Behind the Camera

This blog is SO yesterday...

Fred — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:19:13 +0000

I am stoked to unveil to you guys MY NEW BLOG. Into the Darkroom did a fantastic job creating this for me and we truly had an open conversation about what it needed to be. So swing by my new blog and break it in by leaving some love in the comments!

Subscribe to my new blog in your RSS reader. Your life will immediately, measurably improve in ways you never thought possible. All the cool kids are using RSS. You'll never miss a post again unless you do something silly like unsubscribe.

This blog will stay live and serve as an archive. See you guys at the new place :)

Viva la Vida!

Fred — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:17:24 +0000

Coldplay. First single from the highly anticipated album. FREE. DONE.

Fan Page on Facebook

Fred — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:09:13 +0000

So I've created a fan page on Facebook...come one, come all (and no, I do not have to have had personally met you in order to be friend...I know, I'm difficult).

The Twitter Phenomena

Fred — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:39:11 +0000

I was one of the first. This crazy little thing called Twitter...I actually started about a year ago when one of my favorite little tech magazines (WIRED) tipped me off to the mini-blogging app. Still unsure of how it is making money, it is sweeping the mobile devices around the country...cluing everyone into everyone's mundane life. Trust me, mine is somewhat mundane :) But it's information at the speed of Twitter.

I follow 16 or so people and receive their Twitters on my iPhone (be prepared to have an unlimited data plan if you choose to do this) and they are close friends...so it's fun bantering at each other throughout the day, or knowing when one of us is having a hard time, or has great news to share, etc. Wanna follow? Be my guest :D

This is the last day to vote!

Fred — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:38:29 +0000

Pacific Weddings (a well respected wedding publication circulated heavily on the west coast and in Hawaii) is holding their Last Word Photo Contest right now. They've been gracious enough to choose one of my images as a finalist...the rest is up to you!

Now would be an awesome time to help make that bad birthday/burglary experience a distant memory. The winner receives a full page ad (est. $4K) in the upcoming Summer/Fall issue of Pacific Weddings.

Captured in Playa del Carmen during a morning after shoot with Karla and Jason.

I need you guys more than ever-VOTE HERE for the image above (#2)! Much love to you guys :)

Mixed Tapes!

Fred — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:21:22 +0000

I'm bringing the mixed tape back baby...every Tuesday I'll serve up a mixed tape, courtesy of Muxtape, a simple way to share and create mp3 mixtapes.

This week's mixtape: Electronic Tonic

This SO takes me back to 1991 when I'd tape Michael Jackson on the radio...AWE-SOME!

Customer service worth blogging

Fred — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:02:26 +0000

It's time for a shout out. Meghan Bingle...I'm calling you out for your awesome support and liaising (yeah, that just happened...I used that word). Meghan is the voice and face of Into the Darkroom. We've been chatting an awful lot over that past few months because of some projects Into the Darkroom and I are working on together. Fun stuff that I'm so looking forward to sharing with you guys!

She's been totally accommodating and patient with my incessant demands/creative ideas (think Andy/Miranda dynamic in Devil Wears Prada). I think I'm single handedly responsible for her exhaustion in the above photo (which I hijacked from her Facebook sans her knowledge). She's integral to my experience with ITDR.

Got a question? I ring Meghan. DONE.
Something not quite right? I ring Meghan. DONE.
Overlook something? Meghan rings me. DONE.

Now that is something to blog about. DONE.

Cut /// Copy

Fred — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:30:30 +0000

Amongst the jam-packed-fun-filled days of our workshop this week, my new music Tuesday slipped past me! And I have a really infectious one too...Cut // Copy. This disc is D-O-P-E. The Australian indie electronic trio are definitely for fans of Daft Punk, Air and LCD Soundsystem. Check it out now at Amazon...cause Lights & Music and Out There On the Ice are crazy good tracks.

Thank my good buddy Matt Sloan for Twittering about this one :) We'll be hitting up Austin City Limits festival later this year.

The Lab Day 1

Fred — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:34:02 +0000

Glen Rose, TX

Day 1 of the Lab Workshop, DONE. Kelsey, Mandy and Brooke graced us with their infectious energy for a little demonstration on working with teenage portrait clientele. Our awesome attendees did well working with them implementing some fun ideas and capture some fun images. Here are my favs I rattled off while running around this amazing tree farm. The former largest Live Oak tree in Texas grew up here...she's quite large!

Agfa Optima...with tilt shift lovin', ummm Awe-Some.

A Laugh for Lunch

Fred — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:26:25 +0000

Need a laugh to burn all those calories you racked up at In-N-Out (it tastes SO good though!) for lunch? Spend four minutes with Will Ferrell and Old Spice during some commercials they taped for his most recent movie, Semi-Pro.

10-15 minutes of laughter a day can burn approx 30 calories :) You'll have to get your other 10 minutes somewhere else.