Mia's long hair

it is crazy how long her hair is. She loves it and hates it, but i think truly loves it.

What I carry in a day

I always knew I carried alot of stuff in my pockets, but i have never really looked at it all. It seems about average for me. I am surprised though to not see at least one pen and one sharpie. They are usually in there. Here's what I have.. left to right.

pack of lemon lime orbit gum
4 $1.00 bills
$5.29 in change
2 New Belgium bottle caps
2 pocket knives one old one new
2 reciepts one for General hardware $6.45 and one for the Walnut Room $14.25
New Belgium Sunshine wheat chapstick
a key chain Ryan made in school
Car Keys
receipt for Guirys $39.83 For 2 quarts of oil pant and brushes
chain wallet
Remote for the studio
phone
camera

Wednesday Night

So I figured out i do like the photos. I need to see a few printed, but I think they have a good quality to them. At least I have gotten inspired by something, and something so simple. It is nice when that happens. here is Wednesday nights.

Sleeping Babies Day #2

Still interesting to me. I am anxious to see the next few rounds.

Sleeping Babies

I Started taking some long(er) exposures with my point and shoot digital. This photo was a 15 second exposure. I think it has a nice feel to it, almost pinhole like. I am sure I will do some more experimenting. I will post more as I take them.

A new post.. finally

Have you ever been in that situation where maybe you haven't talked to someone in a while? You don't really know what to say, or maybe you feel a little nervous about it? I think that is they way I feel now, not posting since January. I suppose there is only way to get over it and just do it. I will keep it short and sweet just to get back in to it. We will see what happens. I will start with some images then explain things later. These images were shot in southern Colorado. I was headed to the Great Sand Dunes for a shoot. Nothing more than something i thought was beautiful.

More snow coming...

I live in Colorado for the weather. Over 300 days of sunshine, non humid summers, and sweatshirt winters. We will have a blizzard in the mountains and down in Denver, sunny and 50 degrees. I don't know what the hell happened this year. I am done with the snow. We have had over 4 feet in the last 3 weeks, and we now have another foot coming. Here is a photo from storm #3.. not as bad, but definitley not the Colorado I know.

One crazy little girl...

I have to start by saying I love her with all my heart. I really truly do. She just drives me totally insane. It is my little girl Ryan. I keep forgetting she is only 2. I guess I expect her to act a couple of years older than that. She is a super funny, super extreme, little girl. At the same time she is super lovable and then then next minute a complete crazy woman. I guess it would be rather boring if she was that perfect little 2 year old. Now if i could only remind myself that the craziness is alright, and to just let it slide a little, I would be in good shape. It is hard, but i have to do it. She is daddy's little girl.

Untitled

I have been going through a lot of photos lately. trying to organize them, keep them straight, and also get inspired shots that I have never really seen before. This is an example of photo I have been hiding from the world. Nothing really special about it. Nice colors, the number 11. But there is a certain memory for me that goes along with it. That's what makes it special. Knowing that there is a story behind it that I wont forget. I like that.

New Years Resolutions...

1. Stop the f*cking attitude.

2. Stop saying the word f*ck.

3. Make more time for friends and family.

4. Send out a promo

5. Send out a really good promo. No postcard. Not another mailer someone tosses into the trash.. Something good. Something
interesting and unexpected.

6. Lots of artwork this year..

7. Challenge myself

Mr. Masters...

We had a shoot for the ABA Journal last week. This was Mr. Masters. A retired lawyer who donates his time and skills. Cute old man, very humble, very nice.

My Lucky number..

Not sure why.. but it is in my life daily..

So is the grass really greener on the other side?

I always wonder when I travel somewhere if it is really just a better city, or is it that I just get out of my element and start to see interesting things. I know there is good stuff here in Denver, but maybe is just the fact that I don't get out and walk around here in town. Everytime I go to Seattle I really love it. I don't know if I could deal with the the weather there all year long, but it is always really enjoyable to go there. I just got back from a trip there. Here are some photos from my afternoon off.

