self_portrait

Welcome back to me. Its been WAY too long since I have posted to my blog. You might be wondering, what have I been doing? Working. Paying bills. Living. Yet, I still try to manage to find time to be somewhat creative. I think it is important to [...]

Leah Franck

This portrait features Leah Franck. She is the daughter of my best friends Terry and Erin Franck. It was shot with my Canon 5d and my 70-200mm lens. I have found that a great telephoto lens can yield some awesome portrait shots. This photo grabs my attention because of her eyes. [...]

Monitor Calibration

Colorvision has released software to calibrate your monitor quickly and easily with just a couple of clicks of the mouse.  This is the software used to calibrate the image printers at Memories Photographics.  If you would like to have an idea of what your photos would look like prior to printing, you really should take [...]

UTK photo contest win

I would like to congratulate everyone who placed and/or won an honorable mention in the 2008 Fall University of Tennessee Photography Contest. I was especially excited when Jennifer called and informed me that one of the three photos I entered had one first place. Below, you will find the details into the [...]

DSLR for beginners

Dslr for beginners is my attempt to cover the most basic issues and questions most people have when they first pursue purchasing and learnging dslr cameras. When I first began to look at dslr cameras, I really did not know what to look for. To take some of the confusion out of the [...]

Broadway Title, Inc.

Recently, I had the pleasure of working with Jack Amyx and his staff at Broadway Title, Inc. by making photographs of his new facility. To commerate the opening and the beautiful workmanship that went into the facility and it’s property, the Foutain City Town Hall, as nominated by board member and former town hall president [...]

Knoxville photography training nightscape trip

On saturday june 12, 2008, i joined several other local photographers to evening trip around the city of knoxville, tn to make scenic cityscape pictures, learn new locations to shoot, and tips/tricks towards mastering the art of night photography. although i am FAR from professional, i felt as though (thanks to tom geisler and dee [...]

Information on local auto break-ins

saturday july 12, 2008, a knoxville news sentinel article describes 2 young men who have met their disaster for local auto break ins. i can only hope that these two men were in some way affilated with my case.   if they were, rest assured i will see to it that they ARE prosecuted [...]

Welcome to my website.

welcome to my website.  as my first blog, i would like to address those people (or single person) that broke into my car and stole my camera equipment and my IPOD.  it is one thing to steal something that is material to a person (ie a cd player, radar detector, etc.).  those types of things can be replaced and have no bearing on my direct [...]