The latest video I worked on with The Goddamn Cobras. NSFW-ish.

This video had a wonderful DP with the eye of a photographer. The setups remind me a lot of Will’s videos, which are photo compositions one after another.

Honey Pie from California is a place. on Vimeo.
I know my fair share about Real Dolls, having once written an article about sex dolls. I put it on my website, thinking it would make a fine portfolio piece. That I could send a link to editors, who might like it and lavish me with assignments.
I am not sure editors are the ones seeing …

Testing out Lightroom 3′s tethering capabilities at home is incredibly entertaining.

Will has been a bit busy with his trip recap to look over my photos. So, tired of his heavy-handed editing anyway, I decided to do a review of my own photos.

At the beginning of July, I went from full-time editor to part-time archivist. I decided I was no longer learning new skills or enjoying myself, and combined with my new cheaper rent, could cast off the safety net of a 40 hour work week. I had gotten compliant and comfortable, two things I don’t need to be at 24.
Since then, I have traveled to Puerto Rico on a surf safari and then two weeks later took my bike and got on train to Chicago before sailing the length of Lake …

Serena’s finally got her hands on a new camera all her own!

Leave it to irrevevant pop musicians to do something inventive with disposable cameras. You can check out his DIY setup almost immediately in the video but have to wait around to about 1:47 to see it in action. Feel free to dance around in the interim.

I was shooting Le Book all last week, a French company that puts together a book of creative and production companies for others to browse when looking for help in either of those areas. I was at the trade show they have once a year, and, as they are French, they asked me to capture the glamour of the event. I suggested I hold the camera at angles and slow my shutter down to get the feeling right. The employee I was talking to interrupted and said “yes, capture …

I am having a pitching challenge with my friend Liz over at Brooklyn Home Companion, each of us trying to pitch a story once a week. So, for a little inspiration and accountability, I thought I would post these submission guidelines from Freelance Writing Gigs You really should be subscribed to this feed.
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The Washington Monthly is a publication covering politics, government, culture and the media. Before you pitch a story to us, we recommend you read through a few of our back issues online …

But I am still hopeful. Or at least I was until I shot the Root’s Picnic and found myself sharing the photo pit with a 9 year old and his Spiderman backpack.