They're Engaged!

Well, Liana and Nick have been engaged for awhile, but now they have official pictures of it. These are all shot in Charleston, SC as a part of a spring break vacation. They are getting married in late December (28) this year.

Books!

So apparently I have a thing for trees right now

So it looked like a desert, and I liked it.

Architecture.

[Grambrell Hall, University of South Carolina]

Don't Smoke!

Seriously, don't smoke: it's bad for you. And gross.

This is just a test

Eat your heart out janice...

...there's a daffodil.

So I've been kinda busy, but not really. I've been working on publishing a photobook of the jazz pictures. So if you're interested in buying one let me know. I'll see what I can do to hook you up. So I've been doin' a lot of tweeking and designing, etc. Plus I haven't been taking the time to bring my camera with me where ever I go. Until today. Which is why you get all these pictures. This is all on USC campus. Some of them I couldn't decide on the color or b/w version (they might be up later).

[Flowers, because they are easy, beautiful, and full of life. Plus it is beginning to feel like spring.]

Tree Triptych

More from Jazz

So these are a couple final images for my jazz project. For those interested I will be placing 30 images in a book (cover and everything). Ten of those images will be displayed at a Legends of Jazz Concert here in Columbia, and two of those images will be printed for a thing at USC. It's quite a large project, actually. At this point I am most concerned about how to construct my book as some of the images might not look that great with each other. I'd also like to get in some quotes about jazz. Any suggestions?

[Yellow's Leaves]

Photos for Breakfast

My Wednesday tradition after two long days, is to take some photographs. Talk about tension release. I think the one on the left is a tad underexposed.

It glows

[this is the results of the first editing class in Adv. BW]

I'm thinking, really, I am.

[These are more portraits. I'm about to start working on them in my black and white class. I wish I could get rid of the stupid electrical outlet...]

Pearlescent

[current jazz project]

Two for One Day

[naked tree in the blue]

[sunny side of life]

Felt like goin' outside in the backyard when I got home from work. This is what I got. Loving the new computer and software. It has several nice presets (shh!) which makes workflow a lot easier.

/cheer

A little clarification...

Since we are just kicking this whole photo blogging thing off I thought I'd through in some ideas. The How to comment guidelines are just that. Guidelines. (Isn't there a quote from Pirates of the Caribbean about guidelines?) Photographs after all are meant to be enjoyed not analyzed. Feel free to comment however you wish. The guidelines are a nudge to encourage more commenting since I know lots of people are always like:

/blank stare
It's nice and I like it, but I don't know what else to say
/click on to next blog

Second, the current jazz photographs are not meant to be deciphered or seen clearly. They are all of instruments, but that doesn't really matter. The focus and inspiration are on abstract shapes, lines, and forms that jazz music creates in the imagination. For a graphic artists take on Jazz check out Matisse.

It's almost identical - I know...

Wave

[current jazz project]

Button

[current jazz project]

Knobs and Springs

[ current jazz project. ]

Cutesy

[ what's behind those eyes. ]

Snarl

[ a portrait. love the snarl. ]

The Eye

[ a fun studio portrait shot. love the look and the t-shirt. ]

Asian Fish

[ this fish is in ashville, nc at the biltmore. one of my subjects for my final photo essay. i'll be putting the rest up later post editing ]

Ceiling Detail

[ i'm wondering what the chances of the drayton hall people buying this photograph. ]

Ceiling

[drayton hall, charleston, south carolina. ]

Spanish Moss

[this is not digitally edited. this is how i shot the pic. it got surprisingly greater range in color.]

Zebra Butts

[ from africa mia in costa rica. yes they were actually standing like this. ]

Water Sculpture

[ the other image for my assignment. stopping moving water is pretty sweet. ]

finley park

[this is one of the final images for my motion assignment. finley park, columbia, sc.]

gulf coast

[taken in june this summer. this was making sure i have people in my picture, since i have been told i never have people in pics]

oregon flower

[a flower from my last hike up and around multnomah falls, or]

grandpa's best

[this is a found photograph, meaning i didn't take it. it's from one of my grandpa's trips to china.]