Entries from September 2007

September 30, 2007

Launching “Feel the Wind”, a documentary

Today I’m announcing the “official” start to Feel the Wind, a documentary on Denny Parsons (inset photo, Denny on right, me on left). In August of 2006, Denny was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease), a destructive nervous disorder that is fatal within 3 to 5 years in over [...]

September 26, 2007

Documenting Kids

A lot of people ask how I get good shots of kids, so I figure I may as well spill some beans here for you.
First, kids move… a LOT.  So you’re going to have to take a lot of photos.  It’s digital, so you can trash the bad ones, so just shoot away.  As a [...]

September 23, 2007

Oilhead

I’ve posted a new addition to my collection of photos of manmade objects. This one is called Oilhead, and you guessed it, it’s the top of an oil well. These are found randomly throughout the farmlands of Wayne County. This was taken on a fairly clear day about an hour before [...]

September 23, 2007

Got an Old Digital Point and Shoot?

Whenever I run into parents of young children, I always give them this experiment to try out, so I may as well post this here as well.
Do you have an older point and shoot digital camera? Are you about to replace it with something nifty? Maybe you just replaced it and now [...]

September 19, 2007

Calling all non-profits!

I’m looking for non-profits to work with on a few different fronts. Why? Well simply because photography and art can be a powerful medium for promoting a worthy cause, and I like to support worthy causes as much as possible.
First, if you would like to partner up for fund raising, I have generous [...]

September 19, 2007

Buy Some Art - Build a School!

Hello Friends!
I’d like to bring to your attention a very worthwhile cause - this
Friday, the 21st, there will be a silent auction for the African Sky
organization. African Sky is an organization dedicated to helping the
people of Mali, and this silent auction will raise funds to build 10
new schools for the people of Mali.
Details and [...]

September 16, 2007

What are those Broken Still Life photos?

I’ve been asked this a LOT. So I’ll provide a bit of an explanation…
The Broken Still Life series is, in essence, my attempt at reinterpreting some every day objects in our lives. Is there a meaning, method, or madness in how I go about it? No, not necessarily. It’s a few [...]

September 16, 2007

What’s to come…

I’m going to ramble off some things here that are in the works, just in case you’re curious…
More Broken Still Life’s. So far, this series has been very rewarding for it’s exploratory exercises, and I plan on making at least 20 of them as time goes on, if not more.
The real kick-off of Feel [...]

September 16, 2007

Starting my blog

Hello all you friends, family, admirers, stalkers, and general riff-raff!
Well, I’ve decided to start a blog here. Why? Well, to reach out I suppose. I’m going to be using this space here to talk about my photography, other people’s photography, and whatever comes to mind.
So stay tuned, there’ll be [...]