Personal Work

The Best of My 2009

The Best of My 2009

This year hasn’t been too shabby for me.
I edited and published a book. I got my masters degree from Missouri. I placed in CPOY.
I got drunk at Mardi Gras.
Here’s a look back, from Spain to California and all the places in between. If I learned anything this year, it’s never stop looking and don’t [...]


Big pimpin’ on N.Y.E.

Big pimpin’ on N.Y.E.

I’ve never seen so many people try to take pictures of this guy. He was definitely the best-dressed person in Kansas City last night.


Kentucky Solace

Kentucky Solace

On the way back from the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, somewhere in Kentucky.


Wyoming Landscapes

Wyoming Landscapes

The West really is one of the most beautiful places around. Wide-open, good light, and heck, even the people are pretty nice. Some other highlights from my trip to Casper, Wyo.:
• I bought a pair of cowboy boots from a local store that’s been around since 1919. The salesman helped me get the right fit [...]


Rimrock

Rimrock

Grabbed a beer at Rimrock bar after a rousing (really) school board meeting in Midwest, Wyo. Nothing was on tap, and I didn’t take many pictures because we were too busy talking with the locals.
Wyoming bars = awesome, and full of “Wyoming Character.”


Good Morning

Good Morning

Coffee.
NPR.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch and a good window view.
Thankful that a little vacation is here.


Roadside fog

Roadside fog

It must be winter in Iowa. On my way to Wyoming for a few days to breathe the fresh mountain air.


All Hallow’s Eve

All Hallow’s Eve

Elizabeth Taylor, as interpreted by Cassie Belek.


Antebellum

Antebellum

The South is starting to grow on me. San Francisco Plantation :: La Place, La.


The River

The River

Mississippi, that is. Via Ste. Genevieve, Mo.


Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes

A portrait of my friend Sarah from our last weekend out in CoMo for a while.


Ode to America

Ode to America

Taken while I was totally bored on the bus in St. Louis.


‘Da Lake

‘Da Lake

Probably one of the most ridiculous weekends I’ve had in a while.
So awesome. What I remember, anyway.


Hoopin’

Hoopin’

So…it’s my first post in awhile; probably because I just finished moving, started a new job and really haven’t got off my butt to shoot anything lately.
Anyway, Douglass Park – Take 1:

I’ve taken ones like this before, but I like this one best.


Creepster

Creepster

Am I really that bad? Are women really that repulsed by me? No, I just think they were all just sick of me playing with my new D3.


A Good One

A Good One

I just finished one of the best days I’ve ever had as a photographer. I didn’t shoot anything amazing, but I connected with a stranger and my peers.
I want more. This is why I came here. To feel that connection, to know that I did something worthwhile today. Something that I can feel good about, [...]


Leaving on a Jet Plane

Leaving on a Jet Plane

This is what happens when I have a D3 and two hours to kill on a flight from St. Louis to San Antonio:

Please leave your tray table in the upright, locked position during take-off…

All flights are non-smoking, so don’t do it, even though air travel these days will turn anyone into a chain smoker…

We’ll offer [...]