Derby, IN

Salt of the earth. I just can't get enough of it.

Photographing "change"

The Obama circus came to Columbia late last week. I was not sure I wanted to deal with the frenzy of being there, but I am glad that I did.

Rock Island, TN

I spent last weekend with some wonderful folks in a secluded cabin in Tennessee. I tried photographing with my emotions, instead of my eyes – paying special attention to mood and texture.

I finally did it.

I broke down and decided to start shooting weddings. I spend most of my time taking portraits of people who do not appreciate it. Why not photograph people who want their picture made and get paid well for doing it.

Here are a couple of selects from my engagement shoot with Megan and David. I had a lot of fun. They were were all smiles, even though I asked them to meet me at 7:00 a.m.

been thinking

a lot about this person lately.

this little rabbit.

I am trying and failing at feeling with my camera. I find to many times lately that I am searching through a take trying to make a picture after the fact. I should be in the moment, looking for something real, something original. I should be cropping with my eyes and not this machine. I should be expressing feelings and curiosities and engaging my subjects.

football preview

This is the center spread layout for our fall issue of MIZZOU. It is the intro to our football preview and will be printed as a vertical double truck, so readers can tear out the spread and hang it on their wall. Who would want three ominous college athletes staring them down everyday?

Dealing with athletics is such a pain in the ass. I had to abandon my original idea because they wouldn't provide the three players all at the same time. So, designer Blake Dinsdale pieced this together from four separate shoots. I think it turned out nicely none-the-less.

Lead Mine Conservation Area

B.J. troubles

I was getting worried that this story wasn't, well, a story. Yes B.J. graduated from an inner-city school in Saint Louis. Yes the graduation rate in Saint Louis County is 50%. Yes the county school district lost its accreditation. But, B.J. had the support network to help him through all of that. What I didn't know, was how instrumental this support group was in his success. B.J.'s mom, Sarah, suffered an aneurysm, from which she has obtained long-term effects. If it was not for the Saint Louis Educators program that B.J. was involved in, he would not be where he is today.

I am struggling to break into the relationship with B.J. and his mom. He is a teenager , who doesn't want to appear different from anyone else. He acts distant and quite when Sarah's around, but I can sense the bond in each of there hearts.

Here are a couple of photos from my last trip to Saint Louis. I am slowly working into some moments. I just need to break into B.J.'s relationship with Sarah.

wish me luck.

you or your memory

Going through some old stuff and came across pictures from the Mountain Goats show here in Columbia last fall.

I wish I had a voice – in any respect.

visions of running

These are a couple of photographs that show my running trail here in Columbia.
If your really fucking board, feel free to track my runs .

fly bulb

birds in the night.

American Diversity Project

americandiversityproject.org

"Vegas Baby"

LayFlats

check it!

music festival at LayFlats!