Contestamundo maximo demando

Whoa.

I have an Etsy shop now. Ch-ch-check it, yo. I've got all of four photos up for print and a wretchedly gross quasi-header up at the moment.

I'm an Etsy virg- gimme time. It'll be pretty soon enough. I sweahh.

Hmm.. anyway, I need your help! Obviously I've got my faves, but what photogs would you like to see in the shop? For realsies, if you had to pick your top three faves, what would they be?

As a little incentive, I'm going to have my very first.. giveaway! Gasp! Excited? I am! You'll be the first lucky duck to own a photograph of mine. Even better, it'll be printed by me- so I'll be making sure it prints gorgeously. Here's the deal: Comment on this post [If I can't see your email, be sure to include it!], linking to some photos [two or three or four?] from my Flickr that you'd really like to see in the shop - you know, photos you'd pay a few bucks to get in the snaily snail maily mail. On Friday I'll pick a winner, contact them and get one of the photos you suggested printed [probably a 5 x 7 cos' I like that size a lot] and in the mail! Wahoo! This is my first giveaway, so if I'm forgetting something let me know [hah, ridiculous]. I'm going to keep this open until.. hmm.. we'll say.. this Friday, November 27th by noonish. Sound good? Yeah, I think that sounds good.

Oh yeah, and I'll be picking TWO winners. Heeee. \(^-^)/
[This is me hoping more than two people comment...]

And.. you know, if you want to introduce yourself.. you could! I'd like that.

Okay, cool! I've got so many photos to edit.. and a 10 page paper due on Tuesday that I haven't even started. Next week's Highlights are going to be neat.. I hope.

Anyway, have a great Sunday everyone. It's a pretty gorgeous autumn day here- and I'll be spending it by this cafe window, staring at my computer.

West Coast Bound: Tales from the Passenger Seat

I finally finished sorting and editing my photos from a roadtrip taken way back during the summer of 2007. A good friend had just been accepted to the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington and invited me to come along with him- meaning we'd roadtrip it up until Tacoma and I'd Amtrak it back to the Midwest. It was such a great experience, really- and I'm happy to say it was the best closure anyone could have asked for.

In no particular order, here are some of my favorite shots.
Let me know what you think!






























It's kind of ridiculous how many landscape and nature shots I have from the trip. I guess every photographer has to start somewhere, right? Thankfully you don't see many landscapes coming from me these days. ;)

Mary Ellen Mark

I'm currently working on a [slightly late] paper
on the works of Mary Ellen Mark.
I am so inspired. I knew her stuff was awesome,
but come on. This is just incredible.