I am a regular reader of Chase Jarvis’ blog. You should be too. But today his blog was an especially good read, not only for Chase’s nuggets of wisdom (and if you know any creatives that jealously guard the “secrets” of their “genius”, send them there. It’ll be a bucket of cold water in their...
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Like I said in the previous post, finding fellow artists in Grand Rapids was a challenge when I moved here a couple years ago. Admittedly, I am not good at socializing for its own sake. I’d prefer to stay home, either working in the studio, spending time with my wife and kids, or both. But...
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David DuChemin recently had an interesting blog post regarding faith and art. And it sparked a lot of commentary, which is almost as interesting as the original post. For me, this also sparked a long conversation on a recent roadtrip to Chicago. In my mind (and this isn’t meant to be a global artistic statement;...
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Last week I had lunch with an old friend, Mike Rezac (@mikerezac) at his new digs in the Chicago Booth School of Business at University of Chicago. That’s the ceiling of his building above. I find it a terrific pun that a business school has an actual glass ceiling. Mike is a special breed of...
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They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. I tend to be the guy in the picture next to that entry in the dictionary. Over the years, I always intended to have somebody who knew what they were doing design a website for me, but then while I was waiting to hear back from...
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So much going on lately that I haven’t been able to sit still long enough to post, so here’s what’s been up:
First, my shoot with Andrea and the mannequin heads. I got a Facebook message from a high school friend saying she had a bunch of mannequin heads if I wanted them. Who could say...
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After a slow couple of weeks, things have been heating up lately, which I love. Even on vacation, nothing makes me more tense than relaxing. My Zen Happy Place is when I’m working my ass off. So I’ve been in a great mood the last few weeks.
Last week I did a portrait session with Cari...
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In my previous post I mentioned that reading the blogs of David Hobby, Chase Jarvis, Joe McNally, etc. was an important part of every day for me. Well, let me amend that.
I’m a pretty firm agnostic. Just not sure if we’re being watched over, or if the watcher was our own invention because we didn’t...
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No gigs on the books this week; waiting for the weather to cooperate for a cool upcoming shoot. So, I could spend all day following everyone on Twitter, Facebook, read every entry of every blog…or…I could shoot what’s right in front of me. In my case, that’s my kids. So while the older two are...
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I can’t even add anything. Just watch. Thanks Zack.
I don’t know if it’s my computer or not, but if you can only see half of the video image, go here.
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