a visual journal and blog

Calliope

Calliope There is something unique and different about working with your talent when it involves film.  You think about the frames you have available.  The way the light keeps moving and changing.  The fact that you are shooting blind.  And then…you just trust your instinct and your model…

No-Comply

No-Comply New Years Day I managed to get out of the house and went skating at House Park.  The best part about every time I head downtown to go skate, I always run in to friends I don’t have the opportunity to see very often.  I ended up skating around for about two hours and…

8 Years Later…

8 Years Later… The evening of January 4th, I got to catch up with an old friend I haven’t seen since our last shoot in 2009.  We shot a two day set for Suicide Girls in one of the hottest summers I can remember having here in Austin.  We managed to squeeze in two more…

Silver Halide

Silver Halide I have always loved black and white film.  The tones, the grain.  But, I shoot primarily digital format and feel like I have always struggled to create a rich film like look to my black and white conversions.  Maybe I need to load those 4 rolls of Ilford film in to my Bronica…

On A Sunday

On A Sunday   I know…. I shoot in my home/studio often.  But I keep trying to push myself to use this space differently.  To take advantage of some of the most amazing light I have ever seen.