Visions, a Blog

Peaks and Valleys

This fall marked my tenth year in business for myself and like the passing of the year it brings on some reflection.  I really can’t say that I’ve not been blessed with friends, some great clients, health and opportunities to do some great work.

I’ve weathered two recessions, had a few great years in there, fought the need to go digital (I know, I know-I’d never go back to analog), learned a few Photoshop tricks, traveled to more places than I care to mention.  I’ve welcomed some new clients and have had a few move on.  That’s always a hard thing to do!

I’ve learned quite a bit as well.  Sometimes things don’t go as I’d like them to.  Sometimes I have the worse expectations only to realize the best.

And sometimes things end up being exactly where they need to be.

As the end of year holiday season approaches, I would like to wish everyone success in the upcoming year! Stay healthy, stay in touch and enjoy this image of summer scenery from Alaska’s Denali National Park.

Peace!

COTC wins multiple Gold Awards!

Congratulations to my client Central Ohio Technical College for their recent Golds in the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCNPR) District Three awards.  The awards were presented for the Viewbook and Poster categories and were recognized for excellence in both graphic design and editorial content.

Credit for these awards go to Leslie Lenzo McLaughlin, the Senior Graphic Designer for COTC, as well as Alice Hutzel-Bateson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, for providing writing and editing.

As the photographer on these projects, I have to say it was a pleasure project.  Photographing the students, staff and campus was a real pleasure.  Working with the younger generation of students always restores my faith as they were so helpful and energetic.

Many of the images from the project can be seen under the Working and Location sections of my Portrait Portfolio.

I’m Excited!

I’m excited!  Every so often we all get to turn over new leafs and step beyond where we’ve been.  This new website is an extension of just that.  I feel that Fourth Floor Interactive, the designers of my new site, has put a vibrancy into my work that I’ve not felt in awhile.  Look at the same images everyday and it numbs the mind, but Jennifer has worked hard to help me realize the freshness my work has.  Thanks so much for that Jennifer, you are a talented and gifted craftsman!

A few words about what you’re looking at.  This site is intended to by updatable, vibrant and current.  Please help me keep it so.  I wish to make this site not only a showcase of my photography talents, but to show the respect I have for my clients and their work.  One thing you will notice is that each featured project is pretty much shown in its entirety.  I feel that by showing an entire site the viewer better understands my thought process and talents.  I feel that I understand how you present what you do, and I use that understanding to create images that help you sell yourself, feature your work, and create more work for yourself.  Only through successfully doing that can I in turn do it all over for you once more.

Thanks to all my clients for allowing me the opportunity to answer my calling.  You all do great work, sorry I can’t feature everything, but I will be rotating projects out on an ongoing basis, so return again.  If there’s a project you’d like to see, well, I’ll take suggestions.