Nov 30 2011
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First Free, Photography, Sports, Video

A Brief Visual Recap of the Last Nine Months

Well, here’s what I promised: a brief visual update covering the last nine months. Of course, it’s not entirely comprehensive, but it gives a small glimpse into what I’ve done creatively from spring through fall. There’s a little bit of everything, from photography to video to graphic design. The variety in projects has been enjoyable and has challenged me to develop skills that aren’t my strongest.

Tomorrow is the first day of the A Photo A Day project, so I’m sure I’ll have sufficient content to update the blog on a more regular basis. If nothing else, I’ll have a fresh image up each day for the next year (provided I have daily internet access). Be looking for the first image of that project tomorrow, December 1, and check back each day for a new addition.

But for now, take a glimpse at what’s below.

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS

At First Free Church’s Junior High youth group, dAN and Jamie Hartke occasionally perform this really compelling dramatic reading from The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. They take the roles of two demons, a teacher and an apprentice, aiming to destroy (or at the very least distract) a Christ-follower from being effective.

dAN and Jamie pull off the creepy look pretty good, huh? It must be all those years of putting on face paint for Jr. High night games.

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Nov 27 2011
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Photography

The Blogging Hiatus Is Over

Sadly enough, my semi-frequent blogging didn’t last long after I made the switch from the old website, and apologize for my rather lax approach. Over the next couple days, I’ll round up a few images and videos to fill you in on my time from the date of my last post (March 27, 2011 to be exact) until now. I realize it’s a rather large gap to fill, but I’ll make it a concise update.

And now that I’ve decided to pick my blog back up off the proverbial shelf, I’ve got a new project that I hope will keep me more invested in my site. The concept is simple: make at least one quality image per day. It’s really easier said than done. To consistently produce quality images, stuff that makes other photographers say “WOW!”… it’s tough. But that’s my goal.

I’ve followed the site aphotoaday.org for years and have always been intrigued by the concept. Several friends of mine have taken the challenge of posting a daily image, but for whatever reason, I’ve always shied away from the undertaking. That time is over. Starting December 1, 2011, I’ll be adding one image for each consecutive day until December 1, 2012. If I’ve found the results especially worthwhile, I may continue the project past one full year.

So be looking for the link in the top menu bar for the “A Photo A Day Project” (or whatever I decide to call it) starting Thursday. Over the next couple days, though, I’ll be adding content I’ve created over the last nine months of inactive blogging. The site as a whole will slowly come to look a little fuller and colorful in the coming months, so stay tuned.

Mar 27 2011
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Photography

When Weather Can’t Make Up Its Mind

It’s entirely beyond me why the weather in St. Louis chooses to behave as it does. It went from 75°F to 35°F overnight and then, 48 hours later, dumped 6 inches of snow in half a day. Not to mention that the Cardinals are due to open their regular season at home in just 4.5 days.

I suppose things could be worse, though. I was in Arkansas in January 2009 during the ice storm that pummeled both Arkansas and Kentucky; President Barack Obama declared the region a federal disaster area. The University of Arkansas closed for four days, and roughly 600,000 in the northwestern part of Arkansas lost power at one point. The destruction that ice brought was a little surreal. Trees bent and broke under the weight of the ice, and it looked a little like a tornado had blown through. Trying to rescue a car from an exoskeleton of ice two inches thick wasn’t a particularly easy task, either. Continue reading →

Jan 29 2011
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Photography, Seniors

Belle | 2011 Senior

I’ve finally ventured into the realm of senior portraits (or pictures, if you prefer to be less formal about the phraseology). The first officially unofficial shoot was with Belle this past week, and though it was fairly impromptu, we got some great images from the time we photographed. There wasn’t a specific game plan to the shoot, but I think it worked to our advantage in this case.

After climbing up a snowy hill, we started shooting in a small park. We noticed the field in the park on our way to what was going to be our first location, and we couldn’t help but stop. I mean, who wouldn’t want to take pictures in a large, semi-poetic field of mostly amber-colored grass? I say that because the field didn’t really look like much once we were up close, but when we started photographing, it was hard to leave after seeing some of the images. Continue reading →

Jan 27 2011
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First Free, Other, Photography

First Free and a Logo

Needless to say, a post has been long overdue for some time now. I’ll show a few images that I’ve shot since the last update, but I’ve got a larger update from some very recent portrait work coming in the very near future.

Nearly everything I’ve shot since the last post has been for First Free Church, where I work. The church is about to kick off a capital campaign, and having current photography is kind of important to that sort of thing. That said, many of the images I’ve shot are quite specific in their usage, and I decided that I’d pull just a few of the more recent images to show.



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