So it has been a while since I used this blog soon I will be posting a link for another blog collaboration you will find me at that is more diy and design based. But lots of things are happening so I wanted to update. Tonight I will be the photo booth photographer for this event 

Jessica Pendleton of the future bride did the poster and Dan Loury did the web work. It is going to be bad ass and I will post back here about the crazy night I am sure to have.
I also got this flash wave 2 radio sync for the occasion so hopefully that works and doesn't let me down. Booked two more paying jobs yesterday, but the most exciting news is............MATT AND I GOT A FREAKIN CORGI!!!!!!! pics later.

-love

Some studio work

5 lighting styles in the studio on our beautiful new medium format camera. I am posting some of my favorites. 

I love the studio sometimes for drama.

meow how serious and starling

Wedding stuff

So last night Jess and I had an obsess-fest about her wedding and jobs and hustling etc. I have been trying to really get into all the stuff. Its a daunting job being a "maid" of "honor" so my brainstorming might start seeping into blog world. 


This is a photo of the former P&K grocery store that I shot for Austin Monthly, but I thought the pastry thing and the cute little label is wedding-ish and maybe could jump start ideas.


Here is my infamous model being forced yet again to fufill a strange vision of mine. "Roadtrip Wedding" for my bride magazine redesign last year for modern bride.

New Re-resolutions/old stuff

So, weird week with lots of ups and downs but I owe a post to ya'll and myself. Since I have been such a procrastinator about updating I have a back log of things of interest so I will spend this month trying to catch up. (My new Feb re-resolutions).

So here are some nightscapes from the crazy fog nights in Austin a month or so ago which made Austin looked dusty for 4 hours in the beginning of the night. None of these have flash it is just me sitting for a long exposure with very big Tina Turner hair from the humid fog. 

This one is the creepiest I think. Why are those rooms in the building blue? 

So I'm sorry it has been so long since I have given ya'll any photos. I have been so overwhelmed with school and life and everything. Here are some photos from election night from 6th street in Austin. I spent part of the election with Holly at the Driskill. The Driskill was the Democratic headquarters for the night and her candidate Larry Joe had rooms for his team.


Here she is being all professional and election-y.


This was right after the announcement that Obama won at the Driskill.


Everyone was celebrating on the street infront of the Driskill and all down 6th.


Tina and Dan.

Alright today was super productive. I did a presentation on Paul D Miller this morning and ya'll should check him out at www.djspooky.com his work and even more so his ideas on creating, deconstructing, and remixing arts of all kinds are very inspiring. Tomorrow I will be one step closer to finishing my website, and one of the most difficult layout decisions I have is choosing the main photo for the main page. I am debating like crazy since it is the first exposure that people visiting the site will have to my art. Input and ideas are welcome. Here are some ideas:

I don't know I want something that has a instant impact right now I am leaning toward the second option just because it takes a longer look to decipher what is going on in the picture. It is a difficult decision because i am marketing myself to common people who want portraiture in austin, bands, people looking for potential editorial work, etc all at the same time. Those of you that are familiar with my work if there is another picture you think should be an option let me know.

Im tired and my ears are ringing from a show last night, but I can never sleep in now, no matter how hard I try. No theme-ing or life and emotion updating today. Only pictures. More from Marfa at Balmorae just a girl jumping off a diving board into the cold pool (The pool stays just as cold or colder than our Barton Springs because it too is a natural spring) but she does it with such determination.


How did all the pictures I have taken before now become so ominous in the present tense?


Just jump