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Fourth of July
Celebrating our second Independence Day in St. Louis was even more fun than last year’s. This year we threw a little barbecue in our new (and still mostly empty) loft studio then walked down to the Arch to watch the fireworks. Last year we stayed outside the crowd and watched from the north side of [...]
I Won’t … I Won’t … I Won’t … Love.
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iPhone Weekend
I’ve been utilizing my iPhone more and more these days for my “always with me camera”. Here are some of the images I shot over the weekend running around town with a borrowed poodle and some house-guests. Pin it Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet [...]
Going Farther
There is nothing more satisfying than making a photograph that you are really excited about. When I make a shot that really inspires me, I usually make a hardcopy print, and keep going back to it over and over again to relive the excitement. Sometimes I even put the hardcopy on my bed side table [...]
Shoot to Cook: A Photographer Learns to Cook
As many of my regular readers will know, I’ve been working on a personal project in between paying gigs for the last few weeks, and I’m now ready to go public with it. I have always wanted to learn how to cook. I mean to really learn how to cook. I have gone through phases [...]
Is My Starter Started, Starting, or Stopped?
One of the things that I want to do is photograph bread. I have been wanting to do a bread related project for some time – though I was scooped on the idea by Thomas Broening who does amazing table top work including a series on bread recently. The thing is, I would like to [...]
Work Continues, Progress Happens. Slowly.
I have been working pretty hard at a couple of new projects. I’m learning a lot and attempting to set a foundation for the work that I’d like to do next year and moving forward. As a general rule I am going to be withholding this new work until I have a body of work. [...]
New Projects and Pie
I know, I know, it’s been forever and a day since my last blog post. One excuse is that I have been working my ass off since the middle of August and haven’t had much time. The other excuse is that I have decided to spend a few weeks/months working on business promotional ideas as [...]
Fog And The City
I just got back from a week in NYC. I had a couple of jobs for early in the week and then stayed on for a few days to see my friends. It was a lot of fun to be back – good times were had by all. I didn’t shoot as much as I [...]
St. Louis Hot Air Balloon Race
Xina and I stopped by Forest Park last night to see the hot air balloons. It was pretty impressive although we got there a little too late for me to get good sunset photos of the balloons. Like most St. Louis events, I found this one to be full of energy and people, but not [...]
Heading Home…Eventually
I am finally nearing the end of my epic photography projects that have kept me away from home for the last three weeks. My last three day trip turned into a 10 day trip, but I’m nearly done. The rest of the month is going to be nuts as well, but I’m hoping to get [...]
In the Air
I know things have been a bit quiet around here lately, but I have been intensely busy working on a large project involving a lot of travel. I’m going to be spending the majority of my waking (and quite a few of my non-waking) hours either at airports, on planes, or commuting between job sites [...]
Weekend Fun + Work
Xina and I have the special treat of having friends from New York in town this weekend/week. We got a chance to get out a play both Friday and Saturday – went to an opening, explored new places to eat, met up with new friends, hung out with old friends, ate toasted ravioli and made [...]
Friday Night Gallery Opening
A few weeks ago I talked about going around to the Open Studios on Cherokee Street and one of the places we stopped was a gallery space called Ft. Gondo. At the time the gallery featured an amazing assortment of found objects, antiques-art etc. We picked up a postcard for a gallery show happening Friday [...]
Printed Images from the Past
A few years ago before I was making a living making photographs, I was packing up my apartment in anticipation of our move from my tiny studio to a much larger tiny space on the Upper East Side in New York. Xina was away for a conference and I was left alone for a few [...]
Running Shoes, Bail Bonds and Firecracker Press
1. My Running Shoes Loves My Feets I just got some new running shoes! Finally. I am at least six months overdue and my feet thank me. We also had a break in the humidity the last few days, so Xina and I had a fantastic run (for me anyway). We did just under 5 [...]
Open Studios in Saint Louis
This weekend, the lady and I spent a lovely Saturday afternoon exploring the studios of local artists in Saint Louis. The Contemporary art museum here in Saint Louis sponsored the 5th Annual Open Studios, which showcased lots of artists in the area. Since we are new here, it was really great to get out and [...]
Back To My New Home
I just got back to Saint Louis from a last minute whirlwind trip to New Jersey and New York for a photo shoot. It was the first time I have been back to the east coast since we arrived in Saint Louis, and it certainly was an interesting experience for me. It was great to [...]
View from the Arch
We have our first visitor in Saint Louis this weekend. Our friend Elsa came into town yesterday to help Xina as she sets up her lab at Wash U, and at the same time she’s going to help us explore the bars, restaurants and other places we’ve been meaning to go in town. Our goal [...]
Junk Shop Konica
I moved to New York in the fall of 2000. For the first couple of months I couch-surfed at my friend’s place and when his girlfriend got too fed up with me I moved to a rented room in an apartment with two aging hippies. It was very clear from them that I was just [...]
Buried in Packing Paper
It’s kind of like Christmas in July here in the apartment as the lady and I work our way through the task of unpacking our stuff. Since most of our things were packed by the movers, each box is like a present; we never know what we’re going to pull out of the packing paper. [...]
Getting Settled In
So, it’s finally official. Dr. Fiance and I arrived in Saint Louis Wednesday afternoon and now we are in the process of getting settled into our new pad. I’m sitting in our soon to be office next to a while lot of windows, which is a wonderful change after 10 years of cubicle life. I [...]
Cafe Office
I am a little over a week before my move from New York, and the reality of the situation is starting to sink in. At the beginning of June (due to circumstances that were so completely New York and beyond my control) we left our apartment in the East Village to move into a sublet [...]
Dance Parade!
While packing for the big move this weekend, I was surprised to hear a massively loud drum line outside my apartment. I’d noticed metal police barricades up along Saint Marks Place but didn’t really think there would be a parade on my little street. But parade there was, the 4th Annual NYC Dance Parade. It [...]
