Post-it Notes

So my friends are having a baby and I'm not going to make it to the Baby shower. I had a cool idea for a gift though. I thought it would be cool to create something signifying the new arrival. Congrats To Brooke and Dave; they're going to be wonderful parents. You should try to make something to give back to the people in your life. It can be a lot of fun.

Some of My Work

I thought it would be good to throw up some of my work, so here you go.

Great Advertisement Start With Dumb Ideas

So I thought this was pretty cool. These guys took a simple object you see every day and turned it to something awesome. I think I’m going to start using stuff I find through my day to spark creativity. I think toilette paper is first on the list. Who knows what might happen. Find random stuff and turn it into something cool.

Executive Portraits

I had an assignment today where I was given fifteen minutes to set and shot a portrait. The time limit was in place to resemble real life time crunches. It was cool. It was kind of challenging though. Heres lindsay helping me set up lights, and Rebekah is the one on the table.

Steve Fee

The church I go to had a big youth event this past weekend and they brought in STEVE FEE with a little help from the FISH. One of the big christian label artists. Got some really cool shots.

Environmental Portraits

I'm working on some environmental shots for my photojournalism class.

Joe Mcnally says:

Searching around the blog world and found something interesting on Joe Mcnally’s blog.

Letter to a Young Photographer….

Lectured last week at the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism. In the photojournalism department, the students all had that traditional mix of energy, enthusiasm, angst, and doubt so typical of that time in your life when you have just picked up a camera and are looking at it, wondering where it will lead you. The usual mix of questions are ever present: Who do I work for? Can I make a living? Will I ever be any good at this? Will my pictures have impact?

Nowadays, that traditional line of questioning is accompanied by another significant set of queries. What is the future of all this? Will I shoot video or stills? Can I get a job where somebody pays me more than a nickel for my photos? Will there be any newspapers left in a few years? Should I also go to business school? How many pixels do I need? What the hell is going on and how am I going to fit in? When I left school a traditional path for many J school grads was small paper to slightly bigger paper to mid-size daily to a big metro. It was a process. It had potential structure and pace. CONTINUED…..

Aurora Novus

I know I’ve mentioned Aurora Photos before talking about Corey Rich (VP) of the company. Now they have Aurora Novus for multimedia story telling. They bring their photojournalism background to marketing. Check out some their work.

Fill Flash

My photojournalism class is pushing me a great deal. I’m trying to teach myself how to use my SB-900. So far so good. I’m just having fun with it.