My photos from the first snow storm were a little too depressing… not in that they were bad, but you can tell looking at them that I feel like shit. Since I feel a lot better now (o hai spring), I’m leaving them out. But these, from the second storm, are better.
Meanwhile, everything is moving along. Haven’t gotten any closer on planning those shoots I wanted to do. I need to email a bunch of people, I suppose, and gather all the supplies I’ll need. Lights. A stuffed wolf or puma. A stone spearhead. A stick. Model. Location. Storyboards, maybe even.
Posted on 2011-03-17T00:00:00Z GMT
just a couple photos… got a bunch more in the queue. It’s amazing how far behind you get when you start a month behind and then lose the use of your laptop for a week and a half. But enough excuses. I’m working on a bunch of things… couple photo shoots coming up hopefully, coding some interesting side projects. I have to wonder: is the extra mental energy spent on coding a drain on my photography? I think it is. If nothing else, there’s only so much time in a day. I don’t sleep much. Oh well. That’s what the coffee obsession is for.
Speaking of, this was a really enlightening day. It was down at Elemental’s new Alley Bar, which is, as I’ve written before, pretty amazing. I learned a lot about espresso blending and what exactly goes into it. A lot of coffee was drank. One blend had the distinct flavor of peanut shells, I’ll never forget it. But the real blend, what we came out with, was amazing. Lots of complexity and goodness. I wish more coffee shops in town used Elemental. Actually, scratch that: I wish less shops in town used Neighbors. I wish some of them would actually taste good coffee and think about what they’re serving. </rant> Anyway, this was a pleasure. They’re open limited hours in the mornings right now, but totally worth getting up a little early to get to.
Posted on 2011-03-09T00:00:00Z GMT
It’s been a long week and a half actually. Broken laptop and hospital time and exhaustion and stress. But on the other hand: drinking and good times and great friends and new beautiful women. really, I’ll take what I can get. and now I’m back on the air, everybody’s healthy (knock on wood) and my lappy is more or less restored. Done and done.
Posted on 2011-03-08T00:00:00Z GMT
Taking photos of skaters is weird. I was doing it today, again, and really, it’s a completely different thing from photographing other kinds of athletes or doing regular portraits. It requires you to be very close to the action- you’ve got to be careful not to make yourself an obstacle while being in the middle of things, basically. Anyway, yeah. I’ve been off the last month. not shooting as well as I usually do. I’ll get it sorted. I’m hoping it’s just the winter blues, which usually go away as things warm up.
Posted on 2011-02-26T00:00:00Z GMT
Not about these photos, which are decent. I’m going to a rally today, in solidarity with the people in wisconsin. It’s another one of those moments in history. Revolutions across the world. Protests here in the US. People who are nostalgic for the late 60’s, wake up and get your ases down to the capitol. It’s a good time to be alive. And it is Oklahoma. Not a lot likely to happen here. (I know I just jinxed myself. The knowing negates it). But still, anything can happen. Anyway, enjoy the photos and pay attention to twitter for updates on the ground.
(edit: decided I didn’t like that first photo. poof! like it was never there).
Posted on 2011-02-25T00:00:00Z GMT
