Car or Camera?

Seriously… for $13k in cash, you could get a halfway decent automobile.  It might be a few years old, or it might be a very basic, economy car.  Either way, you could still pick up a very reliable and very nice car for that kind of money.  

Your other option?  This:  
The image above was taken from this Hasselblad promotion:  
Now, if I could, I’d be dropping the wheelbarrow full of bills off at the local camera store today.  I’d love to have a medium format digital at home!  You can rent them for shoots, but you’ll pay for it in a couple dozen rentals.  If you have the need for one a bunch, buying it just seems more logical.  I, however, don’t have a NEED for one… just a WANT for one.  A burning desire for one.  So, for now it will remain on my wish list.  

Carter Albrecht CD release party…

I thought I’d share a few images from the Carter Albrecht CD release party last week…

I might post more, if I get caught back up on real work. I have several shoots to go through on the computer, and a video to edit from this concert. It might be a while…

Seriously…

Read the June issue of PDN.  I started working my way through the articles last night, and it is the best issue I have read in a long time!  Pick it up, if you care about photography.  

Newest Quick…

I thought I’d share some of my pictures from the current issue of Quick.  That bold, wild, red cover should attract a few readers!  

June PDN…

I have never seen so many useful articles for us working, freelance photographers in one publication, as I’ve just seen in the new (June 2009) issue of PDN.  I haven’t had a chance to really dig in and read it yet, but just skimming through the pages has me VERY excited!!!  

Articles on creative ways to expand your business, economical mailers/promos, freelance art directors, videography as a viable income solution, and a million more things to help us out.  Really, you need to pick up a copy, if you don’t already subscribe…  
As soon as I find some free time, I will be reading this issue from cover to cover at least once.

Warped Tour, warped fans…

I was going through some old stuff tonight and ran across a folder with images from the Warped Tour.  I forgot to check and see if it was from 2007 or 2008, but the year isn’t necessarily important.  Instead of showing off band after band, I thought I’d share some fan/audience pics:  

 
As you can see, there were a few odd/interesting/weird moments to capture.  The banana crowd surfer was just plain odd.  I guess bananas have the right to crowd surf, just like the rest of us, but still…  
The second shot is of people dancing to a Ska band.  If you’ve never seen a Ska dance pit, they move around in giant circles and do these cool looking, exaggerated dance moves.  
The third shot isn’t that out of the ordinary, but I thought it was still worth sharing.  I just like seeing the energy of a crowd as they scream for more.  I should post some of my Austin City Limits crowd shots here sometime.  I have some really fun audience photos from there…

Clouds at night…

I’m not sure why clouds interest me so much.  They do, though.  This shot was taken at 12:45am when I looked up and saw some wonderful textures in the sky.  Clouds can be really fun to shoot at night, but it requires a very high ISO or a tripod (or both).