2026 04 09
Another outtake from my upcoming zine (now on preorder!). I still quite like this shot of Sean, one of the ever-changing cast of faces I’ve met through the years while based out of the Kimball Arts Center. The building has changed and is changing in ways which seemingly parallel my own career evolution. I won’t get into all that here today, however, to sum it up: commerce outcompetes art. That said, I’ve been really enjoying doing my own photography lately and (currently) very motivated to find a way to make it work financially, as well. Time will tell if I can crack it.
2026 04 07
This was a spur-of-the-moment attempt at something while passing through Quincy last year on an Ill Wandering outing. Alec, a bank employee, was nice enough to pose for me as he was leaving work. There’s definitely something here, but not sure my vision fully translated in the final image. Mainly, I’m obsessed with the church spire sticking out from Alec’s head and wandered around town capturing it from every angle imaginable. If you’d like to see a dozen more, let me know! Thanks to Alec for being a good sport and entertaining my artistic whims.
2026 03 13
I made a very similar photo of my sister 20+ years ago on my first digital camera. It was one of the first images I made that got me really excited about making images.
Today I came across the below quote while cleaning up my desktop and it reminded me that I’ve been slacking on posting quotes around here.
“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”
— C.S. Lewis
2026 03 03
I’m not spending as much time on this here blog lately, mostly because I’ve been nonstop busy with other stuff. Two of those stuffs are related to this above snapshop of Joe!
First of all, the image was made in the first half of 2023, which is where I’ve been pulling images for my second zine project dubbed Daily Bread. That zine is nearing design completion and (hopefully) heading to the printer this week for dummy copy production. I’m aiming for a late April release. In the meantime, I will be posting more images made from that time in my life on the blog here.
Secondly, Joe was just featured on my other other blog, everyoneisfamous.com, along with his partner Maggie. I clearly don’t have time for all this blogging, but I do the best I can. While I miss hanging out here with myself every single day, it’s also been nice to focus on other… stuff.
2026 02 06: Louisville b/w
This is an iphone snap (edited to look less like one). I also made some images with my “real camera,” however, those files always take longer to get to. Maybe I need to change my workflow; maybe I’m just lazy and the phone is too convenient to compete with. Whatever the case, I’ve decided to be less picky about which images I choose to share around here. Previously, I was pretty firm on only using shots made from my Ricoh. These days, I’m using that camera a bit less than I had been, and instead shooting more with the phone again (yuck!) along with my Canon R5. The real camera. That I hope to swap for a Fuji GFX one of these days… but that’s enough gear talk for the week.
2026 01 07: Keep it 100
In attempting to make good on one of my year-end resolutions (see: 2025 12 30), I’ve got my “Keep it 100” portraits sessions on offer from January 8-13. Since I opened up bookings so last minute, I’m going to have a very hard time of getting people to sign up, which will likely spiral me back into a pessimistic outlook on the whole thing. Ho hum. If you want to book a session, you can do so here; and if you use the code KEEP-IT-100, you’ll unlock the insanely low price of $100 for an individual session.