Entries from April 2008

April 29, 2008

Heart attack moments

Inspired by a conversation yesterday I’ll leave you with a question while I’m gone.
When was the last time something happened that you’d qualify as one of those “heart attack” moments?
Mine was two weeks ago. On a shoot I changed out a lens. I grabbed my backpack with all my camera equipment and hefted it onto [...]

April 29, 2008

Photo of the Day

Traveling today. Another photo of the day from an apartment fire way back in 2006.
Site. Flickr.

April 28, 2008

Photo of the Day

I’ve got a lot on my mind to write today but no time to write it. So I’ll try to periodically post a photo of the day again.
This was taken at Coyote Designs in Stephenville, Texas.
Site. Flickr.

April 26, 2008

Your friendly neighborhood Conner-man

Conner asked if I’d take some pictures of him in his Spider-Man suit.
You can see the rest here.

April 25, 2008

Lightning

Storms rolling through Austin. I’ve never tried to shoot pictures of lightning before. Turns out it’s a lot of fun and kind of a crap shoot. Out of about 200 photos I got 10 really good ones.
Here’s a few, but you can view the rest here.

April 24, 2008

Question of the day

I’m going to be traveling for the next two days so I leave the conversation to you.
Who has influenced you most in your life?

April 23, 2008

The 50 Hour Challenge

Go check out the 50 Hour Challenge on Anne’s blog.
Go give 10 bucks. It’s for a good cause.
That’s what, two cups of coffee? Come on.

April 23, 2008

One of those moments

You ever have one of those moments where you have to live out what you believe and it sucks?
First go read this short post.
The basic gist of the post above is when someone expresses unhappiness with your service, the only real thing to do is say “you’re right” and set about fixing the problem.
The reality [...]

April 21, 2008

Red alert!

Ok, we’re officially in red alert mode in the Wright household.
I’ve got about two weeks worth of work that has to be done this week. That’s not unusual, but yesterday Becca’s right eye decided to stage a full-blown rebellion. So today she is about as functional as a newly-blind person.
I’m not sure this week could [...]

April 19, 2008

Back to the old West

A couple of weeks ago I had the honor of shooting a group of Vietnam veterans who do old West reenactments for the Bygone Days in Stephenville. These guys were a lot of fun and really have a passion for what they do.
You can view the rest of the pictures here.

And my favorite shot of [...]

April 18, 2008

So what did you do yesterday?

This is what I worked on yesterday.
Did you do anything interesting?

April 17, 2008

Happy divorce day

So today sucked.
I was generally minding my own business and letting the universe spin as it normally does.
Then I got word that an old friend of mine has pretty much done everything he can to screw his life up. Specifically he and his wife are about to be divorced. This is a guy who I’ve counseled a [...]

April 16, 2008

Quote of the Day

“How very Olan Mills of you.” — One of our brides while I was trying to tell her how to pose at her bridal shoot. The pose was a little more traditional and she was right, it didn’t work at all. I can’t do traditional very well.

April 14, 2008

Thanks for the back scratch Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam looks you in the eye with that happy grandpa smile of his. “I couldn’t do this without you son,” he says, “This’ll get us through another year.”
He claps you on the back and makes you feel like you are the most important person in America, his smile never wavering.
You turn to leave, wondering [...]

April 13, 2008

Hello wall, mind if I run into you?

You ever see times coming up when you are just going to be slammed beyond your ability to cope?
Starting this Wednesday I have five straight days of shooting, then an intense deadline on The Business Journal the next week. And in between I have about a million hours of work for all my other clients.
The [...]