Kaelyn & Ryan's Sneak Peek!

Keeping up with the Jones'

Well, today I finally stop searching and bought the tripod I've needed for a while. I almost ordered online, but realized there's still one camera store left in town, aptly named The Camera Shop, and thought for once I'd do right by my local economy and support them. Competitive prices and I didn't have to wait on the shipping! I got a Vanguard tripod with a PH-32 head. This will compliment my other toys nicely, particularly my glidetrack.

While I was at the store I realized something that online shopping is missing, true browsing. Yes I can click around in the store, but my monitor will never see as much as my eyes will in the store itself. And today I was glad I went in person.

As I was milling about waiting to speak with the proprietor, I found a bag of foam tripod leg covers. Basically they're supposed to make lugging your tripod around a more comfortable experience. However, when I read their measurements, I realized they were JUST what I was looking for with regards to my homemade steadycam. I made it from aluminum pipes and a barbell weight, and it was starting to get a bit rusty looking and dingy. These foamcore covers also came with black fitted sleeves that slid over them to cover up the foam. I'm thrilled...it feels like a brand new steadycam again!



So all of that to say, don't forget, small businesses do still exist, though there aren't as many as before...so swing by, you may find yourself wishing you'd gone sooner.

Booked until 2010

Well that settles it, I am officially booked each month until 2010. I am now working in September, October, November and December. I am not FULL however, please understand that I will accept up to two more fall/winter 2009 clients if the requests come in, but that will be all.

In two weekends I'll be heading down to Indianapolis to shoot a wedding with my friends from 2Duce2.com. They're an incredible husband/wife videography team from Nashville whose work is absolutely stunning, and I feel blessed to be able to know and learn from them.

Then in October I'll be at a wedding in Port Huron that I'm looking forward to. As well as possibly shooting a promo video for a wedding photographer friend of mine at a wedding he's scheduled to shoot.

November will be the wedding of a friend of a friend back near home (Ann Arbor/Detroit area) so I'm looking forward to shooting that one.

December will bring a unique wedding for me that I'm really excited for. The ceremony will be Catholic, but at the reception the bride will be celebrating her heritage with a Korean wedding ceremony which I know will be bursting with color! I'm really looking forward to that. It may be the first time I have two cameras at the reception. :)

Right now I'm finishing up a non-profit video and working in the midst of a large scale corporate project, so back to work with me! Because after those, I have to finish up two more weddings!

Snow Leopard, Tripods & Firewire 800

Well, today was a day of purchasing on the internet.

Was initially intending to buy a new 24" iMac, but decided better of it as my current computer works just fine (knock wood) and aside from being slower than is desirable, I have no reason to ditch it yet (aside from re-sale value, anyone buying?).

So instead, I purchased Snow Leopard, effectively upgrading my operating system (and my wife's, we got the family pack).

Then, I got better tripods. I've needed to upgrade those for a while, and got some reasonably priced Velbon's from Amazon.

And lastly, I got a 4pin to 9pin firewire cable so that I can have the ability to capture and edit on my wife's laptop when necessary.

Needless to say, I'm excited to check the mail in the next few days. :)

TooleArt.com

Just wanted to throw out a link for Mike & Crystal Toole's photography site! A great married photography team from all over Michigan, but right now Holland, who I had the pleasure of working a wedding with at the beginning of this month. Here are their photos from the wedding we worked together: Sheila & Joe's Pictures

So busy!

Hey readers,

If you're thinking of booking for next summer, let's talk soon! I'm quickly locking in many mid-summer dates, and while they're not all gone yet, we're getting close.

I look forward to hearing from you and hopefully working with you!

So much to do, so little time

Usually this is the time of year that slows down for video, so for the first time in as long as I can remember, I'm getting BUSIER as we wind down the summer. And I couldn't be more grateful! Not only weddings, but a corporate client is asking for another video, and a non-profit I edited for last year is asking for a repeat success with their promotional materials. Can't wait to get it all done and share with you what I can!