I’ve been thinking about the idea of polarization lately. Democrats vs Republicans Conservatives vs liberals Mizzou vs kU Christians vs Atheists Prolife vs Prochoice Anything! Everything! Every issue can become so easily polarized… so easily binary. This or that. Me vs you. I know that there is a “moderate” safe ground between a lot of [...] Read more – ‘Polarize Everything!’.
I’m really excited about these pictures. I’ve known Aaron for a few years now. We’ve been in a small group at church together, made a lot of crude jokes together and even worked together at some weird plant for a day (I only worked there a day… he worked there for a long time). He [...] Read more – ‘Aaron and Christie – Engagement’.
A year ago today, two of my best friends, Tyler and Becca, got married. I had the incredible honor of photographing their wedding. They invited over some close friends last night to share with them their anniversary and anniversary cake. Surprisingly, year old cake is still delicious, if preserved correctly. There’s something really special about [...] Read more – ‘Happy Anniversary, Tyler and Becca’.
60° in Missouri, mid January, is an odd, beautiful thing. My friends Kate and Melissa and I went hiking (walking?) around some parks in Columbia. We hit up Devil’s Ice Box (the trail is open, but the actual cave is closed due to White Nose Syndrome killing so many bats) and Capen Park. We spent [...] Read more – ‘A Lovely Day for a Hike’.
As mentioned in my post from yesterday, winter break is very different time than any other, even though my day-to-day schedule isn’t really effected. I know everyone’s life is pretty different around the holidays, but living in a college town, working for Mizzou, living in a house full of students and being part of a [...] Read more – ‘Friends of Winter Break’.
Winter in Missouri brings a certain sort of quiet. It’s nice at first. Eventually it can feel a little suffocating. It’s reaching that point for me. I’ve enjoyed the slowness of things the past couple weeks, but I am ready for the life of the regular semester to kick back in. The first nine photos [...] Read more – ‘Quiet Missouri’.
I’m not even sure how to describe how awesome this New Year’s was. Standing with one of my best friends, Brett H, as he got hitched, and partying the night away with close friends. There were so many faces I hadn’t seen in a while. I am so blessed. Here is some music, though it [...] Read more – ‘New Years Eve, featuring Brett and Brook’s Wedding’.
Merry Christmas! I’m blogging right now as half my family is asleep in the living room from Christmas Dinner Coma. What a blessed day. The warmth of being around family and the remembrance of Christ’s birth. Earlier today while driving around, I listened to what I consider the mewithoutYou Christmas song: There’s something I really [...] Read more – ‘Christmas 2011’.
Chris and Nia’s wedding was in March. It was snowing and a brutal sort of cold. Nia is a warrior and dealt with the cold no problem. I think she made Chris and I look like the wimps. This wedding was particularly special to me, as Chris has been a good friend of mine since [...] Read more – ‘Chris and Nia’.
Here is a TED talk from Brene Brown titled “The Power of Vulnerability” Some quotes I pulled (with added thoughts): -”Life’s messy, love it.” vs “Life’s messy, clean it up.” – I think this is an interesting thing to think about. I definitely fall more on the “love it” side, I mean, you kind of [...] Read more – ‘The power of vulnerability’.
Continuing my recap of the year, here are some images from the Glosson Wedding, which took place… somewhere in Kansas. Daniel is hilarious and Lori was probably the most laid back bride I’ve had the pleasure of working with. They are part of my church family. D300 + Lightroom + VSCO (Most shots with 50mm [...] Read more – ‘The Glosson Wedding’.
Here are some film shots I did the other night. I used an Alien Bees 400 with a small soft box on these, along with my Mamyia Rb67. These were shot on Fuji 400 ProH, if the title didn’t give that away already. I was experimenting with using external lighting with the Mamiya in general, [...] Read more – ‘Fuji 400 ProH’.
If you’ve talked to me anytime, for any length of time, in the past three months, we’ve probably shared at least a few words regarding #occupy. I am so intrigued by the movement! It has taken me a long time, but today I think I came a lot closer to understanding my fondness of it [...] Read more – ‘99%’.
