06.23.2007

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Last night we went to Staunton for Don's birthday. After dinner we walked the Beverly Street and I tried to snap a few photos. Today I visited my friends Steph & Zac Nafziger out in Weyers Cave. I had fun taking photos of a little boy named Caleb. Caleb is a cookie monster.

Babies & Art Galleries- Oh My!

Infants are either a hired photographers biggest challenge or a carefree photographers greatest joy. The challenging part usually comes from happy parents behind the camera making happy faces and silly noises. This behavior ALWAYS comes from joy, good intentions, and wanting to help... but sometimes it makes it difficult for me, I think. I so often wish I could be invisible and my camera silent. How do I get there? Is it possible? It may not be. I might not be doing my job properly. Or maybe it's all about re-approaching the approach.

And then the gallery space. It's so hard for me to approach a room or a design because it doesn't breathe. It's not alive, and it doesn't feel or bleed or care. It requires horrid bright studio lighting. Horrid in that I HATE IT! But it can be beautiful, it can work, it can save me, and it can truly showcase the room. But I'm intimidated and lazy and reluctant. I tried to shoot a gallery space naturally, but that didn't work so I returned with a BRIGHT light.

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We thought that putting a bell around Millie's neck would take care of the bird killing problem. Take a look at how well that worked out for us. The most disturbing part of all of this, is the fact that these blue feathers are all that remained of the poor bird.

LOOK AT ALL OF THE WEIRDOS!

Last week I attended the Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville with my team from work. It was a wonderful experience. I was both disgusted and inspired. I haven't done much in the way of photography in the last few weeks. To be honest I've been depressed about my identity as an artist or/and as a photographer. I have A LOT of doubts. But I'm going to try to do something about it, at least so that I grow and learn in the midst of my artistic depression. So tomorrow night is the first LFP&D meeting at my place. (Large Formate Photography & Development)

http://www.festivalofthephotograph.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_format_photography



These are just some random photos, no point in explaining....

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Cats are so weird...

Took some photos of my friends cats at dinner tonight. The light was really nice for about 20 minutes after dinner. The following photos are of Judah & Sammy.

Millie is also featured. She is wearing a cow bell in this shot because we hope it will prevent her from hunting and killing anymore birds.

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ring flash cool but deadly...

My ring flash (made by alien bees http://alienbees.com/abr800.html) is really cool, but I wish it weren't so darn painful for people to pose in front of. I don't seem to mind the extreme flash of light but anyone I've photographed... hates it! Nevermind the fact that the light makes anyone (and everyone) look like a movie star, very few people can tolerate the bright spots.

It's a shame, I love the light.

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Sex and the City or BBC World News

It's funny that a choice like that even exists. I haven't posted or uploaded photos in a few weeks, and so I thought it was about time. While waiting for my photos to finish uploading I perused my selection of 10 cable channels and found that I must choose between Sarah Jessica Parker or the crisis in Sudan.

So there is this guy with tuberculosis who flew around the world and exposed possibly hundreds of people to the disease. How awful must it be to hear your transatlantic flight from two weeks ago announced on the news? "You should be fine unless you sat in rows B-L of flight #3005 to Paris." I hope they interview this guy, I'd love to hear why he decided to see the world and if he knew that he was putting all of those people at risk.

In other news, I can't understand why Sex and the City was ever popular. It's incredibly obnoxious.

I'd like to find more time to take photos, but it's difficult. It's difficult to get much done after a long day at work, grocery shopping, walking the dog, and putting something together for dinner. I'm not complaining, I'm just admitting my lazy attitude about life sometimes. When will I find time to do the 100 things I want/need to do this year? I'll generate that list of 100 things in my next posting, really.

This just in: my photos finished uploading.

The first few photos are from a photo shoot of military related themes; enough said about that. Next are some photos of a trip to D.C. we took with friends the other week, and I had fun with reflections at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum. I've also included a few shots from a photo shoot I did over at the Blue Ridge Design Studio for their new website. If you'd like to see all of those photos go here: http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/view/257998/

I also decided to include Millie & Fritz because I'm obsessed with their cuteness. I mean they are cute!

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