New gallery work

Music has always been my passion. The sad part is, I have no talent for it whatsoever. So I’ve always been involved with music in one way or another. It’s one reason I love to shoot musicians playing. It combines something I am very good at and love doing (photography) with something I also love but am terrible at (playing music).

Here are some images from March of this year. My friend, Michael Manring, plays in this part of the country about that time every year. He was kind enough to let me take some shots during the sound check and the performance.

And if you’re not familiar with Michael’s work, check it out. Chances are good at some point in your life you’ve heard him, you just didn’t know it. His work is featured all over the place, he’s played with a wide range of other musicians and bands and he is a master of his instrument in no uncertain terms. You can hear samples of his work at his website and buy his CDs there as well.

Enjoy!

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(Click on the image to visit the gallery)

August 13, 2006 | Filed Under gallery news, music, new work | Leave a Comment 

Flurry of activity

Wenger Cabinets is all done and I’m very proud of the site. It’s a very nice site and it showcases a lot of Tom Wenger’s amazing work. Thus far, all the images are Tom’s. I’ll be venturing out with him soon to shoot some updated images of his work. I’ll post a note here once those images are up on his site.

By the way, he’s got a great deal on Corian work right now. Check it out at the link to the left.

August 8, 2006 | Filed Under client news, company news, new work | Leave a Comment 

New WeeBeeAV.com

I’m updating the WeeBeeAV.com web site this week. They’re getting a nifty flash banner that rotates through images of their work (all my shots of course). We’ll be adding more the banner and generally sprucing things up this week and next.

I’ll also be out shooting more of their work in the field soon. Stay tuned for new images.

August 8, 2006 | Filed Under client news, company news, new work | Leave a Comment 

Schwanger Bros is online

There’s still some minor text and images to add but the site is up and running. I’m pretty happy with it (says the guy who is never happy) but more importantly, the client is happy with it. I think it’s a great site. Check it out.

Note: the image in the upper left hand corner will change every time the page is reloaded.

Look for the SchwangerBros link to the left.

August 8, 2006 | Filed Under client news, company news, new work | Leave a Comment 

Sad

My Opinion

One need not be an artist for very long before realizing that people will take work, for free, and use it to their hearts content and feel they’ve done nothing wrong.

I never understood that. These same people would never sell and install a kitchen counter and not expect to be paid. They wouldn’t repair your car or truck and do it for free. Yet they think that building a web site, designed graphics and shooting photographs is something that has no value.

Sadly, such is the case with the ATQMRA. After putting in more than 200 hours worth of work, travelling over a thousand miles and shooting almost 1,000 images for them, they’ve stiffed me.

So, all that goes down the drain. And it’s a shame because it was a nice site and I had done some pretty solid photographic for them. But, this is a business.

The only comfort, however small, is that their old site, the one they are, apparently, going to continue to use, is such an embarrassment that I’m glad not to be connected with them any longer.

I’ll be putting together a retrospective gallery of the work I did for them soon. I’ll post an item here when it is ready.

August 4, 2006 | Filed Under company news | Leave a Comment