Things have been a blur of activity this summer but I'm now going to get back to blogging here. Posting about what comes to mind. Should be exciting times...er...or as exciting as blogs can be. More to follow...
Also, check this landscape out from Maui. There will probably be more than one of these to show up...
Now safely at #spenational in Las Vegas my eyes have turned away from the hill and back on the world of photography. While I have one foot in the commercial world I also have another in the world of photographic education. Working with new ideas and conceptual thoughts helps stoke the creative fires that be. SPE is a great forum for that. I'm looking forward to meeting up with some more old colleagues and hopefully making a few new ones. There's already been more than one surprise or two.
It's also hard to believe it's 80 degrees here in Vegas when a mere 48hrs ago I was looking at this...
The Canyons
Life never ceases to amaze. More to follow...
A life on the move is a busy life indeed. Before this year's #spenational conference I had the opportunity to spend a little time in Park City. It's been amazing opportunity to get away and throw down some turns. Look for a shot or two more as I'm somewhat back on the grid. This is an ever-present iPhone shot. More to follow...
The Canyons
The week has positively flown by. Looking towards a busy week I'm thankful to be able to have a minute with a slow brewing Chemex and sip some coffee before the impending business of the week.
Here a moment from Los Angeles that I never posted but made my buddies stop at least four times along our walk at the Griffith Observatory so I could find the "right" angle. They were good sports about the whole thing.
Griffith Observatory
Have a good Sunday everyone.
There's always things afoot, but lately it seems there's a lot going on. Always bouncing from one thing to the next. I've been spending the evenings editing and going through old work. It's been fun to think about how my craft and vision have changed with time. It's been insightful to say the least. Here's a quick one from one of my favorite places to stand an make an image. Lake Michigan is incredibly big and beautiful, I'm always compelled to make an image. I'm looking forward to capturing more landscape work. It's something I haven't been spending enough time doing. More to follow...
Lake Michigan
I often think about how so much of our lives is manufactured. How many machines make the things we use, eat, and share. To move away from that usually involves a cost. To get back to the handmade we usually have to spend money to involve the person. Lately I've been enjoying more and more Lattes and it struck me while waiting for mind, that this is the simplest most wonderful ways to get back to the handmade. For the 3 minutes or so the barestia labored to create this thing for me. Both tasty and beautiful. Artisanal. Whenever I get a latte I'm incredibility thankful to share my gratitude with the person who made it and enjoy the moment to drink it.
Have a good Sunday. Hopefully your day is full of friends and family... and perhaps, a latte.
Sometime in the Summer I noted I was going to post "regularly" and add all sorts of content. Clearly that didn't happen. Things got rather busy and that goal slid to the bottom of the list. Such is life...
But (!) as things are, I'm going to give it another go... We'll see what happens but I'm looking to be able to finish other projects (rather quickly) and still have a moment to post here. I'm hopeful this time!
I'm rather active on Instagram so you can always check in there @natertype ...stay close for more to follow here...
Here's a larger image of the most recent Instagram post... Talented @kennsuarez of the @matthewagency. Really beautiful moment. I'll post more from that series and others over the coming days...
Kennady Suarez
I had a great day in the studio yesterday with Sarah Herman. I really like the pace of still life...compose, light, compose, light...the process can be somewhat slower than working with people. It's always nice to work with different ideas. It was a pleasure working alongside Sarah to help bring her vision to life. As always, more to come...
The other day I had the opportunity to photograph Megan Ross of LensPaperScissors and I'm really happy with the images... beautiful, dramatic... Meghan is lovely and wonderful to work with. As I move into more portraiture I hope to capture more moments that have the same presence here.
Mehan Ross
More to come later this week...
This week flew by. It felt like it was Monday... and then... Friday.
And to top it off, there's a busy weekend to look forward to full of photo things and summer happenings.
Hopefully included is a latte like this for you, me, and everybody who loves coffee.
A latte for the weekend.
Have a good one out there. Be back Monday...
More to come.
Have a fun safe weekend Everybody!
Image by Edward Gorey
More to come...
Well hello there. It's been awhile right? It's been over a year since some of my last posts but this is going to change... new posts and new work are coming. And coming soon. With luck I hope to have regular posts of 2-3 a week with various lengths and forms content.
Many hours behind the desk at IU have been spent working on things related to GVSU and teaching. Now, my time at GV has shifted, working less in the classroom and now re-focusing back onto my own photographic work. More time will be spent on IU and Where's The Film (wheresthefilm.com coming soon!). 10 Journal (www.10journal.com) will also become a major point of interest. And work will continue with reDiscovering the Grand (rediscoveringthegrand.com) with various posts and new images on that respective site.
Many good things are afoot so we'll see what happens! More to come...
Sooner than later.
A new fresh portfolio will be on it's way soon with new work and all sorts of things.
Random iPhone shots and vBlog posts will hopefully make it on here too...
Like this!
Photographing in CA for fun.
Happy Friday! I want to give a huge thank you to Alison Tetrick and her RoadID caption contest. I threw out a funny jest and got back a RoadID. And while, like a helmet, I never want to use it to it’s fullest potential, I am happy to have it : ) Huge thank you! Be safe out there this weekend guys! Make images. Make art. And ride your bike!
More to come...
10 is in production! Check it out here - www.10journal.com
more to come...
A photograph between photographing. Quick day in the studio.
More to come...
As this blog evolves I imagine the content will too. While posting an Instagram image isn't revolutionary, it is kinda fun to have a mobile platform up and running.
And for those of you making the hustle to East for SPE. Drop me a line, maybe we can connect.
More to come...
There are a lot of stunning images coming from the Great Lakes Region. They're roughly 80% frozen over and this hasn't happened in roughly 20 years. Really stunning stuff. I made my own trip out to the third coast this weekend and it really is something to see. More to come...
As change continues behind the desk of IU I thought I'd dive back into the archive and post an older image. Another walkabout image… aaand I'm pretty sure Chicago doesn't look like that now. Perhaps something season appropriate next week. After a weekend out from behind the desk. More to come.
New year, new blog, new things are afoot...
More to come.
Busy Times…I was in Chicago over the weekend to spend time with some ole' friends. I went on a walk about to photograph and found this to be a beautiful scene.
More to come...
