art for sale.

hey dedicated readers.

to combat debt i'm having an art sale. the price is right but only for a limited time.

to view the gallery of prints and perhaps order, check out this
link.

cute. but inappropriate for newsprint.

the girl on the left ruins it. that's okay. it's still good for a laugh.

the weather has been nasty

dude, where's my wall?

sorry, it's the only title i could think of.

our coverage area did not escape the wrath of last night's string of tornadoes and high winds. the lady that lives on the top floor was home when this happened, hiding in the closet.

200th post

thanks for watching. don't touch that dial.

this won't hurt a bit.

i want to reshoot this. i'll probably never get lucky enough to find someone covering their eyes though.

any suggestions?

i'm scared of heights

i found out about 3 years ago that i was scared of heights. i had to shoot pictures from the outstretched ladder of a fire truck while i was an intern at the paper i'm working at now. it wasn't really that high up, just scary for some reason.

today i came full circle. i shot pictures from the roof of the hospital of this guy fixing their sign. just stepping out onto the roof gave me shaky legs. i was terrified to peer over the side, as you can see.

and it really shouldn't have been a big deal. i know i was pretty well protected. i wasn't going to fall off the building. my body just freaks out now.

i used to jump off 30 ft. bridges into rivers. i used to jump out of trees into water. i used to get too close to the edge when we went to cliffs at state parks.

but i can't do it anymore. my body just can't handle it. it kind of ticks me off.




p.s. - amy winehouse shares a birthday with me. she is one year younger. she looks really old.

takin' it to the streets

main street, harrodsburg

something different

william george and i set out to do something different with his senior portraits. i think we accomplished our mission.

which one?

humor me.

mlk and more

tiny man

doing all the things a tiny man can.

i got a little heavy handed with the burn tool. it's my blog. i'll do what i want.

saturday

on the prowl

for a new apartment.

oh deer.

i saw this on the way home from the UK basketball game.

my camera was still on motor drive and the deer ran off after i fired a 10 frame burst. natural instincts probably told them to run from anything that sounded like a gun.

tomfoolery

this is a picture of me from last week...err...maybe 20 years ago. i'm the one with the puppy. our current house is in the backgroud. i'm in the yard of our old house. i loooove this picture. notice my neighbor, sara, hiding behind the clothes line.



younder cousins playing in front of my older cousin's tree house at my grandmother's.



matt, my first puppy and i found a wormhole in the galaxy and transported our younger selves into the future. i wish.

this is matt's christmas gift. hopefully he won't see this before christmas!

farewell florida, hello danville

as most of you know i left florida for the last time last week en route to my new job in danville, ky. i took secondary roads out of florida to milk the most out of the 80 degree weather.

here's the boardwalk to the public beach at Cocoa Beach, Florida. this town is the home of the ron jon surf shop and is considered the east coast surf capital.



the water was a bit chilly for swimming but i had to stick my toe in one last time just to say i was in the ocean in december.



in or around the jacksonville area, before i finally hopped on the intersate. with my truck loaded on top, inside and on the back my dad said i looked like one of those vagabonds you see on the road with all their earthly belongings. i guess that would be me.

mojo

creative freedom makes all the difference in the world.

though the rain may be coming down and the temperature is dropping, i am where i need to be.

i'm breaking up with a supermodel, but only because she's bat shit crazy.

friends, romans, countrymen, lend me your ear.

i have quit my job in florida.

some of you know the reason for my current state of unhappiness, some of you don't.

for those of you who don't know, the answer is easy. i'm not going to broadcast that reason over the loud speaker but i'll be happy to lay it out for you over email or the telephone.

this is a purely professional move. i have a backup plan. i'll reveal it when the details are hammered out and things are set in stone. until then, trust me.

this is a really, really, REALLY tough decision for me. moving to florida has always been the dream. the weather is perfect, the people are friendly and fun, the friends are one of a kind. should i go on? i live on a lake in a great house with low rent, i'm close to almost any beach and there are a million things to see.

there's only one thing missing, the thing i came here for: my job. i've been tempted to stick around and try to get a random job just to pay the bills. but i can't do it. photography has taken me all over the south and midwest and i feel like i owe it to her to stick by her side. she is the reason i get off my air mattress every morning.

and this is why i feel like i'm a common man dumping a crazy supermodel. i just have to remind myself that yes, she is beautiful to look at and to show off but she is absolutely crazy and will derail everything i've worked for. and that, right now, is a hard pill to swallow.

so to anyone that feels screwed over by this decision, i'm sorry. i'm doing what i can. this is not a decision i enjoyed having to make.

that is all.

sock her

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