March Madness

... had a little bit of it after shooting a bicycle that would be cutout for an upcoming features article. At least I learned what the timing is on my self-timer.


Funny that shooting this picture today reminded me of November 2006 and shooting this picture.
It was nice to have a studio this time because back then I had a white paint sheet out on the sidewalk in front of a Key West bike shop.

Oh, and I'm having major trouble these days getting good color saturation with my blog posts. I think it must be my work computer and monitor being configured for our presses. Does this all look flat to you?

Tragic News

Kate Puzey, a Peace Corps volunteer in the Republic of Benin, was murdered earlier this month. She was a positive force in the lives of everyone she met, and I am sure that spirit will continue.

Her family has set up a fund to support causes Kate believed in:

The Kate Puzey Memorial Fund
Donations can be sent to:
c/o Smith, Gambrell, and Russel, LLP, Suite 3100
1230 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309-3592

Info:
boingboing http://boingboing.net/2009/03/14/xeni-on-the-road-in-1.html
Kate's personal blog http://beinginbenin.blogspot.com/
Kate's Photos http://picasaweb.google.com/catherine.puzey
AJC article http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/03/16/kate0316.html?cxntlid=inform_sr

It is truly tragic when a person so young, selfless and striving only to do good in this world can be so prematurely struck down. The only consolation is that this can serve as a wake-up call for those of us who often find ourselves idle, failing not just to live life to the fullest, but to live that life for others.

Callicoon, NY

These are the images I shot the weekend of the Eddie Adams Workshop back in October in and around the town of Callicoon, NY. I kind of forgot about them after the workshop, but I always meant to do an edit. Let me know what you think. I could use some feedback. As I just told Annie, these are kind of a peek inside my brain as I wandered around for a few hours over the course of two days (some added hours when my team forgot to pick me up).

Clown Salad

Old news

These are a couple photos from January of a middle school group loading the bus before leaving for the airport and their ultimate destination, the Presidential Inauguration.

Les Parks

Shot for an article in the High Country News

the boxer

for Drew

Whom I promised to show these to long ago, after I saw these (I think we were both shooting this stuff on the same weekend), but am just now getting around to it. I'm also trying out the photoshelter embeded galleries. I'm curious to see if this works, and what I think about the color and saturation. They seem to load up sort of slow, at least for me. Please tell me what you think.

For Rob

Happy birthday, my friend. Come to Seattle and capture this palette right, with YOUR camera

last night

Peaches

I'm conceding to Annie and Justin on the above image. I like the one below. But yeah, in the end, it's just a picture of a dog, named Peaches, sitting on a pink bed in a really PINK room.

WAKE(ing) UP!

I just realized that's a rather misleading title for this post as this is a sunset, not a sunrise. What I meant by waking up is to 'wake up' my senses to what is right behind me at any given moment.
These photos were taken during a very specific assignment to shoot the above sign to fit in a tiny one inch box as part of a larger package for Presidents' Day. Just go take a picture of the sign. Make it a square.
What began as an example of the worst part of the job quickly turned into an example of what's best about it. The fact that I get to go out into this world with a camera everyday. There are no limits except those I put on myself. All I had to do was turn around, look past the droll, and see the sunset, the cows, perhaps a cliche, but a warming, beautiful moment, at least for me personally, all the same.
I often think of this blog as more of a visual diary than anything else. It's full of pictures like these which will never have a life beyond this page, but serve as a reminder to me of where I was or how I felt.
This day was one of the first in months where I felt the sun break through the clouds and the fog and the rain. I'm ready to shake off my winter coat.