A second painting

entitled 'Steven Jackson Ruined My Fantasy Season'


This was too much fun...reminded me of being kid again. I think I would have liked it better without the orange and blue. Maybe I'll do another like it one day.

*update*

round 2

101 in 1001 | an update

After much procrastination I get to check another item off my list, thanks to some incredible inspiration of late:

#2 - paint a picture.


'A Sonnet's Silhouette'


It's hard to believe I actually got around to completing my first painting! All it took was a canvas, a few brushes, and some acrylic paints. I had so much fun doing this one I think I'll try at least a few more soon. Maybe I'll post them if they're not too embarrassing.

Sticks & Stones

Word cloud made up from stuff on this blog. Check 'em out.

New Camera!

...and I absolutely love what Nikon's come up with. I'll spare you all the nerdy details as there are proper reviews all over the net. But I will say that I'm sure this camera will change what I can do...especially in low light. The high ISO performance is WAY better than anything I've been using. Not quite up to what the D3 is capable of but great nonetheless.

And the custom menu is ridiculous. My D300 is basically just a really smart extension of my arm after tweaking things just how I like 'em. I'm in love with this camera!


It's only been a few days but it feels like I've been shooting with it for years:



sexy...yeah, I know:



Bukowski @ ISO 3200:


Barkley, the superstar, @ ISO 1600. With the D200 or D70 this would have been a noise disaster:


the man. the myth. the clown:


I'm very pleased with the images it produced from the first gig I used it on, which I'll blog in a few days. Until then...

James & Kendra | Headshots

Sometimes I'm amazed at how many incredibly talented people I've been lucky enough to know over the years.

James is definitely in that category. He's a multi-talented musician and singer (freakin' Dallas Opera!) who's got nothing but great things ahead of him, I'm sure.

He and his wife, Kendra, contacted me about updating their headshots and getting some fun photos of them together.

one SB-28 into a 36" Photek Softlighter (which goes with me everywhere now). Reflector for fill. I like to keep it simple:



This one probably doesn't work too well as usable headshot but I dig it:



clamshell lighting:




off-camera, CTO-gelled flash. Zoomed the flash beam to isolate them. I should get around to making that snoot:


an SB-28 used as a rim light:

Little Man

A couple of weeks ago I got a chance to hang out with my good friends, Ben and Kris, at Ben's dad's annual par-tay. Besides enjoying the festivities I also got to finally meet their newborn, Toby. It's nice to see how proud these two are of the little guy. They make a beautiful family!

T.J. soaking it all in:


proud parents:


motherly love:


I challenged this 7-week-old kid to a staring contest and lost:


This little dude doesn't miss a thing. He's got upper management written all over him:




three generations:


livin' the life:


gotta shoot the tiny toes:

Nikon keeps pushing

this is too sexy.