I'll have several things to tell you about over the next week in regards to my upcoming LifeFinder Tour. The first thing I get to announce is the companies that I'll be partnering with. Now mind you, I hate the word "sponsors". I always think of really cheesy products and terrible advertisements. But these are companies that I sought out specifically cause I love and believe in their products. Epson, Profoto, G-Tech... you can't get more high-end than these brands in their respective fields and it's a massive honor for me to be partnering with them. Then there's Visual Supply Company. These guys are creating ridiculous products and they're also very good friends of mine. It's way too cool that we get to work together on this tour.
So why am I telling you this? Cause they're all going to be giving away some cool stuff in every city.
You're already getting 7 hours of teaching from me. You're getting a free dinner. You get to bring a friend in need. You get my 4-hour LifeFinder DVD. And now you're potentially getting some rad products from some rad companies. All for a measly $219. I mean, cmon. This is getting ridiculous haha.
Here's some more info on the tour in case you want to attend!
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So why am I telling you this? Cause they're all going to be giving away some cool stuff in every city.
You're already getting 7 hours of teaching from me. You're getting a free dinner. You get to bring a friend in need. You get my 4-hour LifeFinder DVD. And now you're potentially getting some rad products from some rad companies. All for a measly $219. I mean, cmon. This is getting ridiculous haha.
Here's some more info on the tour in case you want to attend!
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We are ramping up the 2012 LifeFinder Tour for MAY and I'm excited to say we have some major changes happening that will allow for more of you to come, participate, and inspire one another. Open Post
I have a secret, ongoing personal project that's been going on for a long time.
It's called "documenting the lives of my kids". :)
Recently I got a hold of the new FujiFilm X-Pro 1. I absolutely love it. I'll do a more thorough review soon but below are some images of my kids that I shot with it at a birthday party. Edited with VSCO Film of course. Open Post
It's called "documenting the lives of my kids". :)
Recently I got a hold of the new FujiFilm X-Pro 1. I absolutely love it. I'll do a more thorough review soon but below are some images of my kids that I shot with it at a birthday party. Edited with VSCO Film of course. Open Post
The LifeFinder Tour is getting started again! I honestly had a blast on the last tour and enjoyed meeting many of you across 8 major U.S. cities. It was also my favorite presentation I've done to date because I love talking about the bigger picture of photography which is vision, ideas, and what makes unique artists unique. So we're going to do the same thing but in new places!
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Have you ever said this to yourself?
"What if I could have back all that money I've spent on eating at restaurants over the years?"
Replace "eating at restaurants" with whatever you want… clothes, movies, cars, you get it.
So what about time?
I always find myself saying "What if I could have back all that time I've spent sending emails?"
I've said this before on Twitter and I mean it.
I am a full-time emailer that sometimes takes photos.
Email is what I do all day. Literally. It's my ball and chain. I can never get around to doing what I want to do because of emails.
And don't hear me saying that I am sooooo popular. Cause I'm not. I don't get THAT many emails. I know a lot of people who send and receive a lot more emails than I do.
But it's enough to drive me crazy. Sometimes I feel like at the end of my life I'm going to say "Well…. I sure sent a lot of emails."
Maybe this is why I like Twitter so much. I swear 140 character limit was the greatest thing ever invented. It forces us to be short and sweet, doesn't it?
I'd be really scared to know how many hours I've spent over the last 10 years typing emails. And what do I have to show for it? What if all that time had been spent creating instead? (Yes, I know some of you will get technical in the comments and explain how my career would be nothing without all those emails and communication but you get the gist of what I'm saying. What if MOST of that time had been creating instead of talking about creating?)
It's interesting to wonder how productive the masters of art history would have been in the world of email and tweets. Would Picasso have produced 40,000 paintings? I doubt it.
I'll never be known for my email work and neither will you.
