More new clients!

So far this week I signed on with a stock agency called OnRequest images, and landed a new real-estate client. The good news just keeps rollin' along, ... but I don't want to get *too* cocky, lest the photo gods smack me down. Just let me be happy.

I'll be brief, as it's approaching midnight here. Today's image is just something I shot and then simply dropped in a gradiated background, ... it's representative of my emotions of late.

Anti-Turkey Day

Does the definition of a workaholic include a compulsion to ignore holidays? Anyway, my wife's out of town for the weekend so I'm spending the weekend working on tying up loose ends and completing a couple outstanding projects. Nothing too exciting, and I'm planning mac-n-cheese for my T-day dinner, which is one of my all-time favorite comfort meals.

The studio renovations are nearing completion, too. All that remains is to paint the new window panels and remove the stovepipe from the former owner's woodstove. Next step will be to build a permanent cyc wall so I won't have to deal with paper backdrops anymore.

Wondering what a cyc wall is? Check out today's link: ProCyc.com

My studio is fairly modest at 500 s.f., but it's perfectly suited to the kind of work I do.

In that vein, today's photos were taken in my studio; the first is from a family-portrait session and the second is a product shot of a Japanese toy.

Not feeling particularly profound today, but thought I'd try a bit of photo wisdom: You can't make a good portrait until the camera disappears from the equation. Once the subject is so comfortable that they forget their photo is being taken, you're home free.

Time sure flies, ...

Guess I've gotta be more disciplined about this; it's been nearly a fortnight since my last post. My recently-revived workout scheme has been foiled by a separated rib from repetitive stress combined will bull-headedness. Basically, I didn't listen to my body and hurt myself, so no workouts for about six weeks. *sigh* So much for my planned return to the land of the svelte.

In any event, the mystery client I'd mentioned in my last post is now a reality -- Warren Miller Entertainment, he of those gnarly extreme-skiing films. I'm doing all their product shots.

I've also landed a new local architectural firm and a real-estate agency as clients. I really enjoy the architecture work. Someday I'll keep track of a typical interiors shoot and catalog the whole process. I think it's fun, but I expect most will find it quite tedious.

Now *there's* a solid closer -- come back soon to read about the tedious details of my life!

As for this posting's image, it's a cover shot from a publication called Sustainable Industries Journal. The feature story was about how the U.S. Army is actually using some environmentally-friendly building techniques and infrastructure technologies. The assignment was this: illustrate the obvious dichotomy of the devil-may-care armed forces with caring for the enviroment. The editors were pleased with my result.



Oh -- and I've also discovered that I'm Reverse Pocky.

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Working like a madman and loving every second of it

Busy, busy, busy -- a very good state for a self-employed person. Working on several new clients (I'll share the names once I've signed contracts; I'm not comfortable with being cocky, as the universe has a way of slapping me down every time I get overconfident), and putting the wraps on several other projects. Also joined the Columbia Tower Club in Seattle yesterday; hope it brings lots of new networking opportunities.

Today's photo is from an interiors shoot earlier this summer; the photos are destined for a coffee-table book called Spectacular Homes of the Pacific Northwest, which is due out sometime early next year.