It's been a wonderfully busy summer, ...

Well, it certainly has been a long time since I made the effort to post, ... business has been brisk to say the least, and that's a lovely state of affairs.

Now that things have calmed down a bit with the change of seasons, I've time to catch up on my correspondence, marketing, blogs, etc., etc. I've attached, in no particular order, a few recent samples of what I've been up to these past few months. There's been lots more than this, of course, but it'll give you an idea.

I'm hoping to make use of this blog as a place to share information for current and future clients regarding how to store and access their final images, tips for making shoots go smoothly, tips for staging interior spaces to make them look their best in photos, along with explanations of how things work behind the scenes so as to give a more solid understanding of the whole architectural/product photography process.

Any ideas or suggestions for future topics would be welcome, either by posting a comment to the blog or sending me an e-mail directly.

Watch this space!

Bedknobs and broomsticks

Ever wonder what it takes to shoot interiors? Time, ... lots of time. Not to mention brooms, Swiffers, squeegees, mops, wipes, and not a little Windex.

Back from Texas, ...

Spent most of last week in Matagorda, Texas. It's the last bit of unspoiled Texas-Gulf coastline, and well worth the effort required to visit. I was there for a magazine assignment, and had a lovely time fishing, kayaking, and taking aerial photos of the coastline. I also did my first yacht interior shoot on my return to Seattle; here's one of the results, along with a couple images from Texas.

Planes, trains, ... you know the drill.

So I've been on the road a lot, and am headed for the Gulf Coast of Texas later this week for an assignment. Wisdom to impart? Hmmm, ... networking is where it's at as far as growing one's business.

Home sweet home

Home at last. The snowy trend continued while I was in New England; I was snowed in at the Providence, Rhode Island, airport and had to stay an extra day. But dad's fine and everything's as close to normal as possible back here in sunny Seattle.

Sometimes I've something to say; today I guess I'll just stick with the visuals.

Massachusetts

I'm currently in my hometown in western Massachusetts, helping out the family as my dad underwent hip-replacement surgery last week. Most everything seems to be going well. I haven't had too much time to photograph anything, but it's snowing today and the roads are too slippery to drive the 50+ miles to the hospital so I think I'll go shoot some snowy landscapes.

Today's photo is of a cemetery in southern New Hapmshire that I took last weekend.

Thursday in the evening

It's interesting to me how something so seemingly simple as a mortgage payment can consume a person, ... therefore, I've been busily working. Here's some new work, ...

Home for a while, ...

Just got back from a lovely press trip to northern Utah, and have a couple of weeks to process/sell the images before heading off to New England for two weeks later this month. Things should settle for a bit after that while I focus on my local architectural, professional and manufacturing clients.

I've grown quite fond of Utah; it's a magnificent place. Today's photos are from my most recent trip.

Paris!

My lovely wife and I have decided that we'll spend our third anniversary in Paris. It's not until this fall, but I'm very excited nonetheless as I've dreamed of Paris since I was a child. Now it's time to bone up on all that French language study, ... Tout le travail et aucunes marques Jack de jeu un garçon mat!

Quant à la photo de cette semaine, je pense que quelque chose faire avec les femmes étrangères serait approprié, ...

Oh -- by the way, I'm apparently a pure nerd.

Pure Nerd 78 % Nerd, 34% Geek, 47% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd. The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful. Congratulations! Take the nerd/geek/dork test

Travelin' blues

Well, not really. It just sounded like a good post title. I *love* to travel, domestically or otherwise. My next travel-magazine photography trips are, in order, to northern Utah, Massachusetts, and then to Nashville. Watch this space for some cool travel photographs!