I've been thinking alot lately about the fact that i have never left tallahassee. as much as i love my city and as much as north florida will always be a part of my identity, i sometimes wish that i had been brave enough to leave. it's like that speech from shawshank redemption. at first you hate it, then it begins to grow on you, then it's all ( Read more... )

Derek and i just got back from DragonCon. we had such a crazy blast. he spent the entire weekend dressed as Willy Wonka, and had tons of little girls that wanted to pose for pictures with him. i got jealous, so i threw together an outfit on saturday and i became a little devil fairie. so i posed for some photos myself, and i took a bunch of the ( Read more... )

Today was not a good day for coordination. I was trying to rig up my new umbrellas to my studio lights when i accidentally hit the metal end of the umbrella bottom to the lightbulb tip. It exploded all over me. Derek had to dig glass shards out of my right forearm. All i have to say is thank god i was wearing my glasses. otherwise i may have ( Read more... )

Today i scanned a bunch of photos for a law firm. they were detailed shots of a decomposing cadaver. i love my job sometimes.

Retail work. I don't know why i persist in seeking employment in this particular area. Each job that I get is a progressive step in the right direction, but there is still the delicious element of dealing with the public. and when i say public, i mean crazy people. it is interesting to note that each job has it's own particular weirdos and nuts ( Read more... )

Derek and i made it safely to Alabama. We are snug and happy with his parents and siblings at the house in Daphne. we will be having dinner soon, really early, with leftovers and drinking later in the night. dinner will be just the immediate family and me, and all of the extended familia later in the night. sometime later today or tommorow ( Read more... )

My friend, Selena Shadle, passed away suddenly on the first of october. she was a good friend of Derek's and myself. Rest in peace, Selena.

Many opprotunities are coming my way these days. i finally have decided to free myself of the comfortable yet considerable shackles that is the coffee making industry, and better things seem just around the corner. Nay, in sight, even. i have two art shows lined up for October, i have two different schools that want me to do class pictures for ( Read more... )

I finally have my own website and domain name for my photography.

www.cvsphotography.com

let me know what you think!

All of the pieces that I exhibited in the "Intimacy" art show are now on sale. If you want to take a look at them, here's my Flickr page address : http://www.flickr.com/photos/56949738@N00/ . The ones from the show are titled: Awash in the Red Sea, Caught in the Draft, Eye ( Read more... )