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Archive for March, 2009

My Kids Dress Themselves

Dressing ThemslevesWe let our daughters dress themselves. Read More → No Comments

India

Bride and GroomMy family traveled to India to be a part of my brother Ben's weddin Read More → No Comments

Matt & Amanda’s Wedding

These are pictures from my brother's wedding in Indianapolis. He and his wife, Amanda, were a lot of fun to shoot and they were g Read More → No Comments

Monthly Portraits

PortraitsThis is a collection of the portraits I’ve been creating for my monthly e-blast. I’ll continue to ad Read More → No Comments

Santiago Canyon Panorama

This photo took a lot more work in the office than it did in the field.  It's a 7 photo combination.  Then on top of that it's a combination of an HDR and a regular photograph.  I did 5 versions before I found a sequence of pictures that worked.  One problem I had was that [...] Read More → No Comments

An Experiment in Alert Mining

This post is just a way to sign "hi" to Bean.  I think we all know that the best way to reach you is via Google alerts. I wanted to communicate four things to you: 1. What's the name of the URL you mentioned on the show? 2. Can you please give me free tickets? [...] Read More → No Comments

Heroic Designs – March 2009

As a little boy in rural Oklahoma I got to help my hero, a cowboy named Steve, brand a cow. As much as I wanted to be a cowboy for the rest of my life, little did I know that I would leave rustling cows behind but keep the branding iron with me. Now I help individuals and businesses develop their own brands (and yes, t Read More → No Comments

Money In the Bank

I highly recommend listening to this episode of "This American Life".  They totally explained the credit crisis in an easy to understand way.  To be honest, their explanation made me want to pull my money out of the bank.  The only thing that prevented me from making a run on the bank was that they [...] Read More → No Comments

World’s Largest Self-Portrait

largestdrawing I'm so inspired by artist who find new ways to use technology. The logistics for this project are mind boggling. I also love how small the world is becoming. Read More → No Comments

HDR Zombie Girl

I recently saw an HDR tutorial from someone who is actually is doing it well.  His techniques and subtlety inspired me.  So while I was out with my daughters today I decided to try making an HDR from a single RAW file.  I also added a split tone formula that I created on top of [...] Read More → Comment (1)