Entries from August 2008

August 30, 2008

Epic & Portland Graffiti

READ THIS FIRST I can’t think of a more exciting idea than this. It easily beats out the potential for an invisibility cloak that I was reading about a few weeks ago. It seems that technology is taking a turn for the magical, because Intel is also working on “shape-shifting” technology. This all sounds very [...]

August 25, 2008

Rule #1

Rule #1 of Photography: If you suck at photography, get a bigger lens.

August 20, 2008

Full Circle

I always like a story that comes around full circle, especially when it all happens by chance. My favorite full circle story I have to tell starts when I was in high school. I was working at Sunday River, a ski resort in Bethel, Maine. I used to take my lunch breaks in the furthest [...]

August 17, 2008

More Pictures!

I finally found the cable for my SLR. I uploaded some pictures from the second half of our cross country trip. Most of these are from South Dakota, Montana and Oregon (there wasn’t much to take pictures of in Idaho.) Check out my Flickr page if you want to read the descriptions.

August 11, 2008

Cig Harvey / Anita Shreve Photo Shoot

The following are a few stills from a shoot I did with Cig Harvey back in Rockport. I was the gaffer’s assistant, which was basically the best boy electric, since I was also the equipment rental house too. Working on a photo set is similar to a film shoot, but seemed to be a lot [...]

August 9, 2008

My Father

I was in my parents’ garage, with my father and his dog. I was fresh from my first semester at college and still practicing all the disgusting habits that I had learned there. I reached my hand up, index finger extended, and began rummaging around inside of my nose. I pulled out a booger, nothing [...]