Thursday, February 26, 2009

Today's $2 Portrait

Meet Robert. I met him on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. Robert used to live in New Orleans, but was displaced after Katrina. Find out more about the $2 Portrait Project.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

This is Where We Live



Colors are pretty.

Life Lesson #1

I think I'm going to post one life lesson, per day, for a year.

Here's the first.

Life Lesson #1: Don't take things personally.

Today, I was walking behind this woman at work, heading toward the restrooms. I nodded to her, and she to me, then she went into the women's restroom. She stopped for a moment, and held the door open, as if holding it for me.

I'm not sure why she did that, but I think it's important I not read too much into it. She probably just had a momentary lapse, maybe having other things on her mind, and was just being well-mannered, in her way. I'm pretty sure she didn't think I was a woman.

Either way, it's best not to take things personally. We never know what people have on their minds. That middle finger on the freeway. The seemingly rude comment from a stranger, or even a friend.

As I hear often, it's not always about us.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Is Everyone Onboard With This?

Is everyone onboard with a "HOLY CRAP!" on this one?

The Giant Cube

Had myself a paying photography job yesterday. Part of the job involved taking a photo of a giant cube of a building. Not bad. You know, for a building.



I think I'll stick to kids.

Louie, Louie Lyrics

Thanks, Kevin. I always wondered.

Friday, February 6, 2009

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Other People's Kids

Sometimes, you just get 'em.

Somebody Wroted That

Actually, I wroted it. This is a PSA we just finished for Kids to Kids. My words. The awesome folks at Channel 8 handled the easy part (doing the taping, doing the editing, doing the graphics and doing the voiceover).

Today's Faces

Today I had a shoot with two very charming young ladies.





I'm starting to see a pattern with these shoots:

First, there's about a 10-minute window of cooperation.

Second, after the 10 minutes, parents seem to instinctively begin bribing their kids to cooperate with cookies. It's always cookies.

Third, I'm as clueless about shooting kids as I was the first time I did it.