Don’t Frack Up My Neighborhood

Can you believe this fracking guy? I sent the following letter to the folks that want to destroy my local environment (by “fracking” the shale in an around Pittsburgh): Please don’t drill. You’ll ruin my water, my air, my life. Are the lives of millions of people really worth the money that you’re after? There [...]

Shooting Tethered

Wow – I’ve found my new most absolutely favorite programs in the entire world (well sorta). I don’t have a huge need for shooting tethered* but just like working on a car if you don’t have that one specialized tool that you NEED to get the job done then you’re screwed. I’ve got an assignment [...]

Pole Position

Grocery stores place impulse buys at the register or check-out area because they know that when you’re standing in line you might just grab one of these items, they also place things on the ends of isles that they want to sell (for a variety of reasons). I’m not revealing the secrets of the universe [...]

A Word From Our Sponsor (disguised as a blog post)

I just have to share this with you all. I have a google alert set up with “need, photography, Pittsburgh” and I don’t normally get a lot of good results for that but sometimes it does provide leads so I keep it active. The other thing that happens occasionally is that it brings back interesting results like [...]

DIY

So I’ve been hounded since this past summer by both SEO companies and companies that want to “sell me leads”. I received both a phone call and an email today from such a company. When I googled them I found this page which is a complaint board for questionable businesses. In the event that you don’t want [...]

The Trouble with Parking Garages

Parking garages are a pain in the ass. They charge by the hour, they are always full, and then there are the assholes that double-park SUV’s in compact parking spots  like the person did in the photo to the left. In Pittsburgh parking garages have been a big topic as of late because the city [...]

The Decade in review

This is the oldest photo of myself that I have easy access to, it’s from 2006 and was shot by Marcy Echoltz at the Art Institute. This was taken in maybe Jan. or Feb. so it was close to mid-decade (give or take a year). Why was I looking for old portraits of myself and [...]

First Night Checklist

This morning I am busy getting ready to photograph the parade for First Night tonight and I thought that I would share with you a bit of the process that I go through before any shoot. As a photographer it’s pretty important to make sure you have everything with you so the first thing I [...]

Fish Stories

The big fish to the left here is for sale – well, not the fish itself so much but a large 20″ x 20″ print. Along with 6 other images by yours truly will be showcased at Stories an art-centric interior design show by Emphasis Interiors that will open on Dec. 31st during the First [...]

Holiday Rush

What a fun but exhausting week – here is a run down: Sunday was a build day at the Schmutz Lodge – Dave and I worked on constructing things for the 1st Night Parade. We built a camera that I’m wearing on my head during the parade while photographing the event. Monday was the first [...]