matt's pictures

if you ask me very nicely

And if the stars are right, and if you offer me some money, I’ll take pictures for you. The money has become less optional as my time gets more scarce. It has to be really good to entice me away from all the slacking off I do. Email me if you’re interested, I’ll send you a quote. This was a really crazy sort of shoot, no planning other than being in a decent location at the right time of day. If you’ve shot kids you know they can be somewhat flighty; after about 20 minutes of shooting, both my nerves and Katie’s (the mother, in photo 3) were shot. Sometimes the best plan is no plan, and I did get some decent pictures.

Posted on 2013-02-13T07:22:06Z GMT

Lindsay's Birthday

These were all from Sophie’s (and my) friend Lindsay’s Birthday party. We all got really drunk; Sophie and I walked and took cabs, and I think mot everybody else did the same. Which was a good thing, because for the latter half of the evening, a majority of the party was blacked out. No, not me; I wasn’t trying to kill any more brain cells than I already have. If I keep doing these posts in pairs, I might get caught up to the present just before I have to go to Tahoe and get three weeks behind again (A week in Tahoe, a weekend to move, a couple weeks to find an apartment/adjust to life in SF). That’s the way the pan flashes.

Posted on 2013-02-12T07:47:43Z GMT

Just two photos

Something about the moonlight through the trees in winter is especially magical. Or it could just be that I’m outside to see it. The phone booth is one of several on the OU campus; when I saw them I was really excited, and thought of doing a whole essay on them right then. But I had to get to the Dan Savage talk, which ended up being a packed house. Really great, really moving. Then we went and had pizza, and the phone booths seemed less photogenic on the way out.