January 2011
3 posts
Experience + Experiment
This shot I’m happy with. I shot here once before with a family and was already aware of the nice perspective and playing off of elements that makes this a great place to shoot. But I wanted to try a few new things, too. I was trying out a new lens and using a gradated filter for the first time. I shot 20-30 images in this pose, moving around, trying the sun out in a bunch of different...
A Boy's Dream
This is the first shot since my studio is back up and running after the flooding. Carpets dry, padding replaced. Felt good to get back in there and do some things. Also, it’s all cleaned out now, so instead of looking like half-storage/half-studio, it looks like a studio. With the extra room, I want to fill shelves with props and photo equipment and the kinds of things that help in the...
Strong focus on what I want
“Man Versus Poo (MVP)” was a short-lived, dumb little comic strip idea that exemplifies my wandering mind, nearly completely. The kind of endeavor that you do, spend some time and effort on, lose interest in and then forget about until you stumble back onto it at some point and go, “Did I do that? Why? Why did I do that?”
I have a lot of those. So, when I found this old...
July 2009
1 post