as promised

Okay, folks, the day has arrived! This might be way more exciting for me than it is for you, but that's alright. Today I am sharing with you my official "store" for prints. For those of you who have had a session with me in the past, you'll be able to find your private gallery (I will be emailing passwords shortly) and have prints made and shipped straight to you. With just a few clicks of the mouse, tangible, glorious prints can be yours! Maybe it's just because I like getting things in the mail, but when I receive my orders via snail mail it's always so thrilling to open the envelope and see the prints inside.

Also, in celebration of this grand opening, I am offering pictures of Italy for sale, for a limited time. If you dreamed about the water of Capri or drooled over Ponte Vecchio, now is your chance! Snatch them up while you can. So without further adieu...

But A Shadow : Online Galleries

day three.

When you can't read things online, you start looking at pictures. Hello Flickr. Let me first warn you that hours, and I mean HOURS, can be lost on Flickr. Because of its addictive nature, I really must get off and back to work, but I wanted to share a photographer I found with you. I love what he's done with his son's play toys. It's just brilliant. Maybe one day I'll collaborate with a friend and do something similar. Might need a new lens for that occasion. Hmmm. Christmas list starting in June? I think so.



Seriously, check this guy out, Ed McGowan. That's one of his pictures above. He's the director of design at PlainJoe Studios in CA. Picked up a DSLR a little over a year ago. How crazy is that? Check out the PlainJoe website as well. They've got some great designs and branding. And whaddya know? They seem to have some faith based clients. Always nice to see the Christian realm opting for GOOD design (let's be honest, they're not always on the cutting edge, folks).

This excited me today, not entirely sure why, but it did.

Wonder if they'd hire freelance from Chicago?

making room for italia

I decided that with the onslaught of pictures I'm sure to lay upon you, I should resize things a bit to give you the best viewing experience. Now, I realize that not everyone is browsing via a 24" screen, so please holler if this layout looks crazy on your 1024x768. I may have gone a bit bigger than need be. I'll see if I can find a happy medium for all.

photography : jenny wicks

I have my google account set up to send me daily updates of news articles related to CF.* Today CF intertwined with my favorite form of artistic expression, photography! Jenny Wicks, a photographer from the UK, has done a project entitled "Root Ginger." It explores the social, genetic and geographic aspects of red haired individuals.

| Photograph © Jenny Wicks |

The best part is that the proceeds from the various mediums (book, film, exhibition) all go to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (UK's version of our Cystic Fibrosis Foundation). How great is that?! Take a minute to look through some of her photographs, they're quite beautiful.

| Photograph © Jenny Wicks |

It's a rainy Friday here. I'm hoping that just means a really green spring. Well, I better get a move on things, I've got a book waiting for me at the library and a gym that needs some working out (or maybe it's me who needs some working out AT the gym!).

* CF=cystic fibrosis

new background for the blog

I realize that this may not be as exciting to you as it is to me. For a while now I've been wanting to "spice up" the background of my blog and make it look a bit more three dimensional. Today I finally threw together an image using photoshop, a few varying brushes, two colors and some drop shadows and "whaa-laaa!" I've got a new background. I think I like it. We'll have to see, now that I have the right code in the style sheet and I can play around with the image anytime I want. What do you think?

it's done!

Finally, after weeks of poking at it, I was able to finish the last pieces of the redesign on my website. The original design got a bit visually overwhelming for me, so I went back to the basics with this re-do. I am sure it will evolve some more over time, but for now it's good enough to roll out!