Earlier this week my buddy Reid mentioned that he was thinking of Senator Paul Wellstone, and how if he was still alive the face of American politics would probably look very different. I agreed and agree, and it is rare that a week passes without my thinking of and remembering well and mourning the loss…
Author: brandnewkindof
Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.
scenes from a wedding in the south
Trav’s BFF got married last weekend. The wedding was beautiful, the reception was lovely, and because it was on a Saturday in the South, dudes watched football on a phone at my table for most of it. I couldn’t have asked the universe for a more lovely day for Kev and Angela, who I adore.
puss and boots
These your boots? These my boots now. Please don’t mind me when I get my whole head stuck in one later. And don’t take pictures of my indignity. (I didn’t, I was laughing too hard.)
atlanta backyard, fall
It was a beautiful weekend, so I mucked around in Trav’s folks’ backyard playing with the macro function on my Sigma 70-300mm. Getting my chops back.
concerts: slingshot cash @ the speakeasy
Slingshot Cash, latest lineup, played their first show at the Speakeasy in Carrboro last Thursday. They’re sounding damn good these days, and it was a pleasure to hear the way old songs get made new with new contributors, and all the new stuff, as well. You should go see them. Full set here.
i had a minor triumph over white balance
White balance — the process of correcting for color in your light, basically — is something I’ve struggled with the whole time I’ve been shooting. I understand the concept of it, but it was rare that I could actually make it work. Sometimes I could sort of maybe get some red out of my shots…
worth getting up for this summer
Worth getting up over the summer and September: visits from old friends; enormous grill dinners; the USWNT winning the World Cup; Kacey Musgraves’ Pageant Material; floppy hat night at Camden Yards; walk-off home runs; my sister’s puppies and our kittens; Trav, forever; episodes of Psych I haven’t seen before; True Detective, mostly; summer productions of Gilbert &…
carrboro music festival 2015
Trav and I wandered around on Sunday and listened to music and caught up with people and bought vinyl and ate things. Stuff we like, you know. Full set is here.
brand new kind of photography 