updates

Recently, I decided to try to update my equipment, so I began to sell some of my older items on eBay. I sold my nikon D1x body, and paired with the sale [ and for much more than expected ] of my broken sb-800, I purchased a new D200 body. In addition to that, I purchased new 1TB hard drive, which now brings me up to exactly 2TB of storage space, of which 1TB is completely full...when will it end? Also, since I've been receiving so many print orders, I decided to purchase an inkjet printer. I chose the epson r2400 - it's a great printer that will give me up to 13" wide prints. I've made two prints, and so far, everything looks great. And finally, after getting iphone fever [ i've got a fever, and the only cure is more cowbell ] I decided that I could do without the old 12" powerbook that I bought when i was still working at adray in michigan. *proceeds of powerbook purchase will go towards the purchase of 2 new iphones - one for my wife, who is in desperate need of a new phone, and one for myself. We're destined to be the coolest kids on the block.

When I was in michigan, I met up with the band "Which Way is Home" for some photographs - I could not for the life of me think of any great locations to photograph them. They had an idea to shoot at the old Daisy air rifle factory in downtownn plymouth - which consists of one large wall, which is supported by some large beams. Then we moved down the street to an old historic house to finish off the shoot - i'm very pleased with the outcome of the photographs.



That seems to be all of the updates that I have for now - keep yourself updated by looking at this blog often. I am going to be working with a 4x5 view camera very often for the next 10 weeks, so keep your eyes peeled [ "keep your eyes peeled" - that doesn't even make sense... ] for some of those photographs.

iPhone

so I'm sitting in Michigan with benshaft (my brother) and I'm using his iPhone to write this blog.
if you haven't already done so, go to your nearest apple store and either a.) buy one, or b.) play with one.
I am hooked on this thing and I'm pretty sure that an iPhone will be my next purchase. That's all for now.

i rented a scooter, and drove toward the mountains.

woah, we're halfway there...

well, i'm back from vegas, and 3/4 of the way through my 4 wedding weekend. it's 2 am and i should be sleeping, but since i've been nonstop wedding photographer for the past 3 days, i am staying up late to write this.

i left vegas at 11:30pm on thursday, arrived at 5:00am on friday and started shooting again on friday at noon. i got about 2 hours of sleep thursday night as i was flying for most of it, and sitting right by me was a large snoring man. i slept about 45 minutes when i got home, and spent the rest of the time preparing for the upcoming weddings. oddly enough, i think i actually shoot better when i'm sleep exhausted. weird huh?

i didn't take as many photographs in vegas as i thought i would, but i still took quite a bit. i probably would have taken more if my xpan hadn't been damaged. yeah, it got damaged - sucks, i know. i had it in my carry on [ along with all of my other camera equipment ] and i think that the d200 dented the top of it, just to the right of the viewfinder, so now when i turn it on, the switch feels like it's been superglued, and the split level focusing is slightly off - still accurate, i think, but the second image is slightly above the first image, so it looks like it's not in focus. kind of a strange occurance. i don't know that i'm going to be repairing it because the camera is from the UK and i'd likely have to send it back to the UK for repair.

i'll post photos from the trip as soon as i get them - you should be excited, because i've got some good stuff.