Thursday, February 25, 2010

Valentine's Day,Hike, and Paterson...


What a busy month it has been. Jennifers shoot for her Valentine's day present to her boyfriend went very well. Her sister came along and my brother (who has been friends with Jennifer since highschool), came up to assist and provide some...input, I guess you could call it. In all seriousness, it was very productive and it gave me some new techniques to practice during my photoshoots in the future.Not to mention I have a great testimonial to publish on my website from her!

A week later we got hit up here in Northern New Jersey with a snow storm.I was able to make it to work but had to leave early because of the snow.I got home and felt inspired,so I embarked on a hike up to a place I haven't been to since I was 12. A place about a mile from my house called Horseshoe lake.I had a great time being by myself for a bit and with the snow coming down the way it was it looked like i was in a sort of winter wonderland.When I had finally located the lake I hadn't realized how far out onto the lake I had walked!I did manage to get a few interesting images from the hike wich you can see on my website.

Also this past weekend my girlfriend and I headed to Paterson,NJ to take a look at a few of thier landmarks up close.Considering I was born in Paterson and I have never been to these locations I was pretty excited to see what I could get from them.The first location we headed to was Lambert's Castle.I remember seeing this landmark in the distance when I was a kid heading to where my father worked, wich was literally 2 minutes up the road.Walking to the castle we were actually greeted by a small production crew filming a sort of comedy wich was actually pretty funny! Made our way up a hill only to find that part of the grounds were fenced off. Still had a great time there and it was great to see the NYC skyline in the distance.The second location we headed to was Paterson falls.Captured some interesting waterfall photos here.Feel free to check those out too in the landscape section of the website!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Business Cards

Finally got around to designing my set of official business cards! Had a friend of mine design a rough draft for me and point me to a great printer (www.overnightprints.com).Then I took the ideas from there. Overall I'm pleased with the result and the quality of the card is amazing.Although I had to pull out 3 or 4 duds where the ink ran too dark,4 out of 500 isn't too bad at all. I'll be handing these babies out to anyone who's willing to take them and spread my word.So far the first few recipients have been immediate family members.

I'll be shooting at a friends birthday party this weekend(weather permitting), then soon after I've scheduled a shoot for for a Valentine's Day present,so look for those updates coming up.