Success

I don't know much about the article for this one. From what I have gathered, this guy has built this ultra modern community in the heart of a cow town. Pretty interesting guy and ideas. Flip flops and shorts to work. That's nice to see. No stuffy suit hear. The photo is for Success Magazine. I believe it is out this month or next.

What the F*%K just happened?

ok, so I made a post in July, got busy, looked at the calendar and just saw it was the middle of September. What the F*%k just happened? I guess it has all been just a blur.. A lot of good projects though. I will see how well I can start posting them. A little at a time. Probably in random order, but at least you will get something.. Let start with something random.. This I saw in Portland. I was on a shoot for New Belgium Brewing. If you don't know who they are, they make beer. There is definitely a big story behind them, but for now that is all I am telling. I want to get on with it. You will hear more about them, I am working on a big project for them. I am not sure who the artist is that is doing these little random horses, but I loved it. I think maybe I had passed a few and didn't pay much attention. They were all over town. Little horses tied up around the city.. Cool idea. It is amazing to me to think how many people probably walk by these every day and never take a minute to look. So start looking.

Lost photos..

So the other day I was searching through the hard drive on my computer for images. It seems really weird to say that. I never thought that I would switch from film to digital, but it looks like I have. I still have that special place inside where I wish that all I would shoot was film. I still do think that film is better with certain things, I think mainly the part where you are not sure if you got it or not until you get the film processed. Also the chance things that happen when shooting film, just shooting to shoot, not knowing if it is in focus, perfect light, etc. So I kind of miss that. I am sure that I could shoot digital that way, but the play button is right there so why not push it. It is too tempting so I always push it. Anyway, like I said before I was searching for photos and found some I haven't seen in a while. Kind of nice to have that happen. Take a look at a few, nothing special, just photos I like.


Delivery truck, Chicago Illinois



Dinner, Hurricane Katrina



Seattle, Washington



Diner, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Alright enough with Jill...

Ok, so it seems that a lot of people now know about periods. How women have them every 28 days for 3 or 4 days.. etc.. i wont go on. But hey I am glad you liked it. You are all a bunch of sicko's for watching it so many times.. and yes I guess that makes me a sicko for posting it.. so we are even. Now on to other things like photography. I will put another post together with some images and news.

Pink Slip [ a.k.a. Jill ]

ok.. I am sorry for taking to post this and not actually update my blog. I will though. this was just too odd to pass up. I am sorry if it offends anyone in anyway. it is about 10 minutes long, and just odd. I dont know what else to say expect that I watched it a few times and still find myself saying,"what the..."

Pine Ridge South Dakota

Here are some photos from the shoot i am on right now. Too much to write now, It is a lot to process in my brain. Check back for the update.

CARHENGE

So I have a shoot to go to in Pine Ridge South Dakota. It is on the Border of South Dakota and Nebraska. I will tell you more about that shoot in the next couple of days. So Scott and I decided to Drive to the shoot. It is about 6 hours from Denver. We looked at the map and noticed that Carhenge is on the way. It is basically Stonehenge but made out of old cars. I had heard about it before, but had never seen it. So we made our trek there. It was a good sight seeing trip. Lots of old abandoned places, old cars, even saw a good ol fashioned cowboy truck pull. That was really odd. Basically it is two guys and two trucks. They chain both trucks together then floor it. Whatever truck pulls ahead wins. It was very strange. Back to Carhenge. Carhenge is located in North Western Nebraska. I am not sure if there is really much else out there to see. We finally found it after a few wrong turns, and made it into the parking lot. I was a little disappointed at first. I thought it was going to be much more impressive. I did end up changing my mind though. It was actually really cool. Mainly because it is out in the middle of nowhere in Nebraska. We were the only ones there so that made it a little better as well. If you are ever near Alliance Nebraska you should make your way there. It was totally worth seeing