Big update this morning!

Woke up early in hopes of finding some redemption to my inspiration. I headed down toward the river around 7:45.

The light was perfect and the air on my skin was a crisp and damp. It was a beautiful moment. With no one around and a nice paved bike path I decided to put the camera down for a second and go through a couple of morning yoga poses. It was magic, here I am in sphenix pose listening to the river pass by me and the last of the nights crickets singing their song. I felt something deep inside me change in that moment. It was very hard to describe but it changed my point of view for the shooting.

I got alot of good stuff, at least I think it is. I will be breaking up the images into two posts. I got at least one image for the sound series and a few others...

Not Much Today

Today has been a very busy day. I had a lot of work to do, but I was excited. Part of the time I was mowing the grass I was thinking of a shot I want to do. That use to always be running in my mind no matter what I doing, so the fact that there was a small part of my busy day that it happened is a sign of progress.
Movement is happening, im proud of myself >.<


Anyway back to today's shots, I was busy all the way through sunset and to be honest. I am very tired of moving and had to make myself go and spend time with my camera. If it wasn't for this blog I wouldn't have done it.

When I finally got outside I was feeling completly uninspired if i'm honest, I was throwing a fit inside because I didn't want to get off the couch.

I was able to find a shot though, it's decent. I think it may fit in with the sound series.


so thats it, nothing too specail but it's still something. hoo-ray

We just had our first senior session with the new lensbaby. It went well I think, I have pictures to post, but not the time. I'll be editing this post over the next few days to put them here. We are really just very busy this weekend.


*edited*
This first image is something I really love. It's my reassurance that I am good at photography. I am feeling a little better now that im in the swing of things, not anywhere close to where I once was, but any motion is better then where I was.




This image was a neat one, this is a t shirt of one of his favorite bands and I happen to have a connection to them myself. I was good friends in high school with one of the band members and ended up photographing his wedding. His wife is also in the band and they are two of the nicest people. I made this image for them, the senior, and myself. It's kind of proof to myself that fashion photography isn't out of my grasp if I wanted it.


This third image is something fun. Very light and airy, I changed the color tones of it to reflect that. We shot at a location with some structure and I thought that I should show it off!


-Having lost my way, I try to find the path. A place that always was is now so far.

I'm coming though;
I'll take the Back Way Home

Found this on an old blog, seems like I have been in this place before...

Everybody is waiting for something.

I'm frustrated, angry even.
I'm feeling lost in a world that spins around me
Always wishing for more
it's my human condition

All hope for humanity is left inside the words of
"wait and see"
My microcosm isn't important in the big picture
I hope to remember that

These days are cold
but not dark

I will survive

Night Festival In Oxford

So, I said I would post it all...
I would put these in the, nothing special category. None the less it's all a part of the journey.

All of these images were taken at a festival in Oxford, the students have just come back and the street were alive with the sound of the hispanic band and the footfall of all the people. It was dark by the time we got there, so everything is shot with just aviable street light. I don't think I hit a homerun here, but at least I had the camera with me. right now, that is a huge step forward.

This is Nash, my best friend, making his first appearance here. Using the lens baby at night is a lot of fun, and renders some strange effects with street lights and such. I'm learning more with every outing I guess.


This is the only halfway decent Image I got, I saw this rather interesting looking dog laying the grass whilst it's owner was drinking wine and talking to a rather tall man smoking a cigarate. If anything I thought the dog was interesting. I should have tried to get the entire scene but I have some reservations about street photography that I really need to get past.
And this is me :D. There was a little booth selling bracelets and things and they had a hand mirror hanging so clients could see the wares on themselves. I took the opertunity to try it out!


-Having lost my way, I try to find the path. A place that always was is now so far.

I'm coming though;
I'll take the Back Way Home

Visions of Sounds

Visions of Sounds is my launch point, a series that just feels right. I don't know how many images there will be. Visions of Sounds is just a working title I think, if this series is ment for bigger things the name may change. Feel free to suggest any good names that come to you. Crowd participation is always nice :D

The idea is every image brings a noise to mind. This green image makes me think of a long drawn out draw across a violin. The image with a flower is a little more percussive (pretty sure I made that word up) in my mind.

What Say you?

-Having lost my way, I try to find the path. A place that always was is now so far.

I'm coming though;
I'll take the Back Way Home

The new lens!

Arriving on my doorstep today was hope in a box. A new tool, in the shape of a toy. Photography was my passion, then my major, and now my job. This is a large part of the thing I lost, the LOVE of the game.

After opening the box, and finding a new found feeling of excitment I did it, I made something that at least for the moment seems worthwhile...




(the girl in these frames is my wife, the best thing I have to show for myself, and my biggest passion. You will see her alot if you spend any time here, she is my everything)

-Having lost my way, I try to find the path. A place that always was is now so far.

I'm coming though;
I'll take the Back Way Home

Explination

Creating was always my thing, it's all I ever wanted, all I ever did.
Now that I stop and look just how far away from that I am, I feel lost. Shaking and cold I know not where I am, how I got here, or where to start. I feel like a part of me is missing, dropped along the path to afford other loads.

It's time to find my way home, back to that feeling in my stomach and the aching in my bones, back to the place where I could create something meaningful. A place where fire, a thing that only could be made by trying, was the only source of light and strange sounds filled every nook and shadow. The place where my soul could commune with it's maker, and all things were just as they were, no subjection's, no apologies.

The thrill is in the hunt, chasing every thought until it's captured and turned every which way round until all that can be extracted from it is.

This blog is my journey, the backway if you will. Everything here is as much an experment as it is anything else. I have walked too long without the thing that makes me tick, and this is the backway home. Feel free to follow it as you will, stay a while and sit, listen, ponder, look, stare, even comment if you would like. Feel free to close this window and go about your every day. This is for me, and for others, it's about everything and nothing, it's only what it is, my journey.

This place is mine though, I plan on posting everything, no holds bar. All my moments of victory, all my blunders, all my twist and turns along the way. I have to do this, it's my only way back, it's my only lifeline.
If your offended, well, thats ok.
If your moved, well, thats ok too.
If your inspired, well, grasp it, steal it, and make it your own.

I'm scared about what will appear here, mostly becuase what appears here is all me. No fronts, no masks, all will be shown both good and evil. Most media will be based in a visual sprectum I'm sure, but no one really knows. It's the mystery that makes it grand.

I hope all of this will be taken in by someone who isn't me, but even if only my eyes see it, it will be worth the efforts.



-Having lost my way, I try to find the path. A place that always was is now so far.

I'm coming though;
I'll take the Back Way Home

The Back Way Home

Having lost my way, I try to find the path. A place that always was is now so far.

I'm coming though;
I'll take the Back Way Home