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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.
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 [...]
Cutting Horses
Contrary to popular belief, I’m not much of a cowboy. I don’t typically listen to country music, my cowboy boots are nowhere to be found, and my preferred vehicle of choice is the furthest thing from a pick-up truck as you can find. After doing a lot of work for the USMC Wounded Warrior Regiment [...]
Jessica + Nate
I’ve only shot a couple of weddings outdoors and I’ve only shot a couple of weddings in the middle of the summer. All I can remember running through my head as I’m capturing images of the ceremony is, “SWEET BLOODY HELL! IT’S SO HOT OUT HERE! I LOOK LIKE I’VE BEEN THE VICTIM OF THE [...]
Doing The Twist – My Shoot At Tranquil Space
If I haven’t said it enough in my blog or on Twitter, I’ll say it again: nothing bores me more than looking at a photo of a model standing in front of a white seamless. I know those photos have their place, sure, but when it comes to creating interesting images, I don’t think those [...]
99 Bottles of Beer On The Floor, 99 Bottles of Beer… My Shoot With Megan Powell
When the entire set was completed, it was one of those moments when you stand back to look at what you’ve created and think to yourself, “Really? THIS is how awesome my life has gotten? Fuck yeah!” We stood back to look at the nearly $2,000 worth of beer strewn across the floor, and like [...]
Good Artists Copy; Great Artists Steal
I don’t think I do anything special. Snap a photo here, over-process it into oblivion there, and call it “art”. How original is that? Well, by describing my work in such a vague and generalized tone, sure. I’m weak sauce. However, looking at a broader spectrum of iPhoneography out there – nay, photography, in general [...]
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 [...]
Swim Meet
I have fond memories of numerous summers when I would visit my dad. Because Virginia is god awful in the summer, with a heat index reaching as high as “Holy Shit, It’s Hot!”, we would spend a lot of time at the pool or, every so often, take a weekend trip to his friends’ vacation [...]
Wheelchair Ballin’
While it may appear that I’m a perfect specimen of athletic ability, I will have you know that I’m probably in the worst shape of my life. There was a time when I played soccer, baseball, basketball, and even ran track, but those stints were so brief that I wouldn’t dare place myself in the [...]
Stars of Track & Field
To preface: Before May, I had never shot any live action sports before. To further preface: I was scared shitless when I was told I’d have to do so for an entire week. It’s not to say I didn’t have the confidence to do the job, nor was I unenthusiastic about taking on the challenge, [...]
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.
My Turn at The Source
I had a lot to live up to. My friend, Alicia Griffin, had been photographing The Source for quite some time now and was really tight with the staff. She was their go-to photographer and they loved her work (how could you not? She’s really freaking good!). So when she said she was double booked [...]
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 [...]
The Black Lips
So, I got to shoot the opening acts Moon Women and Vivian Girls, but I was really gearing up for the main event: The Black Lips. From Atlanta, Georgia, these guys have been on the scene for quite a few years and have grown to become one of my favorites. They have a really cool [...]
Vivian Girls
After shooting Moon Women at the start of the Black Lips concert at the Black Cat in Washington, DC, I was starting to feel the rush even more, knowing that I had two more bands to shoot. Having my best friend act as my body guard, we took a break between bands to refill our [...]
Moon Women From Philadelphia
I’ve caught a virus and I don’t think there is any cure for it (even if the prescription is more cowbell). A few weeks ago, I got to do the live concert photography for Oh Land and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and ever since then, I’ve been in love. I still love to photograph [...]