Stealing From My Peers
I’ve made the conscious decision to steal from my friends and creative peers. I’ve done the research and, perhaps to the dismay of my fellow photographers, there are no criminal repercussions for my planned actions, so you’re just going to have to deal with it. I’m sorry for not being sorry.
NO SULKING!
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“You can try the best you can, The best you can is good enough.” – Radiohead, Optimistic It came down to me and one other kid. There we are, standing along the sidelines in our gym uniforms, awaiting our fate. One of us was going to get selected, and the other was going to be [...]
What Am I Doing? [1.9]
Finally, I’ve got something big to announce. However, because I am who I am, I’m not going to tell you what it is. Yet. Sorry.
What Am I Doing? [1.3]
Is it just me, or does 2012 feel a lot like 2011? Maybe it’s too soon to tell, or maybe it’s my cynical nature, but it’s hard to notice a significant difference. There’s so much promise and hope that things will be better when a new year comes, but nothing is guaranteed and so much [...]
I Still Don’t Believe In New Year’s Resolutions, But If I Did…
Yesterday, I teased you all about what my resolutions would be for 2012 after showcasing how I failed so horribly at last year’s list like a Washington, DC sports franchise. While I didn’t do so bad with the professional goals, my personal goals were left in the dust. As a result, the list I made [...]
New Year’s Resolutions? I Did One Of Those???
It should come as no surprise, but I completely forgot all about New Year’s Resolutions. I mean, I did sort of warn you all in Internetland that I thought New Year’s Resolutions are stupid – hell, it was the first line of the post I did a year ago. However, to entertain all of you [...]
Blah.
In a word: ugh. My dedication to writing gets completely lost amongst the continuous busyness that is my life at the moment, and with holiday shopping abound, the idea to even sit in front of a computer and type something out makes me feel nauseous. How do all these busy bodies do it?! I’m chugging [...]
A Historic Instant (For Me) at InstantDC
It was pretty surreal. There I was, standing in front of the black pegboard amongst the eighteen prints and amongst them, my photo. Across the room was another one of my photos, which I mockingly named “Retro Ball of Warm, Healing Light” just to chuckle when I listened to people discussing it. I wondered if [...]
What Am I Doing? [11.14]
Thought from the road: I should take more road trips. This occurred. To me as I was heading north this past weekend to Pennsylvania to shoot the wedding of Kimberlee and Erik with Alicia Griffin. The idea of an outdoorsy wedding in the fall had me really excited, and it was hard to grasp the [...]
What Am I Doing? [10.20]
In the words of Anthony Bourdain, life definitely does not suck. As you might have been able to tell based on the lack of updates, I have been INSANELY busy. And it’s been great. Nay, GREAT! Over the past weekend, I finally got to do what I’ve been longing to do for a while now: [...]
What Am I Doing? [9.30]
It’s funny how quickly we can develop routines. Wake up, shower, brush teeth, get dressed, grab a morning coffee at the local coffee house, head to work. But therein lies an interesting point: why is grabbing a coffee somewhere a part of our routine these days? When did THAT happen? Why do we do the [...]
Main Offender
So, here’s the thing: I never get offended. Ever. I’m laid back about a lot of subjects and don’t take myself seriously at all. I’ll joke about my ethnicity, poke fun at other stereotypes, and lightheartedly tease people about anything and everything.
Everything is GREAT!
Of the two following statements, which one sounds more encouraging and gives you bigger warm fuzzies? You’re doing a good job! Or… You’re doing a great job! It’s amazing what a difference one word can make, right?
Lithium
“Man, you’re a completely positive person! Do you know that? It’s, like, overly positive.” I had no idea what she was talking about. All my life, I have considered myself more along the lines of a “realist” – the down-to-earth moderate viewpoint as opposed to the polar ends of the spectrum, being “optimistic” and “pessimistic”. [...]
What Am I Doing? [6.20]
“I still haven’t gotten used to it,” I told my friend as she and I were walking around Washington, DC, and sipping on our coffees. “After a year and a half from quitting my job in the food business, I am still not used to calling myself a ‘photographer’.” One morning, I walked into a [...]
Happy Birthday, Mom! (And I Blame You For Everything)
I completely blame my mother. Honestly, it’s her fault for a lot of things in my life and the way I am. You could blame Zodiac signs, the alignment of the stars and planets, the city I was born in – as well as the one I was raised in, but you’d be wrong. The [...]
What I Learned At The Shooting Range
I don’t own a gun. I’m not a member of the NRA. So when I went off to take photos at the shooting range located at the United States Air Force Academy, I didn’t think there was going to be much for me there. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
Behind The Mask
“I didn’t know all of that was happening to you!” Andrew didn’t know what else to say to me as I blah blah blahed over the phone last night. I’m not surprised to hear things like this because I typically only let people know what I want them to know about me. Even my closest [...]
A Conversation with Adam Assoian (Part 2)
Previously, I posted a conversation that biz partner, Andrew Markowitz, and I were having through e-mails, and then I posted Part 2 because we kept going. Then, I got involved in a conversation with New Jersey-based concert photographer Adam Assoian, and we kept going. Therefore, and even though we failed to execute our plan to [...]
What Am I Doing? [4.11]
They say it’s your birthday It’s my birthday, too, yeah! Here I am, another year older (well, technically, another day older – I’ve been getting older one day at a time since the beginning, right?). Twenty seven. Doesn’t seem like a significant mile marker by any means, since it’s not that round of a number [...]
The Road To Where?
I’m lying in bed last night, wondering what the fuck I’m doing. Across from my bed rests part of a Starbucks apron, framed and the words “Providence Will Miss You” surrounding it. Glowing from my television is an episode of Scrubs, and I watch the characters gather happily at the end of the episode like [...]
A Farewell – An Open Letter
To all my loyal readers and supporters: I would just like to take a moment to thank you for all of your support throughout the years that I have been involved with starting my photography business. It has been a truly wonderful experience and I have been so thankful for all of the new friends [...]
What Photographers Say To Each Other In E-Mail Form
Yesterday, I brought up that Andrew and I had a conversation on a variety of subjects. I wanted to bring up the lack of originality and how nothing is new in the post, but then Andrew starts invading my twitter stream with other things we talked about that night. So, we got the idea to [...]