Photos being used

I always get a kick out of seeing my photos being used online by other people. A lot of my photos show up in online profiles, some of them show up in news pieces.

Recently, Darius Holbert has had a number of interviews as his involvement with movie scoring has picked up and my portraits of him have been featured there. He has been interviewed by examiner.com in San Francisco, DC9, the blog for the Dallas Observer here in Dallas, and Manhattan Movie Magazine. Another of my photos can be found on Darius' other website.

Even one of my cell phone pics showed up on the blog of a freelance writer.

Use of my photos online is a topic for another post, but generally I'm happy with photo credit for low-res images used online.

The Smoke Photobook - still available for purchase!

Last month, I put together a photobook of photos I have taken at The Smoke over the past year. The Smoke is a 60s Mod Dance Club that has a dance once a month. It has a great turnout and an enthusiastic following. It's a fun night out and easily my favorite event to shoot.
I sold quite a few of the photobooks at the dance last month, which was their 6th anniversary dance, but still have a few of there left for sale. Click here to get a preview of the book. I'm selling them for $22 each, postage paid - message me if you're interested!

In the front of the book are portraits I took of the DJs who put this on every month. Below is a behind-the-scenes video of my setup for this shoot, music is taken from one of the mix CDs that the DJs give away at the dances.

First of many updates to come

The blog has been slow lately, but that is all about to change!
This week is my last week at the day job; I start a contract position running live sound for the Ray Johnston Band in a couple of weeks. They're touring the country to promote their new album, hitting up mostly college campuses throughout the South and along the East coast. HDNet is also filming them for a series set to air in January. This gives me some opportunities to get involved with the filming and I will also be providing photos taken along the way.
I'm very excited about this tour and the photo opportunities it brings. Once the tour ends in December, I plan on focusing on photography in a big(ger) way.

I plan on updating this blog regularly, so stay tuned for tour stories and photos from around the country!