestra, he has had commissions and performances from the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Honolulu Symphony, and the International Society of Bassists, just to name a few.

Dr. Brenda Scott is working on her next photography exhibit about connections between North Carolina and Scotland - connections beginning in the 18th century. She is currently doing research and photography work in the UK. This is her update from London and Oxford.

Cissy Spindler began photographing seriously in 1980 on the streets of San Francisco with an old Rolleiflex. Since then her life has been dedicated to photography. That evolved to medium format work focusing on intimate landscapes.Her work was first exhibited in a San Francisco gallery, Grapestake, in 1983 in a group show featuring emerging California photographers. From 1984 through 2005 she owned and operated Spindler Photographic Services, a custom black and white lab in San Francisco. This afforded her the opportunity to meet and work with some of the finest photographers in the USA.She now lives on the central coast of California. She teaches photography at the Academy of Art University of San Francisco in the online program.David Spindler has been practicing and teaching photography for quite some time. He has been with the Academy since 1997. His personal work has been in numerous group shows and publications throughout the years, including Black & White magazine.The bulk of his life in photography

Cissy Spindler began photographing seriously in 1980 on the streets of San Francisco with an old Rolleiflex. Since then her life has been dedicated to photography. That evolved to medium format work focusing on intimate landscapes.Her work was first exhibited in a San Francisco gallery, Grapestake, in 1983 in a group show featuring emerging California photographers. From 1984 through 2005 she owned and operated Spindler Photographic Services, a custom black and white lab in San Francisco. This afforded her the opportunity to meet and work with some of the finest photographers in the USA.She now lives on the central coast of California. She teaches photography at the Academy of Art University of San Francisco in the online program.David Spindler has been practicing and teaching photography for quite some time. He has been with the Academy since 1997. His personal work has been in numerous group shows and publications throughout the years, including Black & White magazine.The bulk of his life in phot

For over 35 years, Ed Pearlman has been recognized as "one of the finest exponents of Scottish fiddling we have in North America" (as put by Earle Hitchener of the Wall Street Journal and the Irish Voice). Ed directed the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club for 18 years, Boston's Celtic Festival at the Hatch Shell for 7 years, and has performed throughout the USA, Canada, and Scotland. He started out learning violin from members of the Chicago and Boston Symphonies, but focused on fiddling since the 1970s. He has written and performed music for several plays, including Macbeth and Miss Julie.Ed has taught fiddle to thousands of students in private lessons, workshops and fiddle camps throughout the US and in Scotland. He has put many of his ideas into his fiddle learning site in the form of blog articles, live online classes, technique and tune videos. He has written well over 150 blog posts for Music Teachers Helper. Ed has adjudicated Scottish fiddle competitions since the 1980s, including the U.S. Nationals.E

For over 35 years, Ed Pearlman has been recognized as "one of the finest exponents of Scottish fiddling we have in North America" (as put by Earle Hitchener of the Wall Street Journal and the Irish Voice). Ed directed the Boston Scottish Fiddle Club for 18 years, Boston's Celtic Festival at the Hatch Shell for 7 years, and has performed throughout the USA, Canada, and Scotland. He started out learning violin from members of the Chicago and Boston Symphonies, but focused on fiddling since the 1970s. He has written and performed music for several plays, including Macbeth and Miss Julie.Ed has taught fiddle to thousands of students in private lessons, workshops and fiddle camps throughout the US and in Scotland. He has put many of his ideas into his fiddle learning site in the form of blog articles, live online classes, technique and tune videos. He has written well over 150 blog posts for Music Teachers Helper. Ed has adjudicated Scottish fiddle competitions since the 1980s, including the U.S. Nationals.E

Kathleen Clemons is a photographer from the coast of Maine. Primarily a nature photographer, Kathleen is known for her creative use of natural light and unique compositions. Her work is represented worldwide by Corbis and Getty Images. Lensbaby lenses recently named her the "Georgia O'Keeffe of Flower Photography." She is an instructor at the Bryan Peterson School of Photography where she teaches five online photography classes. Kathleen also teaches for the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico and recently filmed instructional classes for Creative Live and Craftsy. With a background in education and a passion for both photography and teaching, she loves to teach others how to improve their photography skills.

Fotos, Fiddle, & Felines is a new, weekly podcast created by Brenda Scott for photography, music, and cat lovers. Each month Scott interviews photographers, musicians, cat experts, and related specialists and provides updates on her current exhibit work.Dr. Brenda Scott is an art photographer, cellist, writer, and independent scholar based in Durham, North Carolina. She has been playing with cameras for more than 30 years and digital photography for over a decade. Originally trained as a musician and organologist, she worked as a curator of a musical instrument museum for just over 10 years before leaving academia to pursue a freelance career.Her "Stagville: Black & White" exhibit of 64 images was displayed for nearly two years, opening at the North Carolina Museum of History, a Smithsonian affiliate, and then moving to The Museum of the Cape Fear in Fayetteville. It is now part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC Chapel Hill.Her current photographic exhibit work focuses on connections bet