So here I am. To some extent, I'm done with emails. I realize I can't quit email all together. There's some work stuff that can't be ignored (and a lot of work stuff that actually can and should be ignored). Family. Close friends. And a few other things of course. But I've always been that guy that feels obligated to respond to nearly everything. That time has come to an end. So if you email me and I don't respond, PLEASE don't be offended. You are still awesome. I just want to spend more time away from my computer and more time with my wife and kids and pencils and paint and anything else that allows me to create.
I hope you'll consider joining me in the fight against The Great Time Vacuum.
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"What if I could have back all that money I've spent on eating at restaurants over the years?"
Replace "eating at restaurants" with whatever you want… clothes, movies, cars, you get it.
So what about time?
I always find myself saying "What if I could have back all that time I've spent sending emails?"
I've said this before on Twitter and I mean it.
I am a full-time emailer that sometimes takes photos.
Email is what I do all day. Literally. It's my ball and chain. I can never get around to doing what I want to do because of emails.
And don't hear me saying that I am sooooo popular. Cause I'm not. I don't get THAT many emails. I know a lot of people who send and receive a lot more emails than I do.
But it's enough to drive me crazy. Sometimes I feel like at the end of my life I'm going to say "Well…. I sure sent a lot of emails."
Maybe this is why I like Twitter so much. I swear 140 character limit was the greatest thing ever invented. It forces us to be short and sweet, doesn't it?
I'd be really scared to know how many hours I've spent over the last 10 years typing emails. And what do I have to show for it? What if all that time had been spent creating instead? (Yes, I know some of you will get technical in the comments and explain how my career would be nothing without all those emails and communication but you get the gist of what I'm saying. What if MOST of that time had been creating instead of talking about creating?)
It's interesting to wonder how productive the masters of art history would have been in the world of email and tweets. Would Picasso have produced 40,000 paintings? I doubt it.
I'll never be known for my email work and neither will you.
So here I am. To some extent, I'm done with emails. I realize I can't quit email all together. There's some work stuff that can't be ignored (and a lot of work stuff that actually can and should be ignored). Family. Close friends. And a few other things of course. But I've always been that guy that feels obligated to respond to nearly everything. That time has come to an end. So if you email me and I don't respond, PLEASE don't be offended. You are still awesome. I just want to spend more time away from my computer and more time with my wife and kids and pencils and paint and anything else that allows me to create.
I hope you'll consider joining me in the fight against The Great Time Vacuum.
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Finally! I have a new print portfolio. I've been wanting/needing to do this for a while now. My other portfolios have plastic sleeves and I think people are moving away from that. They just get really dirty and they're too shiny, thus taking away from the images themselves...
This portfolio represents the work that "I" like. A lot of my glossier celebrity/TV work is not in this portfolio. There's no Kardashians, Seacrest, Sting, etc... I wanted to finally create a book that I could really be proud of.
A few other things to note...
• I apologize for the low audio quality. I did this quickly just to give you a glance at the book.
• I printed everything myself on the Epson 4900.
• Scott Mullenberg from Mullenberg Designs built the portfolio...
• For paper, I used this paper from Pina Zangaro...
• Jeremy Kennedy drew my logo by hand.
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This portfolio represents the work that "I" like. A lot of my glossier celebrity/TV work is not in this portfolio. There's no Kardashians, Seacrest, Sting, etc... I wanted to finally create a book that I could really be proud of.
A few other things to note...
• I apologize for the low audio quality. I did this quickly just to give you a glance at the book.
• I printed everything myself on the Epson 4900.
• Scott Mullenberg from Mullenberg Designs built the portfolio...
• For paper, I used this paper from Pina Zangaro...
• Jeremy Kennedy drew my logo by hand.
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Recently some friends of mine released a product called VSCO Film, that was SUPPOSED to emulate the actual look of different film types. I was a major skeptic. I've tried and used every filter and preset known to man. I consider myself to be a photoshop purist. I hate all things actions/filters/presets, etc. But because I liked these guys so much, I decided to look into it more.
Then I was blown away... Open Post
Then I was blown away... Open Post
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