Not the best statistics…

This is where most of my business comes from, so this quote isn’t really a good thing:


The past few years have been unkind to the publishing industry.

In 2008, newspaper advertising revenues declined by 17.7%, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Meanwhile, average daily circulation at 379 newspapers fell 10.6% from April through September 2009, compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

Magazines haven’t fared any better. In 2009, more than 360 magazines shut down. During the first half of 2009, ad pages fell 27.9% when compared to the same period in 2008, according to Publishers Information Bureau.

The morning newspaper has been replaced by a growing online media presence — much of which is accessible for free. The Amazon Kindle — even with its price tag of around $250 — and other eBook readers could increasingly become one-stop sources to access newspapers, magazines and books.

It came from an online story I found on Yahoo News. Maybe that means I am part of the problem, if I’m reading online news?!? I do subscribe to some magazines and the daily paper (Thursday through Sunday, anyway). Here is a link to the whole feature about things becoming obsolete:

A look back…

I wanted to look back on the last decade, so I decided to grab a photo from each year, 2000-2009. I didn’t spend too much time choosing the images, as I wanted it to be a somewhat random sampling of photos that I’ve shot. I decided to thumb through each year and just grab the first image that caught my eye.
In theory, the images should get better from beginning to end. And since I grabbed any and every shot that I saw, you should see a variety of subject matter, not just a bunch of music/concert photography. I suppose I could’ve easily filled up a page full of band pics, but I wanted something a little different. Everybody knows my music photos…

2000 – Coca Cola Lake, Arkansas.
2001 – A football coach speaks to his team after winning their final game of the season.
2002 – My grandfather’s hands.
2003 – Rodeo clown cowboys.
2004 – Venice, Italy playground.
2005 – Heavy metal band Megadeth performs.
2006 – The Black Eyed Peas perform.
2007 – Airplane landing at dusk.
2008 – Turn To Jesus sky writer in Orlando, FL.
2009 – Rhett Miller solo album back cover.