Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Halfway between Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA is a road called Old Sheldon Church Road.
This is that old church. (Continued)
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Ceinwyn and I are engaged. We flew in to Charleston SC this morning and the first thing I did was take her on a walk over the new Cooper River bridge. We had done this same walk last summer and I knew that’s where I wanted to propose to her. When we got to the top I set my camera up to take photos on an interval timer. Ceinwyn thought we were just going up there to take a portrait of ourselves, so when I started talking about our life together she was a bit confused. Things became clearer when I got down on one knee, held out the ring and asked her to marry me. She said yes.
New Year’s Day is a good time for baby photos so here is my friend Lara Trale and her daughter Io. Io is very popular right now. There are aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins and friends who are all competing for her time. I’ve had some good stretches recently of getting to hold her so here are my tips. Tip #1 At the party, follow the baby. If mom and dad move into to the kitchen, you’ve got to follow. At some time their arms are going to get tired and that’s when you can scoop up the baby. Tip #2 Be there when mom or dad is opening presents, they will need both hands and you can hold the baby and make cooing noises or if you’re like me explain to her basic scientific concepts such as how electricity is made or why the sky is blue, all in a sing song voice. Tip #3 Have a photo shoot that needs a baby and a mother. If you’re not a photographer think about your skill set. I’m sure there’s someway you can create a project that needs infant participation. Just make sure that in the end you pass her off to the other people who want some cute baby action because remember, no one likes a baby hog. (Continued)
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Ceinwyn and Heather made Donuts this weekend. They were delicious. I don’t know how hard they were to make but I can say it was easy to eat them. Here’s the recipe for those who are interested. (Continued)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The first in a new series.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
This is some concept art that a friend of mine, J.B. Lowe, sketched and colored for a project that I just finished. I wanted to take the time to thank him for his creative support on this project. Thanks J.B.! For those of you in the Bay Area, you can catch the opening of a show J.B. curated at Periscope Cellars this Friday from 6 to 9pm.
I also wanted to thank Laura Johnston for her creative input and digital artistry that made the final image come out so well.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
While American designer Adam Harvey theorized ways an anti-photography A-bomb could be designed, leave it to the Russkies to actually build it. Roman Abramovich; Russian investment banker, Chelsea Football Club owner and potential super-villain, has equipped his secret aquatic lair yacht with a laser aided anti-photo defense shield. Evidently his sci-fi privacy bubble is enabled by infrared lasers which lock onto the energy signature of the CCD in a digital camera and fire an interrupting bolt of light to negate the camera’s ability to record images. I for one want to see it work. I want to try to take a digital photo of his floating hidout yacht and see a blank image on my LCD in review and then I want to see the smug look on his face disappear when I pull out my Hasselblad 501cm which is completely invisible to his 21st century photo defense shield. Nice try Abramovich. If you need any convincing that Abramovich is anything but a James Bond Super Villain here’s a few more amenities that his yacht, The Eclipse, has included on it: two helipads, an aquarium (probably filled with sharks) and a two person escape submarine.
