Let’s see… I started learning Web Design 3+ years ago at a Community College (a good program, not one where they teach you to code with deprecated methods!). I then picked up my current job as a “HTML Producer” 2 years ago with a local Web company. In all this time I’ve been freelancing a little here and there… but now I’m finally starting to get serious about it.

I DON’T plan on quitting my day job… I enjoy having a steady job that has a project manager to handle the clients. I DO however want to start taking on more design projects (we have a designer at the day job), while having more of an opportunity to show off all the skills I have developed over the years.

What better way to kick off a new direction in your career than with a redesign?

My good buddy Brian Jones created the logo and business cards for me. I came up with the website design, based around the logo. I can do logos, but not nearly as good as Brian. When it comes to creating a company identity, leave it to the pros to perfect your vision.

I currently have 2 projects in the works, one for a writer and the other for a local musician. I’m hoping that musician sites become my “niche”. Not only can I design your site, but I can also take all your photos!! Great package deal, huh?

I’ve been contemplating setting up a blog on my portfolio as well… I would very much like to leave this one just for photography, but I have a hard enough time just keeping up with just one! lol… So that idea is on the back burner for now.

In the meantime, check out my portfolio.

It was just brought to my attention that youtube disabled my account

suck!   I’ve been posting vids to that account for years!
Its so disheartning to think about starting over.

I just returned from a quick trip to CT. My best friend lives there, we met because of this website a few years ago (shes a brandi freak as well). its been a looong time coming for us to see a show together, so we ended up going to two

We saw shows in northhampton, ma and portland maine. Both shows were a utter blast, and I came home with more photos than I know what to do with…  I was able to get a surprise photo pass at the maine show AND keep shooting throughout the show, a total dream.  The goal is to have all the pics up by this weekend.

I have been going to clubs practicing concert photography for a few months now, and can’t even tell you how many shots I have BLOWN…..  overexposure, underexposure,  slow shutter speed, etc…   This hobby is truly maddening to try to get the hang off.   Not only are you thinking about all the technical stuff, but you still need to compose a good shot!  So hopefully I’m getting better at it… and thankfully I haven’t blown a brandi show!  (not with the SLR anyway).

I have been interested in Concert Photography since high school. Back in ‘98, I would hide a p&s cameras in my sock and sneak them into shows. I literally did this for hundreds of shows, and would happy post my results on whatever amateur website I was currently running. Of course all the photos were complete crap compared to todays p&s. I did pretty well for what I had though (800 speed film with a short telephoto lens).

Forwarding to present times, I have been using a canon IS S3 for the last few hours. Awesome camera! A bit bulky, but has a high optical zoom, takes excellent video/audio, has a adjustable view finder for when you need to be stealthy (which has saved me more than once)…… Although its great, its still a point and shoot camera. Which means its shutter speed is still slow (for getting sports pics and non-blurry shots), the digital noise is high, and theres a slight delay from when you press the shutter (so if you’re trying to catch a facial expression, you usually miss it).

I finally decided it was time to get serious about my hobby, and get myself the proper tools so I can capture what I see in my head. I picked a Canon 40d for christmas. God….this thing is HUGE, and its high-speed shutter sounded like a machine gun going off. Learning this thing hasn’t been just a learning curve, but a learning CLIFF. Learning about aperture, shutter speed, exposure, depth of field, low light techniques, freezing action…….. this all has been keeping me busy for the last few months. I LOVE it, but wow. After 2 months of studying, and practicing at parks…. I’ve finally tried “cam” (that’s what I named her) at several shows this week (more specifically, 4 in 3 days….cuz I’m crazy like that). I’ve made every dumb rookie mistake you can make, and hopefully I’m getting over the learning hump.

I’ll be posting about the shows, and putting up pictures hopefully tonight.

Wow….where has time gone???

Since Brandi wasn’t playing in the US for a loooong time, I instead focused on:

• Graduating School
• A New Relationship
• A New Job
• Finally Quiting my Crappy Job
• And traveling to CT 3 times!

My gf found a picture of a Lego, that looked like a dyke (and ironically like her). It was wearing this awful purple flowered shirt that NO dyke would wear…so I switched it out for her, and added some glasses.
hmm… my gf never looked hotter.