2 years ago I posted this to my blog: It was 5 years ago, maybe to the minute, that I sat in an office building that was full of candles and tears. I dont think I cried in that office building though. I cried that day. I was confused and uncertain. Earlier in the day [...] Read more – ‘Tylor Tayrien’.
So I decided I would spend some time this month going through and picking my favorite wedding images from the year. Last week I posted Barbara and Steele’s pictures, so I guess I’ll just work backwards from there, since I’ve completely restarted with the blog stuff. Katie and Daniel’s wedding was on a very warm [...] Read more – ‘Katie and Daniel’.
“But Keith, film is dead!” I don’t care. Despite Fuji and Kodak both dropping some pretty historic films recently, I have a hard time believing that the medium is disappearing for good anytime soon. Not until digital can actually catch up. Digital has the edge in convenience, no doubt, but until images those 1′s and [...] Read more – ‘Kodak 160NC’.
Yeah, I go Black Friday shopping. Whatofit? If you haven’t, you should. Just once at least. You’ll learn more about our culture in one night if you keep your eyes and ears open than you will over an entire season of Jersey Shore. I have to say that there is a tragic irony in the [...] Read more – ‘A Dark Friday’.
I think I’ve concluded that thankfulness must drive us to humility. Without that, it isn’t true thanksgiving… it’s more entitlement with recognition, or something of the like. There is no independence. We are contingent upon one another… and for a reason. Here is a glimpse into my family’s Thanksgiving. My nephew takes baths in the [...] Read more – ‘Give Thanks’.
Just a quick preview as I’m finishing up the Shippy wedding… I usually try to avoid the really trendy things that I see a ton of wedding photographers using. I will typically view them skeptically from afar. I saw a lot of people using the “VSCO” something or another and to be honest was totally [...] Read more – ‘Barbara and Steele – Preview’.
Shepard Fairey Designs ‘Occupy Hope’ Poster, Replaces Obama’s Face With ‘V for Vendetta’ Mask – Los Angeles News – The Informer. If you’re curious, the policeman who pepper sprayed the peaceful protesters at UC Davis, his name is John Pike. His salary is over $110k. More articles on the UC Davis stuff: Police officer pepper-sprays [...] Read more – ‘Links of the day – November 21, 2011’.
National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 – The Atlantic. 84 year old Woman Becomes the Pepper Sprayed Face of Occupy Seattle – The Atlantic DOCUMERICA – Images of America in Crisis in the 70′s – The Atlantic Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Two YES. If this doesn’t sound familiar, watch the original first. Read more – ‘Links of the day – November 16, 2011’.
Check out this article from the NY Times. My coworker mentioned this article to me and my initial reaction was that it sounded like we are giving Paterno a pass, letting passivity win because we are all, at root, passive. I felt that way half way through reading the article too but toward the end [...] Read more – ‘Let’s All Feel Superior – NYTimes.com’.
I had the pleasure of photographing The HouseGuests, which includes my good friend and house mate, Jack. Him and his crew were kind enough to get me a press pass for the event at The Blue Note. Read more – ‘The House Guests’.
Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo. This quote from Ira Glass has been floating around the internets a lot lately: “Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But [...] Read more – ‘Taste!’.
Previously, I had my photography blog and I had a “thoughts” blog, and I kept them separate. Why? I thought that keeping my Christian views and work separate would be best. Keep my faith out of business… and let my work speak for itself. I’ve come to a point where I don’t think that makes [...] Read more – ‘Where to From Here?’.
First Listen: Childish Gambino, ‘Camp’ : NPR. (explicit) This is the guy from Derrick Comedy. “My name is Brian. I like to skateboard!” Much more serious than his youtube stuff… Read more – ‘First Listen: Childish Gambino, ‘Camp’ : NPR’.
I am in the process of completely redoing all this web stuff of mine. It’s been too scattered. So give me a minute to … rearrange. I’ll be back real soon. In the mean time, ignore the default theme and enjoy this: Read more – ‘Hang on just a second!’.
