Partly cloudy with a chance of brainstorms
Never know when ideas will strike like lightning in a summer thunderstorm. After a great meeting with two cool Soonlywed friends over coffee I tossed an idea out and a creative lightning storm hit as the groom-to-be totally one-upped my idea with something that... has given me chills brainstorming ideas the last two hours. Free tips from today's brainstorm - If you →
Think outisde the pouch
My son Adrian has a great imagination. Much of what goes through his toddler mind, aside from thwarting child safety devices and what to do with his near endless energy supply, involves things with wheels. Trains are on the top of that list. The other day he got into of some of my spare camera pouches and came up with a →
My First Letter to Madeline
Tomorrow's the big day - Madeline's first birthday! For some reason I always feel the need to preface a post with a back story. When I found out we were expecting our first baby Adrian I grabbed a journal I hadn't written much in since blogging came about and wrote my news in ink. Not quite two years later when I →
Of old photos, less is more?
I'm enjoying the last weekend of March as the kids nap and Grandpa's 1950s Argus C-Four 35mm camera begs to be taken outside to shoot some film today. The musty smell of the old leather case and the metal camera that still bears his fingerprint smudges got me thinking. I'm editing through thousands of wedding photos from a recent shoot, preparing →
Thankful Thoughts – November 4th
This afternoon I'm thankful for a good laugh break from the home office when I wondered why Adrian was being so quiet. Came down the stairs and saw him sitting in Momma's recliner tinkering with her laptop. I'm also thankful his curiosity got the best of him and he was more interested in "typing" and wasn't throwing the laptop like →
Zack Arias sums it up in video
"Johnny 5, now you are hitting the nail right between the eyes." Wow. I caught this video following Zack Arias' blog. For those of you outside the photography world, this week is the WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International) convention in Vegas. Yes, warm Vegas. Shiny, warm, not Indiana Vegas where rock star photographers show you shiny new books, cameras, software and →
Tuesday Thoughts – 2009
Precaffeinated ramblings for old times' sake. I haven't written a Tuesday Thoughts post since last year, and long ago since November at that. Since Election Day there's been a flurry of things happening etting ready for the wintry holidays Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and post-holiday decompression. For anyone who hasn't seen him in person so far this year, Adrian is walking. He's →
The Photographer’s Boss
Truth in photography and business from WhatTheDuck.net (Trouble seeing the photo in your subscription? Click HERE)
Think warm thoughts
Winter's still here. Snow melted a little, but cold wind hasn't yet disappeared. Think warm thoughts. I'm wrapping up a stack of summer wedding albums, and this photo Sara took of Zach and Jacqueline making an exit from their wedding at Holy Cross Church has a great warm summer day feel. Enjoy. :)
Food for thought
A group of photographer friends and colleagues are planning a dinner night out to talk photo, ideas, things geeky and laugh. They're gathering at a Chinese Buffet I frequented in high school. It was the closest restaurant to school and we always took a bunch of eggrolls back to class. :) One photographer replied that the buffet is her favorite Chinese →
Congrats ND Football
Congrats, Fighting Irish of Notre Dame University, Today you beat a branch of the Armed Services in football. Thank goodness too, you were really getting beat up by those college teams you have to play and could finally get out of that losing streak. At least for three Saturdays a year you can take a break from college scholarship sponsored football →
Season 4 Finale – Nicole and Scott!
Tonight Sara and I wrapped up our fourth year photographing together (our third year as my full-time job) with a superb finale celebrating with Nicole and Scott. Believe it or not, I (Eric) love shooting salon photos. Lots of color, shapes, fun with the bride and her friends, time to test out ideas, coffee... and today, numbers. The numbered containers of →
Tuesday Thoughts v14.5
Wednesday again. Tuesdays escape me now too! Daylight savings time really messed with my brain. Sunset happening at 5:30pm all of a sudden really threw me for a loop. Personally I would rather enjoy a longer day than an earlier morning, I'm sure it says something about my personality, priorities, and preferences. - - - - ELECTION DAY. Wow, pretty monumental day. I →
Tuesday Thoughts v13 Wednesday
One seriously amazing and busy weekend out of state and BAM, I'm way past out of sync. I'm working on getting back to calls and emails as well as being awake during daylight hours let alone updating the blog! On the way home from our shoots in Grand Rapids Sara and I came across Christmas music on the radio. Seriously... it →
Sweetest Weekend – Nicole and Scott
Our weekend of awesome couples in Grand Rapids, Michigan concluded with a perfect afternoon Engagement Session with Nicole and Scott at Scott's family's restaurant - Noto's Old World Italian. If our incredible wedding Saturday wasn't enough to make me want to visit Grand Rapids again, spending an afternoon with the Noto family and seeing their breathtaking restaurant made both Sara and →
Tuesday Thoughts v.12
Tuesday is the new Monday, and this week's Monday was a holiday no less. (did it feel like one?) My folks' old PC croaked, and for as much as I want them to just buy an old Apple iBook laptop or Mac Mini to do their web surfing and occasional book keeping... I have been trying to revive the old PC →
Tuesday Thoughts v11
First Tuesday of October! It's soup week, staying warm and toasty with tasty food.Can't wait to make a pot of chili, a homemade chicken pot pie, pies and... can you tell I'm blogging hungry? Been too busy to watch much baseball but got to read Cubs fans' disappointment via status updates on FaceBook and Myspace. Maybe next year, decade or century. →
First day of the best month
October is here at last. It was fall today, the way it should be. Cool weather not above 60˚ starting with some rain this morning. Golden sun and leaves beginning to fill the yard. Adrian wearing fuzzy warm clothes as he crawled and climbed all over the place. Hot cocoa and apple cider for breaks. I was driving to the Post Office →
Tuesday Thoughts v10!
10 Weeks and Counting - I deserve a Pizza Trophy. :P Fall is beautiful. This morning had a misty, golden sunrise and a crisp 58˚ while the morning news was on and coffee was brewing. It finally looked and felt like fall, and about time! - - - - - Today's my friends John and Erin's 2nd anniversary. Seems like just yesterday, guys! →
Ultimate Wedding Planner
Tonight Sara and I watched Kitchen Nightmares to see a struggling family restaurant half a million dollars in debt turn around and gain a very sucessful start. The failing business was putting a lot of stress on the chef Anthony and his girlfriend's parents who went into business to open the palce. He'd been putting off marrying his girl, too, →
Tuesday Thoughts v9
Cubs win! Got to see the last few innings of the Cubs vs Mets game last night, heard they're not far from playoffs.Didn't get to see Notre Dame last weekend, heard they bit it though. Caught the last 3 minutes of the Colts game to see them get a touchdown on the Jags and... lose by a field goal kick →
Morning coffee
It's almot noon but when I started writing this it was still "early morning" time.I could still use a cup of wake up juice. It's mandatory for Monday. Here's some fun for the Monday - see if you can find what's wrong with this picture: :P eB
EB Photography on DIYphotography.net!
Just before finishing packing up for a Saturday shoot I ran across a news feed to find that an article I posted was featured on DIYphotography.net! (That's Do-It-Yourself Photography, for the record.) I mentioned the power adapter splitter dubbed "SuperSquid" a little while back here. I was thrilled to see it featured on the Instructibles.com home page as well as added →
The Mac Switch – 2 Years Later
September marks the switch to Macs we made in 2006. I was not a fan of Macs in college. Most of the Macs in the computer labs were G4 towers with Zip Drives and not a lot of zest stacked against quite new and speedy 2003/2004 HP Windows machines. However, when I began working with a local photographer in 2004 →