Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Nutcraker with Style

Granted, this is a little edgy...but funny too!
http://pimpmynutcracker.com/
This is one that I came up with...
BTW, this is where I found the Nutcracker link....

posted by Unknown @ 12/27/2005 02:05:00 PM 1 comments

Yeti Sports Galore

I just realized that one of my favorite places to waste time during the day isn't on my blog! This place has it all! My favorite is probably the Pingu Throw...

posted by Unknown @ 12/27/2005 10:30:00 AM 0 comments

Just Before Shooting a sweetsixteen

Just before I was to be shooting a sweet sixteen. As My grandfather would say, "It is amazing what a little spit and polish will do..." That actually sounds really gross....=)

posted by Unknown @ 12/27/2005 10:11:00 AM 2 comments

A Must Read: Where the Battle is Won or Lost

I read this in My Utmost for His Highest this morning and it really spoke to me. It seems like so often I am fighting so many different battles and Satan's seeds of doubt at whether I can truly win begin to creep in...then I read something like this and the refreshment is amazing.

’If you will return, O Israel,’ says the Lord . . .'
—Jeremiah 4:1

Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will in God’s presence, never in full view of the world. The Spirit of God seizes me and I am compelled to get alone with God and fight the battle before Him. Until I do this, I will lose every time. The battle may take one minute or one year, but that will depend on me, not God. However long it takes, I must wrestle with it alone before God, and I must resolve to go through the hell of renunciation or rejection before Him. Nothing has any power over someone who has fought the battle before God and won there.

I should never say, "I will wait until I get into difficult circumstances and then I’ll put God to the test." Trying to do that will not work. I must first get the issue settled between God and myself in the secret places of my soul, where no one else can interfere. Then I can go ahead, knowing with certainty that the battle is won. Lose it there, and calamity, disaster, and defeat before the world are as sure as the laws of God. The reason the battle is lost is that I fight it first in the external world. Get alone with God, do battle before Him, and settle the matter once and for all.

In dealing with other people, our stance should always be to drive them toward making a decision of their will. That is how surrendering to God begins. Not often, but every once in a while, God brings us to a major turning point— a great crossroads in our life. From that point we either go toward a more and more slow, lazy, and useless Christian life, or we become more and more on fire, giving our utmost for His highest— our best for His glory.

posted by Unknown @ 12/27/2005 06:51:00 AM 0 comments

Saturday, December 24, 2005

Working hard or hardly working

My grandfather told me, "If you get a job doing something you love, you will never work a day in your life." And, as my expereince goes, that's true...the only problem is that if you get a job doing somehting you love, it is hard to say no to it...for example...what the heck am I doing at the office on a Saturday! much less Chrismas Eve!!! Oh well...

posted by Unknown @ 12/24/2005 09:07:00 AM 0 comments

Friday, December 16, 2005

My new filter favorite

I was working with some different filters on a new photoset and really liked this one....
this is the original image...

posted by Unknown @ 12/16/2005 09:34:00 AM 1 comments

Sunday, December 11, 2005

Robert and Amy (my Intern)

Similar to the one below, this was one photo shot as a test for a party that Robert was throwing over the weekend. Amy has been working for us about a month.

posted by Unknown @ 12/11/2005 04:49:00 PM 0 comments

Better Side

I am working on a sunday it is true...but it isn't really work if it is a party =) Tonight I am helping out Robert with a party that he is having at the studio. They are taking a group picture and need an extra hand to push the button. My job is diverse. ;) Anyway, this was one of the test photos I was working with. I took it on a delay (not sure why Robert didn't think about doing that:)

posted by Unknown @ 12/11/2005 04:24:00 PM 3 comments

Friday, December 09, 2005

It is freezin outside!

So we were suppose to get 2 inches of snow but it woudn't have matter if we did get that much cause none of it would stick. But it made driving more fun!




A little collection in the parking lot.

posted by Unknown @ 12/09/2005 07:39:00 AM 0 comments


On the drive to work and it is freezin outside!!! (p.s. ice is fun! =)

posted by Unknown @ 12/09/2005 07:38:00 AM 0 comments


And another shot.....

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Baby is a little chilly!

posted by Unknown @ 12/09/2005 07:38:00 AM 0 comments

Friday, December 02, 2005

New Videos

I have added several new videos to the list. Here is a breif explination of each one...

Winter Lights
This one rocks my face off....literally. SK sent this one to me and I even have an address for it so if you are in the area and want to stop by, feel free! If you take a picture of yourself with the house I will put it up here!

Mans Best Friend
My boss got this one from someone and it is a collection of Doggie Home Videos...

Car Commercial
Just a little spec spot for a car commercial...the audio is a little distorted so make sure you turn it up...

posted by Unknown @ 12/02/2005 08:40:00 AM 0 comments

Thursday, December 01, 2005

Can I have a part of your face?

So I have spent all day doing something that I absolutely love...taking pictures of people. I am running a casting shoot for an upcoming commercial. It is actually kind of a blessing because usually we shoot it on video and it is very cookie cutter. For several different reason, the director decided to do this one with stills. So I am set up in the studio with minimal props to spend the day getting people to give me specific expression (something else that I love to try and capture).

But between shoots I realized why I enjoying doing this so much: besides the challenge of getting the lights right and the settings on the camera straight (since I like to do everything manually), it is a sterile relationship. I almost never shoot anyone (in a studio setting) that isn't family or significant other. When I take a picture of someone in a focused setting, it is intimate for me. I make the distinction "for me" because it could mean absolutely nothing to the person I am photographing. I feel like they are lending their selves to me and intrusting me to capture a part of them that will last. I realize this sounds kinda fruity and weird, but it is the clearest way I can put it into words. And by taking pictures of 35+ people in one day, I am able to have this brief relationship with them (in most cases that they don't even realize) and learn how to capture someone without that kind of foreknowledge that I usually have.

posted by Unknown @ 12/01/2005 02:22:00 PM 0 comments