Life is good

A strong breeze blows through the neighborhood. It can’t really be called a “winter” breeze. It doesn’t bring with it any kind of chill on this 66 degree day.
The sun warms my face as I see Becca pull into the drive way. No sooner has she stopped than the door flies open and Conner explodes [...]

Quick Notes 11-23-08

Just a few quick notes instead of, you know, a real post.
I sit here on a Sunday afternoon. I need to clean my office and do a pile of work. I want to do none of that.
I had a blast shooting last week with Tim and Chris downtown. I put on a mini-workshop for them. [...]

Smile

Some days you just need to smile. Conner usually helps with that.

A frightening look at my future

I grab two gallons of milk from the shelf. I shake my head as I look at them. “It didn’t used to take two gallons at a time to feed three boys,” I think.
I heft the gallons into the cart and push on to finish the shopping trip. As I near the end of the [...]

Around downtown

I’m working on a big new project that will involve teaching some photography workshops. So today I did a little test run with two of my Twitter friends Chris and Tim.
We spent a few hours walking around downtown Austin discussing photography and shooting in a variety of locations. I did more talking than shooting, but [...]

Shoot the rings

Here’s another in a series of posts I do about how I work as a photographer.
Some of my favorite things to shoot at weddings are the rings. I try to take time out to make really special ring shots. If you’re not careful they can become pretty run-of-the-mill. I know the rings look pretty on [...]

Jessica and Will’s wedding day preview

Last Saturday we finally had the pleasure of shooting Jessica and Will’s wedding here in Austin. It’s been a year-long journey. After meeting them in January, we started with an engagement session in March where we fought wind and rain to get some great photos. Then in July we headed to Zilker Park on a [...]

This guy has talent

I already post this on Twitter, but I figured I’d throw it here for everyone else. This is great.

Halloween 2008

Here’s a few Halloween pictures for my Mom, who reminded me I forgot to post them. The line up this year was Colton as Iron Man, Conner as Batman and Cody as Elmo.
At the Halloween party we went to Colton won the prize for toughest, Conner won for bravest and Cody won for scariest. I [...]

Seth Godin’s true genius

Recently, Seth Godin’s new book, Tribes: We Need You To Lead Us, was released for free to Audible.com subscribers (and for $.95 on iTunes).
I’m sure it was downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, if not more. And for every Audible download he made nothing. So why give away that much money? He’s practicing what he [...]

Why Christians should be very excited about the election results

Statistically, a majority of Christians vote Republican. So it’s probably safe to say a majority of Christians aren’t overly happy with the results of the latest election.
I’m personally not all worked up about it and really don’t think you should be either.
All that aside, here’s something that should excite you about it. President Obama won [...]

An open letter to President Barack Obama

Dear President Barack Obama,
Let me start by saying I didn’t vote for you. But I do congratulate you on your victory.
I don’t agree with most of the positions you take and that probably won’t change. I will not only disagree with you, but I will argue for my side strongly. But I promise to I [...]

And the most disgusting thing about the election

Sorry for splitting up all the posts. Just writing things as they come to me.
I have to say the most stomach-turning part of this election has been the bright light that’s been shined on our reliance on government. People in huge droves are looking towards the government to basically provide for them. What happened to [...]

The day McCain lost

Say what you will about Obama, he ran an amazing campaign. There’s so much to learn there just from a brand perspective. Amazing work.
But, McCain lost this election on a particular day. That day was the day he accepted the nomination. The reason is he isn’t truly a conservative. The only time he ever had [...]

Han Solo says, “Go vote, kid.”

I’m done. I voted. No more election for me. So happy. Did you?