Wrong Directions and Rabbit Holes

It’s January 17th. I’ve missed, let’s see, three personal deadlines to write a blog post for a project I want to do called 52 Truths. The idea was to post every week of the year, whether it be writing and/or images. Well, I guess the first truth of the year is the creative beast is … Read more

Untitled Foreboding

More and more I’m becoming interested in creating these moments that still feel alive but arrested. Our perception of time is hugely variable depending on whatever chemistry is coursing through our brains at the time, but it seems like we sometimes experience our emotions this way. And our memories are like bits of fragments. We … Read more

“Church” of the Universe

This idea was in part inspired by a period in art history, the Baroque era, which I keep coming back to for its moment in time and its intensity and drama.  The original meaning of baroque meant, “irregular, contorted, grotesque” which gives you an idea of how the style might have been first perceived, but, … Read more

Get Motivated

(pls excoose the typos) People have commented on my ability to self-motivate as if it’s something special I possess. Naw, I just have a few tricks up my sleeve. I’ve written them down for when I need them later. Trick one Follow this and you can bypass the rest. DON’T THINK ABOUT IT. JUST DO … Read more

Some Days it’s Like This

I think I learned about four different ways to make something like a tornado in Blender and it probably took a month to finally get it the way I wanted for this image. Sadly the time it took is probably more related to the fact I’m using a 2015 Mac laptop. Again, this was designed … Read more

The Lost Art of Waiting

This piece was originally conceived specifically to be viewed on a feed-based platform where the video would autoplay and virtually be indistinguishable from a still image. The idea was that you’d see it, and the subtle movement would cause you to to wonder if your eyes were deceiving you. I can’t tell you how exciting … Read more

But Is It a Gas Station? Shoot! (Part 2)

Part one is here. You’ll see I strayed a ways away from my original concept. I don’t know if there is anything I have done so far that caused me as much thinking. Of course, there is always the thinking around the concept, and then the thinking around the build, and then the shooting and … Read more

Collapsible backdrop first impressions

It was time for a more specialized backdrop. I made this post for anyone who is looking into these because we all know that photography costs add up and we want to buy wisely. I do have a backdrop set up already in another area of my basement. It’s solid. It’s perfect for group shots. … Read more

The Abandoned Gas Station Build (Part 1)

The project I am currently working on. Lately, with my photography, I’ve been focusing on mood and building that mood by using signifiers that represent meaning both personally and universally. This landed me on a gas station at night. I’ve shot gas stations before. I had wanted to do one of my rabbit head pictures … Read more